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It was at one point for sure. My ‘05 Focus took 5w-20.

Nope. 0w-20 will flow a little faster at startup, but 0w-20, 5w-20, 5w-30 are fine. The first ~60k of my old 13’s life in central Florida was spent using exclusively 0w-20. Mind if I ask why you’d like 5w-20? I prefer 0w-20 myself when it’s called for, but folks usually whole hog and go 5w-30 if...

Serpentine belt depending on condition. Likely fine now, I’d check it at 60k miles

That’s really good to know, I had no idea my car even did that. I only ever try for it 55+

As an owner of both a ‘21 RAV4 Hybrid and a ‘23 CX-5 Turbo, you can’t go wrong with either model. It all boils down to what you want most. Practicality/reliability (Toyota) or sportiness mid-level luxury/reliability (Mazda)? I didn’t plan it this way but we have the best of both worlds with each...

You’ve got your answer there in your thought process. Drain and measure cold, and refill with the same amount of cold fluid will replace what came out (the volume will vary if the fluid is at different temperatures). It if wasn’t accurate from the factory, it won’t be the right amount going back...

We will thankfully never know if my mother in laws ‘18 CX-5 GT block would crack. She sold it recently with about 68k miles on the odometer; she wanted a vehicle that she could flat tow behind her RV. No signs of any engine issues during all miles of ownership. No oil consumption. I changed her...

I agree with madar. That sounds like a symptom of short trips and will happen with any oil. Very common over on the RAV4 forums, funky gunk up in the underside of the oil cap. I’ve fortunately not had any gook in the cap of my vehicles, no oil consumption, never an engine issue due to oil use...

I replaced the touchscreen in my mother in laws 2018 for less than $250. It was the whole screen and exterior shell, none of the electronics like the circuit board the screen plugs into. Does the first gen not have a cost effective kit like the second gen? Sorry, don’t want to get off topic but...

My case with it’s measly two front fans and one rear fan XD It keeps the 5800 CPU below 70 C and the 3080 GPU in the 60s, but it probably isn’t anywhere near quiet as yall’s rigs. The cooler master 212 does a really good job in junction with the case but wouldn’t want to game without a headset...

Agreed. I’ve been a fan of Mobil 1 and stocking up each year during their rebate offers. I continue to use Mobil 1 0w-16 in my hybrid RAV4 and I’m now using Castrol Edge 5w-30 in the 23 CX-5 turbo. Castrol supposedly has a really good formulation for preventing deposits, something I’m interested...

I’ll likely get at least 8 or 10 years out of my current desktop for gaming purposes. Started with the following AM platform in 2020: AMD 3600 RTX 2070 32GB RAM 2TB NVMe storage 4TB 7200 rpm backup X570 mobo I quickly upgraded the graphics card on a whim when a 3080 became available on Newegg...

Help us out here with the details. In my area, 2019 GTs are selling for 22k max (about 50k miles on them). Figure they got 18 or 19k trade in value for that. Similarly equipped Premium Plus models, new ‘24s are priced at 38k MSRP. Thats a significant difference, I’m doing some mental gymnastics...

Partial success, I’m calling it quits as the main issue is resolved. Auto light sensing works! Turns out a bracket was present in the sensor. I’m guessing it was aftermarket along with the windshield and likely arrived adhered to the glass with three small hard epoxy pads. They were a pain to...

Mostly wounded pride, lol! My ride on lawn mower was in front of the car, so I did get a small wheel shaped gouge in the front bumper. Thank god nothing worse than that.

https://youtu.be/WUXrGrrVeIU?feature=shared Hah, here’s a video of the rear wheel risk I think N7 was referring to. Found a couple videos of what I did with FWD, but I’ve never had a RWD vehicle to attempt this.