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Everyone who lives in the country will get an occasional mouse in the house.

That's how the ball mount supposed to be.

The bottom of the Curt hitch has over 10" of ground clearance. The car would have to be practically standing straight up in the air on it's tail for the receiver to hit the ground. Part of the exhaust system is lower than the bottom of the hitch.

A dead mouse is a real stinker. Once I was smelling something awful in my kitchen, at first I thought it was the garbage. When it kept stinking, I searched around and I found that a mouse had been caught in a mouse trap for who knows how long.

I just run put my phone in the phone mount, connect the audio from my phone wirelessly to the Mazda audio source, and use the Mazda nav to look at the bigger map. It works great. I suppose I would love it if I had my phone map on the Mazda screen, but since I never had that I don't miss it.

What I am shocked about is hearing that professional mechanics diagnose a good battery as being bad. Testing a battery to see its state and if it is bad is one of the easiest things one can do. I am a DIY, I have a marine battery, multiple tractor batteries, a jump batter etc thus it is natural...

I'm in NJ. My town has a hazardous waste day three times a year, but it is a long wait. I brought some kerosene and shop lights a few months ago and I was in line for over an hour. And yes, a lot of people have used oil boilers that they run to heat their shops with, besides the off shore...

I have one of those adapters, got it years ago, but I don't know anyone I would feel comfortable asking if I could charge my empty torch tanks with their grilling tank.

I was going to say, I hope that material wasn't chewed out from one of the seats for her little nest. Speaking of mouse damage, this is an interesting video. He ends up fixing it all up and shows the progress in videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgY9JNOi9lU

Talking about gouging, the price of the small propane tanks is going through the roof. The exception is Walmart who sells them for $3.97. Amazon Lowes Walmart

I don't bother because there are virtually no CC thefts in my area or at the stores I go to. Plus the value of a Mazda CC is relatively low compared to a Prius. Thieves probably drive around looking for Prius and know exactly how to get the CC off that particular car.

When you get used to load testing, one can test a batter not fully charged and still know if it is good or bad, from the starting voltage, how it it holds the amps during the load, and how fast the no load voltage comes back. Only hold the load button for 4 or 5 seconds, holding it too long...

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Today I went to recycle 5 quarts of used motor oil. I went to Pep Boys, my go to place for years, and to my dismay they said "We no longer accept used motor oil, because people were bringing junk and gasoline in their bottles and we were fined for having the junk and gasoline in our tank". It...

How to use load tester https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcMtj33jhec

If you are handy, you can get a battery tester and test your battery yourself. I use this one. It is a great tool to own. Load Tester I had gotten a computerized battery tester but it didn't test the battery very good, I returned it.

My guess is that the shop that said the battery was bad messed up the test. Ask them to do the test again, if they will test it for free. Does the starter motor turn the engine fast when you hit the start button, or does it turn over slowly?

The CX-5 is not a truck, like others said, it is more like a car that goes good in bad conditions on pavement. But hitting manholes or potholes fast will put any car or truck out of alignment.

That is unusual for any car. Usually one would feel suspension issues and their tire would wear badly long before the ball joint would separate and the wheel buckle over. That must have been very scary.

It is best to just use a gasket, I think the Permatex exhaust sealer cures into a tough glue that will be hard to get off next time.