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I am in the opposite position but the same predicament, 9-year old-car with 182K miles. It doesn't make sense for me to pay for premium tires either. I get nails at least twice a year and the car is AWD. My favorite indie shop quoted me $600+ for a set of Armstrong 215/50R18 ($108/each). The...

So there are three ways to fix a puncture: patch, plug, and plug+patch. Mine were only plugs because they were done really quickly. There was no mentioning of a subsequent patch. I will ask the shop owner today when I go back to order a new set from him. ... He said it depends on the location...

Folks, is it common for tire shops to plug a puncture instead of patching it? I remember when I was with a different shop years ago, they took the tire off the wheel and glued a small patch from the inside. Now with this shop, I notice a small ball of something protruding from the puncture...

@7eregrine Nice fleet! Any more in the garage? My OCD is sometimes about details. 😅

That is so cool! Was there a special event?

Sorry for the detour, for tire pressure I go by this sticker. 😅

Thank you both! Let's see how long it will take me to change the habit. 😅

I always pull the parking brake after shutting the engine off. What is the reason for pulling it before (for manual too)? 🤔

OP may need therapy for the mental anguish from the discovery and discussion here. 😳 In his other posts he talked about the car being purchased used at 60K miles.

Yesterday when the wheels came off for rotation and brake pads, I noticed a nail in one tire. It was buried in one of the grooves and holding air. I have no idea how long it's been there. Went to my tire shop after work this morning and got it patched. Shop owner has been kind over the years and...

I use exfoliating mittens to scrub off dead bugs from the frontend. These aren't coarse enough for how I like it in the shower so I reassign them to the car wash bucket. They don't leave scratch marks like the dish scrub. 😳 https://a.co/d/07DdgujX When I pre-fill the new oil filter, I pour new...

My drain pans are all black. I don't recall seeing residual bits while pouring the dirty oil into jugs, but there could have been. Cutting open one filter after 5K miles of VRP, I found a few tiny bits of what seemed to be carbon deposits. I wonder if the OP can dry the bits on a piece of paper...

The rear brake pads were replaced today. The previous set (Powerstop rotors/pads) were from 2021, so that was 100K+ miles in five years. The front pads are at 50%. Chose Raybestos this time because they were available overnight from Amazon. The hardware clips didn't fit right so the clips on...

Did you mean this crack/slit that goes all the way around? It is only on the surface. Where is the crack clean in half? I didn't know it was that bad. 😭