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But they don't look right. 😳 The grey piece usually connects to a similar piece with two or three prongs. Here you have two skinny wires with spades and stripped ends. It looks like a DIY fix to connect to the loose wires from the harness. Anything not working? I know someone who can decipher...

It sounds like one fast & furious collector cup per submission, but up to 4 submissions per household. There are many versions of the cup, the offer is on the one that retails for $15. That makes the oil practically free! 😄

Sent my 3K sample in today. If the values for potassium/sodium stay low, I won't go for another report any time soon. One report costs more than one oil/filter change. Regular gas is now over $6/ga in my area. 🤦 As I continue to search and understand how else potassium gets into motor oil, I...

Where is the plug at? It looks like the front end below the passenger side fog light assembly. You think something got pulled off when the impact occurred?

$14 for 5 quarts! That's cheaper than synthetic-blend. 👍👍

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...