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Is what makes wine better with age (as they say) the fact that any particulate settles to the bottle and causes the wine to taste better the older it ages? I wonder because what if someone had a hundred year old bottle and you shook it up. Also, is there an age limit or diminishing return on...

I just detailed my bike after it had been sitting indoors for about 5 months pretty much untouched. I take good care of it but put it away dirty. It is new from last October or so. I noticed the cassette or rear wheel wasnt perfectly smooth. It was gritty, but in honesty, it did have a fair...

Is there any merit or possibility to this?

I found some waxes that I may be interested in getting one day but I wonder if the silicone they contain to make them glossy has a good or detrimental long term effect on the paint job. I consider a wax to be good if you quit using wax and the vehicle is better off years down the road or did...

I am just thinking right now and can remember SOME instances of this, but have no charts or evidence....so if anyone can post anytbing then that would be excellent. Why is it that a SAE30 will pump down to zero degrees in some cars and some others the chart in the manual might say to use never...

I have red and yellow wires coming from my roof marker lamps on my 2500 Chevy. I remember cutting some wire under the dash a while ago and the lights no longer illuminate. The toggle has a red wire connected to the middle spade. The top and bottom spades have no wire terminated there. I found...

It seems the consensus here is that oils are so much better than they were 10, 20, 50 years ago- but how do we know? Could it just be the engines are made with different metals and designs? I dont know but it seems its how they work together and not necessarily one or the other. Case in...

Hello all. I am filter shopping and am pretty much going to get an AC PF46e no matter what. But I am wondering what info is there on the CarQuest 85042.the external parts look very nice (can coating, plate, gasket). I just would like to know if there are cut aways, does Mann and Hummel/Wix make...

Im supposed to be getting my first set of Michelins pretty soon. I have decided on the Defenders. I initially really REALLY wanted the xps ribs in the LT245/75-16 size. I also considered BFG. BFG is a better 4wd tire IMO and I just want off road capability just in case, which the xps doesnt have...

I am trying to figure out if there is any benefit, besides the obvious, to having a battery with standard top posts and the 8mm GM like side terminals versus a battery with just the side terminals only. I really did not think of these or it didnt occur to me when I had a stereo install and had...

Let's say you run 93 for 10 or a hundred tanks and then start pumping 87. I have kind of noticed the engine can become used to certain things (like wear rates and grooves.... New owners and tossing on a bunch of new parts at once). I dont really know why or how, but with modern fuel injection...

Well, I used to do oil changes cold- then last time I did a warm oil change in the winter and got to see dirty oil drain out and realized that you guys were right that hot oil suspends contaminants. I think my engine is better for it and wish to continue this route, BUT... I checked back...

I was wondering if it is good practice to open the brake bleed screw before compressing the piston while installing new pads. It seems it would expel the fluid you cannot remove with a flush (as I have read on here) and also make the piston retract easier as it doesn't have to push fluid into...

I think I've read in manuals to only add oil if it is at or below the add line. So I wondet is it good for the oil and/or engine to go through the full range of the crosshatch OR is addind a few ounces from time to time to keep the level at its upper limits prefetable? Thanks Bob, Joseph

The only time I have seen the message 'change oil' was when I bought the truck. I am wondering what is the soonest possible mileage it can or has been noted to trip. I heard on here it uses complex math to make an exucated guess at the oil's condition instead of some others that were merely...

Please explain synchromesh. All I really picked up from Wikipedia is that it may or may not be different from the normal manual synchronized transmission that so many of us who enjoy shifting have

Remember about five years ago, someone made one of those RockAuto videos about the members on this site? I wanted to view it again and cant think where to begin searching. tia Joseph

I was wondering why more wheels don't get balanced with the weights on the inside part of the rim where it wouldn't make the outer visible part (while mounted) look less attractive.

When eating some chuck over this weekend I got to thinking what a steer was-so I looked into my dictionary. I was appalled that the beef I have been eating all these years could have been missing parts of its body for a long time before it was sent to be slaughtered. I am not at all happy with...

I was thinking back to either when I was in class studying different configurations or maybe it was when I took a ride in a Bonanza, but I have a question about adjustable props. I think when your prop is adjustable and you need to climb or add power, you don't use the throttle......is that...