Recent content by OneEyeJack

I've tried the Garmin and my Pixel smartphone for in route directions. I'm keeping the Garmin.

They break down and fall apart to frequently to consider owning. You can walk away from a rental and get home with your bank account intact.

An 03 truck with 61K miles??? That's a new truck. My 03 4Runner with 165k miles tows a horse trailer on desert dirt roads and I consider it almost new. One frequent trip on terrible roads is almost 50 miles. My only concern is the horses, not the vehicle.

Call them. The lady that answers the phone is really helpful.

In our neighborhood the generation of 4Runners with the 4.7L V8 engine are proving to be really reliable and trouble free. I consider my 03 to be a 4door pickup with a permanent good fitting camper shell lol. I tow a horse trailer over desert roads and I'm at 165K+ miles without any problems...

I feel for your loss. I lost my best friend, Toby a few months ago. I have reached under my desk to pet her a couple of times since then when I'm working late at night. My wife and I went to a shelter a couple of months ago and adopted a border collie puppy. He gets into trouble every time he...

Someday cars will have a service interval of 100K for everything, oil and tires included. The only technical reason it's not there now is because it will hurt dealership service departments. eliminating so many chances to take a shot at your credit card.

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A dipstick becoming shorter would cause you to overfill the crankcase. A problem with older Hondas was the dipstick going lower because the stop disc slipping up the shaft causing the normal level to be too low.

Movie fighters often shake of blows that would kill or at least knock you down and end the fight. At a local bar a big tough guy wound up to hit the bouncer and that was his last conscious thought. The bouncer hit him once while the wind up was in progress and the fight was over. It wasn't...

Why aren't there more of these CNG trucks?

A Jeep salesman told me that the Jeep 4-wheel drive system is so good you'll never get stuck. It's been my experience that every 4-wheel drive vehicle can get stuck. The better the vehicle's off road capability the worse thing are when you finally get stuck. If you're not getting stuck every...