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That's an interesting point. Any examples? Where can we find a parts number cross reference?

There is a lot of commentary on Bob about Consumer Reports ratings. Consumer Reports ratings are based on an annual survey of the Consumer Reports membership. It's not a survey of the membership's mechanics - which would create a different bias. Mechanics mostly work on vehicles with problems...

The results look quite reasonable. The big surprise for me is the difference between Toyota and Lexus. Both very reliable vehicles - with Lexus being slightly better than Toyota if anything. Could be a difference in hourly rates, but probably more Toyota owners are DIY types. And there are some...

You can get strapping made out of different materials. Galvanized steel would be okay but copper (and brass screws) might be better.

I'd drill the concrete and use anchors. Could buy metal fittings to go on top of the pipe, or make fittings out of sheet aluminum to surround the pipe.

Let us know what they find. That will be really interesting.

A small digression. Sorry. @dogememe You say you've had 2 Ryobi batteries fail. Ryobi batteries that have failed can often be resurrected. Did one myself. The process was dead easy. Don't know how long they'll last after that though. Turns out my charger had also failed (and probably took out...

I guess I'm an early adopter too (though less early than @JeffKeryk. Some have been good (CD player - still using my original Mission PCM 7000, now as a CD drive), and some not so good (Betamax) in spite of it being better than the alternative. At almost 3 years old my Tesla is tied for the...

According to Consumer Reports, Model Ss have somewhat below average reliability. I wouldn't think that early models would have been any better (or even as good). I'm a Tesla owner and I have never heard that people are getting 500,000 miles out of the original Tesla battery. But it seems that...

I have a Model 3. Seems you should use "car wash mode" when you're washing your car in the driveway. You don't use the "free roll" option of course. That blocks off the interior air entry (which keeps the interior air filters dry) and keeps the charging port closed (which otherwise keeps...

For a weight bearing area (chairs etc) agree with removing the sod and digging out a few inches of soil. Replace with gravel. The best and simplest grass or weed killer is a single layer of cardboard. We have a gardener and she has used cardboard in several places to kill everything underneath...

It's probably true. Probably true for any good quality oil. I've had no problem getting to 15 years with a variety of oils. Never hit 500,000 miles, but many others have. The fine print will probably specify a reasonable (but fairly short) change interval and exclusive use of this product. And...

I'm going to start working on my grandson. He's 12. We'll start with the lawn mower next weekend. I'll teach him to sharpen the mower blade and put string in the string trimmer too. If I train him well, he may be doing jobs for me (ie properly) when I get too old to do them myself. If someone...

I understand using better oil but why shortened oil change intervals? I would have expected a small early "flash off" from fresh oil. Is that offset by fuel in old oil, or what? I don't know which would be better for the GDI intake valves - longer or shorter oil change intervals. And why...

I had the Vanos system on my BMW replaced on the "last day of the warranty". I had been talking with them for some time and providing write ups on how to recognize the problem. The porpoising only appears while idling after a dead cold start so it wasn't easy to demonstrate. After it sat out...

Good discussion of all the above points. And much more.

You probably don't want to hear this but as a (retired) physician I have to say it. If your "Smoky" signature refers to a cigarette smoking habit, and if you're still smoking, you might want to reconsider. You might put off the day you need oxygen for quite a while.

When I finished the last bit of my 16 years of post secondary education, an academic position came open. The retiring professor suggested I apply. A review of our department had just been conducted and the review committee said they were going to recommend I be hired as the next program...

You're going to have to go through passport control somewhere. A few years ago when we went to Lyon, France through Frankfurt, Germany, passport control took place in France.

When I was an engineering student in the late 60s/early 70s for the first 2 years I lived off campus sharing a bedroom in a Board and Room home. That's what people did in those days. Living on campus was too expensive. My first year of university in 1967/68 cost $1100 all in (tuition, books...