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    Strange winter tire design? Less tread depth on shoulders?

    Canadian tire had a pretty decent sale on their house brand "premium" winter tire, they review pretty good, look like a reasonable tread pattern and lots of siping, so I order a set online before the sale ends. When I picked them up I thought the tread depth looked a bit odd, but overall a very...
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    Sandy Munro interviews Elon Musk

    Interesting conversation between two serious car guys.
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    Summary paper on vehicle efficiency technologies and regulation

    https://www.nap.edu/read/21744/chapter/1 I was wondering what the power transmission efficiency is on a CVT and found this paper online. Pretty interesting stuff and a good reference for all sorts of automotive questions.
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    2020 Subaru Ascent test drive

    I dropped off the Outback for servicing yesterday and they gave me a new Ascent Touring as a loaner for the day. Overall I surprised how much it was like our 18 Outback, looks pretty similar in the drivers seat with the same steering wheel and gauges. The steering is lighter than the Outback...
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    Copper-nickel brake lines on unsprung suspension components?

    Any worry about copper-nickel brake lines on unsprung suspension components? On my Focus, I replaced a hard line to one of the rear wheel cylinders. The Focus has a trailing arm rear suspension so they use a flex line to the front of the trailing arm and then a 13" steel hard line down the arm...
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    2018 Subaru Outback 2.5i

    So we picked this up a couple weeks ago, to replace our old CRV. The main draws were, the 32mpg hwy rating, 2700lb towing, a N-S drivetrain layout, and a simple NA motor without DI even. I was pretty impressed how the CVT worked in my parents Forester and they seem to be pretty reliable so...
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    CV shaft play?

    I am chasing a large vibration in the rear of the CRV. I thought it was an unbalanced or out of round tire but swapping tires hasn't helped. So I guess that leaves driveshafts? The rear CV half shafts have some play when I grab the middle of the shaft from the back of the car and pull forward...
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    Laptop Advice for Home Use

    My primary uses will be: Browsing Netflix Downloading some stuff on Torrents, but not storing TB's Perhaps some gaming, Iracing sounds neat. Its going to stay at home 99.9% of the time, so weight and battery life aren't really a factor. So I think I want: 17" size for the screen and the larger...
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    BFG G-force Comp 2 195/55R15's are on.

    Put these on after dinner yesterday and went for a drive to take the molding surface off. First of all they are round and balanced which is important as I ordered them in by mail. Also they are pretty quiet, no louder than my winter IG52C's which are quieter than my old 3 season tires. They do...
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    Relationship between speed rating and load rating?

    So I am looking at some BFG Sport Comp2's for my Focus. The largest size they have for 15" rims is 195/55 which has a V speed rating(149 mph) but only a 85 load rating. The Focus comes with 87 load rated 195/60R15 but with a T speed rating (118mph) So with the Comp2s I am down 65 lbs per tire...
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    Ridgid lifetime battery warranty comes through

    Just got a new pair of Li-Ion batteries for my 2009 18V hammer drill in the mail. Free shipping and re-registering was a 5 minute call. Only one battery was truly dead, but the other was loosing capacity so they replaced both with better ones, 3 Ah with gauges on the batteries. Anyways, for...
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    Any issues grooving tread blocks?

    We've got a new to us 06 CRV with Michelin hydroedge's on it. The tires are very loud, but have lots of tread depth and still work well in the wet. Anyone tried siping or grooving on these? I would groove just less than the full tread depth and figure its worth a shot before chucking them and...
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    Found ATF in my manual trans...

    In the last few weeks I've noticed the Focus trans becoming a little balky on the first few shifts in the mornings, which I thought was strange as its getting warmer out. I did some searching and found that ATF can cause some bushings to stick when moved by the shift forks, bad enough to lock...
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    Got a clean engine complement yesterday!

    The mechanic had the valve cover off the Tracker yesterday and was impressed how clean it was under there. It seems my loose schedule of spring and fall changes, with almost all flavors of rotella(15W40, 0W40, 5W40), on sale 5W30 synthetics, the odd bulk 5W30 dino change, and even a summer on...
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    A good game! US vs. CAN hockey

    Can't believe 1 goal was enough, but we held on... Congrats to the US though, they could've easily won as well. I hope Sweden isn't as tough. These low scoring games are too nerve racking!
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    Cold Air Intake?

    This is from yesterday morning on the way to work in the Focus. There was no traffic within a mile so I figured it was safe enough to take a quick pic. T-stat seems to work quite well too, only dropped from 95C on the long downhills.
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    Air Purifiers?

    Anyone have any experience with these? We don't have forced air in our house so I can't just use a good furnace filter. I'm going to put them in the kids bedrooms as the one is a bit more sniffly than what he should be from the colds he brings home. I am trying to reduce the cats indoor time as...
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    Minor rust repair by body shop?

    The Focus has a couple small rust spots that I'd like to stop from spreading as I think we are going to keep it for a long time. All the rust seems to be from scratches or stone chips from not having mud flaps, so the rust is not coming through the panels. What should I expect from a...
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    Yokohama Iceguard IG52C?

    Has anyone found a review of these yet? I've already bought a set for the Focus based mostly on the decent reviews of previous iceguard tires and they were quite inexpensive for semi premium ice/snow tire. $94 each after the mail in rebate, and shipped for free from PMC tire out of Quebec. They...
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    Starters/Solenoids, which ones are best?

    This is for the Tracker. Probably its just the solenoid as there's just a small single click when I turn the key, no movement or other noise. Battery is good. But in case its the starter, which brands are good and which to avoid? There is AC Delco and Denso remans available, OE from the dealer...
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