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Do these need anything special for them? I ask as I was in the garage when the wife was parking the car, and the brake sounded "loud". 2021 Camry, all I know is that the brake is using some motor to spin out the piston so as to clamp onto the rotor. That spinny bit, is there a lube point that...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/30/tech/att-data-leak/index.html Not sure what to make of this... for all the complaining about the lousy service I get from Tracfone they have but my email address. Wondering if I should go look at the list of passwords I have, and think about changing them.

Not sure what else to call this... nor where to put it other than humor. I sure got a chuckle out of stumbling across it while doing car shopping. [And no I was not looking Metros!] Link. "Professionally shortened." I guess for people who need to park in their closet instead of their...

Wife sent me this one.

On my 2021 Corolla’s CVT (conventional, not hybrid), it has an engine braking shifter position “B”. Raises engine rpm, as expected. Works as expected. I realize someone will point out that brakes are cheaper than transmissions—duly noted, thank you—but I’m curious, with these transmission and...

Spotted this Silverado on CL and to me, my untrained eye, it looks like the rockers are not far from gone, and that someone may have either used rubberized undercoating on the frame to make it look "not rusty", or maybe NH Oil? I think the clue is how the leaf spring is not black like...

Wife and daughter have a trip coming up, flying to Italy and France. One of the suitcases is a bit over the 14” limit, but under the 22” height limit by at least an inch. I have not flown in 15 years and have no idea why she is asking me, but I know where I can ask. :) It’s 1.5cm over the...

Been here a while I guess. Back then: Now: Not as good as my cars though: Maybe I should get out more...

Watched a quick vid, then realized I'd probably find the answer faster here... 2014 Expedition, oil change: ramps needed or desired? I'm used to my cars, usually I can reach under, or if necessary, jack an inch and get just enough space to do the job. I'd prefer not to use ramps, as I've never...

I'd prefer to see none, and it's a bit of a first for me. Photos are not coming out yet, will try different lighting. Thought I'd do a cut and post, after changing oil in the 2003 CRV, which has 180k on the clock. While trying to separate the pleats I started seeing silvery things in the...

Wondering if anyone here has tried, or has an idea on it. I did 30 seconds of looking and it doesn't seem common... but the threads indicated it was a "fun" job as the hub has to come off. Wondering if I want to pay to have this replaced, or just limp it along until something else rots off...

Finally got to use them in "real" snow, this used set that I got (bought more for the rims but the tires came with them). Date code is from 2020 and 8/32's tread. Tire noise isn't bad--but it's a Corolla, so tire noise is a given. It just didn't get that much worse. Daily driving has been fine...

Wife and daughter are going to Italy for a week, then Paris for a couple of days. School trip. No plans to travel beyond that. They have Page Plus for cell plans (whatever is cheapest option) and we use Verizon towers (sorta, their coverage is nonexistent). Phones are Apple, wife has like a 2...

Showed the wife a 2009 and she didn't seem against it... so maybe it's in the running? I can't believe it's only 50% of new but those are the times we are in. Would a 2wd I4 Access Cab make for a decent all around vehicle? I need something a bit more capable than a Corolla, but finding station...

Morbid curiosity had me looking at Trax today. Came across these nannies which I think would drive me nuts? Rear Seat Reminder, Helps to remind the driver to check the back seat(s) before leaving the vehicle¹ Activates when rear doors are opened and closed up to 10 minutes before or anytime...

Spotted a VW with a 2.5L and manual, link. Other than a high price, should the fact that Valvoline did their coolant flush deter me from bothering to look at it? It wasn't long ago but I'm wondering if I'd wind up doing an immediate coolant flush. Amongst all other fluids and who knows what else.

How come people don't put a copy of their PIN onto the case? I'm not sure how to get in. Trying to figure out what to do with this PC that I dragged home from the transfer station, "Ryan" enabled PIN on Win10 (?) and as such I haven't a clue how to get past that. No Windows sticker on this...

I tend to leave my laptop running, often it will just wake up on its own anyhow--need to do a full shutdown, not hibernate. Today, been running a few days, and it decided to start changing screen brightness all on its own? It's flickering too fast for the slider bar to keep up. And then...

Out shoveling snow this morning, cleaned the daughter's (well mine) car off, she took off for school. Was wrapping up snow cleaning, wife came out the door--daughter rolled the car. Not sure I've driven faster on worse roads, seatbelt nearly got torn in two due to that **** tension that fires if...

Went to see if I could loosen the serpentine on our '03 CRV, it's a tough one. Am thinking it's worth buying a tool so as to get good leverage--less likely to hurt myself. A regular socket on a 3/8" breaker bar won't fit. I have an offset box wrench that gets in there cleanly, but I need a...