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into a bank of deep cycle batteries? We use panels at home and they're wired into the grid, which was done by a real electrician. However, with the recent hunt for an RV and a desire to keep it as green as possible while burning fuel at an alarming rate, we'd like to put a bank of 4 to 6 deep...

Drive train wise, does any one manufacturer stand out over the others? I have no real brand loyalty since most of them at this age will be in the mid 100k mile range and I just want something that will easily last another 100k.

I thought it might be a good idea to actually start back stocking some serious amounts of oil since it's going to end up going up in price and there are some good deals at the moment. I'm confined to 5k changes for the next 2 years of 46k miles until the warranty expires but after that can...

I've had the recent deep need for a bike. I've only driven a bike for a day and about 100 miles, all on a shadow 750. Since then I've needed one. I know that 100 miles wouldn't be enough to pick that as a good bike, as much as I liked it. I did find it heavy and a little unruly when I was...

So recently I took a promotion at work, and now I use my personal vehicle to travel from one restaurant to the next. Now I get paid mileage, and it's more than enough to cover gas and even the wear and tear but I was wondering if I could still write off the fuel purchase. Now I certainly put...

I posted this in the general topics forum and was directed here. I've got a specialized allez sport road bike with a set of the Mondo tires on it. I've got a 545 mile bike ride coming up in June and will be riding between 80 and 112 miles a day through all kinds of different road conditions. IT...

I currently ride an Allez sport with the OR tires installed when the bike was new. In June I'm riding my bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles (545 miles) to raise money for a non profit. I know enough about car tires to easily pick a new set, but know NOTHING about bicycle tires! I'd like a...

A lady friend of mine picked up an 09 rio with 43k miles on the odo a few weeks ago and I finally got to look it over today. Strangely the dipstick was covered in what I guess is varnish, it wouldn't wipe off but I could scratch it off with my fingernail. I told her when she changes the oil...

I come from the 10k mile and change it camp, up until all my reading here. Now I have no intentions of changing it before 30-50k miles but want to keep it from getting to filthy. NOw I've seen it said a dozen times that improper cleaning of a paper filter can do a lot more damage than good. I...

I've always done the maintenance on my close friends cars, they buy the stuff and lunch and I work away. In November, while I was doing a transmission service I asked scotty if he had ever had his diffs in his jeep done and he had no clue so I told him we should put that on the list. He's coming...

So I have a 2007 prius, and usually drive less than 5 miles at a time. When I do park, it's for hours so the engine cools down completely. Obviously my oil NEVER gets very warm in the 10/15 minutes that I'm driving. I've always run M1 at 5k OCI's bur recently decided to run almost 9k because of...

I posted over on PC a few weeks ago when I planned this out, but now that I found you guys I wanted to pose this specific question. I have a 2007 toyota prius, have a 1.5l gas engine. The Toyota spec is for an ILSAC SAE 5w-30 and a 5,000 mile service interval. My question is this, the car...