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    Lifetime engine warranty on new & used cars by local dealer

    It does cover “Seals and gaskets when required in connection with the repair or replacement of a covered part.” The warranty covers failure of internally lubricated parts so if all those parts when bathed in oil never fail (except for freak occurences), it raises questions about the usefulness...
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    What are you working on today?

    Yesterday I helped my son change the car battery on his 2020 Subaru Impreza Premium. The original 530 cold cranking amps lead acid battery was not starting car reliably, he was having to jump start it and even after charging overnight on the Noco Genius 5 charger it would not charge. The...
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    Check date code on this battery I bought yesterday. Talk about fresh.

    as received. I put it on the NOCO Genius 5 charger overnight, after these pictures were taken. Right before I installed it the light on the charger was solid green (charge completed) and about 13.3V.
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    Check date code on this battery I bought yesterday. Talk about fresh.

    There’s nothing spooky about it the battery was delivered to the store yesterday and today (Sunday) the tire and battery department is closed.
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    Check date code on this battery I bought yesterday. Talk about fresh.

    It was delivered to the Sam’s Club store yesterday from East Penn and put at the back of the shelf. The date stickers are put on by the manufacturer. The freshest batteries are on the back so naturally that is the one I picked. When I took it there was a plastic spacer covering on top of the...
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    Check date code on this battery I bought yesterday. Talk about fresh.

    I bought this battery yesterday, October 30, 2021 at Sam’s Club. Talk about fresh, look at the date code sticker: 11/21
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    New battery, peppier engine?

    You have it backwards. A small sample does not represent the large population from which it is drawn. Drawing two batteries that both have shorted cells is much more likely in a small sample than it is in a large sample. Drawing a sample where no batteries have failed cells is also much more...
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    Tires: where do you folks buy them?

    Sam’s Club and Costco. They offer the best prices anywhere on Michelin, offer free tire balancing and rotation as long as you own the tire, and a free road hazard warranty. Sam’s Club has a far bigger selection of tire brands and models than Costco.
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    High car prices and auto loans

    The stock market “cycle” is that there is no cycle. The market is unpredictable, other than the fact that viewed over decades, the trend is up on all the major indexes. There is no 10 year cycle.
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    Battery keeps draining every few days ugh

    There is a class action lawsuit against Subaru for 2015-2020 cars including the Forester. I understand your car is much older. https://www.torquenews.com/1084/subaru-battery-drain-lawsuit-new-claims-now-include-forester-wrx-and-legacy My son’s 2020 Impreza not covered by the class action...
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    CVT chain slip?

    The dealership charged around $200 something to use genuine SUBARU CVTF-II. Maybe they give him a break because he’s a veteran. That is here in New Hampshire. If you bought an extended warranty a/k/a a service contract though they can and will void it regarding CVT problems unless you used...
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    Ohio's new standard License plate

    Notice that N. Carolina and Ohio still disagree which state is First in Flight and both use the Wright Brothers on their plates. By rights New Hampshire is First In American Spaceflight because it is the birthplace of Alan Shephard.
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    CVT chain slip?

    My son had his CVT fluid changed at 30,000 miles on his 2020 Impreza Premium hatchback which uses the identical engine and CVT as your Crosstrek. It uses Subaru CVTF-II fluid.
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    Aftermarket CVT Fluid

    Subaru manufactures four different CVT fluids for current model cars, none is compatible with the other, and Valvoline is not approved to replace any of them. Subaru intentionally makes their CVT fluids different colors so even a Subaru technician will not mistakenly use the wrong Subaru fluid...
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    Alec Baldwin shoots two people, kills one, on movie set

    Statement by Alec Baldwins production company not the police: A production spokesperson from Rust Movie Productions LLC told Deadline, “There was an accident today on the New Mexico set of Rust involving the misfire of a prop gun with blanks.” The commonly accepted firearms definition of a...
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    Alec Baldwin shoots two people, kills one, on movie set

    Police are not saying it is a “prop gun loaded with blanks”, that is Alec Baldwin’s spokesman from the production company who is saying it. Police are saying, quote: “We’re trying to determine right now how and what type of projectile was used in the firearm,”.
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    Alec Baldwin shoots two people, kills one, on movie set

    Actor Alec Baldwin shot and killed the director of cinematography on a movie set, and shot and seriously wounded the movie’s director. Baldwin is the leading actor, producer and also a writer of that film. Firearm type, what kind of ammunition it what loaded with, how it is that Baldwin aimed at...
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    China Hypersonic Weapons Test

    China is already far ahead of the United States in hypersonic missiles and the gap is widening.
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    Valve cover gasket change and spark plug replacement today.

    I replaced the plugs on my Tundra with Genuine Toyota Parts and they were only $1.66 each at the dealership, for 8 of them. What is the point of putting in non-OEM plugs in any Toyota engine, including a 2UZ-FE that only requires 4 spark plugs?
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