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    New August record temp in Phoenix

    We are under a extreme heat warning thru the weekend, it was according to my car 114 this afternoon, its freaking HOT HOT HOT . And its also been humid the last few days as we are still in monsoon season, had really nice lighting show last night to go with the power outage for 15 minutes.
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    maglight flashlights . toss them or ?

    I still have my MagCharger rechargeable Maglite I got in 2000, its been long dead and Ive often wanted to do the LED upgrade for it, but for the cost of the LED head and a new battery it just was never really worth it when you consider all the LED flashlights you can buy that would be better. I...
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    Consumer reports 5 worst car brands.

    It was FCA till about 2021 , FCA merged with PSA Group(owners of Peugeot,Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhall) and out came Stellantics. Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram Trucks, and Vauxhall are all owned by Stellantics.
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    Poll reports drinking in U.S. at record low

    Almost mid 40's here, and I don't really drink anymore , I might have one or two drinks a year if that, I probably didnt drink at all during my 30's, I didnt even drink on my wedding day( nor did my wife) I spent a good part of my 20's drinking and that lead to me not wanting to drink anymore...
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    New To Me 2009 Chevy Express 2500 Cargo

    Yep, typo, I meant to type 8,thank you for pointing it out.
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    New To Me 2009 Chevy Express 2500 Cargo

    My wife and daughter the jokes about a day later, they call it the kidnapper van :LOL:
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    New To Me 2009 Chevy Express 2500 Cargo

    Picked it last month ( July) its going to be my new Mobile DJ ( wedding DJ) van, its '09 with 238,xxx original motor and second transmission, it has the 4.6 V8. and of course the standard GM peeling white paint. I am the third owner, the first used it for carpet cleaning and the second for...
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    guys over 50 doing maintenance

    Almost 45 here and I am down to just doing basic maintenance because its more convenient( like oil changes for me and it saves us some money, but its hot here during most of the year so that me not willing to want to do a lot of things, I still like wrenching on things but I am just pickier now.
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    Post your latest oil change

    2017 Nissan Maxima, 70,780 Out, Mobil 1 Advance Fuel Eco 0W-20 & Nissan Filter In, Mobil 1 Advance Fuel Eco 0W-20 & Nissan Filter
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    Cabin Air filter - 19 months

    My CAF in my daily is I have no Idea how old, its been in the car since I got in early '21, (2017, got it with 30k miles), its real a pain in the ***** to get to it.
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    Costco seems a lot more crowded lately

    My area got our Costco a few years ago( just before Covid hit) and its ALWAYS busy, its serving a very large area , and its closer for a lot of people than the two other locations that serve this area of the valley. We primarily use Costco for gas.
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    Costco seems a lot more crowded lately

    A restaurant would , a lot of people that run restaurants outside of the chains shop there, last time I was my local Costco, I seen the manager that runs a local Yogis's Grill shopping there, they use teriyaki sauce.
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    Post your latest oil change

    2017 Maxima SR, 50k mile service New tires- off, Nankang, on, Yokohama Advan Sport a/s+(dealer) CVT Service, flush( dealer service) Brake Pads(All)-off, OEM, on, Raybestos Element 3 pads Oil-out, just under 5qts Motul full Syn 1800 Eco-Lite OW20, in ,5qts Castrol Edge 0W20 Filter-off OEM, on, OEM
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    Are you serious about tire rotation intervals?

    I do them on every oil change............ever since my wife got me my impact a handful of years ago:D
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    Post your latest oil change

    2017 Maxima, 45k oil change( 45,588) Out, Motul 0w-20, OEM Filter In, Motul 0w-20, OEM Filter
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    Oil Visual Inspection

    Its supposed to taste like caramel right ?
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    Worst Fast Food Restaurants in America

    The one for my area is straight up crap too, we just ate their last weekend and decided we are done with them, the KFC we had closed up.
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    New Troy Bilt/Honda 160

    Alright , the saga moves, still not start, well, I finally got a can of started fluid, still wouldnt start , not even pretend to try and start, so that lead me back to the coil pack went out, picked a spark plug tester, so this is where it go weird , 2nd pull , sum ***** started up, and ran for...
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    New Troy Bilt/Honda 160

    Ive had Seafoam work a few times as a starting fluid , didnt keep it running but it did get it to fire up. I took the carb apart a few days ago, cleaned the jet, made sure all the holes were open, did another cleaning on the entire carb( wasnt dirty from when I cleaned a few weeks ago ), still...
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    New Troy Bilt/Honda 160

    Yeah thanks, I came arcoss a video too( maybe the same one) that said take the carb apart and clean the holes out. I will give it a try, not sure what else it could be at this point.
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