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  1. ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

    Basically the love child of a heatless tumble dryer and a dehumidifier. If you had both of those things you might cleverly glom them...

    Jul 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
  2. ChapmanF replied to the thread P0302 - 2005 w/about 145k - what first?.

    The ECM is able to math about the engine load, RPM, and misfire severity, and the likelihood of sending enough unburned fuel downstream...

    Jul 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
  3. ChapmanF replied to the thread Checking tire pressure?.

    I see rj has covered this also, but just for the short version, the presence of the button (as seen in the owners' manual drawing I...

    Jul 25, 2026 at 9:38 PM
  4. ChapmanF replied to the thread So you want to keep your prius running.....

    I tried, I did. I'd been enjoying conversations with someone who worked the counter at a truck stop I went by regularly, who had been...

    Jul 25, 2026 at 3:01 PM
  5. ChapmanF replied to the thread Tipping the gas station dude.

    They dislike the bears because they proscribe feeding them? O_o

    Jul 25, 2026 at 9:06 AM
  6. ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

    How well has it worked to look at any effort to regulate abuses by unprincipled players under capitalism, and paint it as...

    Jul 25, 2026 at 9:03 AM
  7. ChapmanF attached a file to the thread Checking tire pressure?.

    Your gen 2 doesn't? That's odd. This drawing from a US 2008 owners' manual shows both the light and the button, described pretty much...

    set.png Jul 24, 2026 at 11:20 PM
  8. ChapmanF replied to the thread KARR security system vulnerabilities.

    The earlier thread: If your dealer left a KARR Security box wired into your car, take it out | PriusChat

    Jul 24, 2026 at 11:04 PM
  9. ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

    My point, equally simple, is if it weren't for the secondary market, the company wouldn't have been able to sell those original shares...

    Jul 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
  10. ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

    Again: how many $$$ could they have got for their NEW CARS, if there weren't a functioning market for used ones?

    Jul 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
  11. ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

    Your cavil seems to be that only the initial buyers deserve credit for whatever capital the company was able to raise. Very well. How...

    Jul 24, 2026 at 8:27 PM
  12. ChapmanF replied to the thread Replacement for non hybrid battery in the trunk?.

    9.6V resting voltage on a 12V battery means at the very least that it is very deeply discharged. After a long rejuvenating spell on a...

    Jul 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
  13. ChapmanF replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

    It isn't just what people spend: even when they save, lots of people are using stocks for their long-term savings, which is another way...

    Jul 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM
  14. ChapmanF replied to the thread 2008 prius p1150 and p1151.

    It could be related. If you plug in an OBD-II device and have it show the engine coolant temperature as you are driving, how does that...

    Jul 24, 2026 at 2:56 PM
  15. ChapmanF replied to the thread If your dealer left a KARR Security box wired into your car, take it out.

    Well, these are not things put there by the manufacturer ... more like things added to the car by certain car dealers (of the kind the...

    Jul 24, 2026 at 2:50 PM