Mendel Leisk's Recent Activity
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Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Pushing start button 3 times to start.
Might have been imposing a phantom load too; good riddance. (y)
Nov 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM -
Mendel Leisk liked Gokhan's post in the thread Prius spare tire.
Interesting. Toyota now uses black ones. They must have used silver ones in the past. Vaguely recalling, my 2009 Corolla XLE had silver...
Nov 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Prius spare tire.
The silver ones look like the stock ones on our gen 3. I always get flack from my son, for holding the valve cap in my teeth, while...
Nov 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM -
Mendel Leisk liked Gokhan's post in the thread Prius spare tire.
Ha ha, any plastic tire valve cap with a rubber bushing inside will work in 95% of the scenarios. The OEM tire valve cap is of slightly...
Nov 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Prius spare tire.
As far as I know valve cap's dual missions are to keep the valve clean, and not corrode onto the valve. I'm somewhat in awe of your...
Nov 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Toyota can’t keep up with demand.
Our son's 2018 CX-5 just incurred close to 3 grand CDN repair cost due to various oil leaks. It's got around 135k kms. A little...
Nov 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM -
Mendel Leisk liked mikefocke's post in the thread Toyota can’t keep up with demand.
I don't want to sell you my car, just posted to show you the KBB depreciation on a real Toyota to counter your claim. Were I to try and...
Nov 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Do I need a new caliper?.
There's a link in my signature with some rear brake tips. (on a phone turn it landscape to see signatures)
Nov 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM -
Mendel Leisk attached a file to the thread 2016 Brake Fluid Flush w/o Techstream?.
Finally got around to digging up 4th gen Invalid Mode. Believe it's the same. Again, a gotcha for me was not having parking brake set....
Nov 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM -
Mendel Leisk liked Trollbait's post in the thread Toyota can’t keep up with demand.
Interest on new car loans also tend to be lower.
Nov 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Toyota can’t keep up with demand.
Yeah, but the bookkeeping is a lot simpler using cash, and easier to sleep at night. Plus, there can be clever close-out charges.
Nov 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM -
Mendel Leisk liked rjparker's post in the thread Toyota can’t keep up with demand.
If I remember right I believe Canada restricts dealers from arbitrarily adding a $5k or more "market adjustment" for popular cars. So...
Nov 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread How To Clean The Infotainment Screen?.
Try damp cloth first. Our son cleaned his CX-5 touchscreen with some "interior cleaner", left it milky, he resorted to adding a screen...
Nov 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Toyota can’t keep up with demand.
We've always bought cars for cash. Might be getting out of the car game just in time though: How 'forced financing' makes some car...
Nov 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
