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Mendel Leisk liked Trollbait's post in the thread Toyota RAV4 overtakes the Ford F-150 as the best selling in the US..
Gen4 was when the Prius started moving away from the utilitarian everyman design to something more basic car like in the hopes of...
Jun 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Changing Oil in With Minimal Equipment..
Even if you can roll it all the way back to the front jacking point (virtually the whole jack will be under there), there's a good...
Jun 14, 2026 at 1:52 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Just need to vent....
Oh yeah, who needs signals, brake lights, license plate.
Jun 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Lack of check engine light.
I’ve had ours in maintenance mode a few times, can’t recall if it lit the check engine light. Was the inspection at your usual place,...
Jun 14, 2026 at 7:58 AM -
Mendel Leisk attached a file to the thread agm battery drained to 1.5v.
very likely. Any battery that’s sat for 6 months, with the typical load a modern car imposes (even when off), is almost certainly toast....
Jun 14, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Just need to vent....
One that took the cake: the car had a trailer hitch mounted luggage deck, maybe 18” by 5’, tilted up to vertical, totally obscuring the...
Jun 14, 2026 at 6:57 AM -
Mendel Leisk liked T1 Terry's post in the thread Just need to vent....
It's quite a hefty fine and loss of licence points over this side of the globe if you get caught with one of these and no aux licence...
Jun 14, 2026 at 6:46 AM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Just need to vent....
I’m really getting ticked, by the proliferation of back bumper “bike racks” that totally obscure licence plates, and often turn/brake...
Jun 14, 2026 at 5:55 AM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Changing Oil in With Minimal Equipment..
Good lord.
Jun 14, 2026 at 5:45 AM -
Mendel Leisk liked rjparker's post in the thread How to enable reverse beeping.
Newer cars have non volatile memory for settings.
Jun 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM -
Mendel Leisk liked ChapmanF's post in the thread Looking for guidance.
Or just doing nothing at all there, which is what they changed the repair manual to say at the same time they 86'd that valve.
Jun 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread How to enable reverse beeping.
Crude, but would momentary detachment of the 12 volt battery return it to defaults? Maybe nix other stuff though.
Jun 13, 2026 at 8:51 AM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Toyota RAV4 overtakes the Ford F-150 as the best selling in the US..
Fourth gen Prius interior was a bit tighter than third gen as well. This is the sense I get, from hazy recollection, mostly comment...
Jun 13, 2026 at 8:36 AM -
Mendel Leisk replied to the thread Looking for guidance.
^ Exactly. You’re just giving the air, and eventually coolant, an exit route at the top. You could do a final blow-out with compressed...
Jun 13, 2026 at 8:13 AM -
Mendel Leisk liked Tina L Moore's post in the thread My 2012 Prius V with 172,000 miles started having the oil light comes on even when the oil is full?.
Thanks everyone I purchased a 2020 Honda CR-V Touring- my son has all Hondas and The Rav4 was out of my price range.
Jun 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
