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It was overcast today and the temperatures were mild, with a maximum of around 72F. (Climate control is set to 68F.) First we went to a toxic...
My son sold his RV (trailer) and so is downsizing from his F350 SuperDuty to a smaller truck. He had a Tacoma before and wanted another. Priced...
Have the OEM lithium packs been around long enough to compare pack lifetime against the OEM NiMH ones? This would be the mean (or median) time...
Hypothetical question. When doing a piston soak people often rotate the engine a little every so many hours by using a ratchet on the big nut on...
Almost obliterated by a red SUV today. Driving home on an apartment lined residential street at about 30 mph with my son and daughter-in-law in...
Performed the 3rd Valvoline Restore and Protect oil change today. Our driveway has a little slope and previously the car was pointed downhill so...
While waiting to pick up a passenger at night, parked on the side of the road where it was very dark, I happened to turn the headlight switch one...
I had some free time today so tried to upload all my "done at home" and "done at the mechanic's" service records into the Toyota site. After...
By chance today I stumbled upon two "Toyota Maintenance Channel" YouTube videos about radiator cap failures. The center piece broke off and fell...
Today after grocery shopping returned to the car, took down the sunscreen and the mirror was bumped (which happens often) but it made a much...
If it isn't too hot (50:50 at this point, it was in the 90s today) I'm going to change the belt for the water pump this weekend. The pump is...
It is my impression that our 2007 burns more oil at highway speeds than around town. Admittedly this may be observational bias, because going 700...
It is common for the MFD to fail because an electrolytic capacitor used by Toyota wasn't quite the right capacity and over time it degrades to the...
Out of curiosity, if one were to loosen the tension bolt for that belt by exactly N turns (whatever it takes to remove the belt), swap on the new...
My mother needs to stop driving soon. (More like last year.) Her 2010 Prius with around 70k miles seems to have been well maintained. Other...
For many years, like once a year, I pour a bottle of Techron in our cars' tanks before a fill up. Take off the cap, poke a hole in the foil seal,...
Does the car give some clue when it shifts from Open Loop to Closed Loop? That is, some way the driver could definitively tell when that happens?...
Made the yearly trip from SoCal to San Jose to visit family, outbound only so far. The two previous trips were something like 49 mpg and 48 mpg...
Reviewing the CarFax records for our car from before we bought it, it had: 75K service, includes "drive belts replaced" Since there is only one...
This topic comes up from time to time, and since it was coming up on 7 years since our 2007's headlights were fully redone, I thought I would take...
