Cars & Bikes, Driving & Riding

Postby **Willie Kool** » Sat Sep 21, 2019 10:13 am

I can't imagine that will be anything but a temporary fix, WK.
Yeah, I really didn't expect it to do anything at all - thus my reference to snake oil, but have been pleasantly surprised. Researching it, I've found several people who say it fixed an injector misfire thousands of miles ago, so fingers crossed.

No CEL this morning...

Update almost 4 months later:

Definitely highly recommend Chevron Techron fuel system cleaner for a newly 'clogged' injector.

It's run great but did have an intermittent CEL for about a month. Since then, been great.

Postby **Morkle** » Tue Oct 08, 2019 12:49 pm

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:00 pm

I wasn't impressed with the idle sound, but holy christ does that thing rev quickly.

Postby **Ad@m** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:08 am

U.S. Marshals Auctioning Off 149 Vehicles From DC Solar Scam

https://news.yahoo.com/u-marshals-aucti ... 27427.html

In terms of late-model cars up for grabs, there will be high-performance luxury vehicles such as a 2017 Bentley Continental GT V8 S, 2017 Cadillac CTS-V, 2014 Jaguar XKR-S and 2008 Maserati GranTurismo as well as more environmentally friendly cars like five 2018 Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrids and a pair of 2014 Tesla Model S electric sedans.

If trucks and SUVs are more your style, there is a fleet of 12 Ram 2500 trucks, a Mercedes-Benz G500 and four AM General Humvees – from the early '90s before they were named the Hummer H1. The classic and vintage cars get even better ranging from pre-war cars like a 1930 Cord L-29 Brougham and 1932 Ford Roadster hotrod to legit muscle cars like a couple of '70 'Cudas, a gaggle of Fiat 500s, four generations of Camaros and a tubbed and caged El Camino.

One of the coolest cars in this collection is a 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that was formerly owned by Burt Reynolds, and it comes with an expired Florida registration from 2017 that allegedly proves Reynolds' prior ownership. There are also several Eleanor Shelby GT500 replicas as well as a trio Plymouth Superbirds and a Dodge Charger Daytona. Interestingly, all four of these Winged Warriors have body tags that are installed with sheet metal screws.

Postby **Shyster** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:24 pm

Random question: How often do you apply your parking brake? I've noticed, for example, that my mother hardly ever applies hers, and just about the only time she will ever use it is when she's parked on a steep hill. By contrast, the only time I don't apply my parking brake is when I'm parked in my own garage.

Postby **dodint** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:29 pm

I only use it when parked on a hill. Like my driveway.

Postby **AuthorTony** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:29 pm

Everywhere.

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:51 pm

Everywhere.

Postby **Willie Kool** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:31 pm

I only use it when parked on a hill.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:31 pm

Everywhere as well, even in my garage. My wife, never uses hers, unless she's driving a manual and parking on a hill. It drives her crazy when we switch cars and she doesn't notice the parking brake is on.

Postby **skullman80** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:12 pm

My wife uses hers everywhere even in our garage. I only use mine in hills.

Postby **CBear3** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:10 am

So, the Flex had this nasty issue where apparently the carriers warped in cooling at the foundry. This means the rear brakes drag ever so slightly, and its worse when you've used the parking brake. It's so bad that the first year I replaced the rear pads twice before I learned. So far I've done four rear brake jobs and 1 front. So I never use the parking brake unless I think the thing is actually going to roll away.

The Mini? Every time (except the one time I forgot and it rolled into the street, but I don't count that).

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:26 am

Only on hills now. When I had a manual, almost always.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:57 am

I remember being told at some point that using the parking brake keeps the brakes in better alignment or something like that?

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:28 am

I don't see how it would help the alignment.

Postby **Willie Kool** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:33 am

On older drum brake setups, the parking brake adjusted the rear shoes.

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:39 am

Ah, drum brakes. Pfft.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:04 pm

My driving instructor told me that in 1989, so that's probably what was going on back then.

Postby **Shyster** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 5:27 pm

Interesting. It seems pretty close to 50/50.

Postby **offsides** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:27 am

I have 3 manual transmission cars so I am in the habit to always use parking brakes, even in my automatic Accord.

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:21 pm

My parking brake doesn't work so never.

Postby **Morkle** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:33 pm

Starting to look at 4 door trucks seriously now. Having a hard time between Dodge and Ford, Ford seems pretty expensive for what it is.

Postby **iamjs** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 1:00 pm

so someone decided to express their feelings about law enforcement on my Outback this weekend.

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 1:07 pm

Yeesh. That's brutal.

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 3:49 pm

Starting to look at 4 door trucks seriously now. Having a hard time between Dodge and Ford, Ford seems pretty expensive for what it is.

I wanted to get back into a crew cab truck but I can't imagine it's gonna ever be possible. These prices are ASTRONOMICAL. $40,000 for a decently equipped truck is insane.

That said IF i was gettin one, i'd definitely go Ford. If Dodge, I'd go with the Rebel package. But Ford would win for me.