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"Paint isn't as durable as it used to be" Well, I guess it depends on the manufacturer. My experience with two BMWs is that the clearcoat...
One of the merits of driving a Prius with a ScanGauge is that, with some mental processing, you can use it to see how hard you can brake at...
One piece of advice is that replacing worn tires with new tires is almost sure to give an actual, temporary, but fairly substantial mpg reduction....
Conditions of use will affect the life of any battery. For example, I owned a 1975 BMW 2002 which ate up DieHard batteries at two year intervals...
As it happens, my ancient charger on the low "2A" range worked fairly nicely for a four hour top-up run, starting at about an ampere at 13.21...
I trust the meter itself (Fluke 115, cross-checked occasionally with a Fluke 117 and a couple of $4 cheapies. The measurement point (+ is right...
Did I mention the charger is ancient? At the price and given the vintage (pre-1988 for sure, maybe about 1983, Sears 28-71827), I don't think...
I have reverted from the 2A to the 6A position. Just before reversion, the voltage under charging current was 12.63. Five minutes into the 6A...
Thanks--I decided in response to your post and to my own concerns to switch my dumb charger to the 2A nominal rate. Five minutes later I think...
In the 50 minutes after I posted that, the voltage with a charging rate now indicated as 6.5A has risen past 12.2V. This has somewhat lowered my...
Our 2006 Prius currently has an 3-year old Optima yellow-top 12V battery as purchased from eLearnaid and installed by me. I just discharged it...
How certain are you that the 12 V battery is really okay? As a first question, how old is it? Our first symptom of a decaying 12 V battery was...
If the original poster has been a careful observer and the behavior has changed, perhaps the thermostat is failing to close fully. After several...
E10 was mandated here in Albuquerque for years during the winter months as a pollution control measure. At least a couple of years ago things...
How old is the 12V battery? Symptoms of a failing 12V battery seem to vary a lot from car to car. On our Prius, fob trouble was the first symptom.
Luckily I was able to dig up the Word Doc I used to log maintenance actions on my 1987 BMW 325i. First front brake pad replacement was at 69,708...
I split my brain for automatic versus manual braking foot right when I learned to drive over forty years ago. The two family cars were a 1960 VW...
Agreed, which is a reason why few of us could really answer the question as posted with any accuracy
I try to check my tires every month and top them up to my desired pressure. I use a portable compressor that includes a reasonably accurate gauge....
One longshot possibility could be that is not really true that your bulbs are dying but rather that you have a faulty socket. This actually...
