Just need to vent...

Ooops -
yea - thank you for the reminder. Last time I had to fiddle fart with a flame sensor was in an attic and all of its glorious fiberglass insulation. This house fortunately has a machine room with water heater, softener tank, discharge pump, the heater blower.
Turns out my spare thermostat heater sensor was old/bad & should have just thrown it out.
The idiocy of sticking these things in an area requiring use of my inspection mirror never ceases to amaze me (vent of the day) .



Found the condensation drain pretty plugged up as well - so, got that taken care of too. Anywho, all cleaned up ready to test.
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I-90 crosses a mountain pass that receives an average of over 400 inches of snow per year. Only the most western portion of I-90 counts as "in these lowlands," where snow usually makes several appearances most (not all) years, but sticks around only briefly. The vast majority of winter is snow-free.

 

Instead of paying the ridiculous price of $92.44 to Toyota for two OEM shocks for my rear lift door in my 2021 Prius, ordered aftermarkets on Amazon...$21 for them both.
These rear shocks are the only thing commonly needing replacing in our two Prius. (2017/2021) They only seem to last a few years...this is the 2nd set on my 2021.
Interesting that the ones I ordered don't fit the 2017 despite both hatches having wipers on the window....must be a weight issue.

 

I'm too weary about buying stuff from Amazon or eBay anymore to even give it a try, especially with suspension or brake parts. I've seen cheap, online, suspension parts violently come apart due to poor quality in less than a year from purchase and install. Saving a couple bucks isn't worth my life.

 

You can get the shocks from one of the auto parts hauses.
Of my 3 hatchbacks (Envoy, Acadia, Terrain) I've only had to replace the ones for the Envoy - whose hatch is fairly HEAVY if you try to lift it without the shocks.
I got them from O-O-O'Reiley - but they all sell the same crap.

GMC stopped cranking out Envoys a long time ago, UNFORTUNATELY.

 

Yep; got an Envoy XL in my driveway. Use it for hunting n fishing. 250K+ miles and requires a lot of little fixes. Power-train is awesome, but only getting 17 mpg; that's why the Prime is my daily.

@ColoradoBoo; still on my OEM 'strong-arm' struts on my prime. Access them at least 3x a week, never an issue - except cleaning that trunk opening channel. Lots of leaves and junk gets in there. I've heard the trunk lid is carbon fiber; don't know about the regular Prius.

 

Oh these aren't suspension struts, these are the shocks (struts) that help open and close the rear tailgate in the cars.

 

Commuted from Bainbridge --> Seattle ferry terminal, short bit on Yesler then up the hill on 'stairstep hill' James (or more likely in winter, enter further south near the stadium) to I-90, onto the floating bridge over L. Washington, over Mercer (Billionaire? Speed Trap? Random $2M Ferrari Sighting?) Island, across the Stack and first exit north into Bellevue at 150th Ave... then same back home. Lots of snow (if not enough to impede moto commuting, up to maybe 3"), d u n n o what to tell you as above that I'd be ride-sharing to work -- which were weeks at a time (esp Jan - Feb)

Stats didn't apply when I were there... and certainly would've stopped more sensible (and / or inexperienced) moto commuters

 

Cheap at twice the price,! LOL our Porsche hood release cable? $93. You got off cheap!
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