Looking to buy a car, check the VIN on carfax, and the repair history there conflicts with the seller's story about where the car has been. So maybe I copied the VIN wrong, probably just one digit, but the make and model of the car that carfax reports is the same as the one I'm looking at. Does...

I cautioned patience on the Gulf blowout situation regarding BP. As I said, this would come out in "the wash", so to speak. The things that are coming out are not good. One of the problems we have in the USA (and in the world) has to do with basic ethics. The BP I knew was strong on ethics. ...

Hi all, looking for opinions on hitch balls... I'm trying to put together a carry-on set of stuff for my truck and included in that in my mind should be all the various hitch balls that I may need (1-7/8", 2", 2-5/8") are any of the "switch ball" type things worth the money? Looking online it...

www.manufacturing.net/news/2012/03/gm-to-suspend-volt-production If there not selling, what are your going to do? bob

I wanted to see if I could rejuvenate a battery that's dead and several years old but never saw much use. Sat in a car that mostly sits in the garage. I stuck it in my '89 Toyota Cressida, cleaned the terminals on the battery and the cable ends, hooked them up and jumped it with the good battery....

EXIDE MICRO-HYBRID AGM wtf is agm? And how would exide magically offer a supposedly durable battery that supports repeated frequent engine restarts when light turns green? among the claims better resistance to high temperatures. For the ****s sakes where is the dedicated fan blowing air on...

In an alt.home.repair thread, some were proposing 92 AKI gasoline for lawn equipment, where I questioned the logic, based on compression ratio alone. AFAIK, the octane rating just means the gas reacts differently to a given compression ratio (and other detonation factors such as heat &...

1) After all the damage to my wheels, etc. I figure I should have the wheels aligned. A toyota. Who do you think does the best job? A Toyotal dealer, Firestone, PepBoys, or a gas station with busy service bays who was recommended? Someone I know and trust also gave a particular guy at Pep...

So I finally decided it was time to take the '88 Caddy to the knackers. Two rejections out of hand, one offer of $115 if I drive it in ($65 if they have to pick it up), and I'm waiting for a callback from the Cadillac-only wrecker. Damn thing has 90K miles (engine and trans in what's...

What about GM, Chrysler and Ford? Moron. GM and Ford have PLENTY of recalls to publicize, and this idiot goes after Toyota. Your government at work.

Looking for 4 good 235/75/15 tires for a Jeep Grand Cherokee .Don't want to give the rich guy in the area that has a controlling interests in all the stores for a hundred miles. Plus I'm broke. Any help.... Runk......

REcently posted here about my 98 Grand Marquis auto accident involving my daughter. We originallythought it was the upper cotrol arm but that isnot the problem. Turns out that the frame is actually bent near the shock absorber bracket. My brother (my mechanic is sending the car over to a...

Hello The steering wheel pulls to the right on my car. If I hold the steering wheel centered the car will drive straight.

I have a brand new out of the box (not rebuilt) Holley 2280 replacement carburetor bolted onto a 1987 Dodge Dakota 3.9L V6 engine. The original was a Holley 6280, which is the feedback version of the 2280. The feedback solenoid for the 6280 is no longer available, so when mine went south, I opted...

Maybe someone here knows the answers to a couple questions a friend of mine has regarding Chrysler Fuel pumps and his battery. He has what he thinks is a dead fuel pump in his 94 Voyager. So he got a used pump and tested it with 12 volts to see it spin up. He then installed it and it still won't...

I have a 1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse 1.8L, 120,000 miles. After I drive it for about a minute, the car will start hesitating, and when i get to a red light, it stalls out. After it stalls out, the car will not turn back on, it will crank, but not start. After 15 minutes, the car starts up again...

Some metal debris (I don't yet know source....perhaps a valve guide disintegrated? Will know more tonight.) has resulted in a couple hundred dings on the head for that cylinder. Some I would even call gashes. Before I bother to take it to a machine shop, I thought I'd ask if I should bother to...

Here in Minnesota state law says lights must be on when driving in rain or impaired visibility. Lots of folks with DRLs ignore this, saying, hey, my DRLs take care of that. But on many (most?) cars with DRLs, the lights are only on in the front. I think rear lights are more needed in these...

Id like to buy a car cover to cover my vehicle for daily use in the winter. I do not have a garage. Any advice or thoughts on what cover to get? Is a low cost cover say from costco just as good as a high priced California Cover one?

As per sublect line.....no spark. Verified crank sensor working (.7v pulses), swapped ignition module with a known good one, and have 12v at the module input. I know from past experience that a bad coil van completely knock out the spark on the rest of the coils....tried using 1 coil at a time with...