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Florida is high largely because of the statutes governing bodily injury claims. It is a truly unique state in terms of insurance-auto and property. Most carriers would rather not do business in Florida at all.

Generally, states without inspections and with less red tape involved in the commerce of cars have much lower insurance rates.

Good to hear there is a reasonable quick way to appease the government in NY. Nothing like making citizens and private companies work harder to drive their own nice vehicles on public roads that citizens already pay for. Sorry for the quick rant.

There are situations currently in some states that require inspections where open recalls must be completed before the car can be passed. The parts needed to complete the recall are not available. You can see the problem. My profession is personal and commercial insurance underwriting analysis. Things are a mess right now to say the least.

I find what I am looking for easily by using the “- “ command to eliminate terms that the useless listings have in them. I also set reminders so I am notified if what I am liking for gets listed.

Growing up my family was a GM family. I asked Dad how that developed, and he said it was because they bought a new Granada 😆. He said, after trying that car, he made a vow to never own another Ford.

Shark bites are must haves in an RV tool kit. 👍

Took this the other day after a drive around the neighborhood.

Oh happy day!!!!

Barney is correct. It was changed for noise problems, not airflow. Technicians were actually advised to use piano wire in the original grilles to solve the issue for customers.

I actually used to sell key fobs. In the US, they work in an envelope with a stamp about 75% of the time. Envelopes go through sorting machines and the machine can squeeze the key fob out like toothpaste. I had no money in them, so I would just send another one if that happened. Buyers knew this beforehand.

My running board trim is one hood piece and one door piece put together. I just have them flush against each other. Unless you are really looking, you can’t tell. People that don’t know these cars wouldn’t know the difference.

The aspect of maintenance on electric cars is very interesting. I recently rode in a Chevrolet Bolt while using Uber in San Francisco. I asked a million questions. This was his 2nd Bolt. He said he put 183,000 miles on his first in less than 2 years while driving for Uber. He said all he did was charge it every 280 miles and replace the tires one time. That was it. No other costs, no brake pads, nothing. He said it still went 280 miles per charge just like it did when it was new. He said he only replaced it because Uber customers don’t like riding in cars with 183,000 miles on them. Of course, San Francisco is the perfect climate, perfect infrastructure (plenty of charging available with no wait), and perfect commuter habits for EV’s, but they definitely have a use and a place.

11 years give or take:

Why would a person buy a Tesla if they didn’t live anywhere near a service location? That’s just being a bad consumer. Some dealers will travel to come get your car for service-typically the Lexus/Mercedes/Rover types. If I lived more than 30 minutes from somewhere that could work on my car, and they weren’t willing to come to me, I wouldn’t buy that car.

If it’s like a Buick, the serial number isn’t on the body at all. It’s on a plate the top of the frame under the hood on the right front (easily visible) or actually stamped in the frame on the right rear (often almost impossible to see or make out without taking the body off).

I just have a modest 4 car detached garage. It fits my 3 cars and camper. The upstairs is my office (I’m not self-employed, but I do work from home a few days a week.). We don’t get much snow, so I took a picture when we did. It’s my fun space.

I think 2 things: 1. Telling a potential customer “no” is both difficult and sometimes necessary. Costs can overrun any small auto business quickly if they don’t say “no” sometimes, or even more frequently, depending on their financial situation. 2. Everyone in the place needs to be able to do a little of everything (except maybe a painter-a good painter is an artist that can’t often be duplicated). If there is work to be done, then someone needs to be able to do it. Never should someone be idle if they can learn and contribute. You have a bright future ahead.

Oops! I saw a pic of the nut and my brain went to valve cover.

Honestly, mine is just hand tight. Those nuts are pretty big and I guess I got them tight enough. I forgot it was that way until I went to do a valve adjustment. I just did it that way again afterwards since it worked without leaking before.

If you click on this thread, you will see the shift knob on the included price sheet.

Modern headlights in general, even on “low beam,” are too bright and unsafe to oncoming vehicles. I can’t believe the NHTSA ever approved of them.

I never met him, but it was clear to me during my restoration of my 1939 Buick that he was clearly passionate about them, and very highly regarded in the community of car folks. He used the internet to teach me a lot, something many his age would rather not even attempt. I will always appreciate that. My condolences to his friends and family.

I frequently see this in my neck of the woods (Central KY). The labor force that would normally fill these jobs thinks they are too good for them. My teenage son’s employers both suffer from this. The second someone has what they think is a bad day at work, they just quit. They have friends that are teenagers that have had more jobs than they can count because they think it’s too hard. I just shake my head at the attitude of young workers (in general, based on what I have seen over the past few years). It all starts with parenting.

I got the matting from Bob’s and installed myself with rubber cement and 100 clamps.