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  1. J

    Boat is put away for winter. What to do every day ?

    not yet for me heading out for dinner tomorrow....cruise back while the sun is setting.... drive home kinda sucks.
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    Cars you should have kept.

    eh, shoulda kept my Monte Carlos, '72, '77' and '87 SS.
  3. J

    This trailer has rocking bunks

    my karavan pontoon trailer is also.
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    I thought we won...😂
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    2002 vs 2025 at least I can still check/add water.
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    well, me neither. Stumbled across it on toyota nation a few years ago. Set it aside in my memory cache. Then my son, independently, tells me his problem. So we do all the trouble shooting we can. I then tell him what I read months earlier. So he bites the bullet and gets the toyota...if memory...
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    and I thought I'd heard that the GM 6.2 owners lost that class action suit. or was it the 5.3 AFM suit. Or the tranny suit. Can't keep it straight. I'm wary of my '08 silverado's 5.3 and the AFM. Also the 4 speed automatic. fingers crossed.
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    when you replace a battery in a 2012 volvo, you have to have vida/dice or a capable scanner to reset the battery monitor. If you don't, then the system may not charge the battery appropriately. BS again.
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    and there are all kinds of "devices" on top of my battery in the new car. Rumor has it that when I go to replace the battery, these devices can detect whether or not the replacement battery is the "toyota" battery?...time will tell. But this isn't unknown. My son went to replace his '04 Prius...
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    lol Ford's been having issues for years with water in their taillights. And they're still having them ?...jeez. Girlfriend's son had a 2014 F150, bulb shorted out due to water, a lot. Surprised me. Dealer quoted like $300-$400 or more (can't remember, but was ridiculous) to replace fix. So I...
  11. J

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    It's not the battery...It's not the sensor. It's the algorithm.
  12. J

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    easier said than done....sure, something like this pops up on rare occasions. how much do you think I'd have to pay for this?
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    eh...it's an algorithm thing. Basically same answer from toyota and toyotanation, so just gonna let it be. It's just when using auto stop/start. I may run my testers on the battery later if something develops. a battery sensor should set a code....there are no codes.
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    and now....a brand new toyota cross, just a little over 1000 miles...... and I'm getting a start/stop unable - battery charging message...lol battery is at 12.6v and charging is +/- 14v......not a hybrid. let the games.......
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    and there's no turning back....that's the hard line, in your face truth.
  16. J

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    lol...and this:
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    so...got a message in my 2012 volvo saying bulb failure low beam. Both low beams were out though. Hmm. So go to check fuse....there is no fuse for headlights. Ok..go to find the relay. There is no relay....now it's wtf . so, to the Volvo forum. Turns out that the main computer, the CEM, controls...
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    lol...yeah, most of 'em....some, well ? One kit I had you could "grow" your own amoebas.....I guess I didn't pick my nose after handling it, my brain didn't turn to jelly. 😳
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    I think I was around 8 years old when I got this for xmas.....I still remember that you had to wind the wire 300 times around each armature. yes, it ran when I finished 🤓
  20. J

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    I don't think we're complaining about all the technology necessarily. It's just that as a DIY'er, we/I see the legitimate pitfalls coming. I got it though. If someone wants or doesn't mind perpetual monthly transportation costs, it's irrelevant. I have saved myself untold multi thousands (tens...
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