Ongoing General Automotive Thread 2.0

[woob]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

CVTs are for snowmobiles, not cars.

I just watched a short on Williams CVT in Formula 1 back in 1993, and how impactful it was performance wise. 2 weeks aftet they tested it, F1 banned it for the 1994 season. Boy did it sound SO different. Was an interesting watch.

[Barnes]

Random automotive thoughts. Two things I have noted over a couple of months of driving...

Almost every single vehicle that is driving around without their lights on is a Nissan. If it's not, Mazda 3 or Ford Escape.

There are still a ton of Safari/Astro vans out there.

[Burninator]

Decided to replace the brakes pads and rotors on one of our cars. What a painful reminder why I don't enjoy working on cars. The front rotors were so rusted on, took a whole painful day just to get them off. Somehow the bolts on the rear caliper bracket got f'd. Not sure how, they came off just fine, so now I am waiting for those to come in. Something that should have taken a day has left my car in the garage for a week.

Normally I get great sense of satisfaction from this stuff. As my wife says "it fills your cup". But not this time. Sore, filthy and a waste of an extra long weekend. I would rather have gone to work than do this bull####.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Burninator

Decided to replace the brakes pads and rotors on one of our cars. What a painful reminder why I don't enjoy working on cars. The front rotors were so rusted on, took a whole painful day just to get them off. Somehow the bolts on the rear caliper bracket got f'd. Not sure how, they came off just fine, so now I am waiting for those to come in. Something that should have taken a day has left my car in the garage for a week.

Normally I get great sense of satisfaction from this stuff. As my wife says "it fills your cup". But not this time. Sore, filthy and a waste of an extra long weekend. I would rather have gone to work than do this bull####.

Yeah, I used to do all that stuff too...not any more.

[Calgary14]

Originally Posted by Wormius

That’s bizarre it didn’t come with one, or at least included one by the dealer if the original was missing.

I am fine with the level 1 charging in my garage, but I could run 220V, if I felt inclined. My current use case the level 1 works well. However, now with solar panels at home, being able to charge while there is still sun would be beneficial.

I am thinking of getting another charger so I can use the block heaters at work, since they’re on continuously, but the OEM ones are really expensive.

It was from a non Toyota dealer so they had basically no clue about the car. Yeah I'm happy with the level 1 charger for now but might decide 220 later I just don't want to spend another $1k at the moment which is what I think it would cost

[Nufy]

Originally Posted by Burninator

Decided to replace the brakes pads and rotors on one of our cars. What a painful reminder why I don't enjoy working on cars. The front rotors were so rusted on, took a whole painful day just to get them off. Somehow the bolts on the rear caliper bracket got f'd. Not sure how, they came off just fine, so now I am waiting for those to come in. Something that should have taken a day has left my car in the garage for a week.

Normally I get great sense of satisfaction from this stuff. As my wife says "it fills your cup". But not this time. Sore, filthy and a waste of an extra long weekend. I would rather have gone to work than do this bull####.

Where do you live ?

I used to dread doing work when I lived back east.

The salt in the air would corrode almost everything that wasn't excercised on a regular bases.

Can't recall how many brake calipers were replaced because we snapped off the bleeder screw...


Not so much after I moved to Alberta...