Author Topic: What did you do to your car today? (Read 2920324 times)

craigq · « **Reply #5900 on:** July 31, 2016, 11:14:35 am »

The lift has locking positions at 1/2 height and maximum height, an 8 foot ceiling might work.

On another note, there was nothing blatantly obvious causing that ring of rust halfway through the swept area. I was expecting a notch in the pad material perhaps from a rock or metal but nothing. Sliders moved in/out freely. Any ideas ? The other three rotors are nice and shiny through the swept area.

wing · « **Reply #5901 on:** July 31, 2016, 11:31:50 am »

That is odd. Could have been a rock that is gone now.

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #5902 on:** August 02, 2016, 12:06:36 pm »

Changed a bulb in the headlight on the Prius

84im · « **Reply #5903 on:** August 02, 2016, 12:55:32 pm »

Take your pad out and give it a light sanding.
I like your new mini lift.
I miss my scissor hoist that I left with my old house when we moved to our new digs on Vancouver Island. Shipping it would have been VERY expensive. On its highest setting I could sit on my adjustable rolling stool and work on the underside of my cars.

tooscoops · « **Reply #5904 on:** August 02, 2016, 06:29:24 pm »

screw the lift... i'll take the porsche.

came back from a week at the cottage and the cars were just filthy... so washed my wife's... and didn't have time for my own! got the mud rinsed off at least...

Firm · « **Reply #5905 on:** August 02, 2016, 09:33:51 pm »

Drove the 96 Firebird into work, windshield was filthy on the inside and drove me nuts all day. Got home and immediately broke out the Invisible Glass. I hate cleaning the windshield on that car....

safristi · « **Reply #5906 on:** August 03, 2016, 07:50:34 am »

how do U know where to wipe with invisible glass..........

5 Wheel Drive · « **Reply #5907 on:** August 03, 2016, 09:02:09 am »

Gave the CX9 a wash on the weekend. Since I've never owner a car with the spare tire mounted under the vehicle, I decided to try lowering it to see how it worked. I wanted to try it out before the annual trek to Maine in a few weeks...just in case. I'm glad it did it!

1-Now I know how to do it
2-The spare was 20lbs low on air
3-The little piece that goes in the center of the rim has a little tab that has be moved out of the way to be able to pull it through the center hole in the rim. The tab was rusted in place, used some Liquid Wrench and 2 pairs of pliers to free it up.

Good to go now!

Solstice2006 · « **Reply #5908 on:** August 03, 2016, 10:08:07 am »

Quote from: Firm on August 02, 2016, 09:33:51 pm

Drove the 96 Firebird into work, windshield was filthy on the inside and drove me nuts all day. Got home and immediately broke out the Invisible Glass. I hate cleaning the windshield on that car....

At least it's easy to do the roof in the winter. Compared to do windows and roof of an SUV/Truck/Minivan! Lots of glass with minivans!

Firm · « **Reply #5909 on:** August 03, 2016, 12:00:25 pm »

Yeah, not looking forward to that with the 'Slade.

84im · « **Reply #5910 on:** August 03, 2016, 12:30:17 pm »

Quote from: tooscoops on August 02, 2016, 06:29:24 pm

screw the lift... i'll take the porsche.

came back from a week at the cottage and the cars were just filthy... so washed my wife's... and didn't have time for my own! got the mud rinsed off at least...

Unfortunately, it's a replica (Intermeccanica).

carcrazed · « **Reply #5911 on:** August 03, 2016, 03:39:07 pm »

Vacuumed the inside and cleaned crumbs from my younger one's car seat. He's disgusting.

Jaeger · « **Reply #5912 on:** August 03, 2016, 04:09:44 pm »

It doesn't look it, but my Genesis has a really short windshield. The standard sized cheapo windshield sun screen from Crappy Tire had to be scrunched in to fit, which of course, looked like crap. Parenthetically, that same size was lost in space when when pressed up to the huuuge windshield of the Fit. Anyway, long story short, both cars now have custom fit sunscreens which represent a fairly massive upgrade over the cheap ones. Worth it? Probably not in a purely functional sense - they do look better and work better but not several times better. Amortized over the life of the car, though - more than worth it to me.

http://www.coveritcanada.ca/uvs100-custom-sunscreen

pi314 · « **Reply #5913 on:** August 03, 2016, 06:31:24 pm »

That's a sweet looking screen, and an amazingly close parking spot to the station entrance.

(Also I love how you wrote "Parenthetically" instead of using parentheses)

Jaeger · « **Reply #5914 on:** August 04, 2016, 06:17:26 am »

Quote from: pi314 on August 03, 2016, 06:31:24 pm

That's a sweet looking screen, and an amazingly close parking spot to the station entrance.

(Also I love how you wrote "Parenthetically" instead of using parentheses)

5 Wheel Drive · « **Reply #5915 on:** August 04, 2016, 09:34:34 am »

Quote from: Jaeger on August 03, 2016, 04:09:44 pm

It doesn't look it, but my Genesis has a really short windshield. The standard sized cheapo windshield sun screen from Crappy Tire had to be scrunched in to fit, which of course, looked like crap. Parenthetically, that same size was lost in space when when pressed up to the huuuge windshield of the Fit. Anyway, long story short, both cars now have custom fit sunscreens which represent a fairly massive upgrade over the cheap ones. Worth it? Probably not in a purely functional sense - they do look better and work better but not several times better. Amortized over the life of the car, though - more than worth it to me.

http://www.coveritcanada.ca/uvs100-custom-sunscreen

That looks good! Might not be a bad idea to pick one up for the 3, considering how much it sits over the summer while the Miata is out.

Jaeger · « **Reply #5916 on:** August 05, 2016, 10:17:23 am »

Having used it a few days now, I think that an even greater benefit than exact fit over the cheap foil jobs is the vastly improved reflective properties. Both of us noticed that, with our cars parked at the GO Station all day in the interior felt cooler (okay, less insanely hot) than before.

bye · « **Reply #5917 on:** August 05, 2016, 08:29:17 pm »

Took my Smart Electric in for it's only maintenance in almost three years of driving, as I only put 20000 km on it, it only needed new/flush brake fluid and a high voltage battery pack desiccant (drying agent to keep battery from shorting if water vapour gets in it). Total maintenance bill for 3 years, $400.

Oh, and that worry about battery pack degradation? Battery health was perfect, no loss of range or power, the report showed that the capacity of the pack in my car exceeded manufacturer rating.

mlin32 · « **Reply #5918 on:** August 05, 2016, 11:09:33 pm »

Yesterday en route home from my business conférence, I decided to take advantage of the European-spec speed limiter on the 3er on the autobahn stretch. In fact rural traffic was light so for a full 40km, I did not drop below 130.

Been awhile since I've done the big city commute/grind, and boy the 325i is ill-suited for it. The transmission shifts inconsistently (slow? fast? lumpy? smooth? it's a raffle !), the gearing's too tall, there's no mid-range pull, it guzzles fuel, the air con in stopped traffic triggers the very-loud auxiliary fan, the suspension only takes speed bumps at 2 km/h- to the irritation of everyone behind me- and it's too big to fit in small spaces.

But on the flip side, this car is the 4-wheeled equivalent of the German ICE train. The autobahn ride is smooth, composed, unflappable. The high speed acceleration is unrelenting, yet consumption well within reason (either side of 8 l/100km depending how quickly). Back in the mountains with a sudden downpour, the Active Steering helped keep the car true as I plowed through the rain-drenched autoroute at 100. So a very good autobahn cruiser, this is.

craigq · « **Reply #5919 on:** August 07, 2016, 11:52:19 am »

Picked up one of those Bissell pro-clean vacuums after Airbalancer and 5 Wheel Drive mentioned them. Cleaned the seats in the FozXT and the Wrangler, the colour of the used water in the recovery tank is kind of gross

Checked the oil in the FozXT, the level hasn't budged, then I washed it. The lemon-scented IronX is actually not as repulsive as the cherry-scented. It still has a raw-egg smell to it, but not as strong. There's less and less purple showing up, hopefully going to clay-bar and seal it next time if I have enough time. Car detailing is really time-intensive...