Author Topic: What did you do to your car today? (Read 2907987 times)

BWII · « **Reply #12160 on:** March 30, 2020, 01:30:01 pm »

What!!

Noooo...........

I'm so done with snow, and I've only used the snowblower, once, I think, this winter.

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #12161 on:** March 30, 2020, 02:02:28 pm »

Quote from: BWII on March 30, 2020, 01:30:01 pm

What!! Noooo........... I'm so done with snow, and I've only used the snowblower, once, I think, this winter.

Given the current and future temps, a lot of it will be rain, and any snow should melt pretty quickly, so kinda like a Toronto snowstorm. But still.

Blueprint · « **Reply #12162 on:** March 30, 2020, 03:02:57 pm »

Did the wheel swap on kiddo's Accent this morning, so easy with small & light wheels, plus they're 4 lugs only! The GLS wheels dress it up quite a bit, and from the shakedown drive, the kijji set seems fine and balanced. The tires' previous positions were unknow, but they have even wear, two with 1 mm less thread, which were probably used in front the last time, so I installed the shallower ones at the rear, with a 50% chance of getting the right location. The Kuhmos aren't directional. These should be good for two summers, as collectively we did not even put 1 000 km in a year on that car!

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #12163 on:** March 30, 2020, 04:26:41 pm »

They look good. Stock Hyundai wheels?

Did her car come with only winter tires, necessitating the need for a set of all-seasons?

Golly · « **Reply #12164 on:** March 30, 2020, 04:36:51 pm »

Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on March 30, 2020, 12:12:56 pm

We are supposed to get 20-25cm of snow this week, so while I was tempted to change the tires on the truck, I ultimately decided to wait.

April Fools joke right?

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #12165 on:** March 30, 2020, 04:38:52 pm »

Funny, that's what the article was called:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/35407750?fbclid=IwAR3HEvEdt5ge21OVWqH2xQBZDT4m-as0INBwtP6G-NVC4gSVm5jLfuZUAy4

The forecast has since changed. Looks like it's going to come mostly as rain:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/35433379?fbclid=IwAR3LHetC1QJxf2h6MIMSzamX7ro_t_5MIULy9VCWbXUeUn8VaRcQ-qvrYkY

One thing is for certain, the incoming moisture will impact our flood situation, which is not something we need at the moment. Imagine trying to maintain social distancing while in a sandbagging line!

Blueprint · « **Reply #12166 on:** March 30, 2020, 04:41:34 pm »

Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on March 30, 2020, 04:26:41 pm

They look good. Stock Hyundai wheels?

Did her car come with only winter tires, necessitating the need for a set of all-seasons?

Yup, I love these oem GLS wheels without the extra chrome of the top-trim version (hers is a GL). We were holding off to find such a set - they're rare, only used for the last two model years of the top-trim Accent. The previous all-silver alloy model was used for four years and is a lot more common.

The car came with two set of steelies, one being the very rusty oems with worn-out crappy 14" all-seasons, and the other a new repro set, no rust, with winter tires at their winter wear bars. We used that set from the purchase of the car in April 2019 up to October, scrapped the tires and installed new Pirelli winters at Costco (lucky to find a good tire in 14" these days). The oem set was kijiji'd off.

The 16" alloys dress up the car quite a bit and added heft to the steering. Being an oem upgrade, they have the same overall diameter as the 14 inchers. Added new chrome lugnuts for sharper look, and later I will put in the NOS floor mat set I found for 25$.

It's my stay-behind car when I have pressies, so I want it to look good

ktm525 · « **Reply #12167 on:** March 30, 2020, 08:46:52 pm »

Oil and filter for the Ridgeline and changing the transfer case oil. 100k on that stuff and it looks brand new. Oh well I won't touch it again for another 8-9 years at this rate.

blur911 · « **Reply #12168 on:** March 30, 2020, 08:56:30 pm »

Swapped off the winters on the Cayenne.

ktm525 · « **Reply #12169 on:** March 30, 2020, 10:12:13 pm »

Snowing again currently so it will be awhile for that.

I learned that Royal Purple gear oil is actually purple, never gave it much thought before. Actually it was very easy to see once it started dripping out of fill hole. I have never actually bought it before but it was all CT had in the spec I wanted.

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #12170 on:** March 30, 2020, 10:13:23 pm »

Quote from: ktm525 on March 30, 2020, 10:12:13 pm

Snowing again currently so it will be awhile for that.

I learned that Royal Purple gear oil is actually purple, never gave it much thought before. Actually it was very easy to see once it started dripping out of fill hole. I have never actually bought it before but it was all CT had in the spec I wanted.

I've heard Royal Purple does wonders for manual transmissions...

rrocket · « **Reply #12171 on:** March 30, 2020, 10:18:04 pm »

Quote from: ktm525 on March 30, 2020, 10:12:13 pm

Snowing again currently so it will be awhile for that.

I learned that Royal Purple gear oil is actually purple, never gave it much thought before. Actually it was very easy to see once it started dripping out of fill hole. I have never actually bought it before but it was all CT had in the spec I wanted.

Engine oil is purple too!

ChaosphereIX · « **Reply #12172 on:** March 30, 2020, 11:55:01 pm »

Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on March 30, 2020, 10:13:23 pm

Quote from: ktm525 on March 30, 2020, 10:12:13 pm
Snowing again currently so it will be awhile for that.

I learned that Royal Purple gear oil is actually purple, never gave it much thought before. Actually it was very easy to see once it started dripping out of fill hole. I have never actually bought it before but it was all CT had in the spec I wanted.

I've heard Royal Purple does wonders for manual transmissions...

My Lexus likes RP, and my Alfa is doing well on Redline. I did notice the RP helped cold shifting in winter.

rrocket · « **Reply #12173 on:** March 31, 2020, 12:00:19 am »

^^Yep..Lexus manual really likes RP.

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #12174 on:** March 31, 2020, 12:09:19 am »

When I had my SI, people on the 8th gen forum were big on Royal Purple to help alleviate the crunchy synchros.

draghon · « **Reply #12175 on:** March 31, 2020, 08:42:00 am »

^Amsoil and Redline too, basically anything synthetic that wasn't Honda OEM fluid was a vast improvement.

Bubba · « **Reply #12176 on:** March 31, 2020, 08:45:09 am »

Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on March 31, 2020, 12:09:19 am

When I had my SI, people on the 8th gen forum were big on Royal Purple to help alleviate the crunchy synchros.

Mmmmm, Crunchy Synchros. Now, there's a man's breakfast cereal.

ktm525 · « **Reply #12177 on:** March 31, 2020, 10:02:20 am »

Is it really special beyond the purple dye?

Golly · « **Reply #12178 on:** March 31, 2020, 10:52:57 am »

Since it hadn't moved in over 2 weeks, took the wife's car for a spin on the highway this morning. On the way home, went to the local wand wash and discovered that to maintain social/physical distancing, every second wash bay is blocked off even though the bays are a good 15ft wide and separated by curtains.

Bubba · « **Reply #12179 on:** March 31, 2020, 03:50:31 pm »

Quote from: Cadure on March 31, 2020, 02:56:31 pm

I didn't realize that car washing was a necessary service.

How did you find this site?

Necessary? It's essential!!