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Offline Fobroader

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9960 on: November 21, 2018, 02:23:23 pm »
Quote from: Firm on November 21, 2018, 10:00:00 am
In the DTS, so easy a baby did it ;)

Charcoal is the way to go BTW...noticeable improvement in air quality, especially in the summer. 



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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9961 on: November 21, 2018, 02:25:30 pm »
Quote from: Scaerio on November 21, 2018, 02:04:33 pm
Do I need to remind you all that in order to change the cabin air filter in my car (Volvo C30) you have to DISCONNECT AND REMOVE THE GAS PEDAL?

At least headlight bulb replacement is pretty easy...

Remove the gas pedal?!?!?

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9962 on: November 21, 2018, 02:50:09 pm »
Quote from: Fobroader on November 21, 2018, 02:25:30 pm
Quote from: Scaerio on November 21, 2018, 02:04:33 pm
Do I need to remind you all that in order to change the cabin air filter in my car (Volvo C30) you have to DISCONNECT AND REMOVE THE GAS PEDAL?

At least headlight bulb replacement is pretty easy...

Remove the gas pedal?!?!?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0PboVMeHaw

I've posted that before...
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9963 on: November 21, 2018, 02:53:45 pm »
Quote from: Scaerio on November 21, 2018, 02:50:09 pm
Quote from: Fobroader on November 21, 2018, 02:25:30 pm
Quote from: Scaerio on November 21, 2018, 02:04:33 pm
Do I need to remind you all that in order to change the cabin air filter in my car (Volvo C30) you have to DISCONNECT AND REMOVE THE GAS PEDAL?

At least headlight bulb replacement is pretty easy...

Remove the gas pedal?!?!?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0PboVMeHaw

I've posted that before...

Thats beyond ridiculous, common Volvo, stop trying to be German!!!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9964 on: November 21, 2018, 02:57:52 pm »
Did they at least give you a stupid Allen key you'll never use again?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9965 on: November 21, 2018, 03:01:47 pm »
Quote from: tortoise on November 21, 2018, 02:57:52 pm
Did they at least give you a stupid Allen key you'll never use again?

Excellent Swedish play. Well done.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9966 on: November 21, 2018, 03:24:07 pm »
I've told this story before, but I'll tell it again since we're talking filters.

For the cars were I couldn't find an aftermarket filter and didn't want to pay for an OEM filter (some of the prices used to be bonkers), I buy the best furnace filter I could and cut it up into matching size for my cabin filter. I'd get 4-6 cabin filters from one furnace filter.

Easy DIY if you're ever in a pinch.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9967 on: November 21, 2018, 03:48:58 pm »
Quote from: mlin32 on November 21, 2018, 09:50:38 am
Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on November 21, 2018, 09:26:28 am
Quote from: mlin32 on November 21, 2018, 09:22:33 am
Hmm, weird. It was always super easy on the BMWs, a few screws over a plastic cover underneath the hood near the base of the windshield. 5 minute job.

That's probably the ONLY easily serviced item on a BMW...  And the most reliable, being nothing but a paper filter.
Oil filter was easy too. Right on top ! Same with the engine air filter, 6 screws and 2 clips.

I remember working on a friend's Civic, trying to figure out why an oil filter would be put at an angle in the undercarriage.
My Miata is even dumber.  The oil filter is mounted sideways off the block so as soon as you crack the filter, oil drips down onto the front crossmember.  Good thing the filter is tiny so the volume of oil isn't much.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9968 on: November 21, 2018, 04:25:00 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on November 21, 2018, 03:01:47 pm
Quote from: tortoise on November 21, 2018, 02:57:52 pm
Did they at least give you a stupid Allen key you'll never use again?

Excellent Swedish play. Well done.

Yes - well played.   :fiver:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9969 on: November 21, 2018, 04:46:58 pm »
the Michelin Xi3s are finally on the Saab. I feel invincible, damn these tires are good.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9970 on: November 21, 2018, 04:56:02 pm »
Now. Just imagine you had Blizzaks!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9971 on: November 21, 2018, 04:59:27 pm »
Quote from: tortoise on November 21, 2018, 04:56:02 pm
Now. Just imagine you had Blizzaks!
too poor for those. I am happy with my upgrade over the Continentals, which were an upgrade over the Firestones, which were an upgrade over the Goodyears. Maybe next time, Blizzaks!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9972 on: November 21, 2018, 05:19:14 pm »
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on November 21, 2018, 04:46:58 pm
the Michelin Xi3s are finally on the Saab. I feel invincible, damn these tires are good.

And my Blizzaks are finally on Miss Peanut!  Bring on BEAST MODE!   ;D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9973 on: November 21, 2018, 05:21:49 pm »
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on November 21, 2018, 04:46:58 pm
the Michelin Xi3s are finally on the Saab. I feel invincible, damn these tires are good.

I've tried many...and thus far XIces are my favs.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9974 on: November 21, 2018, 05:23:39 pm »


Quote from: ChaosphereIX on November 21, 2018, 04:59:27 pm
too poor for those.


Oddly, my Blizzaks were significant cheaper than the equivalent X-Ices. But, I'm running 15" rims so it was about $500 all in   for WS-80s. I also expect to get 3 seasons use out of them.

I had a set of the first gen X-Ices. They were great.  I can only imagine the 3's are a big leap above them. If they were less expensive I'd probably be running them.



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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9975 on: November 21, 2018, 05:32:08 pm »
Blizzaks are usually cheaper.

X-Ice is going on my wife's urban dwelling car tomorrow.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9976 on: November 21, 2018, 05:48:01 pm »
Ya, my Blizzaks were cheaper than if I went X-Ice and I'm on 17's.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9977 on: November 21, 2018, 08:19:52 pm »
Quote from: tortoise on November 20, 2018, 07:54:19 pm
Just ordered a Denso replacement.

Yeah, I watched a video. Looks stupid easy.

The one in the Mazda5 was the worst.  It was at the back of the centre console and was two pieces that had to go together. I bet it took me a solid 45 minutes to replace it.

Really? Been a few years, but I don't remember it taking that long for me to do.  Maybe because I found it easy to reach behind there.  I don't remember having to unscrew anything. 
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9978 on: November 21, 2018, 08:21:28 pm »
There was nothing to unscrew. It was just two pieces that had to put together. And some trim had to be removed.

I'm pretty sure my damaged knee made getting in there a whole lot harder.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #9979 on: November 21, 2018, 08:22:28 pm »


Quote from: tortoise on November 20, 2018, 09:34:12 pm
I tried to change the number of auto blinkers from 3 to 4 but was unsuccessful. I'll keep looking.


Boom. Found it.

I always thought that three blinks was one too few.
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