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    Amazon Prime Day - July 12

    OMG, that was so spot on that I literally started crying in my office from laughing so hard and I had to stop it half way through to avoid attracting attention. Then I went to the bathroom to cool down and starting crying again over the urinal. That dude's hysterical laugh and the devious...
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    I bought a worn out 98 Volvo S70, aka how older cars can get so expensive so quickly

    Awesome work! Though I have to reflect warmly on the fact that my 13 year old Honda Accord V6 (the "unreliable" one) with 278,000 miles has needed precisely none of those things repaired over my decade of ownership.
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    Anyone ever had to take sexual harassment training at work?

    I've never had a job where I DIDN'T take sexual harassment training.
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    WTF verizonwireless.com?

    It always boggles me that Verizon has set up their website so that you have to input and send your login name BEFORE it will establish a secure https connection. Thanks for forcing me to send half of my login info over an unsecured connection, jackasses. I've never seen another company do this...
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    Wub Wub noise when Turning Left

    You realize you have bearings on the back wheels, too, right?
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    Should I Let my Insurance Company Do Damage Estimate or Only Have Shop Do It?

    I've done it both ways, and if you are hoping to have the damage fixed (not pocket cash), you should absolutely take it to the shop, not the adjuster. Only take it to the adjuster if you're trying to get cash and not fix the damage (and even then, expect to get low-balled because they will base...
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    Do you tip Uber/Lyft

    Completely defeats the purpose of the service.
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    Help a Home Improvement Noob Pick a Drill

    Sheesh, what a bump of champagne-sippers. Get a sub-$20 Harbor Freight cordless. For your needs, anything else is a waste of money. I have a decent Dewalt that I like and use a fair amount, but putting up blinds does not require anything more than spinning a small bit around a few dozen times...
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    Do you change your own oil?

    I drive 30,000+ miles a year, so getting under the car twice a year instead of six times a year makes Amsoil worth its weight in gold, not to mention actually cheaper per mile than dino.
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    Summer interview attire for sweaty, fat bastards?

    Linen suits are much lighter and cooler than wool or even cotton. I have one for my California summers. +1 for the Uber, at least to get there. +1 for the undershirt; even though it's hot, it will help a lot with hiding any sweat. And of course, everyone will know it's hot out so I suspect they...
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    Metallica's Load is twenty years old

    I came for the memes. I left happy.
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    Do you change your own oil?

    Doing it myself and the resulting opportunity to personally perform visual checks on things like brake pads, hoses et cetera has taught me just how much nearly all mechanics (even those with excellent reputations) make stuff up that "needs" to be fixed or replaced.
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    Rotors going bad at 21k miles?

    I have 200,000 miles on the current front rotors of my Accord V6 and 100,000 miles on my current front pads, and I drive in the mountains (25,000 miles is the most I can get out of 700 treadwear tires; 10,000 miles out of summers). Those rotors and calipers are considered a cheap upgrade that...
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    Suzuki fuel economy cheating scandal

    Our averages exceed highway ratings on all three of our Hondas, including our CRV. There's no magic wand that can fix wacky driving styles, short drives on cold engines, or city/stop-and-go. Car and Driver consistently report their actual observed test MPG for Hondas as much closer to claimed...
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    Question about Police Lidar Standard Deviations

    I've mentally learned to consider tickets a randomly-applied tax for road usage. Any sane and reasonable driver will still get a speeding ticket occasionally, and the system is set up with this as the intention. So just mentally consider it a lottery tax for driving, say "dang" when your number...
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    Used Car Buying - About mileage or year ?

    Don't forget leaking gasoline from the fuel lines under the hood! That's always a fun Subaru party trick. Or the disintegrating turbo propeller at 100K.
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    Used Car Buying - About mileage or year ?

    I vote year. Highway miles are practically freebies. Almost any car driven to work will have 2+ cold starts per day, and that's what really causes the wear and tear. How far you drive it after each cold start doesn't make nearly as much difference. I'd take a highway commuter over a grocery...
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    Trailer hitches for small cars

    Good deal. I did my own installation on the Accord but I don't mind getting greasy, drilling holes, or dropping the exhaust.
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    Questions about replacing a strut assembly

    Check and see if you can get a complete assembly for a discount compared to adding up all the parts individually. On Hondas, complete, fully assembled OEM coilover/top-mount assemblies are quite a bit cheaper than adding up the individual OEM parts. Makes it much easier to just buy the new one...
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    Paying off vs trading-in car

    If you trade this car for a theoretical different car that will depreciate even faster than this one will going forward, then you are actually losing money by trading now versus waiting longer. While your Volvo has already taken a huge value hit, it will slow down from here on out (the worst is...
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    ~07 Z06 vs 17' 1LE

    It would be the Vette for me.
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    Using a deep cycle battery (ie: Red Top) as my car battery?

    If you do switch batteries, be aware that they come in all kinds of sizes, shapes and charge-post locations, so you need to get the appropriate type for your car, or else be confident that the different replacement will fit anyway. Remember that "cca" and capacity in ah (amp-hours) are...
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    Starbucks iced coffee contains too much ice, not enough coffee, lawsuit claims

    I'm putting my flamesuit on, but at $1 for a large, I dare you to beat the value of McDonald's coffee (assuming not making your own). Add a "cup with ice" for free and you've got iced coffee. Way better than Starbucks for a fraction of the price. That said, Starbucks are by far the best...
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    If I take a second job, can I afford a new car?

    Since he doesn't understand the basics of driving a manual transmission, he's clearly very young, he wants to buy the Miata or BRZ because he wants a "drifter," and he plans to drive it in the snow, I think we can safely predict that the car will not still be around in 17 years. This kid...
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    Save up 20% to move to a new house?

    In CA's urban areas, renting a starter apartment will take two incomes. As for the OP, it depends on the market. Yes, in CA's urban areas it will be a challenge to purchase any home if you aren't willing to waive all contingencies, period. There will be 20 people lined up behind you with full...
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    If I take a second job, can I afford a new car?

    A fool and his money are soon parted.
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    Suggestions for a 1 week solo roadtrip in US or Candada

    Some good ones listed already. I'd add Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks (pretty close to one another). You could spend a week at those two and not see or do everything you'd like. We did a San Francisco to North Dakota round trip and hit the following in a single week: -Reno...
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    Wow, truck almost paid off. Tiem to get rid of it!

    We got a used 2nd-gen CRV as a stepping stone family hauler and it's great for road trips. Lots of room, rides smooth, easy LATCH attachments, rear seats slide and split-fold, possible to walk to rear seats from front like a van. I added bluetooth, seat heaters, key fobs and 4 more 12V ports and...
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    Certified Used or Nay?

    CPO paid to fix a number of little things that were wrong with my Accord after I bought it (stuff like a rattle in the sun visor that wasn't apparent in the test drive). And more importantly, it paid to replace the original transmission with the updated, more reliable version. That was very much...
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    Help identify the noise

    Could be any number of spots down there. CV joints, ball joints, tie rod, bushings. A mechanic can get it on a lift and have someone turn the wheel and they should be able to find the culprit pretty quickly.
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    Chevy Spark EV

    The Spark EV has a crazy amount of torque. Definitely the hot-rod of that class of EV, and considered to be better in many respects than the gas version. Pending the Bolt, the Spark would be my pick of the sub-Tesla electrics. Though if I was going to go with a commuter/weekend car combo, the...
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    What should a brake job cost for a 2012 accord

    Not reversed. :) One front change at 120K and another around 240K. Could have gone longer. The rears don't last as long because the rear rotors aren't vented, so they generally run a lot hotter in prolonged heavy use (true for most passenger cars).
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    My 2015 Civic was broken into. I feel like crap.

    Your stock keyfob is not an "alarm" in the same way that a custom alarm works. Basically no protection. Definitely sucks, but it would have happened in any car, and NYC is the kind of place where you just have to roll the dice if you want to park on the street. It's a violation, but one that...
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    MOst underrated band of all time

    /thread *wails on air guitar*
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    Control arm bushings? Sway bar bushings? Same thing?

    Good call, I should have mentioned that, too. I had an issue in my S2000 where the wheel needed to be at an angle to go straight (only after left turns!), but the laser-alignment was perfect and all the parts where perfect. Turned out to be the front tires, which were worn to where you could...
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    Which tire to order from this list? Need help asap

    America's Tire/Discount Tire will generally patch tires for free, even if they didn't sell you the tire. As long as the tire is safely patchable (hole is in the tread), it will be "good as new," and there's no reason to get a new tire instead of patching.
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    Control arm bushings? Sway bar bushings? Same thing?

    They are different things but I really don't see how sway bar bushings could possibly cause the behavior you are experiencing. Sway bar bushings are like a 10 minute job and cost like $20 if you ever do need them. Find an independent mechanic that specializes in Hondas. No Midas or tire stores...
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    CostCo USA dropping Amex for Citigroup VISA

    This will be a meaningful improvement over the benefits offered by the Amex card. Better benefits at Costco, better benefits elsewhere. I don't like Citiback as a company, but I have no complaints with the card's benefits.
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    Automatic braking - worth it?

    I would definitely want to know how it handles a 30 MPH approach to a hairpin corner with a rock wall at a 90 degree angle to the front of the car. I do that literally hundreds of times every day, so it would either need to handle that without tripping, or have a full-off switch. But unless it's...
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    What should a brake job cost for a 2012 accord

    If that includes OEM parts and labor, it's a solid price to have someone else do it. FYI, you should be able to get around 100,000 miles from a set of front pads on the Accord, and 50,000 or so on the rears. I find brake pads are one of places where even "reputable" shops tend to tell you they...
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