A few years back I saw a TV commercial for some aftermarket interior trim panel retainer clips that use rare earth magnets in place of plastic Christmas tree fasteners.
In the past I generally avoided buying fluids and chemicals on Amazon because brand name stuff is typically more expensive than what’s available locally at any auto parts chain or Walmart. I don’t really see Amazon Basics oil disrupting the entire oil industry because your average driver leaves it to whatever their…
Does it run on clean coal?
One problem with these less popular SUVs is limited aftermarket parts like lift kits, winch bumpers, and selection of differential ring and pinion ratio gears that may need to be sourced from overseas. They require more fabrication skills, or a willingness to wait for slow shipping.
I don’t think pvc is rated for the operating temperatures of a typical engine, let alone 2 that are redneck engineered with an odd radiator placement and potential for overheating if the fans stop working. Exhaust pipe would have been a better choice.
This is because of shitty outdated Federal rules and regulations for vehicle lighting in the US which need to be updated for LED and HID technology. Many European cars have higher quality lighting that can’t be fitted to US market vehicles because of regulations.
I devised a way to remove the fiberglass top on my 4Runner by myself using a couple 2x4s and some ratchet straps. It’s really convenient and way cheaper than buying an aftermarket soft top.
-Brown milky sludge aka “chocolate milkshake” under the oil cap could be a sign of a leaking or blown head gasket causing oil and coolant to mix.
Why haven’t police barricaded that piece of road?
It’s cool that they offer a warranty and being officially licensed by Ford is definitely a sign of good authenticity. Also it’s interesting to see how new laws have enabled small boutique type auto manufacturing.
Yeah, it’s a good idea as long as you don’t go through and add up the totals for all the money you’ve spent fixing up a 30 year old vehicle with over 200,000 miles. I’ve easily spent more than what my 1987 4Runner is worth on parts alone over about 18 months wrenching on it, and I don’t value my time because fixing…
Cars surviving abuse without sustaining any damage like cars jumping through the air and landing or driving up and over curbs, or that scene from The Italian Job where they drove a Mini Cooper up and down flights of stairs in a European city center.
It’s bold looking, but I don’t hate it. The RAM mustache grille is uglier, and the Ford Super Duty looks a lot nicer. It’s worth mentioning that HD trucks need a massive cooling system, with a large grille opening for a lot of airflow over the radiator, and that can make it difficult from a design standpoint.
For the layout it had, obviously the Aztek was ahead of it’s time by 15 years. The styling and the amount of unpainted plastic body cladding was awful, and the design by focus group features like a cooler or a tent were bizzare.
Perhaps they should focus less on top speed, and more on preventing Richard Hammond from driving one of their cars off a cliff. Just a thought.
When I was in 7th and 8th grade I thought the Wrangler TJ soft-top was the coolest, and in high school I wanted a first generation Camaro Z/28 and would look up eBay listings for them all the time.
At my last job I spent a lot of my time dealing in compliance with corporate accounting laws shortly following a corporate merger, and I’m not even an accountant. I work in IT. American publicly traded companies have outside auditors to ensure compliance. Companies like Enron don’t take complicance seriously.
It’s hilarious that Kia thinks that a car that nobody outside of South Korea has ever heard of which LeBron James drove once years ago to film a 30 second commercial is now worth an extra $10,000 premium and is also a better choice than several offerings from Acura, Infiniti, or Lexus.
I’ve taken my 4Runner to this same off-road park before, I go there a couple times a year. It’s common for guys to trailer dedicated pos off road rigs which are rusty and/or full of dents and/or far too unsafe to ever operate on road at highway speeds and abuse them on the trails there. This is an extreme example to…