I’m an ASE Master tech and Advanced Level Specialist (L1,L3) in Michigan, and I’ll tell you, what I see on my hoist makes me afraid for my family. Like, every. single. day.

Well THAT was helpful. Thank you for being the adult on the thread.

“Experts” aren’t all on the same page either. For instance: some say you shouldn’t step out your door, Fauci says you can vote in person. It’s mixed signals all around. Experts, talking heads, “News”, you name it. The datastream is unreliable on all vectors. You’re going to have to rely on your own judgement, because…

Point of fact: US has the most deaths total, but NOT “per capita” as you say. You can research this, it’s public record. Don’t look to the news outlets in your research, they’re just spinning the issue one direction or the other. Look to the statisticians (they love shit like this).

I’d rather be lucky than good any day. (Essential worker, on the job continuously, and healthy. As is my family)

I, too, love crispy oven-cooked bacon, but I avoid sticking to the rack by starting with a hot rack from a preheated oven. I put the rack in a cold pan (the rack is hot enough to induce a small protective sear, and the cold pan doesn’t radiate any heat into the otherwise cold bacon) and then lay the strips on. The…

a Fiat 500L

This is what’s wrong with the internet. This.

The cost of equipment to do even a ballpark alignment at home exceeds the cost of having a pro do 5, I generally discourage home HVAC, but really, the only thing you shouldn’t go after is refrigerant work (unless you buy a vacuum pump, a 30lb cylinder scale and manifold gauges $$$), because those DIY refrigerant cans…

Tell that to Goya.

I’d like to point out that the jack stands are under the axle housing, not the frame. If you look at the pictures again, you’ll see that the blue truck does indeed “squat”. This is because the suspension is bearing the load (even if the tires aren’t).

Stylistically, I agree. Nissan are just more interesting to look at. I hate working on them, but I don’t mind looking at them. Toyota seems to market to the greyman crowd, where they can capitalize on the bland, nondescript styling we’re used to seeing from them. It’s practically urban camo.

On asian car styling: It probably makes perfect sense in their home market, but as a USDM consumer, I don’t always get it.

Well, I look at it this way. If BLM thinks it’s ok to swarm my car, trying to smash my windows, and drag me and/or my family out of said car to be beaten, or in documented instances begin SHOOTING into my car; then, yes, I will absolutely plow through or over any person in the way of my escape.

Prove me wrong. I’d love to be wrong. The world would be better if I was wrong. I don’t need or want you to think like me, I just want you to think for yourself. Believe what YOU find to be true, not what THEY tell you is true.

He doesn’t need to co-opt anything. Black people are already being manipulated and exploited to suit the rich white racists who get the money you donate to BLM. (follow ActBlue’s money trail) I think many people are judging that particular book by it’s cover (because, hey, who wouldn’t get behind a group simply…

Ok.

I’ve heard something like that, and it’s probably true, but who else knows about it? They certainly don’t print it on the bottle.

So, you’ve never seen an hour-glass shaped wheel bolt that was covered in anti-seize?

As a pro technician, I kind of take exception to the use of anti-seize by people who don’t know what it’s for. Anti-seize is a liquid barrier used to seal dissimilar metals eg: a steel bolt and an aluminum transmission case. Aluminum is highly reactive to steel, and the oxidation buildup on aluminum is more damaging…