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How can I clean a liquid spill out of car seat fabric? I tried white vinegar but the stain came back
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kalel posted:How can I clean a liquid spill out of car seat fabric? I tried white vinegar but the stain came back Do you have access to a vaccuum cleaner that can handle liquids? If so it's easy enough to use suitable cleaning products and enough water to rinse properly and repeatedly, and just hoover up almost all the water from the foam under the seat fabric. Whatever doesn't end up in the vaccuum air dries pretty quickly.
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Dec 20, 2022 14:40
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Random question: I'm an AMA member, which is weird because I haven't ridden a motorcycle in probably ten years. But, it gives me access to towing of my car for $50/year. I've looked AAA and it's membership is $60 for "towing to a service provider" and $100 for 100 miles of towing. Is there any other this kind of membership for a cheaper annual cost? Now that I'm typing this, I should look at what my car insurance covers...
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Dec 20, 2022 16:24
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kalel posted:How can I clean a liquid spill out of car seat fabric? I tried white vinegar but the stain came back I’ve had good luck with a product called Tough Stuff e: sorry, Tuff Stuff
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Dec 20, 2022 16:44
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Is a strut assembly replacement (all 4) on a Honda Element any more complicated than a Toyota Matrix? I just volunteered my time, space, and tools to a friend without checking to see how much work it would be. I did my wife's Matrix last year and it went just fine.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:49
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Doubtful, Elements are just embiggened CR-Vs. I did all four on my '13 CR-V and didn't have any real issue with any part of the process.
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Dec 20, 2022 18:55
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Uthor posted:Now that I'm typing this, I should look at what my car insurance covers... For State Farm, our Roadside Assistance is $2.22 for six months. $3.24 for the older car. Seems a bit silly to even charge for it. We used it for a tow on a Sunday a few months ago and it was fine. The guy was good but they had him drive from 45 miles away so it was a long wait. The car was stuck in park so it wasn’t an easy tow but he did the job. We also used it once for a unlock job and they were clearly just paying a kid to do it. They gave him some tools and an app that showed techniques for each car. We got in but it was 50/50 that he was going to shatter a window first. So YMMV.
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Dec 20, 2022 19:13
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smackfu posted:For State Farm, our Roadside Assistance is $2.22 for six months. $3.24 for the older car. Seems a bit silly to even charge for it. Gonna definitely contact my State Farm, then!
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Dec 20, 2022 19:59
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smackfu posted:For State Farm, our Roadside Assistance is $2.22 for six months. $3.24 for the older car. Seems a bit silly to even charge for it. Lockouts can be real tough depending on the make / model of course. I’ve had to call once before and luckily got the dude that clearly has done 1000 similar lockouts previously. I would hate seeing them use an inflatable air bag or something on a nice car I owned, that may screw the jambs and seams and waterproofing for life of the car, you’re literally bending the drat door.
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Dec 20, 2022 20:00
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I tried to do some poking of the electrical problems on the Tucson and reached past my point of basic competence and free time. The ECS harness is some kind of harness-in-a-harness thing and I didn't have enough room to pop off connectors to try to follow the wires. I think I'd have to remove the whole module to do it comfortably. A lot of this is my hesitation with plastic and pulling on cable connectors in particular. The cable coming off of the ECS module is huge and merges with a few other cables that go well into the body of the car beyond where I can easily follow it. The tow kit changes similarly just kind of disappear into the sides of the car car and I think just hook into stuff only in the rear end; it doesn't explain front failures too nor the headlights from what I can tell. I did find an OBDII port (or whatever) coming off the ECS module and it was filled with dead spiders. Fun times. The circuit tracing stuff I got out of this was mostly stuff I was intending to have to do some home electrical so I'm not particularly in the hole so far. And I also think I know enough that if somebody tries to sell me a new ECS module that I can ask how that's going to fix the headlights.
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Dec 20, 2022 21:44
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Not a fan of using your insurance companies roadside assistance. It can show up as an insurance claim and could affect your rates where AAA or other independent roadside assistance will not.
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Dec 20, 2022 22:17
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skipdogg posted:Not a fan of using your insurance companies roadside assistance. It can show up as an insurance claim and could affect your rates where AAA or other independent roadside assistance will not. AAA is my insurer and i dont think they've ever cared. hell, 90% of the tows/lockouts ive used it for weren't even for my car
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Dec 20, 2022 22:28
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Uthor posted:Gonna definitely contact my State Farm, then! They got back to me with $8/year. I still have a few months with AMA, so I'll look into the claims issue a couple of posts above.
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Dec 21, 2022 00:08
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skipdogg posted:Not a fan of using your insurance companies roadside assistance. It can show up as an insurance claim and could affect your rates where AAA or other independent roadside assistance will not. I've used mine through progressive a couple times and never took a hit. It's so much cheaper than AAA too, I pay like $12/6mo for it. Less on my bikes.
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Dec 21, 2022 00:16
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Is a strut assembly replacement (all 4) on a Honda Element any more complicated than a Toyota Matrix? I just volunteered my time, space, and tools to a friend without checking to see how much work it would be. I did my wife's Matrix last year and it went just fine. You may need to separate the front lower ball joints; on the Matrix, the ball joints bolt on (so it's just a matter of zipping a couple of bolts out), while on the Element they press in. You'll probably need a pickle fork to separate them. skipdogg posted:Not a fan of using your insurance companies roadside assistance. It can show up as an insurance claim and could affect your rates where AAA or other independent roadside assistance will not. This. If you use it more than occasionally it may affect rates. For proof, request a copy of your CLUE report.
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Dec 21, 2022 01:38
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AISS box got. I'll open this big rear end fucker tomorrow.
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Dec 21, 2022 02:32
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Short version: how do I know if a mechanic is trying to gently caress my wife?
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Dec 22, 2022 02:27
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Buy her a chastity belt and see if its been opened afterwards. They have tools......
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Dec 22, 2022 02:41
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Harold Fjord posted:Short version: how do I know if a mechanic is trying to gently caress my wife? I think you ask her and E/N on this one
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Dec 22, 2022 05:09
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Harold Fjord posted:Short version: how do I know if a mechanic is trying to gently caress my wife? Stop going to Big Bill Hell's.
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Dec 22, 2022 05:54
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Harold Fjord posted:Short version: how do I know if a mechanic is trying to gently caress my wife? Did you ask your wife if she got the impression that the mechanic is trying to gently caress her?
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Dec 22, 2022 06:35
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Every mechanic is trying to gently caress your wife. Also every non mechanic.
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Dec 22, 2022 08:55
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Hell, I'm trying to gently caress your wife.
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Dec 22, 2022 09:23
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Harold Fjord posted:Short version: how do I know if a mechanic is trying to gently caress my wife? The r/relationships thread is thataway.
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Dec 22, 2022 14:06
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For real issue, had it towed to get the starter looked at thinking it'd be some hundreds of dollars, and they sent her an estimate for 4500 with a bunch of work we didn't ask for that seems overpriced as gently caress, especially $2,000 for brake work on a 2003 Mazda 6. The car doesn't run, so I can't just drive it somewhere else for a counteroffer. I didn't see a thread about not getting ripped off by mechanics so I thought i'd start here Harold Fjord fucked around with this message at 14:26 on Dec 22, 2022 |
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Dec 22, 2022 14:23
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Now have your wife bring the car in and if they say it’s half the price they told you, well…
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Dec 22, 2022 14:52
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If you’re comfortable with it, post the itemized bill (or crib notes). Otherwise, I’d say get it towed somewhere else and see what they say. Shop around for a decent place first though.
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Dec 22, 2022 14:57
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nitsuga posted:If you’re comfortable with it, post the itemized bill (or crib notes). Otherwise, I’d say get it towed somewhere else and see what they say. Shop around for a decent place first though. Sure. Pre tax $666 for a starter replacement. $1001 for front brakes pad/caliper/rotors and the bleed (lmao 130 in labor to bleed brakes  ). $991 rear pads/calipers/rotors. $1233 to replace front struts. $381 to replace valve cover gasketI can do a lot of this in theory which makes it more painful. I've done my own brakes but I don't have a proper setup for it and if something is super stuck, like a rotor won't come off, or breaks I'm SOL. Replacing a starter appears to be dead easy. She feels bad because she doesnt' want to sink $4500 into a $4500 car.
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Dec 22, 2022 15:09
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setting aside whether or not this specific mechanic is scamming you, I’ve always been bothered by the narrative around “putting $x in to a $x car.” You don’t have a car as an asset or store of value, it’s to get you places. So if you put $x in to the car it shouldn’t be about a trade off against car value, it should be about increasing the usable life span of the car to extract more utility for you. Replacing brakes and suspension gets you like 50k miles on brakes and 100k miles on suspension. Spending 4500 to drive 50k miles is a better way to frame it.
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Also, brakes are not repairs. That's basic maintenance. You buy something new or with good brakes you're just starting over with something that's not in maintenance debt. And paying for that.Harold Fjord posted:I've done my own brakes but I don't have a proper setup for it and if something is super stuck, like a rotor won't come off, or breaks I'm SOL. Replacing a starter appears to be dead easy. And just lol to this. Why do you think it costs what it costs to get a legit mechanic to do these things? Perhaps because they're sitting on 6 figures of tools and knowledge and poo poo just in case something happens.
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AI Stupid Question Thread - please do your own brakes
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Motronic posted:Also, brakes are not repairs. That's basic maintenance. You buy something new or with good brakes you're just starting over with something that's not in maintenance debt. And paying for that. I understand, that's why I'm asking people who know more than me if this looks like a screw job or just a bit of usual "poo poo's expensive"
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Harold Fjord posted:I understand, that's why I'm asking people who know more than me if this looks like a screw job or just a bit of usual "poo poo's expensive" That depends on where you live. Everyone goes off the same book time for jobs for the most part. The variables are parts, markup and labor rate.
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Dec 22, 2022 16:05
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Why not have them do the starter and then take it to another mechanic if you need the other issues fixed? I would start laughing if I was quoted $2k to do brakes.
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Dec 22, 2022 16:08
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smackfu posted:Why not have them do the starter and then take it to another mechanic if you need the other issues fixed? I would start laughing if I was quoted $2k to do brakes. yeah that seems a bit steep even if it includes new calipers
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Dec 22, 2022 16:17
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Definitely trying to gently caress you.
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It's high but also not super high. Depends on where you live too. Also just paid ~similar labor hours for a brake flush + a gallon of consumables. It wasn't a mazda though.
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2019 rav4 -8000 miles on it. Mom just bought it CPO. I was driving yesterday and had just pulled out of the gas station when I heard a clunk, thought something had bounced and hit the bottom of the car maybe, and the engine light came on right away and I couldn’t move besides pulling over a bit. Oil everywhere. I figured the oil plug wasn’t tightened up because she’s only driven it a handful of times since buying it (less than 200 miles). Dealership just called and said we broke a rod. I’m trying to think of any way the dealer could say “not covered”, but I’m coming up empty barring severe negligence. Is that even repairable or would a new engine be needed?
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You’re probably getting a new engine courtesy of Toyota assuming that the car was a Toyota CPO with a warranty
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New engine day. Thrown rod usually wrecks the block. Oil everywhere is your evidence for that.
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