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Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 26 Feb 25

Greetings from the dealership! Traveling means oil changes. Oil changes mean long life for the car. The other day @TheHorse said something about a little old lady trying to run him down in a parking lot. I mentioned that I...

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Paying for Those Trips

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 31 Oct 24

Although this might seem like a gripe, it really isn’t. It’s a fact of life and I’m happy about it. I spent most of Wednesday at the car dealer while they worked on my car for the scheduled 100,000 mile maintenance. (It’s not...

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Tuesday Evening Musings

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 4 Jun 24

This “responsible adult” stuff stinks! It cost me nearly $500 today. Just kidding…not about the price, but about “complaining.” I got my car maintenance done today, and I usually get the three oil changes/tire...

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I will be driving more

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169488) • United States 30 Sep 23

Since I am not riding the bus, I will be driving more, and that is okay with me. I also will have access to my car during the day if I should need it. When we got the van, or shortly thereafter, we got new rear tires. I have been...

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Wednesday Evening Appointments

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 1 Mar 23

It’s been a week of appointments, with the last one today. The dermatologist was Monday, and he took three superficial moles off. (He takes three off every time I see him, so I’m thinking that’s how many insurance will let him...

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Tuesday Afternoon Moodies

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 21 Feb 23

No musings for Tuesday afternoon. Are you kidding? That’s such a great Moody Blues song! I spent today on the other side of the river, in Clarksville, Indiana. I had lunch at Chuy’s (we have two in the...

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Tuesday Morning Musings

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 28 Jun 22

Well, howdy! I’m at the car dealership. Maintenance alerts called to me while I was in South Carolina, so now is the time for more money to be spent on the m-m-m-m-motor vehicle. God willing I’ll get that sucker paid off this...

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How Busy Can One Hillbilly Be?

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 19 Jan 22

Tim Wilson had a song about cloning people and said, “We don’t need another me.” I have three appointments tomorrow, so I might need a temporary clone. First, at 11 AM I have the maintenance for the car....

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The Pause That Refreshes

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 8 Sep 20

Howdy! Here’s a place you probably didn’t expect me to visit on my trip: a car dealership. Usually when someone searches out a car dealership on vacation it means trouble. Mine isn’t that case. The “oil maintenance due soon”...

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Tips against car maintainance rip offs?

Robert Centauro @ourlot (982) 25 Oct 17

What do you do to avoid being ripped off when it comes down to car maintenance?

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FREE TIRE ROTATION! We saved $35 bucks! + Reasons WHY to rotate your tires every 5,000 - 7,000 miles!

Michelle @infatuatedbby (94909) • United States 1 Sep 16

Earlier this month we took our car to get it's first oil change! During the visit - we were asked if we wanted a tire rotation and "if" it's needed it'd cost $35. We agreed because a tire rotation is recommended by 7,000 miles...

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I just washed and waxed our caddy. Spotless, almost.

anthony davis @lookatdesktop (27156) • Dallas, Texas 14 Oct 15

I had an extra bottle of Slick 50 car polish and my wife and I started out this morning using a bucket of warm water with diluted dish soap, using a sponge and It took me about 30 minutes to go over the entire vehicle, then hose...

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Ford VCM II Professional Scanner

obd2life @obd2life (10) • Shenzhen, China 2 Jan 14

Ford VCM II Features: 1. The VCM II is the new Ford OEM diagnostic tool. It provides dealer-level diagnostics using the IDS software. 2. The VCM II is the brand new diagnostics interface from Ford for use with the Integrated...

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How to decrease fuel consumption of your car?

pekibird @pekibird (39) 18 Apr 13

Energy crisis has badly hit the entire world. Today, buying a car is not a big deal, but to maintain and run it is a big problem in today's era of price hike. Now a days car manufacturers are burning their mid night oil in trying...

reduce fuel consumption

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How to maintain a black car?

pekibird @pekibird (39) 18 Apr 13

Dear myLotters, I have just started a new discussion forum regarding car maintenance. The first and foremost discussion I am going to generate here is "how to maintain a black car"? I have chosen the subject because now a days...

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Taking your car in for the scheduled maintenance

X18PRS @X18PRS (114) • Canada 23 Aug 10

I just took my car in today for its scheduled maintenance appointment. It was for the 24,000 km or 12 month inspection. The total cost was $224 :o! I can see doing this every 50KM or so, but $224 a year for them to tell you...

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worth it

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Tips on Driving car

priyavivek @priyavivek (681) • India 3 Nov 09

Hi, I'm interested to learn car driving. How about sharing some tips about car driving, car maintenance,etc friends?So that it is easier for me to pass the test with flying colors

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car maintenance problem

appleit @appleit (104) • United States 1 Aug 09

In the course of driving, car will appear the tremble phenomenon, just like one person pulls it back and looses the grip again. The circuit of oil has been changed,and the cylinder pressure is normal, the fuel injector is washed...

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Need help cleaing car windows

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17797) • United States 20 Nov 07

What is the best way to clean windows on a car? I have tried so many things but the streaks are still there. I hve tried different products, and everything from newspaper to micro fiber towels and still can't get a clean window on...

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Car Maintenance

induraj2k5 @induraj2k5 (48) • India 24 Jan 07

I have a double about wheel alignment in 4 whleer. I am having maruthi 800. I did the wheel alignment forthe fist time. The dealer had given men a wheel aliangement report which is as follows: TOE : Initial (Left)...