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You're one of the few I have heard that actually likes, or at least tolerated them.Personally, I found them pretty grippy in the dry, but anything else they were dangerous on both my wife's Vibe and my Mazda. Near the end, and they weren't bald, they were hydroplaning when there was little/no reason...

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Quote, originally posted by djkeev Â»Thanks for posting that link. I found it interesting and it served to convince me to continue purchasing Top Tier brand name quality gasoline and to continue to shun the "cheapie" no brand stations.If you read the article, it has to do with clogged inje...

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$40 for an O2 sesnor on an OBD II car?? PLEASE, tell me where YOU shop!!? I paid that much for the one I bought for my wife's Saturn a few yrs ago (actually a little less,) but that was a single sensor (no aft cat O2 on that car) and an OBD I car.

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Quote, originally posted by dayday Â»Stock Goodyear RSA's off at 34,800mi. New Continental DWS's on...Pump them up to 38F/34-36R and you are REALLY gonna like the difference between them and the Bad Years. Had our DWS's put on on a very rainy day and I was impressed immediately.

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It took me a while but I found it. They claimed 84mpg!! But look what they did to it to achieve that mileage.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XUKOUbp_PAI hadn't seen that comment before, but you say there were 4 people in that Mazda at the time? I agree, you should have known better, that something i...

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Yes. I was looking at that picture. If the RS-A's are already off then good for you.I don't know how picky the Cops are in SC, but in general they don't like blue lights on anything but a emergency vehicles. You might/could get pulled over for them.Around here, cops were pulling people over left and...

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I like the second set better too. The only difference I would have done is left the outer trim in the silver color. Or to put it another way, just painted the middle of the spokes.I would worry more about getting those crappy Bad*Year RS-A's off before worrying about alloys. Alloys won't help the ap...

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No one has yet suggested that some tires are prone to cupping. The Mazda5 series have this problem w/the factory installed tires. Some claim that after replacing them w/another brand the wear goes away.But in general, I agree, have the rear alignment checked. If there is more than say 1* neg camber ...

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I was not aware that the GT's require premium fuel.Running higher octane in a modern car not designed for it will allow unburned hydrocarbon into the exhaust system and the catalytic converter will have to work harder to "clean" the exhaust. It can cause damage to both the O2 sensors and ...

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Quote, originally posted by star_deceiver Â»He's converting using English (UK) gallons vs US gallons (4.55L vs 3.78L per gallon)... or he filled the car to the top of the filler tube before leaving then short filled the tank on return... or his odometer is way off!Either way, I'm not buying it.....I...

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Either he's a liar or his math is VERY faulty.As the original owner of a 2004 Mazda3 (5-sp manual) the best I have ever done back and forth to work is 30mpg and that was driving very conservatively. On one 1600 mile trip we got 33 overall...'course with my wife driving part of the time.....? We migh...

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Jeez. Bad Vibe indeed.I don't believe I've ever seen such a thread here on GenVibe before?

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Quote, originally posted by K-NINE Â»I have a dentist appointment scheduled for next week. You wouldn't even do it on a dare. + =

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Quote, originally posted by DressedInBlack Â»chop the top and do it like this.http://image.lowridermagazine....e.jpg NOT!!!Should he get gold caps for his teeth too?LOLz!!!

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Great looking Impala!! The '62's through '64's were the best looking, IMO.A friend of mine owned a white '63 back in the '70's and the only thing I didn't like about it was the floaty ride. Hit a crest in the road and you felt like your stomach was going to come up. A slight "resto" on the...

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Paid $3.22 yesterday morning, but its already up to $3.26 at the same station.Still better than its been.

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Quote, originally posted by KITT222 Â»Stupid internet. Not having voice tones messes me and my responses up.No worries, Man. No need to beat your young self up. It happens to all of us. I once got into an internet fight ("flame-war") because of such a misunderstanding only to find out it w...

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Quote, originally posted by KITT222 Â»Heck no! I'm just odd. And I was bored, saw a leaf and wanted to make sure I had shaken the can enough times. So I sprayed a leaf...You didn't have to explain. I meant for that post to be very tongue-in-cheek.

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Quote, originally posted by star_deceiver Â»7ft couch...Well I wouldn't say it fits... exactly. The last time I did something like that was when I owned an Expo and we carried a 20gal potted tree back to our home. It's a good thing it was only a few miles because the exhaust fumes coming in the hatc...

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Quote, originally posted by KITT222 Â»Oh, I also plasti-dipped a leaf...That seems like a strange (odd) thing to do? 'Got some laten artistic quailties in ya' Boy?

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Chances are your AMSoil dealer is a single person or couple... a weekend warrior at the race track. That's often how it works. I don't know myself, but if you have the O.E. owner's manual it should have capacity specs... usually near the back of the book under a section called Specifications, or som...

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There's a reason for that. AMSoil is only available from specific AMSoil dealers. You will not find it in stores anywhere.Use 75w-90 for your transfer case and any full synthetic brand will do. Such as: Royal Purple; Mobile1; Castrol; Pennzoil; even then Wal-Mart name brand will do the job.Remember,...

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Quote, originally posted by TONY TAT2 Â»Oil change,back to 5w-20,begining of summer I used 5w-30 since I already had it.Aired up the tires since I still have a slow leak I cant find in 1 of em.BTW,in running 40lbs in front,42 rears. Been doing that for about a year now.Since the Vibe is FWD, you may...

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Yes. I apologize for getting preachy. I didn't mean to rain on your parade. As you can tell I have very strong feelings about GY and they just came out.Sorry.

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That's got my vote!!Less rolling resistance= less traction= longer braking distances.And if that's the case, it's not worth another 1-2mpg, IMHO.

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My experience w/Good Year road tires goes far beyond the RS-A's. We have had no less than 4 sets of Good Year's over the last 10-12 yrs, most that were all ready on the vehicles in question. One set I bought as replacement tires. Two of those blew out w/o any known cause. One after a year (9-10,000 ...

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Oh yeah. Us too. The others just don't compare to the original series. I have about 60 episodes saved to disk. Great stuff. Even my non-automotive wife looks forward to new episodes of that series.You may remember the episode they were "testing" (as much as they ever do ) was it the Nissan...

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Something I have learned about mechanical things as they relate to physics: There is ALWAYS a compromise. And yes, I have learned that the hard way as well as observing other people's mistakes.Something Top Gear (British edition) learned about low resistance tires: They are low resistance because th...

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Quote, originally posted by TONY TAT2 Â»$3.29 Sunoco RegSame here... only Shell.

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Voted!!

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WOW!!! That's Coool!!It sparks of the ol' had 'em in the back of the taxi cab on the way to the hospital.

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From that distance CF will simply look black. The Texture won't look like anything. You have to be closer for it to appear "different," or in other words, the texture to pop!!And yes, it is very hard to do a CF PS. I have tried also and the results even in a closer picture are just OK. The...

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It looks GREAT, Alicia!!

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Hmmm. September 23rd? First day of fall and my mother's birthday too.She's adorable. Congratulations!!

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Quote, originally posted by journeyforce Â»There was and is nothing ugly about the AMC Eagle especially the wagon which was a over built no nonsense. real 4WD. As for looks the wagon looked just like every other wagon in the late 1970's to late 1980's... That Yaris is just as ugly if not more then t...

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Quote, originally posted by knightrace Â»Regular - $2.98/galBPPage AveCreve Couer, MOWOW!! What year? Really and seriously, I haven't seen gas prices like that in 4 or 5 yrs now.$3.31 @ my usual Shell station in north-east Austin.

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Iiiii'm guessin' that's not the way you intended to get it.

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$3.40 for Shell reg.

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WOW, that sucks!!! But that tire looks more than half gone anyway. You didn't get them that long ago as I remember? How many miles on them?

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Others here have done the 5 to 6-sp swap and as far as I know they didn't require a different PCM. Besides, the 6-sp only came in the GT which has a different engine, so I would assume it wouldn't be necessary.IIWU, I might consider the 6-sp but with the 5-sp's final drive ratio for fuel mileage. Ju...

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You mean the Christmas lights, or the antlers sticking out of the bush?

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Looks good!!But what I wanna know is how you squeeze that big ol' car into that lil' ol' door?Seriously, I got a chuckle seeing that door (instead of a traditional garage style door) in front of your vibe, as if the car is trying to enter the house.Is that your driveway or your sidewalk? Do you hav...

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I don't understand the point of spending twice as much money on a battery you don't need and is difficult to take care of? I considered a red top as a replacement for my Mazda, but after doing the research found that I would be wasting my money. They are not that good in the first place, are twice/...

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I really like the affect this has on the grille and was thinking about doing it to ours. I even did a conceptual PS. But I thought of using either a clear, red vinyl or pinstripping tape instead of paint. I learned my lesson when I did the badges on my Mada... and had to redo them several times a yr...

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If I were you I think the best bang for a tight budget would be to upgrade the factory speakers first, and I would replace all 4 with the same speaker. Factory HU's aren't usually too bad by themselves, but the OE speakers are crap. For about $120-$150 you could upgrade them and live with better sou...

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I had to replace the OE battery in my Mazda 2yrs ago and though I don't like doing business w/Wal-Mart and avoid it at all costs, but their batteries have almost always come out on top here in the South (CU.) So, I got 6 yr battery, the best they had at the time for $75.00.Fast forward to this summe...

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Subject: I see an app or 3rd party site misusing Flickr photos I'm reporting abuse on the following page:http://www.flickr.com/photos/4...tream/----http://www.flickr.com/photos/4...tream/This is the personal picture of a friend of mine. It was stolen and is being used by BlingLights to falsely adver...

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I know exactly what you mean. On several occasions over the last 10yrs I have bought tires that seemed to solve all my traction/handling problems in the beginning only to have them disappoint me a little later.We are also running the DWS tires on both our cars for over a year now and I'm still quite...

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Quote, originally posted by KITT222 Â»I think so... The things which you plug the air hose into. Valve stems maybe? Either that or the center hubs, but you don't plug any air hoses in those.

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Quote, originally posted by vibe5264 Â»I laughed so hard. Yeah, me too.

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