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Honda Ridgeline Baja Race Truck Wins Its Class in the Baja 1000
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metoo
WhoaTed
Antichrist
Add the Expedition to that list, especially the EL. Swallows a stack of 4x8 sheets of plywood or drywall etc etc.
Sol Rosenberg
Girthy Member
My step van can carry a whole stack of plywood…and enough beer for the after work party…but it gets 8 mpg on a good day and a set of decent tires is approaching 3k.
Pertinacious Tom
Importunate Member
That's a lot for tires.
I used to get under the big white truck and change the oil. I don't remember what it cost. Not much. I took the new van for an oil change today.
About $800 later, I have a new accessory battery (these things have two batteries), new cabin air filter, and various changed and topped fluids and filters. I just wanted an oil change! What I get for buying an Italian vehicle, I guess.
I used to get under the big white truck and change the oil. I don't remember what it cost. Not much. I took the new van for an oil change today.
About $800 later, I have a new accessory battery (these things have two batteries), new cabin air filter, and various changed and topped fluids and filters. I just wanted an oil change! What I get for buying an Italian vehicle, I guess.
Sol Rosenberg
Girthy Member
Yeah, they’re big and there are six of them. i would rather pay up than ride on Chinese. such is life.
Bus Driver
Bacon Quality Control Specialist
Italian minivan?
Pertinacious Tom
Importunate Member
It's a Chrysler Pacifica. Chrysler is owned by Fiat Group.
It's built in Canada.
I refused to look at American cars due to lingering bigotry from back when they sucked. I had a deal on a Honda Odyssey. I was DONE shopping. Then my wife continued shopping and found that the Pacifica seats all fold into the floor. I reluctantly went to the dealership with my tape measure, made the salesman fold them all down, then measured. Four by eight. SOLD!
Bus Driver
Bacon Quality Control Specialist
Gotcha. Thanks.
My BIL has an Odyssey, and I know the 3rd row folds into the floor. Maybe not the second row?
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
I am disappointed in you Tom!! You are a DIY guy, and the cabin air filters are usually childsplay to install, same with topping off fluids. I suspect it was a comely Italian female in a tight top and short skirt at the Stealership that cajoled you into dropping 8 Benjamins, am I right?
Pertinacious Tom
Importunate Member
2nd row in the Odyssey is removable, same as my old Sienna (or a new Sienna).
Lugging those seats upstairs was no fun.
The removable seats are more comfortable than stowable seats. More of a problem for grandkids than for me!
Hah! No, just a "while you're at it" thing.I am disappointed in you Tom!! You are a DIY guy, and the cabin air filters are usually childsplay to install, same with topping off fluids. I suspect it was a comely Italian female in a tight top and short skirt at the Stealership that cajoled you into dropping 8 Benjamins, am I right?
I got it back this morning and the auto start/stop was giving a new error message. Mechanic came back out and hooked his computer up to it. It was something to do with error codes generated as a result of cleaning fuel injectors. He cleared those and it still said the start/stop was "not ready" but this time didn't say why.
Watching him try to figure it out, I knew for sure I would never, ever work on this car.
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
Modern cars don't get "worked on". Just keep changing parts, until all the computer codes go away. I bought an OBDII tester on Amazon for 20 bucks, so I can scan the codes myself, rather than bother friends who already have testers. Between that and YouTube, I will know right away if it's something I want to tackle myself, or hand off to a pro.
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badlatitude
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LOL, I haven't heard that before, but appropriate, nevertheless. I've been a victim before too.
Mike in Seattle
Super Anarchist
They do use representative engines.
Ferd, Chebby, and Tayoter, obviously Race Prepped
obvious randum "fishin'
billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
Pertinacious Tom
Importunate Member
Yeah, I've gotten over my anti-American car bigotry. Even if it is Italian. Or Canadian. Or whatever. I like it.
Bus Driver
Bacon Quality Control Specialist
We loved our 2002 Caravan. It didn't have any stowaway seats, and wasn't quite wide enough to lay a sheet of plywood/sheetrock flat. But, it was dependable, got decent mileage, and hauled all the family crap on vacations for many years.
Mike in Seattle
Super Anarchist
, from the article,
" ,,, , it’s good for 800hp at just shy of the category maximum 7800rpm rev limit ,,, "
I think they are slightly different since '19.
, the " end of straight" at the superspeedways, I see 8500 occasionally
" ,,, , it’s good for 800hp at just shy of the category maximum 7800rpm rev limit ,,, "
I think they are slightly different since '19.
, the " end of straight" at the superspeedways, I see 8500 occasionally
Didn't Toyota have to come up with a "special" engine to meet the NASCAR specs? It was a long time ago but I remember listening to a radio program, on the way back from Talladega International GP for a motorcycle race, that said NASCAR requires pushrod engines and Toyota's production v-8's are overhead cam.
