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Dear Q & A: Not long ago a truck mechanic told me the tires on my 3⁄4 ton pickup should be inflated to 80 pounds, for the load I carry. That got me thinking about my big 2002 Lexus SC-300 sedan. The sidewalls on my car’s...
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- Tue Oct 3, 2006 17:00:21 PDT
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Dear Q & A: When you list gas stations that sell gas the cheapest, isn’t that bad for certain gas station owners who charge more? I mean, they are free to choose what they want to charge, aren’t...
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- Tue Sep 26, 2006 17:16:31 PDT
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Dear Q & A: I’ve been having my oil changed at gas stations for years, but lately most stations don’t do this any more. The specialty places that just change oil have recently raised their prices a lot for what they call...
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- Mon Sep 18, 2006 17:04:13 PDT
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Dear Q & A: When did disc brakes start being used on cars? - El
Dear El: Longer answer. The tiny (for its time) American Crosley car tried out disc brakes in...
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- Mon Sep 11, 2006 16:10:05 PDT
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Dear Q & A: I had one of the late 1950s Ford retractable hardtops back in the ‘70s, and although the top mechanism was troublesome, I liked it. It was a real attention getter (like to meet girls). I know there’s a new...
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- Tue Sep 5, 2006 15:44:55 PDT
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Dear Q&A: My truck, a 1991 GMC, has a serpentine belt driving everything under the hood. The belt is both ribbed longitudinally and has serrations, or grooves, across the width of the belt every centimeter or so. But there are no...
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- Mon Aug 28, 2006 16:36:18 PDT
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Dear Q & A: What is a “banjo housing?” Is there also a guitar or a mandolin housing? I’m kidding, but I’m curious.
—Gamer
Dear Gamer: Front-engine, rear-drive cars and trucks transmit power from...
Posted by editor
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 16:28:59 PDT
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Dear Q & A: Somehow my windshield got badly cracked in my 1999 Toyota Camry and I need to have it replaced. I understand that I can get a good used windshield from an auto wrecking yard, so I called a couple, but they said they...
Posted by editor
- Thu Aug 10, 2006 16:18:59 PDT
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Dear Q & A: I was watching TV the other night and caught the final few seconds of a report on the so-called Smart car. Not enough to find out much about it except it gets 50-plus miles per gallon and looks like you could put...
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- Wed Aug 2, 2006 10:26:32 PDT
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BQ Auto -16Auto Q & ADear Q & A: My son just bought a new Saturn Ion. It has air conditioning, but when he took me to lunch the other day in sweltering weather, I asked him why we were riding with the windows open and...
Posted by editor
- Fri Jul 28, 2006 16:37:25 PDT
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Dear Q & A: I heard somewhere that gas stations are required by law to offer free air for tire inflation. This is just another one of those phony urban legends, isn’t it? —C.C. Dear CC: No, in this case there’s...
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- Fri Jul 21, 2006 16:42:59 PDT
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Dear Q & A: For a long time I’ve been wanting to turn an old Volkswagen into one of those jazzy home-built roadsters you see tooling around the county. I’m finally retired and have the time and maybe enough know-how to do...
Posted by editor
- Thu Jul 13, 2006 09:17:50 PDT
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Dear Q & A: I parked next to what I thought was a big, black Lincoln Town Car the other day in the Denny’s parking lot. But when I looked for the Lincoln emblem, what I saw instead was the name “Kia Amanti.” Are the...
Posted by editor
- Fri Jul 7, 2006 14:45:43 PDT
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Dear Q & A: I know this is not a very timely question, now that we’re getting into the hottest months of the year. But I’ll ask it anyway. I’ve always heard that as the outside air gets colder, your car battery...
Posted by editor
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:46:56 PDT
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Dear Q & A: I’m thinking of buying a truck. My wife and I already have one car each, but one’s a coupe and the other one is a sedan, and they just won’t carry the stuff I need to do the odd jobs around our little...
Posted by editor
- Fri Jun 16, 2006 16:52:27 PDT
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