Topic: What did you do to your car today?

[Great_Big_Abyss]

There is something incredibly nerdy and awesome about installing good winter tires on a 4x4.  Most people don't bother to, so I find that the 4x4's that have them really stand out in winter performance.

I'm hoping we get a HUGE dump at some point this winter.  4x4 Tundra with Blizzaks?  I'm Golden!

[Ex-airbalancer]

There is something incredibly nerdy and awesome about installing good winter tires on a 4x4.  Most people don't bother to, so I find that the 4x4's that have them really stand out in winter performance.

I'm hoping we get a HUGE dump at some point this winter.  4x4 Tundra with Blizzaks?  I'm Golden!

Better put some weight in the back

[Dante]

.... Romanian temp licence plate on the wall...... "AG" - have roots there?

[Dante]

I went "cheap" with aftermarket parts this time as the OEM prices were crazy expensive even discounted.

OEM exhaust parts can be HELLA pricey.  The kid had a leak on the Forester's exhaust.  Took it to the dealer, they quoted her $2700 in parts plus labour, so over $3K.  LOL!!  I took her to my indie exhaust shop and $80 later, done.

Was a good lesson for her.

Yep... What you were quoted is perhaps a full exhaust replacement with OEM parts (similar to what I was quoted for OEM). $80 gets you a clamp or a small piece of  pipe for a patch. Depending on the case, $80 is all you need.

I could've probably get away for a while with few local patches too or eventually replace only the flex pipe which was leaking from multiple places, but it would've been an ongoing issue at this point - keep patching everywhere so I decided to take the hit and go with a full exhaust replacement and mitigate the cost with aftermarket parts. May not seem like the best decision (still ran me about $1,600 tax in parts and labor) on a 12 years old car, but based on how compact SUV market is going (style vs utility, less power, etc) I may end up keeping the Outlander much longer than anticipated unless body rust will start showing at which point I may have to part away with it.

[Dante]

Oh yea, I remember posting some links for these parts.  Glad you got it done.

As far as the leak?  Before putting on the new clamp, liberally apply some exhaust sealer paste.  Will seal it up perfectly.

Indeed you gave me some pointers for parts which were useful on the search for parts/pricing baseline so thank you.

Also thanks for the tip - is this something CT would carry or need to look online? I would assume the specialized exhaust shops would have it and all I need to do is ask them to use it.

[Ex-airbalancer]

I think the last time I change an exhaust was back in early '90's
Stock exhaust are pretty good now

[HeliDriver]

Got the studded winters installed on the Jeep right before snowstorm, so far, these are the best winters Ive ever experienced

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Nice! I’m going to pretend I had some little influence on your decision. 

The Yukon’s only got a few hundred km on its new Hakkas - all of it on bare pavement. Woke up to a blanket of fresh snow this morning, so will have to take it out for a proper test.

[Fobroader]

Got the studded winters installed on the Jeep right before snowstorm, so far, these are the best winters Ive ever experienced

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Nice! I’m going to pretend I had some little influence on your decision. 

The Yukon’s only got a few hundred km on its new Hakkas - all of it on bare pavement. Woke up to a blanket of fresh snow this morning, so will have to take it out for a proper test.

We had rain, sleet, than snow and it went from +4 to about -12 this morning. Snow on top of ice and it was rock-bloody-solid. I forgot how good studded tires are.

[Dante]

I think the last time I change an exhaust was back in early '90's
Stock exhaust are pretty good now

They are until they eventually rust and become not so good... Mine lasted almost 12 years (11 winters) before starting to give troubles. I could've probably patched it and stretch its life but chose to go new.

[johngenx]

Got the studded winters installed on the Jeep right before snowstorm, so far, these are the best winters Ive ever experienced

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Nice! I’m going to pretend I had some little influence on your decision. 

The Yukon’s only got a few hundred km on its new Hakkas - all of it on bare pavement. Woke up to a blanket of fresh snow this morning, so will have to take it out for a proper test.

We had rain, sleet, than snow and it went from +4 to about -12 this morning. Snow on top of ice and it was rock-bloody-solid. I forgot how good studded tires are.

My missus reports not seeing any evidence at all of road maintenance on her drive this morning. Not a grain of sand, nothing. WTF?  At 10:30 last night I understood, but by the morning?  Ugh.

[blur911]

Just ordered 350mm cross-drilled, slotted, coated rotors for the front of the Cayenne, $170 taxes in total shipped to my door.

 Maxbrakes is pretty decent to deal with so far, my back brakes still look good.

[Fobroader]

Got the studded winters installed on the Jeep right before snowstorm, so far, these are the best winters Ive ever experienced

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Nice! I’m going to pretend I had some little influence on your decision. 

The Yukon’s only got a few hundred km on its new Hakkas - all of it on bare pavement. Woke up to a blanket of fresh snow this morning, so will have to take it out for a proper test.

We had rain, sleet, than snow and it went from +4 to about -12 this morning. Snow on top of ice and it was rock-bloody-solid. I forgot how good studded tires are.

My missus reports not seeing any evidence at all of road maintenance on her drive this morning. Not a grain of sand, nothing. WTF?  At 10:30 last night I understood, but by the morning?  Ugh.

The south east leg of the Henday and Shwd Pk Fwy there were signs of plowing.

[Dante]

As far as the leak?  Before putting on the new clamp, liberally apply some exhaust sealer paste.  Will seal it up perfectly.

Any product/brand you can recommend?

[PJungnitsch]

Got the studded winters installed on the Jeep right before snowstorm, so far, these are the best winters Ive ever experienced

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Nice! I’m going to pretend I had some little influence on your decision. 

The Yukon’s only got a few hundred km on its new Hakkas - all of it on bare pavement. Woke up to a blanket of fresh snow this morning, so will have to take it out for a proper test.

We had rain, sleet, than snow and it went from +4 to about -12 this morning. Snow on top of ice and it was rock-bloody-solid. I forgot how good studded tires are.

My missus reports not seeing any evidence at all of road maintenance on her drive this morning. Not a grain of sand, nothing. WTF?  At 10:30 last night I understood, but by the morning?  Ugh.

We came back from Victoria late last night, it was a bit of a shock driving home from the airport!

[rrocket]

Oh yea, I remember posting some links for these parts.  Glad you got it done.

As far as the leak?  Before putting on the new clamp, liberally apply some exhaust sealer paste.  Will seal it up perfectly.

Indeed you gave me some pointers for parts which were useful on the search for parts/pricing baseline so thank you.

Also thanks for the tip - is this something CT would carry or need to look online? I would assume the specialized exhaust shops would have it and all I need to do is ask them to use it.

The paste should be available and easily found.

[Dante]

Oh yea, I remember posting some links for these parts.  Glad you got it done.

As far as the leak?  Before putting on the new clamp, liberally apply some exhaust sealer paste.  Will seal it up perfectly.

Indeed you gave me some pointers for parts which were useful on the search for parts/pricing baseline so thank you.

Also thanks for the tip - is this something CT would carry or need to look online? I would assume the specialized exhaust shops would have it and all I need to do is ask them to use it.

The paste should be available and easily found.

Great. This is the one I found and CT and Walmart carry it.

[Triple Bob]

Just ordered 350mm cross-drilled, slotted, coated rotors for the front of the Cayenne, $170 taxes in total shipped to my door.

 Maxbrakes is pretty decent to deal with so far, my back brakes still look good.

Wow that's cheap!

[johngenx]

I have to change the brakes on the Miata in the spring. I'll check that out then!!

[Gurgie]

Got the pit crew to do the winters on the JGC.


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[Ex-airbalancer]

You would think with slave labour you could afford some real wheels