Topic: What did you do to your car today?

[Fobroader]

The Highlander and my F-150 were by far the two easiest vehicles to do it.  30 seconds and zero profanity.

My old GMC, two pins, headlight popped out, you had access to change the headlight, turn signal, and DRL bulbs. Absolutely brilliant design.

[Firm]

The Highlander and my F-150 were by far the two easiest vehicles to do it.  30 seconds and zero profanity.

My old GMC, two pins, headlight popped out, you had access to change the headlight, turn signal, and DRL bulbs. Absolutely brilliant design.

Escalade is the same, nice setup.

Trucks (real trucks) in general tend to be simpler because fleet buyers won't stand for a 2 hour dealership invoice to change a light bulb.

[PJungnitsch]

The Highlander and my F-150 were by far the two easiest vehicles to do it.  30 seconds and zero profanity.

My old GMC, two pins, headlight popped out, you had access to change the headlight, turn signal, and DRL bulbs. Absolutely brilliant design.

Escalade is the same, nice setup.

Trucks (real trucks) in general tend to be simpler because fleet buyers won't stand for a 2 hour dealership invoice to change a light bulb.

Maybe for headlights, but for a lot of other things it's simpler to pull the whole cab off on modern trucks, engine is buried halfway under the firewall

[Fobroader]

The Highlander and my F-150 were by far the two easiest vehicles to do it.  30 seconds and zero profanity.

My old GMC, two pins, headlight popped out, you had access to change the headlight, turn signal, and DRL bulbs. Absolutely brilliant design.

Escalade is the same, nice setup.

Trucks (real trucks) in general tend to be simpler because fleet buyers won't stand for a 2 hour dealership invoice to change a light bulb.

Maybe for headlights, but for a lot of other things it's simpler to pull the whole cab off on modern trucks, engine is buried halfway under the firewall

Thats true. Ive got an acquaintance that owns a diesel shop and hes says the time savings of pulling the cab is worth it

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[Firm]

I am talking maintenance items here....bulbs, fluids, batteries, maybe even brakes. For example, I know the current F-150 has a 'service mode' for the rear electronic parking brake that is owner/user accessible via the dashboard menu - so you don't need a scantool to change the rear pads.

[Scaerio]

My old GMC, two pins, headlight popped out, you had access to change the headlight, turn signal, and DRL bulbs. Absolutely brilliant design.

The C30 has one pin, but otherwise the same procedure.  The trade-off is having to remove the gas pedal to change the cabin air filter. 

[Fobroader]

My old GMC, two pins, headlight popped out, you had access to change the headlight, turn signal, and DRL bulbs. Absolutely brilliant design.

The C30 has one pin, but otherwise the same procedure.  The trade-off is having to remove the gas pedal to change the cabin air filter. 

Again, remove pedals for a filter....for shame Volvo!!!

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[Scaerio]

S40, V50, and C70 are the same...

[Bubba]

Oil/filter change, winter tire install, wheel alignment. I've attached the alignment numbers.  This is what driving Winnipeg streets gets you.

[rrocket]

Oil/filter change, winter tire install, wheel alignment.

Nice!!

Let the snow fly!!   

[Fobroader]

Oil/filter change, winter tire install, wheel alignment.

Nice!!

Let the snow fly!!   

Whoa whoa whoa, I'm trying to get out for another ride!!

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[Blueprint]

Last Friday we experienced fantastic fall weather: sun and temps above 20°C. So we made a father-daughters project and washed & waxed all three black cars with Meguiar's Gold Class liquid wax. Used my Dad's hand-me-down Simoniz orbital polisher for initial buffing anf finished with microfiber cloth. And we did the whole bodies, including door jambs, inner door panels etc.

By Sunday temps were just above freezing 

[PJungnitsch]

Wow, that's nice

Opposite here. -18 on the weekend with the wind chill, today supposed to get up to plus 13

So much easier to work now. I fixed the rear view camera on the CRV yesterday, and added a battery charger pigtail.

Used a memory saver for the first time, nice to not have to reprogram the radio antitheft

[Seafoam]

Installed the winters on the Frontier and Civic today. Also changed the oil and filter in the MSM . Filled it with gas and added Stabil then stored it away for the winter. Two more to go. Overall a  fairly busy day for a retired guy.

[tortoise]

I decided to replace the Highlander's battery.  It was getting old and had been run down a bunch of times in the last two years.  I just went to Costco.

I decided to just swap it there to make bringing back the core easier.  Of course I dropped one of the bolts that holds the bracket down.  It hit the plastic underbody tray and then got stuck. 

Fortunately there is a Toyota dealer right next to it.  I walked into the service department and they dug through the shop floor and found me a replacement for free.  I thought that was pretty solid service.

[me_2]

Last week-end I bought (4) mags+tires and bring them into basement
Today was snow tires day, in/out basement
Tomorrow its my girlfriend appointment, (out of basement), they are loaded in car
A lot of tires handling in a week !
ps. I no longer handle my son's tires in/out from basement

[EV Dan]

Last week-end I bought (4) mags+tires and bring them into basement
Today was snow tires day, in/out basement
Tomorrow its my girlfriend appointment, (out of basement), they are loaded in car
A lot of tires handling in a week !
ps. I no longer handle my son's tires in/out from basement

Talk about getting tired 

We had one double digit day this week so my winter wheel swap was pleasant. Checked brakes, lubed pins, shook wheels to see if there was any play in suspension. All is good and set for winter.

[ianmcc]

Was planning on welding some more of the floorpans into the GBC Valiant but a fishing expedition to Bucks yielded an M body wagon roof rack.
Hacked 14" out of the side rails and now trying to figure out how to trim the center slats.

[Firm]

Never mind the rack, though it's pretty cool, let's see more photos of that car!

[Bubba]

Never mind the rack, though it's pretty cool, let's see more photos of that car!

Yes, let's!