Well, to be fair, I just realized that I don’t know what else to call a non-serpentine belt. Accessory/drive belt? No, that’s just a description of the belt’s purpose, and the serp belt is just a particular variety of that... Shoot, I’m drawing a blank here. Read more

now what? Read more

Maybe I’m just not hanging out with the right crowds, but come to think of it, I don’t recall ever hearing someone use the term WOT spoken out loud. It works great as a written acronym, but verbally it just doesn’t seem very intuitive. Sounds like it would be too easily confused with “what” a la “u wot m8”. Read more

*nods* It is a V-belt. Read more

Is “stab the dizzy” obscure? Read more

However often the car ahead of me pulls forward, I actually try to cut that frequency in half. I’ll wait for them to pull forward twice before I bother moving up. Read more

It’s so frustrating. Especially when I’m driving a manual transmission and don’t want to clutch in & out just to move forward such a measly amount at a time. Of course it’s good to leave some room, but 20 feet is ridiculous. Read more

Drivers who stop more than once at red lights. Read more

That bugs me too. It makes me want to ask them if they even KNOW how fast they want to go, or if they’re just arbitrarily speeding up every once in a while for no reason. Read more

Exactly. Can’t find stock engine pics to show the factory routing of wires or vacuum lines, either. Read more

Is this better?

I bet Mr Owl knows when it’ll break through! Let’s ask him.

Eh, you might want to check anyway, just to be safe. The only product I looked up was Meguiar’s Ultimate Wash-N-Wax. Read more

Just looked up the MSDS on mine. No mentions of “sulfur” or “acid”. *phew* Read more

Automatic braking is extremely hard to get right, considering all the different braking situations a driver encounters. Throw automatic steering features into the mix and it’s even more difficult to simulate what a good driver would do in all situations. Read more

Seatbelts are not just for crashes. They help keep the body from excessively shifting around while driving, too. Your arms and legs have much better control over the steering wheel and pedals when the rest of the body is anchored down. Read more

Both, I would think. Obviously the driver should bear the bulk of the scrutiny, but the system needs to perform as designed in an emergency. At some point though, the car would eventually reach an age where vehicle maintenance becomes a factor, and that’s on the owner. Tire condition, brake pads, ignoring warning… Read more

Neutral: mixed feelings. Read more

But... break-in period? Read more

My bed’s pretty high-tech too. It’s 8' and never has to be made.