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Back in the early 70's my Italian friend around the corner who's dad owned an Italian Importing company bought a new 1974 Fiat 124 Special T 4dr in aquamarine blue with a black interior. He always drove that thing like he was running the Mille Miglia. Hard cornering and braking, revving the snot...

Microwave EMF's Here's a great read on the facts from the EPA. https://www.epa.gov/radtown/non-ionizing-radiation-used-microwave-ovens

Just heard on the radio today both electric providers here in the state will raise their rates again another 50% as of Jan 1st. It translates to at least an additional $80.00 in peoples bills at the least they said. In this day and age where the public has been forced to conserve energy like...

With all the talk about Granadas and Monarchs it reminded me of the robins egg blue 1976 Monarch an uncle bought new. He was a die hard Merc guy and still is. When the paint wasnt blowing off it in sheets it was popping in reverse from park, or it had some electrical issue. The 66 Ford reminds...

Anything from England, France, and Italy was 100% shite and to avoid. German cars esp Mercedes diesels were tanks, Japanese cars were just coming into their own with decent styling and a reputation for reliability and quality but still considered tin cans, and anything was better than the...

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Was keeping this but prob never use it. All dates I found were from late 1971 so I’ll assume it’s a 1972 model. Was from a working machine that had major lower cabinet rust issues. Bulb missing but it’s complete with harness and power cord otherwise. The only bad terminals were on the water...

Thanks for the input, I'll use the Sta-Lube tomorrow when I button it back up, I have a gasket already and may apply some adhesive to hold it in place. I was working in 35 Deg F weather in the garage and that old oil was literally like hot fudge that was cooling down. Thick, stringy. Very messy...

Cleaned the case then cracked open the 1974 A806 spare trans I have I want to swap into my 1974 A407 that stains clothes at times. Luckily there wasnt any signs of moisture and water inside. The oil was dark brown. Trouble was it literally was like Hersheys syrup. It was so insanely thick and...

I have a complete A806 console from a -1974 machine I parted out due to extreme lower cabinet rust. I'll check what the timer is. I know it wasnt a suds saver.

" At least 20 coal-fired power plants nationwide are being resurrected or extended past their closing dates to ensure Germany has enough energy to get through the winter. " With old Vlad being a dick it looks like Germany's best option now is one it hates.

New machines versus old. i.e. plastic versus metal. There is much more plastic in newer machines in their tubs, etc. Plastic takes oils to manufacture. I rather keep an old metal machine going that uses more water and power. Recycling also uses energy to accomplish, lots of it. From processing...

gsd-dan nailed it. If you're going to buy something that old plan on going right through it if you want it to last a good many years. I strongly advise you to contact Lorraine Furniture on here and buy a restored Maytag set from him, or have him find the Maytag set you want and go through it for...

Reply #37 For the life of me I still cant fathom why VW installed that cheating software in the 09-15 diesels. Surely they knew someone would find it out there. They could have cleaned up exhaust emissions by installing the more expensive DEF system the Passat had. I think they lost rational...

All I know is Im good with the 750 miles my 22 year old Golf TDI gets if I top it off to the lip and charging issues arent one of lifes problems to me, and hopefully never will be.

Reply #21 Although NY pales compared to CA for the amount of charging stations in the state it has 3 times more than UT but UT sells more EV than NY. I think there has to be a valid reason for that because NY people are very trendy and love their toys/brands. The only article I could find about...

Im single and do 2 loads every 3 days on an almost 50 year old Maytag. One whites one colors. Today Im doing 2 whites though because I broke out the thermals for Winter.

This really surprised me by state. https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10962

Seems 42% of all new ZEV are sold in CA. Im surprised UT even beat out NY! Maybe the stop & go traffic doesnt agree with them? https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/10/19/california-zev-sales-near-18-of-all-new-car-sales-in-2022/

California will be the death of itself yet. Their ideas are well intended but they always put the cart before the horse. The electrical grid will have to be beefed up at least double capacity what it is currently, plus they'll need more power plants and sadly wind and solar arent the answer...