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I have heard some people complain that their Priuses are getting only about 35mpg's, while others are saying that they are beating the EPA numbers, and getting over 65 mpg's. A HUGE part of this has to do with the driving habits of the vehicle like you guys are talking about. Trekking up and...

Great thread...I'm considering an electric cordless mower myself! I have heard the neutons are pretty good. Sounds like the one Home-Depot has is the smaller model. I have heard some people say that the best thing to do to preserve battery power and increase longevity on your cordless mower is...

From the looks of the posts here, I ought to give one of these a try and see how fun they really are to drive! Sounds like they may be just as zippy as my old CRX was. That car met it's demise when I was T-boned in it. The other driver hit me just in front of the front wheel, and the car just...

There are a few reasons for buying a really small car...low price, good mileage, or good performance. I always thought the Smart cars would be a neat idea because they would meet one, if not all these reasons. Unfortunately, it looks like they provide none of these in particular abundance. The...

I am suprised the Falcon didn't get quite the popularity the Nova did in later life. When they both came out in the early 60's, the Nova was the latecomer and didn't sell as much, with the Falcon and Valiant beating both to market. Chevy went with the Corvair for it's compact car originally. The...

That's a real shame...The damage doesn't look all that bad. Have you gotten an estimate from a body shop yet? My Grandfather was a body shop mechanic, and he had this huge hydraulic press thing he would put on the cars to straighten the frames. He would bring a suprising amount of cars "back...

I have heard staticstics say that 1 out of every 4 vehicles on the highway is being driven by an unlicensed driver. Taking away driver's permits does not keep people from getting behind the wheel...people just don't care who they kill or injure when they get behind the wheel. The sad part about...

Here's the OTHER side of the pipeline story Tunnel #3 and a detailed explanation of how New York's water system workss.. I find it interesting in all that whining in the articale about deteriorating infrastructure, they only briefly mentioned tunnel #3, and it's construction would allow the...

Isn't New York in the process of building a completely NEW water tunnel? Yes, they are investing in the infastructure...the old one just has to hold out for another 8-10 years till it's finished! The water at this "spring" is the untreated water from the resivour that is on it's way to the...

That's a great looking piano! nice finish on it! If you desire to play it a lot, I recommend installing a humidifer in it. The humidifier will help keep it tuned, especially if you are a "heavy hand". He mentions the Winter pianos having an alumnium harp, and that it's problematic. Do you know...

I used a similar whirlpool tub in a hotel I stayed at, and YES! you are DEFINITELY right on the placement of the faucet! I got in the tub while it was still filling, and was "battered" by the water! I got back out the tub, and waited for it to finish filling. The thing that amazes me about...

I am thinking for lighting, one could use some of those under-car neon-tubes for a really cool effect! LED's would work pretty good too! There are a wide variety of LED's avaliable that are weatherproof too. For a "cheapie" route, some of those CCFT tubes for the inside of computer cases can be...

I find it interesting that he "inside was a manual and receipts from Circuit City showing that repair had has been done." Circuit city prior to 1984 was known as "Wards TV & Appliance" and prior to 1978 did not exist outside of the state of Virginia. I noticed he was located in Jersey, so the...

The problem with our fuel consumption is not so much the vehicles that we have, but the way we must use them. Yes, there may be more automobiles a the driveway than people that live in the house, but if they are not being used, they are not burning fuel! I am not sure why this keeps being a...

USA made Hondas an interesting thing I noticed about older Hondas is that they had some problems until they were built in the USA. Older Japanese Hondas typically rusted out badly, had really poor automatic transmissions, and the AC / climate control systems were cantankerous and troublesome...

My family has been GM buyers for as long as I can remember, but I can't ever remember them having any particularly serious problems with them. Sure, they may have silly stuff breaks on them, like a light burning out in the dashboard, or a doorhandle breaking, but I never remember them leaving us...

Watched it last night...they bought a newer DD Whirlpool or Kenmore, and 50 pounds of clothes at a thrift store. They got all but 10 pounds of clothes stuffed into the machine, but it wouldn't spin. They then took all the clothes out and Adam stood inside it while Jamie pushed the button in and...

They are doing the myth that a person was killed by a swashing machine after attempting to stuff 50 pounds of clothes in and getting sucked into the machine after standing in it!

My next door neighbor gave me their old washing machine. It appears it has a bad seal in the bottom of the tub, as it spills water all over the place, an it appears to be leaking somewhere around the base of the tub. Anyways, I figure it will be fun just to tinker with, as it's just a BOL...

YOU STOLE MY IDEA!!! ;) I think I posted something to this nature a while back. My idea was to have trucks go around in neighborhoods sort of like the milk man did and pick up the dirty dishes in the evening, and leave fresh clean dishes for the family to use. The dirty dishes would then be...