Total cost is 228.69 including taxes. Work included replacing engine oil and filter, service front and rear brakes, rotate tires, and a host of inspections (parking brake, suspension components, brake hoses). The price to pay is steep compared with other places.
Also had them do a rust check. It is a biannual check and, if necessary, [...]
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Park Head-in or Back-in?
I am driving a relatively new car that I care a lot about, and I would prefer to park head in. Even though it takes a bit more time to back out first and go, parking head-in has these advantages:
it makes it harder for car thieves to haul away the car with [...]
In the early evening today, I decided to wash my car – the first time ever this year so far. Well, up to the last week, we were pretty much in winter and water would freeze on my driveway and make my inclined driveway treacherous to walk on.
This week marked the abrupt switch from down [...]
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This morning, we sent in the Honda Civic 2003 for an oil change at the Canadian Tire store in Pickering, which is close to where Jane goes every Saturday. The mileage is roughly at 185000km. So the next oil change will be at roughly 190000km. The cost was $37CAD, taxes and fees included.
While at [...]
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Learn to Identify Hazards
When your view is blocked by something such as bushes, snow bank, parked truck, building, proceed with caution, assuming there is a hazard approaching behind it, and be prepared to stop. Consider it could be kids chasing a ball, kids riding a bike, a vehicle coming out from behind the obstacle.
Develop high [...]
Applied Rain X on Civic 2003 and my Civic 2008. And it demonstrated its usefulness this afternoon. The rain drops just slid and flew off when speed was above 40. However, the moving water beads could be a distraction when this was something new.
I also applied Rain X anti-fog on the mirrors in the shower [...]
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