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by redmed
Sat Dec 29, 2018 5:59 am
Forum: Chat About the Kizashi
Topic: How long did your OE battery last?
Replies: 21
Views: 16248

Re: How long did your OE battery last?

Got about 3 years out of the OE battery which had been outdoors and used year round at that time) before the extended crank issue and other goofy unexplained electrical gremlins started happening. It was also swollen when I pulled it out to replace it. The Optima red-top replacement is still in the...
by redmed
Fri Dec 28, 2018 8:28 pm
Forum: Chat About the Kizashi
Topic: How long did your OE battery last?
Replies: 21
Views: 16248

Re: How long did your OE battery last?

I'm thinking of replacing my battery. I had it checked at Autozone & O'Reillys in the summer of 2017 and both testers said I needed to replace the battery. I was helping my sister-in-law get a battery for her car (@ Autozone) since the guy brought the tester out for her car and my Kiz was right ...
by redmed
Thu Nov 29, 2018 10:58 pm
Forum: Random/Rant & General Car Talk
Topic: TPMS WHY???
Replies: 57
Views: 80925

Re: TPMS WHY???

Once again CAFE standards influencing what vehicles are available to us.
by redmed
Mon Nov 12, 2018 11:38 pm
Forum: Random/Rant & General Car Talk
Topic: TPMS WHY???
Replies: 57
Views: 80925

Re: TPMS WHY???

"Relying on personal interpretations and experience clouds one from the objectiveness of reality and truth. This is why the scientific method puts zero value on one's own experience or views and requires the objective reproduction by others to validate a claim." You're belief in that your ...
by redmed
Mon Nov 12, 2018 2:00 am
Forum: Random/Rant & General Car Talk
Topic: TPMS WHY???
Replies: 57
Views: 80925

Re: TPMS WHY???

KuroNekko,
Where you living in the US in 1976?
by redmed
Sun Nov 11, 2018 1:29 am
Forum: Random/Rant & General Car Talk
Topic: TPMS WHY???
Replies: 57
Views: 80925

Re: TPMS WHY???

Yes SUV existed before the Explorer/Firestone panic we all know that. What the government did was by mandating MPG restrictions on cars and not trucks. They created a situation where your choice was to buy a small car or buy a large safer truck. The manufactures used this situation to come out with ...
by redmed
Sun Nov 11, 2018 12:46 am
Forum: Random/Rant & General Car Talk
Topic: TPMS WHY???
Replies: 57
Views: 80925

Re: TPMS WHY???

More useless, unnecessary TPMS-like techno non-sense in vehicles we're expected to pay for... https://fox43.com/2018/11/07/fox43-finds-out-speed-limit-display-dilemma/ Remember now, GPS is one of the many systems employed in guiding self-driving vehicles. Think about that when reading the article. ...
by redmed
Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:07 pm
Forum: Random/Rant & General Car Talk
Topic: TPMS WHY???
Replies: 57
Views: 80925

Re: TPMS WHY???

I don't know how on earth you can end that with the words "not so", that is simply an assertion with no grounds. Every thinking person is enraged by this. We're stuck with this as a complete over reaction to the Ford Explorer episode where a few morons killed their families. First the gov...
by redmed
Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:20 am
Forum: Random/Rant & General Car Talk
Topic: TPMS WHY???
Replies: 57
Views: 80925

Re: TPMS WHY???

Greater than 20psi is not dangerous. The light triggering at 35psi is not for danger reasons. A 35psi trigger is strictly to reduce fuel consumption. The TPMS legislation was initially discussed as a response of the Ford Firestone scandal but was not going to get out of the committee hearings until ...
by redmed
Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:15 pm
Forum: Random/Rant & General Car Talk
Topic: TPMS WHY???
Replies: 57
Views: 80925

Re: TPMS WHY???

Well that's disappointing...understandable, but very disappointing. I love this site and the true 'car peeps' here. It's the only one I bother with anymore. I fully agree. This site has provided me with more valuable information and insight than any other forum I have toured. This is the first site...