# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/general-discussion/8.md?page=26 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 27 --- ## [PDF Owners Manual](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pdf-owners-manual/195872)
**Author:** [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/pdf-owners-manual/195872 "2024-09-09T20:40:57Z")
I was out of town for a few days and needed to rent a vehicle. I got a Ford Escape. Decent vehicle - no complaints. But one thing I noticed when familiarizing myself with the center console was - as an option it had the … --- ## [Used car mileages](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-car-mileages/196083)
**Author:** [@DougieL](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DougieL)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-car-mileages/196083 "2024-09-09T16:51:17Z")
Looking to buy a used CR-V. Wondering what mileage cap I should use. The common rule is a not overly-used car should have mileage less than 12K x age. But pretty clearly, more mileage is worse. But what cutoff should I u… --- ## [The International Harvester Scout returns](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-international-harvester-scout-returns/196087 "2024-09-09T13:27:39Z")
… albeit as an EV produced by VW: --- ## [A roundup of discontinued models for 2025](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-roundup-of-discontinued-models-for-2025/195719)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-roundup-of-discontinued-models-for-2025/195719 "2024-09-08T22:54:44Z")
With the Mitsubishi Mirage reaching the end of the road in The US, the only really cheap new car will be the Nissan Versa. --- ## [Google Car Topics now has an AI section](https://community.cartalk.com/t/google-car-topics-now-has-an-ai-section/196133)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/google-car-topics-now-has-an-ai-section/196133 "2024-09-08T21:33:39Z")
For example Google “how to jump start a car”. Right at the top there’s a section titled AI Overview. I’ve been noticing this change for a couple of months. The AI responses at first weren’t very good, but I’m now not… --- ## [How Could They Not Know?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-could-they-not-know/196113)
**Author:** [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-could-they-not-know/196113 "2024-09-08T21:28:59Z")
I have seen YouTube Videos of Dump Trailers that have somehow rose up and ultimately hit a sign or bridge, but I cannot imagine how the driver would not know that the Trailer had raised up either visually from the mirror… --- ## [VW Plant Closures](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-plant-closures/196122)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-plant-closures/196122 "2024-09-08T19:38:52Z")
The manufacturer’s announcement this week that it is considering the closure of two German factories has shocked its workforce, who gave a first taste of the opposition they will mount with protest banners carried into a… --- ## [Almost killed in manual mode](https://community.cartalk.com/t/almost-killed-in-manual-mode/196130)
**Author:** [@oldnotdeadyet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldnotdeadyet)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/almost-killed-in-manual-mode/196130 "2024-09-08T17:19:01Z")
I am new to this car. The transmission can be set to manual mode by placing the car in drive and then moving the shifter left. Unfortunately, since the driver is to the left of the shifter, when shifting from park to d… --- ## [What vehicle can replace a Safari/Astro Van?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-vehicle-can-replace-a-safari-astro-van/42695)
**Author:** [@showland](https://community.cartalk.com/u/showland)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-vehicle-can-replace-a-safari-astro-van/42695 "2024-09-08T13:44:26Z")
I've got a 2001 GMC Safari Van that has been a great vehicle for me. I'd like to replace it with something new next year, but can't think of another vehicle with the same overall abilities of this van, and the Safari van… --- ## [Just what you don't want to see](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-what-you-dont-want-to-see/196107)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-what-you-dont-want-to-see/196107 "2024-09-07T15:18:26Z")
… when you’re driving through a tunnel! --- ## [Classic-car engine power](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-car-engine-power/194539)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-car-engine-power/194539 "2024-03-22T20:24:21Z")
50/60’s cars certainly hosted a wide range of engine power. Hard to imagine why one needed 335, and another only 18? 67 Fiat Spider: 89 bhp 70 Dodge Challenger: 335 61 Morris Minor: 34 67 Fiat 500: 18 56 MB 3… --- ## [2024 VinFast VF 8 - looking pretty decent](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2024-vinfast-vf-8-looking-pretty-decent/196019)
**Author:** [@Bennie-MJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bennie-MJ)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2024-vinfast-vf-8-looking-pretty-decent/196019 "2024-09-04T14:14:58Z")
What impressed me first was the color, as I don’t usually like blue cars but this one was the first that made me change that. Very striking design with the V shape, and a lot of space as well (guess that would make a nic… --- ## [The 500+ mile EV is now available](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-500-mile-ev-is-now-available/196088)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-500-mile-ev-is-now-available/196088 "2024-09-04T18:31:38Z")
The good news is that it has an incredibly long range, and–IMHO–is very nicely styled. The bad news is that its pricing starts at $110k. --- ## [Tire balancing beads?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-balancing-beads/196039)
**Author:** [@earl.jo.c\_190801](https://community.cartalk.com/u/earl.jo.c_190801)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-balancing-beads/196039 "2024-09-03T19:37:53Z")
I have a friend who “balances” his tires by adding 3 ounces of air-soft BBs to his tires when he mounts them. He swears this is as good or better than adhesive lead weights. Anybody out there heard of this or tried this… --- ## [Carfax wasn't factual for this guy](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carfax-wasnt-factual-for-this-guy/196054)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/carfax-wasnt-factual-for-this-guy/196054 "2024-09-02T22:25:32Z")
--- ## [Paint over old paint?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-over-old-paint/195492)
**Author:** [@grunes\_183031](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grunes_183031)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/paint-over-old-paint/195492 "2024-09-01T20:54:06Z")
I have a 2013 silver Toyota Venza. The paint is basically fine, but I’d like it to be white, to stay cooler in the sun. I’ve been told that trying to match the durability of a factory paint job is very difficult and exp… --- ## [Wants mother charged for her son's reckless driving causing passenger's death](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wants-mother-charged-for-her-sons-reckless-driving-causing-passengers-death/196052)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wants-mother-charged-for-her-sons-reckless-driving-causing-passengers-death/196052 "2024-09-01T19:46:44Z")
AOL commenter: " … all of the high end luxury cars, my 2019 Lincoln MKC included, have a provision for them to electronically govern the speed for any driver. …" --- ## [Crash Test Dummies](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crash-test-dummies/196057)
**Author:** [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crash-test-dummies/196057 "2024-09-01T17:54:46Z")
--- ## [Does anyone know the location of the engine number on a 1981 Toyota Diesel engine](https://community.cartalk.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-location-of-the-engine-number-on-a-1981-toyota-diesel-engine/93915)
**Author:** [@Trooper84](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Trooper84)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-location-of-the-engine-number-on-a-1981-toyota-diesel-engine/93915 "2024-09-01T15:06:59Z")
Need to locate engine number on a 1981 Toyota Diesel engine. --- ## [Window Tint on Honda Insight 2019](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-tint-on-honda-insight-2019/196038)
**Author:** [@its-still-a-honda](https://community.cartalk.com/u/its-still-a-honda)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-tint-on-honda-insight-2019/196038 "2024-08-31T18:38:46Z")
Dermatology news is that there are more and more cancers on the left side of the face which they’re linking to drivers side windows. In NYS only 70% or less clear is allowed. I’m hearing different things from different… --- ## [Divergent diamond interchage](https://community.cartalk.com/t/divergent-diamond-interchage/195975)
**Author:** [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/divergent-diamond-interchage/195975 "2024-08-31T17:11:13Z")
i had to go to Tulsa,OK recently . I had time so I drove through what is referred DDI all directions. I can see someone having a Panic attack because at one point you are driving on the left side where before you would … --- ## [100-Years Ago in Albany New York, Criminals did not commit Crimes using Vehicles…](https://community.cartalk.com/t/100-years-ago-in-albany-new-york-criminals-did-not-commit-crimes-using-vehicles/196012)
**Author:** [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/100-years-ago-in-albany-new-york-criminals-did-not-commit-crimes-using-vehicles/196012 "2024-08-31T14:50:13Z")
My old hometown Newspaper, the Times Union, in Albany NY, runs a small section in the paper from the newspaper 100-years ago today… Back then, the Chief of Police did not know that Criminals used Automobiles for Criminal… --- ## [EV fires is hard to extinguish?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-fires-is-hard-to-extinguish/195989)
**Author:** [@Bennie-MJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bennie-MJ)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-fires-is-hard-to-extinguish/195989 "2024-08-30T22:13:51Z")
Just a week ago, I read an article about a Tesla crash in CA (I don’t remember where that article is now, on Reeuters if I remembered correctly). Aside from the EV crash that bursted into flames, I am very intrigued abou… --- ## [No More Mazda. New topic about another car](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-more-mazda-new-topic-about-another-car/195935)
**Author:** [@remodeler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/remodeler)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-more-mazda-new-topic-about-another-car/195935 "2024-08-30T03:52:00Z")
So I found a car I like. SUV I guess, actually. Here’s the link. Can I get opinions on it and the price? At 2 different dealers near me. This one is a 2021 GMC Terrain SLT 14K miles $24,000. They knocked $500 off t… --- ## [Car has transmission problem?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-has-transmission-problem/195820)
**Author:** [@remodeler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/remodeler)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-has-transmission-problem/195820 "2024-08-30T02:58:42Z")
Me and my now dead Mazda wagon again. So, in looking at some cars now, I found one I like, a pre-owned 2024 Honda HR-V EX-L basically 8800 miles and basically $30k. Price out of my range of hopefully $24k and under. I… --- ## [Are brands of blank transponder keys compatible for programming & other questions](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-brands-of-blank-transponder-keys-compatible-for-programming-other-questions/195898)
**Author:** [@grunes\_183031](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grunes_183031)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-brands-of-blank-transponder-keys-compatible-for-programming-other-questions/195898 "2024-08-29T18:53:09Z")
Are brands of blank transponder keys compatible for programming & other questions. When I bought my 2013 Toyota Venza (used) a number of years ago, the used car dealer gave me one transponder key. By the lack of marking… --- ## [Amateur electrician looking for advice on Tesla](https://community.cartalk.com/t/amateur-electrician-looking-for-advice-on-tesla/195822)
**Author:** [@thundabutt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thundabutt)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/amateur-electrician-looking-for-advice-on-tesla/195822 "2024-08-29T17:05:58Z")
Hello I am considering purchasing a Tesla Model S Spaceballs edition. As far as I know it can be charged at home using a 240v power supply. Tell me if this is a good idea or not. The power supply to my laundry room (to… --- ## [Cold intake](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-intake/195971)
**Author:** [@daviddsouza20238\_191115](https://community.cartalk.com/u/daviddsouza20238_191115)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-intake/195971 "2024-08-29T10:42:18Z")
Hi I would like to know which cold intake would be suitable for NISSAN TERRANO XL plz let me know --- ## [Minivan tire wear](https://community.cartalk.com/t/minivan-tire-wear/195933)
**Author:** [@JunkOwner](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JunkOwner)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/minivan-tire-wear/195933 "2024-08-28T15:04:27Z")
I have had more Chrysler minivans that I care to admit over the last 30 or so years. Only one was a shorty - and '89 Dodge Caravan. The rest have been “Grand” - Caravan or Voyager or Town and Country Chryslers. I don’… --- ## [Dutch F1 Grand Prix 8 minute VDO summary, looked like a pretty exciting race](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dutch-f1-grand-prix-8-minute-vdo-summary-looked-like-a-pretty-exciting-race/195958)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dutch-f1-grand-prix-8-minute-vdo-summary-looked-like-a-pretty-exciting-race/195958 "2024-08-28T12:01:51Z")
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