# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/c/general-discussion/8.md?page=28 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 29 --- ## [Parallelogram Suspension?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/parallelogram-suspension/195559)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/parallelogram-suspension/195559 "2024-08-03T22:40:12Z")
The control-arm style suspension systems fail to keep the wheel at the same camber angle to the road over their length of travel (i.e. rotation). Just curious if a parallelogram suspension system design has ever been us… --- ## [AWD or FWD](https://community.cartalk.com/t/awd-or-fwd/195418)
**Author:** [@ramikumi](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ramikumi)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/awd-or-fwd/195418 "2024-08-03T00:58:58Z")
Looking to buy a decent used car fro my daughter. Settled on a choice between 2 of the same models with some difference 1. 2020 Nissan Rogue SV AWD 63K miles 2. 2020 Nissan Rogue SV FWD 53K miles. Price is pretty much … --- ## [Remember my 2005 Mazda 6 wagon thread? Now it's repair old or buy used](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-my-2005-mazda-6-wagon-thread-now-its-repair-old-or-buy-used/195426)
**Author:** [@remodeler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/remodeler)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 7:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remember-my-2005-mazda-6-wagon-thread-now-its-repair-old-or-buy-used/195426 "2024-08-02T07:42:12Z")
Well, the car finally died. I’m heartbroken. :sob: Smoke coming out of the engine when driving, NOT when standing still. One person said based on that it was overheating. Took it to repair guy (who has worked on it bef… --- ## [Save those stockings for a Special Occasion and being stranded with a busted Serpentine Belt is not one of them…](https://community.cartalk.com/t/save-those-stockings-for-a-special-occasion-and-being-stranded-with-a-busted-serpentine-belt-is-not-one-of-them/195512)
**Author:** [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/save-those-stockings-for-a-special-occasion-and-being-stranded-with-a-busted-serpentine-belt-is-not-one-of-them/195512 "2024-08-01T13:51:58Z")
This subject recently come up on CarTalk; however, this was posted this morning on Microsoft News under Car Hacks… I wonder if the author has ever touched a Serpentine Belt let alone replaced one? I am not posting this … --- ## [This Board Just Tried to load a Ransom Virus on My PC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400)
**Author:** [@STZ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/STZ)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400 "2024-07-30T19:01:57Z")
I was leaving a comment and a “your computer is infected” notice popped up! Closed the tab and the “infection” went away… Haven’t seen one of those in a loooong time! Be careful here folks! The “Warning! Virus Detec… --- ## [Customized Car Buttons](https://community.cartalk.com/t/customized-car-buttons/195477)
**Author:** [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/customized-car-buttons/195477 "2024-07-29T13:27:25Z")
--- ## [Crown Vic Help](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crown-vic-help/195436)
**Author:** [@bluemerlezeb2000\_190742](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bluemerlezeb2000_190742)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/crown-vic-help/195436 "2024-07-27T03:11:58Z")
I’ve been trying to research my problem but cannot find anyone else thatvhas had this problem, so far. My ac fan was atomatically going to high and it was back and forth, I would turn it back down and eventually it would… --- ## [More ev stations](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384)
**Author:** [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-ev-stations/195384 "2024-07-25T12:14:52Z")
McDonald’s by me is adding ev stations. Good I suppose. --- ## [This is Why GM Hates Its Customers](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-is-why-gm-hates-its-customers/195403)
**Author:** [@STZ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/STZ)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-is-why-gm-hates-its-customers/195403 "2024-07-24T22:32:25Z")
Absolutely ridiculous. Can you imagine the repair bill $$$ for what should be a relatively simple timing chain replacement? There is a shortage of mechanics, kids don’t want the job…who wants to deal with this insanity… --- ## [Placing key-fobs in Faraday Cage?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/placing-key-fobs-in-faraday-cage/195359)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/placing-key-fobs-in-faraday-cage/195359 "2024-07-24T21:15:11Z")
I don’t understand how that would help prevent car theft. It seems like as long as the owner doesn’t press any buttons on the key-fob, there’s no need for a signal to be transmitted by the fob; therefore no way for a… --- ## [Packard's last hurrah](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packards-last-hurrah/195402)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/packards-last-hurrah/195402 "2024-07-24T13:58:27Z")
… was far too late to save the company, unfortunately. --- ## [RT. 66 money wasted](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rt-66-money-wasted/195393)
**Author:** [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rt-66-money-wasted/195393 "2024-07-23T21:57:34Z")
I live in North East Oklahoma and the state and city leaders keep saying that spending money to preserve or promote Route 66 will help our economy . There is not that much of the original road left and what is US 66 loo… --- ## [Stop leak works. Sort of](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stop-leak-works-sort-of/195394)
**Author:** [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stop-leak-works-sort-of/195394 "2024-07-23T20:09:34Z")
Well, it works good for plugging cooling passages. Actually intake has blockoff port so stuff sort of settles there --- ## [If you're hankering for one of the "wonderful" cars of the '90s](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-hankering-for-one-of-the-wonderful-cars-of-the-90s/195363)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-hankering-for-one-of-the-wonderful-cars-of-the-90s/195363 "2024-07-21T19:02:40Z")
… make an offer! --- ## [Tonight, on TCM](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tonight-on-tcm/195382)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tonight-on-tcm/195382 "2024-07-19T11:46:11Z")
… they are showing the 1966 movie, Grand Prix, at 10:15. --- ## [I am leaving the forum for good](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-am-leaving-the-forum-for-good/195335)
**Author:** [@Clueless33](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Clueless33)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-am-leaving-the-forum-for-good/195335 "2024-07-18T22:05:34Z")
I am posting this thread, which might be reported by the community and eventually removed by a staff member, to inform the very few here that might care about my discontinuance of the community. I have decided that it’s… --- ## [Some justice for Hyundai/Kia owners](https://community.cartalk.com/t/some-justice-for-hyundai-kia-owners/195367)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/some-justice-for-hyundai-kia-owners/195367 "2024-07-18T16:57:48Z")
… whose vehicle was stolen: --- ## ["I'd Like to Buy Your Car" notes?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/id-like-to-buy-your-car-notes/195366)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/id-like-to-buy-your-car-notes/195366 "2024-07-17T19:59:12Z")
Do you folks get these notes taped/pasted to your cars now and then like I do? From somebody you don’t know who claims to want to buy your car, and if interested you are supposed to call their telephone number printed … --- ## [Are new cars getting too wide?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-new-cars-getting-too-wide/194226)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-new-cars-getting-too-wide/194226 "2024-07-15T07:24:33Z")
New cars have become so bloated that half of them are too wide to fit in parking spaces designed to the minimum on-street standards in many countries, the report found. The average width of a new car in the EU and UK pas… --- ## [Will You Be Paying More for Gas Starting Monday July 1st?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/will-you-be-paying-more-for-gas-starting-monday-july-1st/195246)
**Author:** [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/will-you-be-paying-more-for-gas-starting-monday-july-1st/195246 "2024-07-12T19:37:18Z")
Come July 1st, some of us will be paying more for gas because our respective states are raising some taxes, some fees, and even adding new and imaginative levies… the Fuel Tax (Gas Tax), the Sales Tax, Excise Tax, Use F… --- ## [Lawsuit accuses Hyundai of faking US sales data for electric cars](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lawsuit-accuses-hyundai-of-faking-us-sales-data-for-electric-cars/195340)
**Author:** [@STZ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/STZ)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lawsuit-accuses-hyundai-of-faking-us-sales-data-for-electric-cars/195340 "2024-07-12T15:11:22Z")
OOOPS! The Hyundai executives really thought every dealer would sell their soul to the Devil? What does that say about what Hyundai thinks about American car dealerships? We’re not getting any numbers…one dealership g… --- ## [2004 Infinity I35 dead battery?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-infinity-i35-dead-battery/195337)
**Author:** [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-infinity-i35-dead-battery/195337 "2024-07-12T14:18:49Z")
A story about what killed the battery… My last Dr visit I took the Infinity and noticed that the cruse control was not working, the green light lite up on the dash when you turned it on, but would not set, or show the g… --- ## [Get RX350h engine to immediately start? (To start engine warming)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/get-rx350h-engine-to-immediately-start-to-start-engine-warming/195310)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/get-rx350h-engine-to-immediately-start-to-start-engine-warming/195310 "2024-07-12T04:15:35Z")
When departing on an emergeny medical transport, where the engine will soon be “pushed”, is there a way to gethengine to immediately start? When backing out of the garage and heading down our residential street, the RX3… --- ## [What years were Dodge Dart station wagons made?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-years-were-dodge-dart-station-wagons-made/195327)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-years-were-dodge-dart-station-wagons-made/195327 "2024-07-11T21:28:57Z")
What years were Dodge Dart station wagons made? --- ## [Is dealership obligated?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-dealership-obligated/195297)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-dealership-obligated/195297 "2024-07-10T20:19:25Z")
Age seems to be a “thing” in the news these days. I though of this related car-related hypothetical question. The 90+ year old potential buyer arrives at a dealership by taxi. After talking to the sales-staff, they c… --- ## [Practical Jokes played by Fathers](https://community.cartalk.com/t/practical-jokes-played-by-fathers/195298)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/practical-jokes-played-by-fathers/195298 "2024-07-10T02:01:53Z")
As a kid my dad liked to tease me if I asked too many questions. One time I asked him what a dashboard button was for — the icon was a circle — and he said it was for the car’s secret “overdrive” mode … lol … --- ## [Modern cars spy on your sex life?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/modern-cars-spy-on-your-sex-life/192787)
**Author:** [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/modern-cars-spy-on-your-sex-life/192787 "2024-07-09T20:22:39Z")
So says the Mozilla foundation It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy “\[Modern cars\] can collect super intimate information about you – from your medical information, you… --- ## [Fireworks kill driver](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fireworks-kill-driver/195304)
**Author:** [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fireworks-kill-driver/195304 "2024-07-09T02:07:59Z")
https://www.startribune.com/high-speed-crash-in-st-paul-sets-off-fireworks-inside-car-ignites-fire-that-kills-driver/600379140/ Did driver lose control while setting off fireworks or after? --- ## [Water fluid washer costs $5 for summer brand and $6 for all season](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-fluid-washer-costs-5-for-summer-brand-and-6-for-all-season/195286)
**Author:** [@Clueless33](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Clueless33)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/water-fluid-washer-costs-5-for-summer-brand-and-6-for-all-season/195286 "2024-07-08T16:53:01Z")
Not just too long ago, I could get water fluid washer for just $$1,99 at Walmart, advance auto and auto zone. The price would be higher at gas stations ( $3). I needed to refill today and, yea — $5 plus tax for the bl… --- ## [Happy independence day](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-independence-day/195291)
**Author:** [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/happy-independence-day/195291 "2024-07-07T02:05:07Z")
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