# Latest **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md?page=16 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 17 --- ## [Early Xmas greetings](https://community.cartalk.com/t/early-xmas-greetings/204661)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/early-xmas-greetings/204661 "2026-01-02T16:46:14Z")
Here’s hoping that you all get some nifty gifts. Maybe, even a '48 Chrysler Town & Country! --- ## [Just to make you smile](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-to-make-you-smile/204698)
**Author:** [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 6:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/just-to-make-you-smile/204698 "2026-01-02T06:47:29Z")
Car Mechanics Are Sharing Pics Of What They Deal With Because People Don’t Believe Them (50 Pics) --- ## [BMW custom screw,](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bmw-custom-screw/204699)
**Author:** [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bmw-custom-screw/204699 "2026-01-01T14:06:47Z")
A “BMW screw” refers to a newly patented, logo-shaped fastener with recessed quadrants, designed to prevent DIY repairs by requiring a proprietary tool BMW Patent Reveals Branded Screw Design That Limits Access to Vehicl… --- ## [New Year’s Day Cruise?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-year-s-day-cruise/204703)
**Author:** [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-year-s-day-cruise/204703 "2025-12-31T20:20:15Z")
How I am perceived by some. --- ## [GM Passlock](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-passlock/204191)
**Author:** [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gm-passlock/204191 "2025-12-31T05:00:10Z")
2007 Chevy Silverado Classic 1500 LT 5.3, 4L60, 4x4, not Z71, 3006k miles. There is a lot of conflicting information in the net about this. I think I have separated the pepper from the fly specs for the most part, but … --- ## [Why skinny tires?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-skinny-tires/79141)
**Author:** [@melott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/melott)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-skinny-tires/79141 "2025-12-31T01:02:12Z")
Why are all the new cars going for skinny tires? They are less safe (more likely to come off the rim) and cause a harsh ride. Is this a fashion thing, like short skirts, that we can hope will go away? --- ## [The good ole days](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-good-ole-days/204659)
**Author:** [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-good-ole-days/204659 "2025-12-29T21:39:30Z")
Some customers appreciated me --- ## [Hot Rod terms, many I never heard of](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-rod-terms-many-i-never-heard-of/204685)
**Author:** [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hot-rod-terms-many-i-never-heard-of/204685 "2025-12-29T13:36:24Z")
--- ## [Re. Wide Vs Narrow Tires - I rest my case](https://community.cartalk.com/t/re-wide-vs-narrow-tires-i-rest-my-case/199522)
**Author:** [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Replies:** 605\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/re-wide-vs-narrow-tires-i-rest-my-case/199522 "2025-12-27T17:11:26Z")
In this Curbside review of a late model Chevy Spark, the author positively critques its handling: Vindicating some of what I stated here and elsewhere regarding narrower tires. --- ## [Doncha hate it when dis happens? (Front wheel comes off)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/doncha-hate-it-when-dis-happens-front-wheel-comes-off/204631)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/doncha-hate-it-when-dis-happens-front-wheel-comes-off/204631 "2025-12-27T13:58:00Z")
--- ## [Rodents are looking for warm places to spend the winter…](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rodents-are-looking-for-warm-places-to-spend-the-winter/204624)
**Author:** [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rodents-are-looking-for-warm-places-to-spend-the-winter/204624 "2025-12-25T23:01:54Z")
Rodents are looking for warm places to spend the winter… Old subject but a good time to revise it… and if you search the archives, you’ll find over 50 postings… https://community.cartalk.com/t/squirrel-chewed-an-injec… --- ## [Took these old spark plugs out should i be concerned?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/took-these-old-spark-plugs-out-should-i-be-concerned/204632)
**Author:** [@itouring2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/itouring2010)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/took-these-old-spark-plugs-out-should-i-be-concerned/204632 "2025-12-21T23:04:19Z")
old plugs had oil on them. i drove around with new spark plugs after replacement of these old plugs and did multiple stops and drove on highway. everything seems ok? i don’t notice anything wrong. --- ## [‘Roundabouts in Keene \[NH\] Help Cut Emissions and Air Pollution’](https://community.cartalk.com/t/roundabouts-in-keene-nh-help-cut-emissions-and-air-pollution/204300)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/roundabouts-in-keene-nh-help-cut-emissions-and-air-pollution/204300 "2025-12-21T04:14:41Z")
Josh Wooten used to spend his evenings driving in circles. During his two years as a pizza delivery driver in Keene, N.H., he would loop around the town’s recently installed roundabout intersections some 30 to 40 times … --- ## [Tire gague for a frugal buyer](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-gague-for-a-frugal-buyer/154037)
**Author:** [@Keith-Al](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Keith-Al)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tire-gague-for-a-frugal-buyer/154037 "2025-12-20T02:46:25Z")
I bought a cheapie tire gague a few years ago, one of those pencil types, and it’s acting nutty, giving me a super-high PSI followed by a more normal PSI (36 is what’s recommended.) I’m unemployed so I’m watching every n… --- ## [Drivers changing lanes ain't usin' no turn signals, again](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drivers-changing-lanes-aint-usin-no-turn-signals-again/204638)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drivers-changing-lanes-aint-usin-no-turn-signals-again/204638 "2025-12-19T16:13:54Z")
--- ## [Exhaust Back Pressure and Emissions](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-back-pressure-and-emissions/204639)
**Author:** [@jmcarc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jmcarc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exhaust-back-pressure-and-emissions/204639 "2025-12-18T19:39:15Z")
My 2005 Buick Century with 353k miles gets a recurring P0420 code, catalytic converter operating below efficiency level. Twice this year, I tried using Cataclean, but with no success. I noticed a small hole in my muffler… --- ## [Car carrier jacknife this morning](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-carrier-jacknife-this-morning/204572)
**Author:** [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-carrier-jacknife-this-morning/204572 "2025-12-17T23:33:55Z")
Going too fast for conditions and too clise to a school bus. Minor injuries but it shut down i5 for a few hours. Driver had an invalid cdl. --- ## [BMWs and Cadillacs and Range Rovers, Oh my!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bmws-and-cadillacs-and-range-rovers-oh-my/204614)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bmws-and-cadillacs-and-range-rovers-oh-my/204614 "2025-12-17T15:50:19Z")
--- ## [How Often Top Off Coolant is "Normal"](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-often-top-off-coolant-is-normal/204612)
**Author:** [@pokemonyouandme123\_193319](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pokemonyouandme123_193319)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-often-top-off-coolant-is-normal/204612 "2025-12-15T18:13:30Z")
2014 Acura TSX, 157k miles, this car has an overflow coolant reservoir Yesterday I noticed a bubble sound when shutting off car. I noticed the coolant level in the reservoir was at the MIN mark. Thankfully the car didn’… --- ## [Getting harder to follow threads because of ads](https://community.cartalk.com/t/getting-harder-to-follow-threads-because-of-ads/198046)
**Author:** [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/getting-harder-to-follow-threads-because-of-ads/198046 "2025-12-12T11:56:57Z")
I have a 2019 Mac Pro, I7 processor, operating system up to date. I have been having and issue reading the threads for some time but it is getting worse. I don’t mind the ads that appear at various intervals as I read … --- ## [No lane change turn signal causes crash](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-lane-change-turn-signal-causes-crash/204459)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/no-lane-change-turn-signal-causes-crash/204459 "2025-12-12T00:13:45Z")
--- ## [‘The Medical Case for Self-Driving Cars’](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-medical-case-for-self-driving-cars/204557)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-medical-case-for-self-driving-cars/204557 "2025-12-11T15:30:46Z")
‘I recently got called to see a teenager ejected in a rollover car crash. The trauma team rushed him into surgery to stop major abdominal bleeding, but we all knew. When that much energy enters a skull, no operation can … --- ## [How soon will it be before they "down-size" a Gallon of Gasoline?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-soon-will-it-be-before-they-down-size-a-gallon-of-gasoline/184869)
**Author:** [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Replies:** 327\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-soon-will-it-be-before-they-down-size-a-gallon-of-gasoline/184869 "2025-12-11T14:24:24Z")
How soon will it be before they “down-size” a Gallon of Gasoline? I recently bought two “gallons” of paint from Sherwin Williams to paint my Gazebo. A Gallon of Exterior Grade Oil Based Primer and a Gallon of Exterior … --- ## [Is my working area safe?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-my-working-area-safe/107005)
**Author:** [@krazyjosh5](https://community.cartalk.com/u/krazyjosh5)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/is-my-working-area-safe/107005 "2025-12-11T12:24:41Z")
Hi all, I’m fairly new to wrenching and I’m looking for feedback on whether my outdoor setup seems safe. I have a gravel driveway area in my backyard where I want to jack my car up and go underneath safely (i.e. pull a… --- ## [EV vs ICE and Marriage](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-vs-ice-and-marriage/195000)
**Author:** [@Santa-Barbara-Rose](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Santa-Barbara-Rose)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-vs-ice-and-marriage/195000 "2025-12-10T22:00:11Z")
Our aging Prius just passed the 200000 mile mark. My wife has an hour commute while I get to walk to work. To replace the Prius, that should solely be her decision, right? Not so fast. I want to replace the car with … --- ## [Possibly the strangest-ever recall](https://community.cartalk.com/t/possibly-the-strangest-ever-recall/204605)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/possibly-the-strangest-ever-recall/204605 "2025-12-10T14:43:08Z")
Some of the big Genesis G90 sedans are being recalled. Specifically, they are recalling the ones painted Sevile Silver, because reflections in the aluminum in that particular paint trick the front sensors into thinking … --- ## [2000 Dodge Dakota - overheated](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-dodge-dakota-overheated/204184)
**Author:** [@raystownprimitives\_143914](https://community.cartalk.com/u/raystownprimitives_143914)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-dodge-dakota-overheated/204184 "2025-12-10T13:23:50Z")
Hello, My 2000 Dodge Dakota with the 3.9l v6 engine overheated. For a few days I noticed when I started the truck it seemed to struggle with starting a little. When I cranked it…it kind of sputtered a little but then s… --- ## [Are newer cars now under charging the lead acid battery?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-newer-cars-now-under-charging-the-lead-acid-battery/204586)
**Author:** [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-newer-cars-now-under-charging-the-lead-acid-battery/204586 "2025-12-10T00:01:25Z")
Traditional vehicle alternators charge at 14.4 Volts. Sometimes 14.7. I think the 1996 Ford F150 drops down to 14 Volts when warmed up, which is a design that’s better than it could be, unless the alternator regulator is… --- ## [For consumers-Your preferred technician](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-consumers-your-preferred-technician/59775)
**Author:** [@EdNC878991](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EdNC878991)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/for-consumers-your-preferred-technician/59775 "2025-12-09T03:03:33Z")
Do you perfer a ASE certified and one which has a degree or are you satisfied with a tech that has "been doing this for 30 years"? Do you look for ASE plaqueard at your mechanics shop? --- ## [Low Battery Warning on a Odyssey, Attempt to Start car W/Foot off Pedal?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/low-battery-warning-on-a-odyssey-attempt-to-start-car-w-foot-off-pedal/204591)
**Author:** [@pokemonyouandme123\_193319](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pokemonyouandme123_193319)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/low-battery-warning-on-a-odyssey-attempt-to-start-car-w-foot-off-pedal/204591 "2025-12-08T16:08:04Z")
2019 Honda Odyssey, about 65k miles. I accidentally tried starting my van without my foot pressing down on the break pedal (something I don’t do typically) and was greeted with a low voltage battery warning, turn off hea… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md?page=15) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md?page=17)