Self-tutoring about autos: the tutor researches how long a car might go undriven yet still be able to start. It’s a thing many of us have heard: someone takes a vehicle for a drive, weekly or so, just to replenish …
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Self-tutoring about auto maintenance: the tutor mentions a great find on YouTube. Sometimes a person finds a nice resource on YouTube that, itself, seems almost “hidden” – that is, it’s not easy to find on the first try. Similar to …
Self-tutoring about autos: the tutor mentions a surprise. I watch the ground where my family members park their vehicles: I look for spots that signal leaks. The other day, out of the blue, I saw a spot. Examining the spot, …
Self-tutoring about autos: the tutor looks into the capacity one might need for a vehicle jack. One of the vehicles I maintain, I was surprised to learn, has a curb weight of around 4500 pounds. Yet it seems to me …
Self-tutoring about car maintenance: the tutor mentions a resource. I was checking over a car then thought about the battery. I decided to refresh my memory about how to check it. What I seemed to pick up is that 12.5V …
Self-tutoring about autos: the tutor mentions an interesting fact about some drls (daytime running lights). It seems that daytime running lights, on some models of Jeep Liberty, are actually accomplished through the high beams. One imagines the power is reduced …
Self-tutoring about auto wiring: the tutor mentions a helpful video. I was looking at some wiring for a Jeep Liberty to get more familiar with it. A low beam relay was mentioned which I couldn’t find. It turns out that …
Self-tutoring about political trends: the tutor mentions a referendum in Paris. An idea in Paris, but not only there, is to have higher parking rates for SUVs: in Paris, specifically, triple. The vehicles targeted are personal ones over 1.6 tonnes, …
Self-tutoring about autos today: the tutor mentions an electric model. The Peugeot e-208 51kWh is an interesting example of an electric car. It’s cute and sporty. Perhaps more importantly, its equivalent energy usage seems somewhere within 1.4 to 1.7L/100km (although …
Self-tutoring about car batteries and changing one: the tutor mentions a recent event. I checked both cars’ batteries late last spring. Car1’s battery was, I believe, over 12.6. Car2’s battery was showing a voltage of around 12.5, which I knew …