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25 years around cars and this one still gets me. You had one job — stop behind the car in front of you. Instead you stop half a block back and then spend the entire red light creeping forward an inch at a time. Either stop where you’re supposed to or go. Pick one. What’s the driving habit that makes you lose your mind?

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I need an inexpensive used car and there's just not much in my price range (under $7k). I'm seeing a lot of Nissans - Sentra, Altima, Rogue, etc. However, the reviews I read cite poor reliability, especially with those CVT transmissions. Given my very limited funds, I can't buy into a problem or a money pit.

I read reviews from some owners who say they've driven their Nissans 200k miles with no issues. Others say they are a disaster. Some say as long as you give the CVT regular service they are fine.

Any advice you all could offer would be very much appreciated.

I don't know what I ran over yesterday but something shot straight into my gas tank and I lost all my gas. I can't find a replacement for the tank because the car is 26 years old. I can either buy a new car or fix the tank, but this car is estimated at less than 2k because of how much damage it has and its age. Doesn't seem worth it to drop another $1200 into it to replace this if I can fill the hole, but I also don't want to do that if nothing can actually seal the hole.

So my car has 100,000 miles. It still rides fine, but one of the strut mounts on the front started groaning when turning.

Took the strut apart, the rod presses in and doesn't come back up unless you lift it up, which is considered failed.

This happened to me on another car, and again it rode fine. Didn't keep bouncing after hitting a small bump.

Do the coil springs do most of the work on a front wheel drive car now?

Honda doesn’t have spare tire tires in their hybrid models, I’m looking for recommendations for third-party companies that sell spare tires that fit the hybrid civics.

Thanks in advance.

I am in Colorado 15 hours from home, I just locked my keys inside the trunk of my car. I called a locksmith but they were charging me 400 dollars to come out here. I don’t have a triple aaa membership and its 34 degrees out here a I’ve been standing out here since 5:45 in the morning what should I do I am literally about to bust the window and I called toyota to try and see if I can use the remote control app but its not compatible.

Update: I was telling one of my buddies what was happening and he said I could use his aaa membership and it worked , they didn’t charge me and I waited like 5 minutes lol thank you for your guys help

i bought a newish crossover last year partly because of the advertised 32 mpg highway. in reality im lucky to see 23-24 mixed with my commute and errands. its mostly stop and go plus some highway but nothing crazy. i keep the tires inflated and dont floor it but the number on the dash just keeps disappointing me.

feels like every trip adds to this little eco guilt trip. anyone else in the same boat or do you actually hit close to the rated numbers? what driving habits or car choices actually made a difference for you?

I found a car with a rebuilt title. It looks and drives nice. According to the dashboard and seller it has about 81k miles.When I put the VIN in the Honda site, so I can do a PPI, it automatically populated 158k miles. Before I waste my time/money getting a PPI, is there any non-shady reason why these numbers don't match?

Edit: My dreams of the Honda site having an error have been crushed. I'm gonna shed a tear, go to bed, then pull the CarFax in the morning before I (probably) go back on my search. Thanks everyone!

I started using cruise control on highway drives and keeping my tires at the recommended pressure. These two changes alone boosted my sedans average from 28 mpg to 36 mpg on long trips. It was surprising how much difference small consistent habits make.

It is hilarious that one small thing could spoil your day. I saw it when I was about to leave, just a quick look around the vehicle and it felt as though something was off. It took me sometime to realise one of my valve caps was missing.

I do not know much about cars and It has been barely six months since I started driving. When I spotted it, at first I tried to overlook it, it was just the cap and not the valve itself I thought. I am an overthinker so this thing just had a way of messing with my head the whole day.

That is how I pulled out my phone and searched if it was okay to drive my vehicle with no valve cap on one of the valves on the tire. I saw things about dirt and moisture causing damage over time and how air leaks more frequently in a case where the valve is damaged too.

I still was not satisfied, somehow I even ended up on alibaba, and I saw packs of them in variations and I was even more confused. The bottom line was that I got to think about it less because at least somewhere in between I read that it would not lead to a flat tire and nothing will make me park my vehicle on the road. That was all that mattered then.
Do you think it was worth the attention?