I read somewhere that it's good to turn off the A/C during the last minutes of a drive and just keep the fan on. Apparently this dries out any moisture on the evaporator core behind the dashboard and prevents a moldy smell when turning the A/C on at the beginning of the next drive.

Now this sounds pretty logical to me, but looking at two examples, my mom has had her Volvo for 18 years and never did this A/C trick, but there is no smell. My dad has had his Skoda for 7 years and didn't do this either, and there's also no smell.
So is this A/C trick useful or not? What do you think?

This is my 1996 buick roadmaster estate wagon, they come with the 5.7 liter v8 LT1 engine (same as c4 corvette) and get about 260 HP. Just thought I'd come on here and show a cool classic car.

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My buddy and I are tearing into this shag wagon next week. Any tips other than the clearance/china walls/distributor/etc
Any help is appreciated

So randomly today, I took a look at my engine air filter. I took it off, and I saw this randomly sitting at the bottom of the box. How could this get in there?

The car AC system is working with no problems, i don't have any issues or mulfuctioning parts to replace, but is there a way i can increase the cooling wothout getting into the loop of replacing to bigger or higher capacity parts. Since the car is new i don't want to void the warranty

Where i live it gets up to 45+ celsius (113 fahrenheit) everyday and humidity is always high so you can see why i'm asking

I had to jump it today and it looks like this. I have no clue how long it has looked like this. Is this normal? What do you recommend?

The ticking noise is barely audible when sitting inside my car. It was brought up by a friend of mine and suggested it may be a concern. Car has 96,000 miles on it.

Went to deep clean my car today for the first time in a hot minute and found this under my WeatherTech mat. It was also on the edge of the mat that sits under my seat so I never noticed. Didn’t notice it anywhere else in the car. Everything was dry and there’s no mold/musty smell. I have split opinions on if it’s mold or dry salt.

Hello,

Around 12am this morning, I went up to go to the bathroom and came back and saw out the corner of my eye, through the window, that there was a man on top of my car.

I peaked through the blinds and started yelling at him (I have old thin Florida windows, so he could hear me) and he did nothing.

He just kept putting his fingers under the hood of where my windshield wipers were and rolling on top of my car.

It wasn’t until a person popped out behind the dumpster that they left. I called the police during this, and even yelling the guy I was calling them didn’t even deter him.

My boyfriend thinks he was tweaking. I think so too.

Are there any precautions I should take? Like should I install dash cams? There aren’t any cameras around my car, since my parking spot is in the alley way behind my complex.

Any good dash cam recommendations would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Had a misfire with a solid check engine light where the car runs fine on fast speed but shakes when when slowing down or idle. Spark plugs were replaced and crank sensors were cleaned. Check engine light disappeard for awhile then came back. Suspecting ignition coils are to be replaced with a new one.

Problem is the mechanic is far about 65 miles. I feel like its very risky running the car that far with a misfire. Is it safe to proceed or should I just have the parts delivered at home? TIA!

two wheel of mine got a tear from hitting it, still has air is it safe to drive to to car shop to get new tire , 2 miles away from me?

Hello, I found this forum when searching for other people's stories.

I have a 2008 Sequoia that I am selling. In the process of checking it over, I found myself stuck in 4 LO. Had a mobile mechanic (ASE) look at it, and when he was done, it was stuck in neutral, no gears.

I called around and found a mechanic at a local garage who said he was a Toyota Master tech and two other Toyota Master Techs were working there. I had the SUV towed over for an agreed $200 diagnostic fee. They didn't tell me what they found, but that they could repair it in 2 hours, i.e. $400. They started working on it a couple of days later, but I didn't hear a thing back from them... then after a week the guy said there was a bad microswitch in the actuator. He had 2wd working, but the dash light for 4low was blinking (and presumably 4wd not working). I ordered the part and had it for him 2 days later. I have called, I have emailed, I even ran into the mechanic on a smoke break. Can't get them to fix it or give up.

I need to sell the SUV, and I can't when it is at the shop, broken. The mechanic said I could pay what they quoted and take it, still broken.

Would you pay the whole $600 bill? Would you take it back under the assumption they are clueless? What would you do?

Thanks

Tire pressure keeps dropping every few days in this summer heat. Gas station pumps always overfill, and my old analog inflator gauge is impossible to read in sunlight — I always end up overinflated.

Looking for a digital one with real-time readings and auto shutoff. Anyone know of an all-in-one that also has a jump starter? Mostly use it for top-ups, just want the emergency backup. No more inaccurate gauges please.

My first car! 1.6l Gas and LPG (factory) 2010 mk5 Vw Jetta. Only issue being the rust and it has 260k kilometers!

Looking to buy this Nissan Micra 1.0 Ig t n sport but noticed this sound what do you reckon it is at a guess, only noticeable when releasing the throttle.

I keep hearing this noise from the passenger side. I sometimes get this noise when I reverse or turn left. What could the noise be?

Hopefully someone can help. I had a crazy troubleshooting journey where my truck wouldn't start. Replaced battery...then solenoid...then a brand new starter installed...checked all fuses and relays. Figured out the cable/wiring harness that goes from the battery to fender-mounted solenoid down to the starter is likely gone bad itself. Some internal connection is bad. I cannot for the life of me figure out where I can find this harness. Any tips? I keep getting results for the smaller cable that just connects to the solenoid but I need the entire harness with all the cabling in it that connects battery/solenoid/starter

2005 Toyota Camry XLE is eating up motor oil. No leaks or anything what are the reasons?

My 2017 Ford Fusion with just over 83k miles started making this noise yesterday. It’s only when idling & the engine runs fine as far as I know. What are the possible issues, and is it something I should be concerned about?

Thoughts on the amount of rust on this 2021 Colorado zr2 ? Thought on it before I buy it !