Is it true that when you use Air Conditioning
you get poor gas mileage? I was told this recently.
It is the first time I have a vehicle that has
Air Conditioning a 2006 3.3L Dodge Caravan.

a post I made just recently reminded me, I used to have a timing light,
I think it was made by a company called Optilux, it didn't look like a
regular timing light but like a big flashlight.  It had a built in dwell
meter and tach (digital) among other things - might have had ...

check the date of manufacture on your tires. If there is a number on a
tire say 434 (the last number after a long list of numbers and
letters) then the tire was manufactired in the 43rd week of 1994 if
the number is 2505 then the tire was manufactured in the 25th week of

My '93 Mazda 626 blew a high pressure A/C line last year. Considering the
cost of having a shop do the work, I decided to repair this myself. Last
autumn I bought a few cans of R134a, a vacuum pump with gauges, A/C line,
dryer, o-rings, and R134a conversion fittings.

My daughter has a 98 Pontiac Grand AM....2.4 lt engine....about 83,000
miles on it.
It is having a problem with intermittent stalling.
I replaced the spark plugs and cleaned the idle air control motor.  It

I would appreciate any of you knowledgeable about bumper fixing to give me
an estimate as to what you think it might cost to fix the front (with more
severe scraping) and back (flexed damage) bumpers.  That way I know what to
expect from a body shop, and whether I have to wince.  ...

We have a strange problem with one of the Ice Cream Trucks.  The truck
has had issues over the last few weeks with BACKFIRING.  All sorts of
causes/solutions have been tried.
The latest one, and one that SEEMS to have corrected the problem is

My car needs tires and the choices are bewildering!
Any advice on brands/models?

I've got a 96 windstar. The backside window broke 1 sept 07'
I taped it up with (beige) packing tape when it happened.
The tape served well all winter. I replaced the window mar 08.
The freaking tape won't come off the body/paint of the van.!

…With this water fuel technology, I have personally saved more than
50% in fuel costs savings ever since I started using this system…
http://tbmcars.googlepages.com/car_running_on_water_is_water_4_gas_scam

could someone explain what it means to run lean, and how would it show up on
an emissions test printout? What values would be high or low?

Check out this great site. I liked the reports it is showing with
your
mileage and gas consumption statistics.
http://auto-mate.existonweb.com

I have a 92 Chevy Lumina APV van with the 3400 thats is giving me
trouble.
The van died on me out of town, and the shop I found, as part of their
diagnostics, replaced the crankshaft sensor. It didn't help, so they

Just saw a network news story stating that many dealers will no longer
accept SUV's as trade in.   Their mileage is so poor no one wants them.
One dealer accepted one SUV a month ago. In that month no one has even
asked to test drive it.  

Some new cars have digital mpg sensors and gauges.   For those of you
that have them, how accurate do you think they are?
When on interstate how much difference is their in mpg at 55 mph, 65
mph, and 65 mph?