During a program on the BBC concerning "Sustainable Shopping", a k00k from
Friends of the Earth uttered the absolute nonsense that the
world's biggest retailers should be limited as to how much they can grow,
and that this limit should be set by the government.

Whaling pair 'leave Japan ship'
Two activists who boarded a Japanese whaling vessel have been handed to an
Australian ship after a two-day Antarctic stand-off, officials say.
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Can anyone tell me a source for 5mm woodruff keys?
I cannot seem to find any.   I am rebuilding an engine and I need this
part...

Have a 2008 Avalon.  Looked throughout the owner's manual and nowhere could I find any reference to replacement of the wiper blades.  They look a bit different then what I've seen before--have rubber tips on each end of the blade that look as if they are meant to come off which ...

The secondary hood latch on my Prizm was frozen in the open position.
The dealer freed it up somewhat but it is still very sluggish.  How can
this be freed up?  I have tried WD-40 and Lithium spray.
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$18500 out the door.
6% sales tax here in my county, no extra features or addons.
What do you think?  Should I bite?

I am borrowing a mates camry for a while now - I think its a '91
model, not sure because it doesn't have an owners manual.
yesterday I washed the car, an decided to give the engine a gentle
wipe with a sponge and soap. I wetted the engine a bit (no high

I bough a 1998 Toyota Corolla in July 2005. At the time, it had been
driven 65,000 miles. Now, it has been driven 100,000+ miles. Is it
time replace the brake pads?
I have heard occasional squeaking associated with brake pad

I have a 1995 Camry (125K in miles) with a 4 cylinder engine. For the
past year and half,  I have been leaking oil (1 quart every 3000
miles). Last year, my mechanic has put dye in the oil to check for
leaks, replaced the valve cover gasket, replaced the distributor O-

I have transmission fluid being pulled by the speedo cable.  I
replaced the Speedo but the tapered seal was not inlcuded in kit.  Now
the dealers and every company I call does not have it.  I'm at my wits
end. Also I need an EGR valve.  They are ridiculously over priced a

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I assumed that a plug-in version of the Prius wouldn't be powerful
enough when operating in electric-only mode, given that you have to
accelerate gingerly in a regular Prius to achieve its top electric-
only speed of 30 mph without triggering...

Hello there, I need to link the ISO connector of my new car audio system
to the wires of the toyota, which unfortunately have no connector or
label. If anybody has a scheme of these wires, that'd be very helpful.
Thanks a lot

In forty years of driving we have never driven a car that is as bad
in the snow as our 2006 Yaris Hatchback.  We went out and bought
snow tires today, hopefully that will help.  But the dealership told
us not to use rims larger than 14 inches for the 2006 hatchback.