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Yeah, put in an overdrive front ring and pinon and took it out to the beach today. A lot of fun. I did some scoping out and there is a huge abandoned paved lot at a business park (where tens of thousands of dieselgate TDIs were stored). A lot of the concrete is buckling from sitting. Its like 10 minutes away from my house... I might go for a mini XRT for that.

I think they're supposed to have red, thats what I will roll with. No need for a roll pin lol. Just gonna use some adapters to try and loosen something on my car to seat it back down.

Trying some new hobbies And finally found out my release precision driver was indeed one without loctite... so some loctite is gonna be my next purchase.

It is gutless and absolutely insane they made a crossover with that engine, but K swap doesn't give me the best part of a Si Civvy... the limited slip diff. I always wanted a ILX 2.4 with a manual until I learned it had open diff. Its why I didn't enjoy the 2.0t Accord with the manual. Just torched the tires in any turn at all. Passport got jealous of the attention of the civic though

I had to get a commuter because of gas prices... that means good bye S10 shitbox. Won't miss that boat anchor at all.

Oh don't get me started on wifi hotspots. Honda uses AT&T... their coverage is awful here. 4mbps would be a good day in an Odyssey lol. I get a few complaints a year on them, and they're always the angriest customers. I don't see a huge use for it personally. I can tether my phone and get way faster speeds on 5G. Speaking of newer cars... its gonna be interesting to see how the memory shortage hits the industry. Acura is stopping production of the RDX for 2 years due to "shortages", which is their 2nd best selling car. With how low volume Acura already is, I dunno if they can survive that.

I had a free year of hondalink... used it once to try and unlock my doors when I wanted to get in without getting my keys, and it never worked lol. 10 dollars a month for us, and I can't remote start on my vehicle with it (newer ones support it though)

Send that idea to ZipTieTuning... that would be amazing lol.

I think the new passport rides incredibly well.... just yeah my same thought. Its too expensive and I don't need the fake offroad stuff on a grocery getter. I kept my 21 because of that. Not a fan of CR-Vs personally. Current gen is okay but the NVH difference coming from your touareg will be insufferable. Not a fan of 4runners due to the ride quality and seating position. Not enough cargo area (though the rear glass rolling down is GOATed). GXs are nice, but gas mileage lol. Current gen EVs are gonna be landfill waste out of warranty because repairs will be way too much to keep them on the road. At least what we see with Prologues. The A/C repairs (which the vehicle cannot operate without) are insanely expensive and frequent due to the valves that go bad all the time. I will have 240 in my garage at the place I am buying, and I will use that for a hot tub rather than an EV charger lol.

I ended up paying off my Passport. After the initial issues its been solid. Driving it till it rusts away. They've depreciated a ton because everything is going boxy and ugly lately. Its near perfect for my needs and I can haul a ton of crap in it due to the added cargo space without a 3rd row. Fuel economy is bad, but I'd take that over having a turbo 4 cylinder in something that size. Big fan of the late gen F15 X5. Thats really the only rig that I regret not getting over the Passport. I'm with you, new cars are terrible lately. Everything is going for the over aggressive faux-offroad look and feel. Not a fan.

I dunno about that motor. All I know is while I was at Toyota for that short period, lots of in warranty mechanical issues. Most of the warranty issues at Honda are dumb software, and Prologues that will line landfills when the leases are up. Past 3 gens of J series have been solid after the initial VCM piston ring mess up. I don't ever see them fouling out spark plugs. The Y8 uses a pretty unique VCM method of disengaging the rockers at the valve stem. Haven't seen any issues on that motor. I still haven't done a 1.5t head gasket. All have been hybrids, but they have the same issue stemming from the split deck that Ford dealt with.

Split deck design, pencil thin head bolts. Rumor is the new V6 hybrid is gonna have it as well.

24 CRV hybrid with a blown head gasket at 93k. Get ready, because all modern Honda 4 cylinders will need head gaskets as a maintenance item.

I dunno. I've seen NGK plugs that aren't counterfeit, part numbers match (Honda parts catalogue shows NGK/Denso P/Ns), but cause misfires under boost on the 1.5t and 2.0t. OEM plugs fix them. Multiple times. Its them NFC chips Honda puts in them!

OEM plugs for the newer Honda Hybrids are pushing $90 a plug. I thought when they were $70 a plug was insane. Dealerships kinda have people by the balls right now for service because of the quality of aftermarket parts, or lack thereof. 1.5t comes in with a misfire, pop the hood, 4 duralast coils... congrats. You are also getting spark plugs and coils with your headgasket replacement! I ain't having a comeback due to some dumb customer installing aftermarket crap on an engine trying to fix it themselves.