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The jack arrived this morning. The box was a little roughed up but acceptable. I was able to carry the box into the garage with one arm by grabbing the plastic banding on the box. Not bad as far as weight goes. It would have required both arms and walking in a strain with my old jack. When you do a comparison of the new jack and my old Sears jack it is easy to see the old jack is much beefier (and much heavier). Everything from the wheels and casters to the frame is much more heavy duty on the Sears jack. To the credit of the new jack it is much easier to move around and I really like how fast it goes up without a load. It goes sown about 1/2" lower and raises about 3/4" higher than my old jack. The new jack handle is about 9 inches longer than the old jack. I'm not sure I'm going to like that but I do like the padding around the bottom of the handle. The new jack has a large handle on each side to help with positioning the jack under the car. I like that and it would have really been handy on the old Sears jack. I was always worried about having to grab the frame of the old jack to move it and taking a chance of pinching a finger.. To get the old Sears jack all the way up took 16 full pumps of the handle. To get the new jack all the way up took 6 full pumps. I really like that. That is one of the reasons I bought it. I have not tried to lift a vehicle yet. I'm going to let the new jack sit overnight before bleeding the air out of it tomorrow. Bleeding out any air is recommended before using the jack.

Has anyone ever checked out Reatta Stuff on Etsy. There is some fun stuff on there actually. Check out this parking sign: https://www.etsy.com/listing/631171271/reatta-parking-sign-reatta-signs-buick?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=buick+reatta&ref=sr_gallery-1-12 I think that's pretty funny and might have to get one. There's some other key chains, T shirts, etc. on there too. I wonder if any of the people that sell that stuff are members here.

Just a follow-up to the TPS replacement and extended cranking time. I left the car sit for one solid week and as before, it started normally without any issue and has been been fine ever since in daily use. I still do not know what combination caused this behavior, but the TPS being out of range was certainly not on my radar.

I remember Greyhound Bus Line doing a study around 1964ish showing that running with headlights on during the day reduced accidents to busses. ps looks like was in 1959. pps remember around 1964 reading a sci-fi story that concluded with "all of the information known is available, you just have to know what the right question is."

They were phased in starting in 2016 and full effect in 2018. The backup camera law went into effect on May 2, 2018. The federal regulation requires that all new vehicles are required to have back up cameras and video displays.Jul 18, 2021 Have you noticed the lack of daytime running lights, not necessarily the decorative signature lighting, on many modern cars. Required in much of the world and of course our friends to the north, but for some reason, our national highway administration can find no statistical proof it reduces accidents?? Cameras yes, lighting no. Strange IMHO

Glad it suits you.

My personal intention is to buy a battery electric vehicle at some point. None of my reasons have to due with environmental consciousness, economy or any other of the myriad reasons for doing so, I simply want one🙄 With that in mind, I have shopped on and off for more than a year. I am blind in one eye and outward visibility is important to me, essentially since built in blind spots are more apparent if you close one eye. For the most part, the styling, aero and safety equipment of most modern vehicles have rendered them unacceptable to me. It feels like sitting in a culvert and peering out. But aside from that, the desire to market and sell electric vehicles is almost non existent if you don't live on the coasts. Availability to even sit in one on a car lot is an exercise in frustration. Even the salesman seem to have no interest even when a prospective customer comes to look at what is available, and this is echoed over multiple car lines and dealerships. The most recent one, two weeks ago, had one on the lot based on my internet search. I went to the dealership about 1/2 hour away and inquired about it. The salesman handed me the key and pointed out toward the lot visible to the highway and said, "it's out there, behind that landscaping truck", I kid you not. I am trying to stay away from mentioning particular brands as that isn't the point, but I must for one example, the Kia Soul EV. This car would be acceptable to me based on sitting in standard gas powered models, but despite the original stated intent from the manufacturer, which was to offer if for sale for the 2021 model year, it was pushed back a year and now apparently will not be offered in the U.S. at all. It can be purchased in Canada right now, but apparently the much larger market south of the border doesn't matter. My whole point of this long post is just to state that despite what Washington may want to happen, and even lip service from the manufacturers, the great expected push to eliminate ICE vehicles just isn't visible in a great portion of this country. Imagine great white father offers a $7500 incentive for a particular vehicle and when you look for it, it is only available in a dozen states along both coasts and Colorado🤨, so by the time it might be marketed to me, the incentive may be used up. Where is the balance in that?