Recent content by LeMoeCND

By the end of the year... 3 car seats. Two facing forward in the back, one rear facing in the middle passenger side and one older child in the middle driver side. Our province does not recommend a child younger than 16 in the front. The last 3 are all younger than 4 yrs... LeMoeCND

Need to list the fuels used when you quote mileage. I fuel up with E10 10% Ethanol 90% Gasoline. The pump always says may contain up to 10%. The energy density of E10 is about 33.18 MJ/L Mega Joules per Liter. 87 Octane gas is 34.2 MJ/L 91-92 Octane gas is 34.8 MJ/L. LeMoeCND The greater...

What I have always done, if i'm not too sure about the load distributed in the trailer, is load the trailer when not attached. I especially do this if I have a load of sand, dirt or other loose materials. If I cannot pick up the tongue, I redistribute the weight until it's possible. I'm sure...

I'm getting a Draw-Tite hitch put on my M5 GT with MT next week Tuesday. I have always placed a hitch on all of my previous cars. 2002 Honda Civic LX Coupe manual, 2004 Honda Civic LX Sedan auto. The hitch is designed for 200 lbs at hitch, tongue weight, with a maximum load of 2000 lbs. Most...

Truckers dominantly use this style of shifting and it is perfectly fine. But a tractor rig and a car gear box are not built to the same duty cycle for obvious reasons. My father, who was a trucker and heavy duty mechanic, always "speed shifted". The damage is usually done if you hit the wrong...

Thanks guys for the information and the link to the other thread. It is very helpfull. I'm looking for that mudflap with great flexibility in cold weather. The issue is the low clearance between the road and the skirt that does not allow for the flap to flex very much especially if it is...

To flap or not to flap I have always driven a car with mud flaps and if the car did not have any I would get them put on. The point of a mud flap is to prevent road particle/debris from hitting the car or spitting it out to the car behind you. When I purchased my new 5 GT the car came with the...

Risky... It's a safety issue. A feature was done some time ago on Market Place (CBC). The old switch type of power windows on the older cars were injuring and unfortunatley also killing kids. The push down and pull up style switch was developed to reduce the risk of kids getting trapped by a...

So I'm not the only one. Thought I was going crazy. It is just as you describe. It only occurs once during a startup. My click or ping sound only occurs once I get the car up to or beyond 20 kph. Can you test this symptom on yours? The dealer could not reproduce it when I mentioned it and...

FYI I experienced something new a few days back... Our area just got dumped with 12 cm of snow, on that day, and the traffic was backup everywhere. The drive home was fine as this happens every year and you slow down for the conditions. The snow gets all churned up on the road and it seem...

I have the 2010 GT with stock alloy 17" rims. Size of tire = 205 50R17 If you look up the GS model they come with 16" rims. Size of tire = 205 55R16 In my case I have the "low profile" 17" rim that I intend to run only during the 3 seasons. I have a set of winter tires on 16" rims intended...