Recent content by Duuuuuuuude

My '11 with 165k does it too, at least until the tires warm up. After that it's fine. Some days it doesn't do it at all.

Are you sure that it's a beep and not a squeak? Mine will do it occasionally under the same conditions, and I'm pretty sure it's the brake pads seating themselves. Nearly every vehicle I've owned does it.

Which is why I chose to quote your second response. In that one you insinuated that the cabin filter couldn't be trusted because of the poor construction of their oil filters. Since you didn't give any actual reason that we could not trust said cabin filter, we can only assume that you are...

Are you suggesting that their cabin filters could cause some sort of catastrophic operational failure? btw: I have the Fresh Breeze filter in mine. It's fine.

I used to hide my kill switches in dash mounted cigarette lighters.

Tell me about it. Most people don't care about maintenance and would rather shell out a few hundred bucks a year for replacements. Batteries flow through our shop like water. Nice!

:bravo: I've had a couple of small businesses myself. You don't give excuses when you make a mistake, you offer solutions. One mistake might cost you a sale, how you handle it could cost you much more.

Personally, I'd go for a bit longer run time to give me some wiggle room.

I've been in the RV industry for 25 or so years, flat dead deep cycles are an everyday occurrence. Lead acids are fairly robust, depending on your expectations. It's also pretty common to replace them every 2-3 years, even when they're maintained. I fully agree with you on solar. You need to...

Not two weeks ago I sat through a "training" course on lithium batteries and standalone battery/inverter packs that were designed with cpap machines in mind. Right now I couldn't tell you their name if my life depended on it. I'll see if I can find the info when I stop by the shop tomorrow...

Agreed. Adding another vehicle to the fleet is cheaper than the hit your going to take when you try to trade in, nor will you come close to breaking even if you sell it privately. You're already upside down in the 4R, trading it in will make you even more upside down on the next vehicle, and...

Pretty much anything you put in place of the stock dash speakers is an improvement. They're essentially potato chips with magnets. Since I'm not an audiophile and wanted to keep a modest budget, I did Powerbass 3 1/2's in the dash ($30), and a Fosgate 10" sub powered by a Blaupunkt 1500w amp...

Sure could. I used Aluminum Black on the lettering, but I don't like it. It'll get replaced with paint. The concept is good, just needs some refining. Yeah, they wouldn't be budget parts, but maybe not too salty. Everything but the lettering is done on manual machines, so there is a fair...

Got a handful of things that I'd change, but not bad for just wingin' it.

I'd by lying if I said it hadn't crossed my mind. Taps didn't show up today. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.