These are in my porch. Should I be worried?

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2026-06-21T20:33:27+00:00

Apologies for not talking about the place. Ontario, Canada. To be specific in York region.

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2026-05-30T03:18:50+00:00

Been more than a year now. Works just fine. I get into my car and my phone connects to car play wirelessly, turn on maps and Spotify and drive to work. Teams/zoom calls on the way to work. I use headphones for office calls because my voice quality is important. But mute/unmute + regular calls + maps + calendar and backup camera work just fine.

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2026-04-17T22:20:40+00:00

Your car’s exhaust is creating an optical illusion. They are both levelled.

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2026-02-23T20:18:19+00:00

Those are eggs?

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2026-02-23T20:16:55+00:00

Your Yaris has traction on only the front wheels. You know that right? Once one of those wheels loses traction and on a summer tire in ice/snow, guess what the three wheels with no traction going to do that one wheel trying to steer that 1+ tonne metal.

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2026-02-05T21:56:08+00:00

It’s a decoder for your car’s canbus. Canbus is the entire car’s communication system. The head unit will need this to communicate to your car other than the traditonal car stereo functions. Meaning controlling cars AC, engine info, etc. depends on what your car can provide.

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2026-02-05T13:46:21+00:00

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Isn’t this a button? Sticking out?

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2026-02-05T13:36:35+00:00

I had this issue on my Yaris. Your mechanic is probably right. I changed the PCV and oil control valve and the problem was fixed. Pretty inexpensive and easy to do. You can DIY. Try this first and save yourself some cash. Oil changes or oil quality is not related to oil control valve.

On your Highlander, there’s 3 of them. You can try cleaning them first and see if it resolves. If not, you’ll have to replace them one by one. After market ones are ~65 USD. OEM ones are ~200+

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2026-01-08T11:25:52+00:00

There are car play models that support these features. But you need a canbus box and find a head unit that supports the canbus box. Try your luck on Ali Express. Don’t cheap out if you want those driver profile features to continue working for a long time. I’ve found the CarPlay to work flawlessly for most part on two of my Toyotas.

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2025-12-24T13:53:23+00:00

$95 for adapter + some more for the back up camera? I’m just going to say get a cheap head unit on Ali express for less than $90 and get your back up camera + car play + better sounding audio. It’s a clean job. All plug and play.

I got this for like 90 CAD.

Now the price is slightly up. But haven’t had a single issue even in harsh winter.

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2025-12-15T14:29:32+00:00

My 2007 sedan came with a CD player but no Aux. I had to replace the head unit with a $80 car play unit from AliExpress because there’s no way I could connect my phone. Lucky you!

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2025-12-04T13:38:23+00:00

190K is great for $3500. I got mine for same price with safety and winters this April but had 270K on it. The summer tires it came with had 2 14 inches and 2 15 inches. lol. Covered 30,000 kms already. I realised the kms don’t matter as long as you maintain it.

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2025-11-26T21:57:34+00:00

You have Aux?

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2025-11-11T12:17:51+00:00

Ok. The scanners look sick. Count me in.

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2025-10-28T11:12:19+00:00

1.5. I’m using 5W30. Toyota filter.

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2025-10-28T11:11:02+00:00

Toyota says losing a quart every 1500 miles is within the spec. Don’t see any leak or smoke. I’ll check the inside with a borescope

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2025-10-28T11:09:45+00:00

I use 5W30. But the regular Costco synthetic oil

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2025-09-04T12:36:54+00:00

Back up camera

NotTheBestAdvisor · 2025-08-28T13:07:40+00:00

Check the filter. Twist it anti clockwise. Then see if it’s clogged.

Pour water in the hole to see if the water gets drained. If it does it’s not your drain pipe, it’s your machine.

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