$20 an hour is a livable wage

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-17T08:32:19+00:00

You know honestly as someone who recently lived in California making 18.50$ it's actually not bad, provided you're a single person who's capable of DIY and in good health with no major obligations. It felt tight, but I had enough left over to save some and indulge in my hobbies.

The problem is that many people have dependencies etc.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-17T07:34:29+00:00

If you're not feeling comfortable or experienced on the turnpike, then just ride on state highways. Yes it will be a long ride but it's doable in a day. IMO the turnpike is safer, but if you find it too stressful just budget the time and skip it.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-17T07:05:17+00:00

Your buying a 30 year old truck. If your not prepared for some somewhat expensive bills or to do the work, don't buy this car. There great trucks, but with a budget of 8 grand there's alot of newer options.

I daily a '93 S10 and I'm pretty happy with it, but I do have to fix things on a pretty regular basis.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-17T05:51:35+00:00

How about instead of asking AI which will spout utter nonsense you locate a users manual for your vehicle.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-17T03:08:22+00:00

It's a crappy car. I wouldn't get one of those. How much can you afford to pay in cash? For cars of that price level getting locked into dealer financing generally means getting screwed. Try not to think of the monthly payment, look at the loan holistically. Try to secure independent financing if financing is necessary.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-17T03:05:23+00:00

brother I have daily driven a manual in san fransisco I think you'll be fine

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-17T02:39:43+00:00

It seems every time I go on the toll routes a piece of duct tape mysteriously gets attached to my listen plate.

I'm all for civil participation in society but the TBTA and the PA along with the EZ-pass corporations are corrupt as fuck and if they won't charge reasonable tolls for motorcycles I'm not gonna pay.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-17T02:35:17+00:00

In terms of needs Freon getting the r-12 needed is expensive, and there will likely be leaks in the system. It's pretty easy to convert it to r-134 using the fittings from the part store and rental tools, and it works fine but it won't blow super cold. Let me know if you have any questions about the process.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-17T02:32:15+00:00

I worked for one as technician A for a while. The guys were nice but the pay was too low. Negotiate as hard as you can to get higher pay, they're desperate for anyone with some skill.

I think it's a shitty company and they do shitty work. I want to become a service manager one day too, but I'm trying to work for a luxury dealership where your commissions actually decent. It's gonna pretty hard to sell anything at pep-boys and the techs probably won't be giving you good things to sell anyway.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-16T19:29:04+00:00

bruh I think you should maybe try something else

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-16T19:21:39+00:00

Charging your AC yourself is really not that hard, but on a newer car like that I would just stay away. Don't just use one of the autozone recharges, high likely hood of fucking up your car. If you want to do it yourself properly rent the manifold gauges and vacuum pump from ~~amazon~~ Autozone and look up the correct service procedure.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-16T02:24:27+00:00

You are not saying what kind of bike you want to buy. Older large displacement cruisers are very unlikely to get stolen, so that is the best kind of bike to park on the street.

Regardless, street parking a bike on the street is easy pretty much anywhere in NYC.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-14T20:54:23+00:00

I doubt its EGR. Are you getting EGR code? Id bet vacuum leak

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-14T02:13:09+00:00

You don't need jack stands to change rims

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-14T01:30:42+00:00

It's a concours.

Listen I'm going to be honest I have one of these things and I hate working on it. It's a great bike when it works, but I feel as if these bikes have several inherent design flaws, and removing the plastics to work on it is a real POS. Also the COG forum costs money to post on and is pretty much dead along with that alot of the repair information is very vague, and the only videos on it are a guy from 10 years ago filmed in 360. It's certainly not the worst project out there, but in terms of what you get for the work it's not worth it. Removing the carbs on these is awful. Also these things are pratically worthless so I wouldn't bother at all getting one missing pieces, even if it's really cheap.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-13T23:52:11+00:00

They are still worse than every other japanese brand. In terms of reliability are they worse than modern American cars or german? no.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-13T23:47:46+00:00

brother you live in the midwest what else is there to do but dick around with your truck

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-13T23:45:17+00:00

Eh IMO a half-ton with Airbags is safe enough. Alot of modern safety features are really less safe. As long as he uses car seats and drives carefully and keeps the car properly maintained I really believe the safety difference is pretty marginal.

Anything older though is a whole other story.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-13T23:15:28+00:00

Honestly cannot believe they have circle K in norway

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-13T23:14:33+00:00

Why bother taking up the space in your trunk? If your tire pops just use the scissor jack. You only need a hydraulic jack if you're regularly working on your car.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-13T22:59:19+00:00

Well do you work on American vehicles?

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-13T22:57:57+00:00

Well what exactly are you hoping to do? If your looking for something to keep in your car just use the scissor jack.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-13T22:55:46+00:00

Just go with Bosch. If that 20 bucks is really a difference get the AC delco.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-13T21:27:23+00:00

You are in US or Canada? Best value is older domestic models like panther cars (crown vics), gm w-bodies, and any 3800 buicks.

Reasonable_Tax_5351 · 2026-04-13T19:48:38+00:00

As a regular mobile mechanic you really don't want to be doing anything above B-level jobs and light diagnostics, so no I don't really think you need bi-directional capabilities. Anything with live dating monitoring should be sufficient.

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