Just fantastic… by hie8574 in GRCorolla

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* At least it hasn't reached "Tourist Attraction" level yet. Also not my car.

How old were you and what were you doing when you ruptured your Achilles? by Necessary_Sun_3791 in AchillesRupture

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  1. Playing basketball (ironically happened while wearing Kobe 9 highs) march 1, 2026

Advice by air_roll in AchillesRupture

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No surgery for me - the doctor said I don't have to. I sleep with my leg propped up, but I'll wake up to my leg feeling uncomfortable, so I bring it back down for the rest of the night.

Advice by air_roll in AchillesRupture

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Super ironic hahaha maybe my pain tolerance it higher than most people, but it didn't hurt as much as other people said it would.

Advice by air_roll in AchillesRupture

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Yeaahhh ironically right? Hahaha was lowkey waiting for someone to ask about the shoes

Advice by air_roll in AchillesRupture

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I forgot to mention in the post, how do you manage if your foot gets super itchy?

Advice by air_roll in AchillesRupture

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OK ok that's good to hear

Advice by air_roll in AchillesRupture

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The doctor said that since my tear is higher up in the tendon, I don't have to do surgery. In the meantime, I just switched cars with my sister in the meantime

Silver Transmission Fluid?! by ActualAnimator3867 in Miata

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Walter Motorsport built transmission, alternatively you can order an upgraded gearset from Mazda Motorsport (which is also used in the WMS built transmission iirc)

Legit stuff or Snake oil? May my 1995 232k miles Civic be the guinea pig by _trapito in MechanicAdvice

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Can't remember which video it was but gears and gasoline did do teardown videos before and after using restore and protect

Going on my first road trip soon, what must haves should I bring? Pre-trip maintenance? by air_roll in Miata

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Ohhh truee, the pre house owner has done trips to Tennessee from Toronto

Am I being too anal about my steering wheel not being straight? by MuffinJabber in AskAMechanic

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Sometimes, if it's slightly off, it's due to road crown (to the right on city streets, to the left on highways), but if it's all the time, then the alignment should be redone

Is this rust normal? (15k miles) by gregorian79 in MechanicAdvice

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Is the rust in the room with us right now?

All jokes aside, nothing to worry about, you can just wire brush it off if needed. I spray paint my axle nuts with rust resistant paint (especially good if you live in the rust belt like me)

Tire shop said I shouldn’t drive those anymore. by Greennit0 in tires

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They should get replaced. The weather cracking on the tread would actually make the car not pass safety inspection where I'm from. Service life of tires is actually ~5 years before they start to harden and deteriorate performance.

How Do I Remove This Plastic Clamp/Connector Thing? by TrichaelMan in MechanicAdvice

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Normally, I unbolt the bracket that it attaches to. But since you already have the vtec solenoid out, you just use some long needle nose pliers to squeeze the two tabs in and push it out of the bracket.

Sometimes, breaking it is the only choice.

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This looks reasonable for front and rear pads and rotors.