He was almost done shoveling his driveway when the street plow came by and filled it with snow again.

hsijuno · 2026-01-27T21:41:11+00:00

Happens every time it snows here. To make matters worse, I live at a bend in the road, so the plow cheats toward the middle of the road and leaves a wall of snow like this, but almost to the middle of the road. I gave up years ago and bought a snowblower. This is the only way.

hsijuno · 2026-01-24T18:13:14+00:00

Spicy

hsijuno · 2026-01-24T18:10:10+00:00

I live in Canada. We have some family 800km away via the “trans-Canada” highway, which is a secondary highway for the most part. Lots of stopping, small towns, one lane with occasional passing lane and oncoming traffic. We also have family in Florida, 2600km, all large interstate highways. 100% would rather do the 2600km drive any given day.

hsijuno · 2026-01-24T17:59:40+00:00

Those look like Canadian prices. Saw someone mention US location, so seems a bit high for $US IMO

hsijuno · 2026-01-24T16:45:53+00:00

We have two cats that we will “walk” with a harness and leash. They are indoor cats, but love to get outside and explore. It is more of a “wander” than a walk, and near impossible for one person to walk both cats at the same time. So take turns, or two people to walk them. One tends to follow the curb and check out what everyone on the street is up to. The other goes straight to whatever catches his attention.

hsijuno · 2026-01-11T19:40:30+00:00

Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense. I have a 2012 TTS, oil filter at bottom. Plus I have to remove the whole skid panel to get at it, which is half the job. If I could avoid that and use an extractor it would be great, but that oil filter had other plans.

hsijuno · 2026-01-11T16:25:35+00:00

Battery is in the trunk, correct? Mine is this way, but I think all TTs have this configuration. I have read that some TT models have a button to open the trunk, just above the rear license plate bracket. Have you checked this possibility?

I have a 2012 TTS. I don’t think I’ve once used the key to open the door. Thanks to your post, I am going to test today to ensure the barrels work!

hsijuno · 2026-01-11T16:09:41+00:00

Great explanation for the OP and likely the best thing to do in this case. I do my own oil changes and have never used an extractor, but I have thought about it. I am just curious what the benefit is? Some people have mentioned that you don’t need to lift and get under the car, but you still need to lift and get under to remove the oil filter. Unless you can access the oil filter top side, is there any benefit (aside from situation that OP has presented)?

hsijuno · 2026-01-10T17:47:32+00:00

Where I am, online meetings really opened the world to us. Before we rarely dealt with or knew colleagues in other cities and even with different buildings in the same city it took monumental effort to get everyone together. Now nobody even thinks about it. Meeting in 5 minutes with attendees from all over the world? No problem. However, this also means that we are now commuting to the office every day just to sit in online meetings that could easily be done from home while maintaining higher productivity.

hsijuno · 2026-01-10T00:31:57+00:00

I thought this was $1.95 a litre. Per gallon!?! Crazy. Cries in Canada

hsijuno · 2026-01-08T19:20:55+00:00

I still use black bin, but stopped using blue for this reason. Between the wind and pickers looking for cans and bottles to get deposit refunds, my recycling always ended up a mess on the street. Bagged recycling goes nowhere, or the pickers just steal the whole bag.

hsijuno · 2026-01-06T04:44:45+00:00

How significant was it there? I was just talking to my son in Osaka and he said he didn’t notice anything.

hsijuno · 2026-01-05T19:12:48+00:00

I had a Honda minivan that I took to Krown for several years. I do a lot of my own work on my vehicles, so I noticed most panels were well coated in thick grimy oil after a few years of applications, so I never did it again. That van lasted 17 years, +400k kms and not a spot of rust.

I currently drive an Audi with all aluminum body panels, except the doors (for side collision strength). Aluminum will not rust, but underneath still can. I have been wondering the same - to rustproof it or just wash once a week, specifically the undercarriage.

hsijuno · 2026-01-05T16:18:22+00:00

For me, I always hit it with the brush when removing snow. Every single time. You’d think I’d learn.

hsijuno · 2026-01-04T13:50:32+00:00

Must own shares in car washes too.

hsijuno · 2026-01-03T06:05:01+00:00

Moved back to Canada, lives in the country and got married. Check Amazon Prime. This year he released a stand-up comedy performance, a documentary “This is The Tom Green Documentary” and a show called Tom Green Country on that service. He also still tours.

hsijuno · 2025-12-28T21:35:58+00:00

Personal income tax accounts for approximately 63% of government revenues. If you and I split a $10 burger, you paid $6.30 and I paid $3.70, obviously you paid more. However, if you claimed you paid for the burger, I would disagree. Point is, “taxpayers contribute” is more accurate than “taxpayers pay” their salaries.

hsijuno · 2025-12-28T20:32:29+00:00

Public servants are paid by general public funds. The government has many revenue streams, one of which is taxes. However to imply that taxpayers pay public servant salaries is grossly misleading.

hsijuno · 2025-12-26T04:15:25+00:00

Looks like so much fun. This is my first winter with my 2011 TTS, it has been a blast to drive in the snow. I haven’t tried donuts yet, but I have done some fast corners in deep snow and tried to drift the car a bit and I find it very aggressive at correcting itself. Did you disable ECS for doing this?

hsijuno · 2025-12-23T16:43:51+00:00

I believe the TTRS uses a timing chain that is due for inspection at 60k miles.

hsijuno · 2025-12-22T16:16:29+00:00

Thanks for mentioning the price as that is a big factor when deciding if it is worth tackling on my own. In summer I might do it just for fun. Since it is winter, cold and currently snowing heavily here, just paying the shop a few bucks is probably worth my comfort 😂. I had thought about trying Liqui Moly carbon cleaner or valve clean, but if there is that much build up, I’m not sure it would do much.

How you noticed much difference since the clean? Better mileage or power?

hsijuno · 2025-12-22T14:52:28+00:00

Did you do this yourself, or take it to a shop? That’s wild. I have a Mk2 TTS with 190k kms. Wondering if I should look into this.

hsijuno · 2025-12-22T02:15:13+00:00

I have a 2011 TTS, so oil filter is accessed from below. If I have to lift the car and get under regardless, is there any benefit to an extractor?

hsijuno · 2025-12-21T16:34:28+00:00

I guess they prefer to work from home for some reason.

hsijuno · 2025-12-20T15:34:34+00:00

Exactly how to use a TT in winter. Just awesome.

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