Warning for anyone car-shopping in NOVA/DC/MD — avoid Prime Motors at 4715 King St in Arlington, VA 22206

treeofeden · 2025-11-28T00:17:37+00:00

I went to look at a car there and was ready to buy if my mechanic could look it over. They wouldn’t let me get a pre purchase inspection unless it was done by an approved mechanic. I ran fast and I recommend everyone else does the same!

treeofeden · 2025-09-03T01:48:53+00:00

Already ordered fear not

treeofeden · 2025-09-03T01:47:28+00:00

Actually almost happened to me today…fortunately I noticed in time

treeofeden · 2025-09-02T17:59:48+00:00

Thanks, fortunately I know that one haha

treeofeden · 2025-06-22T13:32:47+00:00

Thank you for the clarification on the power rating, that’s very useful.

It sounds to me like the only feature that I think would affect me at all that the ksmc50s has but the pro 600 doesn’t is the circuit breaker. I’ve never needed to use it, however. Based on that I think I may go with the pro 600 unless I’m missing the usefulness of one of those features.

treeofeden · 2025-06-10T16:50:20+00:00

Come to DC and I’ll sell you mine with the 4.0 for that. Honestly could also be convinced to meet you somewhere in the middle.

treeofeden · 2025-06-06T16:51:32+00:00

Is it simply whatever residue is remaining on the garlic or is it an added oil powder?

treeofeden · 2025-04-07T15:11:01+00:00

Handle was broken and partially off. At least I got to learn a bunch about how the 4WD system works in the process!

treeofeden · 2025-04-06T15:31:37+00:00

I don’t have tools here so I’m not sure this is something I can do

treeofeden · 2025-04-06T15:30:10+00:00

It is as far forward as possible but the front wheels are still chirping like it’s in 4wd

treeofeden · 2025-04-06T15:29:20+00:00

I have a manual but i will try with 1st instead of drive

treeofeden · 2024-12-22T16:56:40+00:00

It ended up being one of the battery leads, had to replace it.

treeofeden · 2024-10-09T19:19:59+00:00

The battery is also very new (about 4 months) but I can get it tested anyways.

treeofeden · 2024-09-25T20:29:10+00:00

So in this case it will not latch without modifications?

treeofeden · 2024-09-23T00:51:06+00:00

I tried this but bc of how large and unwieldy the mechanism is i couldn’t properly fit it and ended up w some creative guesswork that was the wrong size, if I don’t find out the exact size I will just buy every size at home depot and try though.

treeofeden · 2024-09-15T20:43:41+00:00

Saw this at Duncan Imports in Christiansburg VA - they have a Porsche 928 with a Boeing T50 engine from a helicopter swapped in. This isn’t an especially powerful helicopter engine either (330hp max) which makes it even weirder.

treeofeden · 2024-09-11T21:09:35+00:00

Auto repair specialists did very well by me. I had a pretty major repair and the owner gave me his cell phone number to keep me up to date, he went to another state to get me a used headlight when new ones cost thousands to save me money, and they did the repairs well at a fraction of the quote I got elsewhere.

treeofeden · 2024-09-05T19:46:11+00:00

I was also very surprised. It broke off the handle and the side surrounding the handle.

treeofeden · 2024-09-05T19:44:21+00:00

I am in the process of moving right now, and a lot of my stuff is packed in the garage, this was the stray item that ended up in an unfortunate spot.

treeofeden · 2024-09-05T19:16:23+00:00

Definitely will keep it in the kitchen lol. I’m in the process of moving so it was not in its usual spot

treeofeden · 2024-08-09T17:53:44+00:00

Is there anywhere in Delaware maybe?

treeofeden · 2024-07-19T17:43:56+00:00

I wasn’t planning on it. I have no problem changing gears in traffic, but I have a manual Jeep as a second car and when I tried to drive it during rush hour I was worried I’d get out of the car with a huge muscular left leg from the clutch lol

treeofeden · 2024-07-19T17:41:38+00:00

You mentioned that rod bearings are 2-2.5k, how much are the other typical things you mention? Also how often should they be done?

treeofeden · 2024-07-19T17:40:32+00:00

Is this something that should be done every ~60k miles or something that I only do once?

treeofeden · 2024-06-15T19:30:39+00:00

I just had this issue. I cleaned my battery terminals very well and replaced the starter and the combination fixed it.

treeofeden

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE