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meatpimp posted:For those of you that have Escalades (or any GM car or one of several other brands), run your VIN through compnine.com, it costs a couple bucks, but gives you an instant list of all the RPO codes your car/truck came with. It was invaluable in cutting through the bullshit of sellers as I was looking for this one. And this one was by far the most loaded one I looked at. A bit late for this but most post 2000 GM stuff I can run the VINs on and give you the full build sheet of RPOs.
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Looks like a nice truck meatchimp.
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Jun 11, 2016 13:03
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You don't really want nav that's that old anyway. Don't pay for that poo poo.
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meatpimp posted:If I need a spare on the front, I can just rotate a back wheel to the front and put the spare on back there. Isn't that what you're supposed to do no matter what anyway? I didn't think you wanted donuts on the front wheels, ever. I don't want to rely on it to turn or brake with that lovely little contact patch.
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Seminal Flu posted:I was able to glue most of the paint back, but will need some serious touch-up when I get the paint. We need pics of this poo poo.
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Oct 21, 2016 19:53
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Depends on the gas station. If I were to fill up a 17 gallon tank from empty with 87 vs 91 at the one by my apartment, I'd be looking at about a $9 difference. Yep, it's not $0.20 more than 87 like it used to be.  I would seriously doubt that they didn't have a different calibration for different octanes. If it doesn't require 91/93, I'd dump 87 in it and run it into the ground...if it hadn't already been done. 
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Oct 31, 2016 13:19
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Lightbulb Out posted:I run premium simply to avoid ethanol, but I guess that's less of a big deal on newer cars. What's your reasoning here? I doubt the payoff of slightly better fuel economy offsets the price. Assume you have something old and ethanol is going to kill your seals and o-rings?
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Oct 31, 2016 15:52
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Think of a knock sensor like an o2 sensor. It's just giving feedback to which the ECM makes adjustment, and it only does it in the retarded direction. All it is is a microphone anyway, and probably can't pinpoint which cylinder is even knocking so it makes the adjustment across the board. The timing is set by the ECM calibration via a few tables, and is usually optimized for whatever the recommended fuel is. If for some reason they already had a cal for higher octane fuel I suppose that could be used, but the knock sensor is going to pick up a lot more activity and continually be retarding timing. It will try to learn back up to the table value and keep getting knocked (no pun intended) back down since the octane is insufficient to prevent detonation. I can't imagine they would do it this way but who knows. Also: who cares it's an Avalon and 5hp won't make a difference. 
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Oct 31, 2016 19:06
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Ouch. I had heard decent things about them price wise but sounds like they have the same chinesium poo poo for most of their stuff. They're even local to me and I decided to go with something more trusted. Hopefully they make it right because I'm sure shipping something that heavy isn't cheap.
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I have no idea. I can only chuckle that you aren't learning your lesson with buying cheap parts and not being satisfied at the outcome.
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Which begs the question of why you're doing it in the first place? Alas,Seminal Flu posted:You have no sense of adventure... Yeah, I'm done ruining cars with mods that are cheap or lovely in some way that make me want to drive them less. It's happened to me too many times.
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