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crenca reacted to ducksface's post in the thread Oil formulations are changing due to geopolitics - time to test your preference... with
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I haven't read or heard or seen a legitimate oil brand failure on a modern passenger vehicle. Some worries don't reach me due to my... -
crenca replied to the thread Oil formulations are changing due to geopolitics - time to test your preference....Good question. The hinge of your question is in the meaning of the word "failure" I think. For many buyers (most probably) of a new...
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crenca posted the thread Oil formulations are changing due to geopolitics - time to test your preference... in Maintenance & Servicing: Break-In / Oils & Fluids / Consumables / Service Manual / Wiring Diagrams.Unfortunately my tested and preferred brand/formulation/grade: Pennzoil Ultra Platinum (as well as regular Platinum) in 0W-40 is not...
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crenca reacted to Snacktime's post in the thread Sierra Lakes Run -Red Lake, Coyote Lake, Strawberry Lake 8-4-26 Thru 8-8-26 with Like.
Pretty sure it was dug at least another foot on both sides and front to back. You can see how chewed up the trees got, someone got real... -
crenca replied to the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading?.I did vehicle inspections for my local club's annual off road event last year: https://chilechallenge.org/ After not having a fire...
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crenca reacted to Original Bender's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
Dad had a business with radio tower sites on remote mountain tops. Childhood was off roading to these sights. It was a 78 Blazer with a...
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crenca reacted to BAUS67's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
I still have all my old issues stored away in my closet. I guess that's why I think a 2DR on 40s the most bitchin set up.
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crenca reacted to Scott R Nelson's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
Off road motorcycles got me into off-roading. I have been riding motorcycles off road for more than 50 years - I've had 25 bikes so...
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1987, taking my Jeep XJ to places that would’ve taken 8 hours to hike into. 🌵 Edit: and I didn’t have to leave a car at a trailhead...
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My High School had 2 kinds of car guys; Muscle cars, and 4x4's. I fell in with the 4x4 guys. Jeeps, Broncos, Scouts, Blazers...
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crenca reacted to Broncoup's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
Growing up my family would always go on Jeep rides. I learned how to drive with a '53 Willys on and off the roads. Then, when I was old...
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crenca reacted to 5GENIDN's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
You married well!
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crenca reacted to SierraBronco's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Haha.
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In high school I had a friend with an 80's Toyota truck. I went off roading with him a few times. Mostly just some fire roads and hills...
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crenca reacted to HalfmuleFarmer's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
1) Moving to Utah, and 2) getting sick of people. Being out there, in the grand sublime spaces, where few other people are even going to...
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crenca reacted to DaPierogiKid's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Haha.
Yes...eating pierogi is waaaay easier...lol
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crenca reacted to userdude's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Haha.
So you're saying you couldn't outrun the beach cops in that souped up Bronco?? lol :whistle:
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crenca reacted to Medicin3man's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
I grew up in El Paso, TX where we had some great dune deserts. My dad had his 4x4 and sand rail as far back as I can remember. Learned...
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crenca reacted to Easy-v's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
I have to admit for me it was the Offrodeo. I'd never off roaded prior to that. Bought the Bronco, and went to Offrodeo, and that's all...
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crenca reacted to slfsvt's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
Crawling around the Mojave desert, in my neighbor's 1968 Bronco, back in the mid-70's. That got me "hooked". Since, I have owned five...
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crenca reacted to DaPierogiKid's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
Petersen Off-Road Magazines....
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crenca reacted to EasternSierra's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
PRELUDE I started out with parents who loved road trips, camping, hiking, and exploring new places. Then my father got me into...
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crenca reacted to Altitude's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
For me, it was getting away from the crowds and enjoying amazing scenery. I love going to Colorado and with a family we usually ended up...
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crenca reacted to mdainsd's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
When I was a boy my Dad would take my brother and I on trips to Baja. This was the early 60's. He had a 2 wd Dodge pickup and he went...
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crenca reacted to TX-Dennis's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
In high school friends and I used to run some local "jeep trails" in our compact cars or trucks. It was great fun, and I only got stuck...
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crenca reacted to Southside_Ray's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
When I was a young kid my dad had a surplus Korea era Jeep. Nothing additional really propelled my interest forward until I started...
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crenca reacted to Brian_B's post in the thread Ford Fathom EV Pickup ($28,350 Starting Price) - News & Info with Like.
My biggest hangup, really, against EVs though (after clearing up some errors in my previous post) WIth an EV - you pay the utility...
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crenca reacted to geargeek's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
Back in the 60's - when my granda took me hunting offroad in the East Texas woods in his F250 - the best part was when we got stuck and...
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crenca reacted to Kevin Scarbel's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
A 1972 book called "The Jeep" (By Keith Robertson) about a boy who discovered a Jeep in a barn, tinkered with and got it running, and...
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crenca reacted to Steve_In_29's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
As a kid we rode our bikes all over the boonies. Then as a Marine I bought a new 1981 Toyota 4x4 truck (they didn't have names back...
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crenca reacted to Oldhippie's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
as a little kid we lived up a dirt road that turned to mud cars would get stuck in, my uncle loaned us his WWII Jeep to use…parked on...
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crenca reacted to bigdedition's post in the thread What Made You Fall in Love With Off-Roading? with Like.
years ago I had a Lowered F150 4x2, same body type as Ford Lighting up in VT and I was dared in the middle of winter to make it as far...
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crenca reacted to Brian_B's post in the thread Ford Fathom EV Pickup ($28,350 Starting Price) - News & Info with Like.
An exercise because I was curious. I've probably made some bad assumptions in here, but before doing this I had no idea how it would...
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crenca reacted to Brian_B's post in the thread Ford Fathom EV Pickup ($28,350 Starting Price) - News & Info with Like.
I predict this will go over about as well as the Edsel did. Ford could have had a home run with the F150 Lightning. At $39,000 when it...
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crenca replied to the thread Ford Fathom EV Pickup ($28,350 Starting Price) - News & Info.Nobody is buying what your selling @Techun , but no doubt you will keep trying...true believers and their evangelism and all that...
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crenca reacted to Roger123's post in the thread Ford Fathom EV Pickup ($28,350 Starting Price) - News & Info with Like.
No, not really. Is the plan to buy a $33,000 vehicle to save $500-800/year on fuel? That assumes a zero price point on electricity and...
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crenca reacted to TruckCamper's post in the thread Sierra Lakes Run -Red Lake, Coyote Lake, Strawberry Lake 8-4-26 Thru 8-8-26 with Like.
We've been running the Nitto 37x11.5R17 for just over 2 years and 30k miles. My experience has been the narrower profile does slide...
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That was well designed. I wondered how it would be addressed. I have run many miles without the rear shell. Love how the air just... -
crenca reacted to Anvilair1973's post in the thread Ran 2/3rds the roof and a cargo cover with Like.
I’ve done that as well. The attachment does add an element of rigidity that I wouldn’t have noticed without it. I’ve ran both...
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crenca reacted to inlifefindadventure's post in the thread Ran 2/3rds the roof and a cargo cover with Like.
Thanks for your post because I know that the owners manual forbids having the other roof panels in place when the clamshell is not, but...
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crenca reacted to Anvilair1973's post in the thread Ran 2/3rds the roof and a cargo cover with Like.
Just got in from 2 weeks on the road running this set up. Covered 2500 miles and in all weather. Highway, off road and everything in...
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crenca replied to the thread Can I check to see if the procal tune is still in the ecu ?.As of yet, I have not heard of an over-the-air update from ford resetting a tune of any type (FP or any other). It has been so long...
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crenca reacted to HighVelocity's post in the thread Can I check to see if the procal tune is still in the ecu ? with Haha.
This is why you invest in a butt-dyno.
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crenca replied to the thread Driving BLIND in heavy rain!.Maybe I'm an outlier, but I don't think blind people should drive no matter if it's raining, or sunshine, or anything...🤷‍♂️
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Visibility is overrated. Use the Force.
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We get a lot of Thunder Storms in Florida and I instantly notice [I'm very perceptive] that water just flattens out and blurs...
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crenca reacted to Montana Bronco's post in the thread Finding the most comfortable tires on road with Haha.
I highly recommend Interco Swampers for your use case. Very smooth riding, very quiet at high speeds, plus badass looks.
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crenca replied to the thread Finding the most comfortable tires on road.Since you have the Fox shocks, which I thought were linear but one person mentions they could be progressively valved (never heard of a...
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crenca reacted to Brian_B's post in the thread Finding the most comfortable tires on road with Like.
This sounds like one of those Progressive vs Digressive conversations - your tire pressure isn’t overly high and you aren’t running a...
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crenca reacted to Faišal leo's post in the thread Finding the most comfortable tires on road with Like.
32-31 psi