Replaced the front pads and rotors

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I have more freaking pine needles than I can even describe. I have got to try this....

Former NFL player (Chicago Bears) and professional wrestler (WCW) Steve "Mongo" McMichael passed away April, 23rd, 2025 at age 67.

Cause of death is listed as complications from ALS. He'd been moved to hospice care earlier in the day and passed away only a few hours later.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McMichael

Thanks! Buying one to evaluate for me & mine.

Quote from: Dabster on April 24, 2025, 12:26:08 PMOne of the reviews in Amazon said this mast doesn't work for smaller faces. Are they talking young children or is it that smaller adults cannot use these?

That's a great question and I don't know the answer. But I can say that the face seal has about an inch of 'flap' to seal around a face. so that would give you about 2" of flexibility in face sizes total. The nose and mouth seal has about a half inch of 'flap', so maybe an inch of face size flexibility.

I'd guess that facial hair would interfere with the seals, but the most important seal is the nose and mouth seal. the face seal is only for eyes and even without a great fit on the face, if you have a good seal on your nose and mouth, there shouldn't be any movement of air into your eye area [smoke, gas, etc.]

I also know that there are child size masks. So probably won't fit a kid under 8 years or if they are small for their age.

You're best bet is to buy from a place with a great return policy and try it on within that window and see if it fits. If it doesn't send it back.

Quote from: MacWa77ace on April 14, 2025, 03:56:33 PM

Quote from: Moab on April 14, 2025, 03:36:14 PMWhat's your conclusion?

I'm gonna evaluate the filters and test Parcel's CC first. Stay tuned.

One of the reviews in Amazon said this mast doesn't work for smaller faces. Are they talking young children or is it that smaller adults cannot use these?

Thanks for the great information!

Quote from: NT2C on April 23, 2025, 10:04:56 AMWish you luck with it, Mac, but take it easy on that CVT.  They're great at low to moderate loads but if you have a heavy foot or like fast acceleration from traffic lights you'll be replacing it sooner, rather than later.

Knowing how I like to drive, I nixed the idea of any vehicle that had a CVT when we shopped for our vehicles because I know that 14 years of ambulance driving habits don't just disappear.  I'd have killed the poor thing on the way home from the dealer.

I was leery, and still am. But I drive for gas milage performance in my commuter car. So smooth acceleration and steady speeds. I have a long commute. And its about 80 % highway miles. Probably how come my other transmission lasted so long. Additionally, this new car has a computer that displays a minute by minute MPG graph, so I'm 'biometrically' linked to the mpg performance [I'm obsessing about that effing thing]. Since I've gotten it, I've been able to get better mileage performance with my own 'touch' than when using the 'radar assisted' cruise control. 

If it breaks within 5 years or 150k miles of my purchase mileage Carmax will fix or replace the trans [or engine or anything else that is covered] with a $150 deductible on their MaxCare plan. The Toyota dealership had a better warranty plan but didn't have any cars that I liked. And it would have been more expensive if I was able to find an apples to apples comp I'm sure.

I converted from a motorhead horsepower speed freak to a gun nut years ago. So instead of dumping money into my 88 Monte Carlo and FZR100, well, you know, costs about the same, less likely to die.   

My Monte Carlo I broke the driveshaft once, broke a rear swaybar bolt, and had a transmission rebuilt twice by the time it was 100k miles old. But that transmission was only about $500 each time.

Wish you luck with it, Mac, but take it easy on that CVT.  They're great at low to moderate loads but if you have a heavy foot or like fast acceleration from traffic lights you'll be replacing it sooner, rather than later.

Knowing how I like to drive, I nixed the idea of any vehicle that had a CVT when we shopped for our vehicles because I know that 14 years of ambulance driving habits don't just disappear.  I'd have killed the poor thing on the way home from the dealer.

Laid my '04 Corolla to rest. 370K miles. Needed a transmission rebuild, that solenoid and fluid swap I did didn't help the issues. $2500-3500 didn't make sense on a car with a best case KBB private sale value of $700. BUT, did get $700 trade in value from CarMax.



My replacement BOV: '22 Corolla 32K miles. [a lease return, was in the CarMax system since Nov and just had a pricedrop, may have been due to some cosmetic scratches in the side door and front bumper, but they fixed those perfectly at no charge and it looks brand new.]


I shall call him 'Oreo' since the interior and exterior are black and white [platinum pearl white paint]. Next is to get it tinted. So far looks like I'm getting between 38 and 41 mpg. The old Corolla was getting 32-33 mpg. [@80 mph highway] Oh, and its a CVT transmission which is a first for me, and it's weird with no shifting.

The main downside is I now have a car payment. I haven't had a car payment since 2013.