quiknotes

[ceagle]

Under the mundane category, 2 quick notes

Bought a cabin filter for the car a few months back at an auto parts store, and it was $33 .. came in a nice box, good filtration... Maybe too good. With all the fires in the area, decided to change it again since the A/C seemed like it was blowing at an under par strength. Got a new filter at the dealership... $28 ... $5 cheaper! Since when is something cheaper at the dealership? :D .. Maybe because it didn't come in a fancy box. A/C is blowing much better without a doubt.

Had a customer the other day who is using the cloud-based Adobe products. Last year's offering had been working fine, but apparently some of the newest files cannot be opened except with the very latest version.... but, it would not even load after the install, so he called me to fix it. Turns out Adobe had a goof-up year with this latest installer... it leaves at least 6 hidden permissions set incorrectly (on the Mac) and cannot run. Seems like they would send out a fix or at least document it online since this has been a problem for several weeks.

Not a whole lot else to report, except that it would be nice to find a perfect additive to modern-day-gasoline to get it to STOP fouling carburetors ;P

Comments

[scruff-e-coyote.livejournal.com]

I found that my local Toyota dealership's parts department has equal or lower prices compared to the big chain auto parts stores on commonly needed products like air, cabin, and oil filters, as well as engine oil, spark plugs, and windshield wiper inserts when I take advantage of promoted sales OR print out discount coupons they provide on their web site.

What name brand of gasoline do ya usually get? The brand makes a BIG difference according to automotive experts, engineers, mechanics, and 11 automotive manufactures. They say you should always use "Top Tier" approved gasoline that contains detergent additives that burn more efficiently while cleaning the combustion chambers of yer engine. These "Top Tier" brands of fuel usually cost a bit more but it is worth it considering that eventually yer gonna be paying a mechanic to clean out the deposits. The two "Top Tier" brands of gasoline that are amazingly much less expensive than the big national companies are ARCO and Costco/Kirkland. I pretty much exclusively fill up at Costco since I have found them to be THE cheapest (equal to non- "Top Tier" Sam's Club) gasoline in any given area.

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the note, Scruff! Yep, I use Arco and Chevron Top Tier a lot of the time. And I also tried a Lucas additive that a friend uses to try to help. Notta lotta success yet... :P

...and oh yes! Always long lines at the local CostCo :D .. I guess lotsa people know where to go for the value!