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No, mine doesn't either. And while I hate cold starting a car and then not getting it warmed up, it was so filthy that putting it outside for a while seemed like the thing to do.

I know. Hardly a day goes by during tourist season (there's a lake and campground down the road) without my girlfriend mentioning some horrible towing setup she saw. The barn is close to the road so she sees a lot of the traffic. And it doesn't help that it's legal for anyone to tow doubles...

I suspect that many 'Cats have spent a day outside. Even in rain.

Speaking of washing, about two weeks ago the Dodge got a much needed (free) car wash. A full day of rain did the trick.

Sounds like it could use a system full of coolant (no air), not a lower temp thermostat.

My girlfriend would strongly disagree with that. She probably wouldn't even tow someone else's horse trailer with only a dead parrot in it down the driveway. Okay, maybe a dead parrot, but nothing that's still alive. Heck, she had a Dodge diesel dually with a stick shift to pull her 2-horse...

I did use an F-150 to pull my 16' enclosed trailer once, during the bi-weekly 1,000-mile commute period from L.A. to here. Of course I feared that the V6 wouldn't be up for the task, turbo or not. It was, and the little 1/2-ton handled the load fine (using weight distribution, of course). What...

For someone who has never towed commercially, I probably have towed more than most. And have learned a few things along the way. It has ranged from quite a bit of flat towing the Jeep early on, to pulling doubles with the Peterbilt, and a lot in between. I can only guess, but it has to be at...

Well, a tractor (as in tractor trailer) doesn't weigh all that much, about 15 to 20K, and they obviously pull 80K all day long. So basically both the tow vehicle and trailer weigh about twice as much as the Furd pulling 40K. But the sad part is that many believe those somewhat unrealistic J2807...

Kinda. The dealerships are not along the main drag, but a frontage road of sorts. Although, there's usually enough traffic that you get time to see what's on the lots...from about a 1/4 mile away.

Trooper, I kinda take that suggestion as an insult. Of course I don't. Well, even 1,650 isn't exactly small around here, but anyway, in real life Durango has a population of over 21,000. Hell, they must have well over 100 stop lights there. Most of which are red when I try to drive through.

Small town?!? Hey, Durango is a friggin' major metropolis. Well, for around here it is.

Okay. But by now you know what causes those kids, right? Oh well, too late now.

Only six?!? How many split personalities are you??

For whatever reason, fuses not seated all the way seems common on FCA/Stellantis vehicles. When I get a new one I make sure that each and every one is fully seated, under the hood and under the dash.

Having chased VWs and Audis lately, I know the feeling. Either they are already sold, in transit, or about to get built. But they're all advertised on the dealers' web sites.

I'd be much happier if a used car has never been in a city. Don't know that stats, but in my mind 200 city miles are much harder on a vehicle than 2,000 highway miles.

Not all bad. It's already both broken in and broken into. Now you could drive it like you stole it.

Well, that should bring it down to $72K.

There is special lube available for rubber parts. Anything petroleum based tends to not play well with rubber.