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Replace Key Fob Battery 2015 MBZ B250e

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The 2015 Mercedes Benz B250e has a warning “replace battery” on the key fob. I took out the battery and sure enough, it’s measured 2.99V instead of 3.3V as a new one. Yes, with 2.99V, the car still drives. The battery size is CR2025. I got 10 LICB batteries from Amazon for $6. The battery …

Replace Front Brake Pads on Rav4 LE 2WD 2.5L

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My father in-law 2014 Toyota Rav4 has 60k miles and the front brake pads need to be replaced. There are no warning indicator of any types on this car. There are also 2 sizes of discs for this car, our LE 2.5L 2WD version has smaller discs (273mm) and the ones we ordered Power Stop …

Clear and Improve Sunroof Drains A8 D3

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Last raining season, my rear seats were wet on a heavy rain day. There was some water under the floor board also. Some in the trunk. The Audi A8 D3 sunroof drainage has been a problem with many owners. I did open them up and check the drainage rate and they’re quite slow, hence the …

Fix Nail In Tire

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My e-Golf had a nail in the tire and the Tire Shop and Costco refused to fix due to the nail location. The tire was good and I didn’t think what their concerns were legitimate, so I fixed it myself.

Should I upgrade from A8L D3 to A8L D4?

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Finally my sis and her husband got a 3.5 years CPO 2017 A8L D4 with 13k miles on it for $50k from Pacific Audi in Torrance, CA. The car has most of the options they wanted – Executive package, driver assistant package and in pristine condition. After driving the newer 2017 A8L, I couldn’t tell …

2006 A8L Is Still Smooth and Comfortable At 128k Miles

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My 2006 Audi A8L is still amazingly smooth, comfortable and powerful at 128k miles… Still loving it.

Our Old Faithful 2008 Q7

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No one would believe when I said I’ve spent $0 on fixing my 2008 Q7 since new until now 3/7/2019 but it’s the truth. The car’s been garaged since new, it has 56k miles now, we do take it to the Sierras every winter. We had to change tires one time and they’re still have …

Things You Wish Your OBDII Scanner Can Do

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If you own Audi cars, you want to get an OBDII scanner to access the data and do something with it, here are a few things you may want it to be able to do, if you buy a VCDS, then you can pretty much do anything with it, but with others, you may need …