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My Car Didn’t Make It To Work With Me Again

This title look familiar? It is, I wrote about it less than two weeks ago when it snowed last time. But I made progress. I got my car out about a few hundred feet before I got stuck. I was luckily able to get my car back into its parking spot and then drive my

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NYS Inspection Rejected: Need Four New Run Flat Tires Again

My car saga continues… So my wife dropped off my car for an inspection today – thank you wife! I get a call that I need all four tires replaced and new wipers. I heard horror stories about non-Lexus dealers installing tires on my car and totally ruining the car. Since these tires are kinda

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NYS Inspection Ticket Under Ice & Snow

I was driving to work this morning after freeing my Lexus from the snow trap and I noticed a little yellow thing in the lower part of my windshield. It was buried in snow and ice, but I could make out the letters “tion” sticking up. So when I got to my office I dug

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My Lexus SC 430 is Free!

Well, not free as in money, free as in mobile. I finally was able to get my car out of its snow trap. What did it take? – A new shovel – Digging around the car – Digging under the car – Ice scraping really close to the wheels – Rocking back and forth –

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Car Is Still Stuck in Snow

This morning, I explained that I had to take my wife’s car to work because my car was stuck in the snow. I decided to head home early, work from home and try to get my car out. I shoveled out the back of the car (the car is rear wheel drive). Scrapped the ice

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My Car Didn’t Make It To Work With Me

Remember yesterday, I told you the snow is coming, well, it came a bit later than expected. It started about 8pm (EST) and when I woke up, there was an ice storm. So the snow wasn’t high or deep, just very icy. I try to pull my car out, but it just spun. After trying