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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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My TPS is fixed and reading fine. Thanks for everyone's suggestions.

Could you guys suggest a good wax? Cathy
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I use the pinnacle souveran brand it is a little pricey but a great product.
check out the site below it will help you out a lot.

http://www.autogeek.net/carcare.html
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Try Mequires NXT or Adam's Polishes.
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I like the Qwick wax by Maguires (that might be mispelled) As I feel the quick "spray on" waxes produce just as well as the pastes and liquids that dry to a thick film and aren't worth all the physical effort to get off. I've tried other "brands" of quick spray waxes but Turtle and Maguires (and they sell a quick detailer product that looks and goes on in the same way) are to me hands down the best I've tried as of yet. I also find that it takes only a few minutes to do the whole car and there are times when I just give the car a quick waxing while in the garage thinking of whatever I went out there for in the first place!
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Try Mequires NXT or Adam's Polishes.

NXT is great and not that hard to buff off (even by hand) great stuff and smells yummy enough to eat

What was wrong with your TPS anyway?
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I like the Qwick wax by Maguires (that might be mispelled) As I feel the quick "spray on" waxes produce just as well as the pastes and liquids that dry to a thick film and aren't worth all the physical effort to get off. I've tried other "brands" of quick spray waxes but Turtle and Maguires (and they sell a quick detailer product that looks and goes on in the same way) are to me hands down the best I've tried as of yet. I also find that it takes only a few minutes to do the whole car and there are times when I just give the car a quick waxing while in the garage thinking of whatever I went out there for in the first place!
....makes my life a lot easier, and looks good too!
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I use Mequires NXT, great product; easy to use and looks great !
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Originally Posted by FrankTank

NXT is great and not that hard to buff off (even by hand) great stuff and smells yummy enough to eat

What was wrong with your TPS anyway?
Don't really know FrankTank - but it's back to normal. I wonder if the Chevy dealer screwed something up when I had it in for the pre-purchase diagnostic.

My 92 Honda took a dump on me last night on the way home from work. My RPM's dropped like a brick and it died. I was able to coast into a subdivision. It's my ignition coil, but it's original and has 221,000 miles on it.

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That's good that your TPS is fixed.

Sucks about your Honda, those things do run forever... 221k miles sounds about right.

Hope you get your Honda back soon
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Originally Posted by FrankTank
That's good that your TPS is fixed.

Sucks about your Honda, those things do run forever... 221k miles sounds about right.

Hope you get your Honda back soon
My heart just dropped when I saw the RPM's dive. I thought my timing belt broke. I change it every 90,000 miles and while it's ripped apart I have the water pump changed too since it's so much labor to get to it. This has been a fantastic knock around car. People keep asking me if I want to sell it to them for their college kids. I just smile and shake my head.

I'm outta here for the night - going home. Have a good one.

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