Housekeeping

Housekeeping: Commenting Behavior/TTAC Content Creators

Happy Monday. Gather 'round, y'all -- we have to have a chat.

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Housekeeping: Happy President's Day 2026, And Other Notes

Hey there! Just a note to say -- we're off Monday to honor President's Day in the U.S. and Family Day in Canada.

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Housekeeping: Happy MLK Day, 2026

We're off Monday, January 19, 2026 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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Housekeeping: Happy New Year 2026

Ah, today is the last day of 2025.

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Housekeeping: Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas time, and we're going on break for a couple of days.

Not the full rest of the year, don't worry. Click to see our holiday schedule.

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Housekeeping: Happy Thanksgiving 2025!

Yup, it's American Thanksgiving, so we're taking off for the long weekend.

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Housekeeping: Happy Veteran's Day 2025 And A Few Other Notes

Hi all -- our parent company has Veteran's Day set as an American holiday, so we're off on Tuesday.

Well, I am not -- I am driving a new car in a beautiful locale. The things I do for you.

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Housekeeping: Happy Indigenous People's Day/Canadian Thanksgiving 2025. Plus, We Say Sayonara To One Of Our Own

We're off on Monday for Indigenous People's Day here in the States and Canadian Thanksgiving up north.

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Housekeeping: Happy Labor Day 2025!

It's Labor Day weekend in the States, and you know what that means -- we're off on Monday.

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Here’s How To Set The Truth About Cars As Your Preferred Search Source In Google

Hey there, TTAC'er. I have some good news for you -- especially if you like reading this site while also saving time.

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Housekeeping: Happy Fourth of July 2025

Hey! Tomorrow is the Fourth of July in the States, and so we're off until Monday.

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Housekeeping: Honoring Juneteeth

Tomorrow is Juneteenth, and we're off.

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Housekeeping: Happy Memorial Day

It's Memorial Day 2025, and we're taking Monday off.

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Housekeeping: Happy President's Day 2025

It's Presidents' Day in the U.S. and Family Day/Heritage Day in Canada, so we're off.

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Housekeeping: Happy MLK Day, 2025

It's Martin Luther King Day here in these United States, so TTAC is off.

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Housekeeping: Happy New Year 2025!

It's New Year's Eve and we're shutting 'er down early.

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Housekeeping: Happy Holidays 2024

Hey all, here's how the holidays are going to go for us here at TTAC.

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Housekeeping: Happy Thanksgiving!

It's American Thanksgiving tomorrow, so we're off until Monday.

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Housekeeping: Happy Veteran's Day

Today is Veteran's Day in America, and so we're taking the day off.

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Housekeeping: Happy Indigenous People's Day/Canadian Thanksgiving!

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. As an American employee of a Canadian company, I knew that.

What I didn't realize is that here in the States, today is also Indigenous People's Day/Columbus Day, and it's also a company holiday.

So we're off today, more or less.

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Housekeeping: Happy Labor Day

The unofficial end of summer is upon us, and so we're taking Monday off.

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Housekeeping: Happy Fourth of July 2024

As you know, tomorrow is the day in which we celebrate our nation's birth by blowing up a small part of it (thanks again, The Simpsons, for that wonderful quote).

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Housekeeping: Happy Juneteenth 2024

We're taking tomorrow off in recognition of Juneteenth.

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Housekeeping: Happy Memorial Day

Once again, we're taking a break on Monday to honor those who died fighting for freedom.

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Housekeeping: We (Finally) Have a Bridgestone Blizzak Winner

We announced a giveaway earlier today, and while we're on the subject, we have a winner in our earlier Bridgestone Blizzak giveaway.

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TTAC Giveaway: Techron Complete Fuel System Cleaner

We're giving things away again. This time it's a six-pack of Techron Complete Fuel System Cleaner, and more.

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Housekeeping: We Have A Quaker State Winner

We gave away some Quaker State oil and swag last month -- and we have a winner!

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Housekeeping: Our Resident Datsun Man Moves On

Hey all, I just wanted to post a quick note of thanks and fare thee well to our favorite Datsun/Nissan Z aficionado -- Chris Tonn.

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Housekeeping: Happy President's Day

Hey y'all, we're off Monday.

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TTAC Giveaway: Quaker State Oil (and Swag)

Hey there! We know a lot of you are car enthusiasts who keep up to date on your oil changes. Well, for those of you like to maintain your rides, we’re going to help you out with a giveaway of some Quaker State products.

And some swag, too.

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Housekeeping: A Reminder About Used Car of the Day

I keep seeing comments -- and not just from one particular individual -- that suggest that not everyone fully understands the Used Car of the Day format, its purpose, and how I select the cars I do.

So let's do some learning.

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Housekeeping: Happy MLK Day

Hi y'all. We're off Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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Housekeeping: The TTAC Podcast Returns!

Hey there! Remember the podcast we did until early last year? It was put on hiatus for a variety of reasons we'll keep in house -- and now, it's back!

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Housekeeping: Happy New Year!

Time rolls on. One year ends, another begins. And so on and so forth.

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Housekeeping: Happy Holidays

We're in the heart of the holiday season, so we're ducking out early and taking off until Tuesday.

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TTAC Giveaway: Bridgestone Blizzak Winter Tires

Win a set of Bridgestone Blizzak winter tires!

It's time for a TTAC Giveaway! Once again, we're giving away some winter tires! You can snag a set by entering below.

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Housekeeping: Happy Thanksgiving!

As per usual, we're taking off for the long holiday weekend.

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Housekeeping: TTAC Takes Off for Veteran's Day

Today is Veteran's Day in the U.S. and it's a company holiday for us, so we are off.

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Housekeeping: Once Again, Please Play Nice

It's come to my attention that once again, the comments section is becoming less friendly than it should be.

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Housekeeping: TTAC Takes Off For Indigenous Peoples' Day 2023

Hi there! Just a note to let you know we won't be posting Monday, as we celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day here in the United States and Canada.

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Housekeeping: Happy Labo(u)r Day 2023

It's the unofficial end of summer (see rant below) so we're off on Monday.

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Housekeeping: Announcing Our Meguiar's Winners!

Way back in May, we announced a giveaway for Meguiar's car-care products. We now have the winners!

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Housekeeping: Happy Juneteenth

We're off Monday to celebrate Juneteenth.

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Housekeeping: Memorial Day, 2023 Edition

As per usual when faced with a holiday weekend, we are going to be off.

I don't like to say we're "celebrating" Memorial Day, so much as we are honoring those who died serving our country.

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Housekeeping: We Have a Winner for the ThinkWare Dash Cam!

We have a winner from last month's ThinkWare Dash Cam contest.

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Housekeeping: Happy President's and Family Day!

It's a holiday Monday on both sides of the border. It's President's Day down here in the land of NASCAR and football that only has one 50-yard line. Meanwhile, the hockey-loving, syrup-guzzling folks on the other side are celebrating Family/Heritage day.

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Hey Audi F1 Fans, Check This Out!

Hi there, folks. We're working on another initiative with our corporate parents/partners to promote our forums. In this case, it's all about Audi and F1.

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Housekeeping: Martin Luther King Day

Hey there B and B. Just checking in here to let you know we are off on Monday to celebrate/recognize Martin Luther King Day.

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Love Classic JDM Cars? Read This!

As you might know, our corporate parents and partners run a whole bunch of forums. One that might interest you if you like Japanese Domestic Cars (JDM) is Classic JDM forum.

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Housekeeping: Keep It Civil, People

Hey there Best and Brightest! How are you doing? Feeling good on a Monday? That's good. Well, grab a cup of coffee and sit down. We need to talk.

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Housekeeping: Merry New Year!

It's the last working day of the year, and we're going to shut down early so we can par-taaaay.

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Housekeeping: Announcing Our Noco Jump Box Giveaway Winner

A few months ago, we announced a giveaway for a NOCO Boost Plus GB40 1000 Amp 12-Volt UltraSafe Lithium Jump Starter Box.

We can now happily announce the winner.

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Housekeeping: Happy Holidays

As per usual, we're going to head into the Christmas holiday by taking some time off.

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Housekeeping: Happy Thanksgiving!

It's American Thanksgiving! So we are outta here!

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Housekeeping: More, More, More!

Hey there! We start this week with some TTAC news.

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Housekeeping: We're Off Monday

Monday is Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day, and we're going to be off.

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Housekeeping: Tech Q&A Remains Paused

Hi gang. Our tech columnist is still dealing with the family emergency that sidelined him last week.

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Housekeeping: Tech Q and A Will Return Next Week

Our tech Q and A columnist is dealing with a family emergency, so the column will return next week.

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Housekeeping: Happy Labo(u)r Day 2022


It's Labor Day in the U.S. on Monday, and also Labour Day in Canada on Monday, so in advance of the three-day weekend we're gonna shut 'er down a bit early.

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Housekeeping: We Want Your Feedback


Hey there! As you know, TTAC looks a bit different than it did last week. And operates a bit differently, as well.


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  • Peeryog Everytime I see one I am reminded of the current Santa Fe. And vice versa.
  • Original Guy I watched that Moscow parade thing. (With the Cyrillic captions because my Russian is a little rough.) I won't give the whole thing away, but it started off with a couple of dudes riding around in stupid useless convertibles, standing up like Hitler, who I'm pretty sure was an actual Nazi. They drove around in circles and kept stopping to ask if anyone had seen all the missing military equipment, and all the guys kept moaning back, that no, they hadn't, ask the next section of guys.They looked around for someone shorter and sicker-looking than Putin but they were unsuccessful so they let him speak.The North Korean military was there, I guess the invasion has begun. The North Korean guys were skinny but their rifles were nicely polished, I guess they have plenty of time on their hands between meals.Some of the Russian military guys carried little white flags, I assume they keep those handy in case they run across any U.S. Marines.
  • Marc J Rauch EBFlexing on ur mom - Ethanol is compatible with more types of rubber, plastic, and metal than gasoline and aromatics. This means that ethanol is less corrosive. The bottom line is that long before ethanol could have any damaging effect on any engine component, gasoline and aromatics would have already damaged the components. And the addition of ethanol doesn't exacerbate the problems caused by gasoline and aromatics; it actually helps mitigate them.
  • Original Guy Today I learned that a reverse brake bleeder (and a long borescope) can be helpful if you are autistic and don't have any friends and no one wants to work with you to bleed your brakes. Also it is quick, once you figure out the process.When Canada assembled my truck back in circa 1995, they apparently used a different clip to attach the brake pedal (and switch) to the brake booster than what is technically called for. It is tough to realize this when the spring steel clip flies off to who knows where. Of course I ordered the wrong clip trying to match the style that I saw buried up in the dash before it flew away. My truck now has the 'correct' clip, everyone can relax.I ordered some more brake fluid (DOT 3, nothing fancy) but it turns out I still have two fresh bottles (my shelves aren't empty, I just have too many shelves).Went to install my fancy new Optima YellowTop battery and it turns out I need a new side post terminal bolt. (Yet another order placed, bring on THE TARIFFS.) It would be a shame to strip out the threads on a nice new battery, no?Good news: The longer it takes me to get my truck started again, the more I save on fuel. 😁
  • Normie Weekends here would be a great time for everyone to join in praise of dog dish hubcaps on body-color matched steelies!