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WORST car brand ever?

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Tl;dr: Is Bar's Leaks Cooling System Repair safe to use? And is it likely to actually help with a small leak?


I have a 2000 Honda Accord LX V6 3.0 that recently started overheating (within the past 2 months), which coincides with my having to make frequent 80-mile drives down to the Phoenix, Az, area, where it has usually been over 100 degrees lately. I often use my A/C while down there, and I'm sure that this has to do with the engine becoming really hot and that this has caused/contributed to the overheating problem.

About 3-4 weeks ago, while stopped at a red light (after driving 80 miles, mostly with the A/C on), my car got so hot that it was struggling to stay running and it basically stalled while waiting for the light to turn green. After getting through the red light, I drove to a parking lot and let it cool down for about 45 minutes. After that, I drove about a mile to a convenience store and found a water faucet outside that I was able to use to put 1-2 gallons of water in the radiator, and that helped the car to drive the 80 miles back home without any issues at while at a cool temperature.

I ended up getting a gallon of premixed anti-freeze/water and put that in and things were OK for a few days, but being that I've still had to make multiple trips back down to the Phoenix area, basically, whenever I use my air conditioning during that drive, the car will overheat at some point and I will need to refill the radiator with water during the drive. Then, last week, I got my oil changed and was told that I apparently have some sort of leak, as there was anti-freeze visible.

So, my question is this: Is this Bar's Leaks Cooling System Repair stuff safe to use in my 2000 Honda Accord? Or is it likely to clog up other parts of the cooling system/engine? And, assuming that I just have a relatively minor leak, is this stuff likely to help stop the leak and prevent my car from losing anti-freeze?

Any helpful replies/advice would be greatly appreciated!

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ITT: Cars you want but can't have.

>pic related; HSV GTS Maloo because of the US 25 year import law...

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>asian parents buy me a car
>asian grandparents think asian cars blow up, so they want me to get an american car (gmc, cadillac specifically)
>parents want me to get an suv because its "safer than smaller cars"
>i think i have a choice in this
>i pick a jeep patriot
>dad tells me to fuck off because it's only 4 cylinder, he has something against that. says jeep wrangler is a gimmick
>they keep pushing me to get a cadillac srx, or any other type of lame mom car
>i don't have a choice in getting my own car and i'm getting bullied into getting a terrible car
>no way convincing them, i tried

please help me find a good suv

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Is Matt Farah the most baller automotive journalist ever?

>drives peoples daily drivers within an inch of their lives
>shits all over kiddo ricers to their face while driving their cars
>crashed a kids civic and gave no fucks
>has more speeding tickets than the average /o/-ist has had hot meals
>drives a corvette and probably eats out 500 girls a week

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Mercedes Benz AMG to build a HyperCar.

It'll be called the 'AMG R50' and it'll be a hybrid as many news sources say.

>Reports say it'll be powered by a 1000hp 2.0L turbo 4CYL powering the rear wheels and two 150hp electric motors powering the front wheels. Total hp is 1300hp.

It'll be weighed at 2886 lbs (1300 kilograms). Also a four-wheel steering might be added.

Other info includes:
>Will be a limited production of just 50-60 units.
>Said to be priced at around 2-3 million Euros.
>Various styling cues will be taken from the Vision AMG-GT (pic-related)

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My car is better than yours /o/

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I'll start

>toyota
>mid engine
>factory supercharged

Protip: it's not the mr2

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Rotary thread?

Discuss all things rotary, from the FD to the truck

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hey /o/ I come today with a question, how the hell do these headlights/tail lights work? I try to find info on led lights but they end up looking like pixelated shit. How hard would it be to custom make headlights like pic related? Would tail lights be easier or harder? I know its probably rice shit but it's interesting

pic related

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So today I had to go to Paris for work, here is a small dump of what I saw. I didn't bother to snap a shitton of Porsches and Ferraris though.

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Whaddup /o/, just got an 07 Mazdaspeed 3. So I'm finally learning manual. What does /o/ think of the speed3s?

pic semi related (not mine but same year and color)

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Shamefully copied from legendary VINbro's threads

Old thread died the death of a true hero!
Old thread here - >>15431967

>I am able to run US/Canadian VINs (anything with a fitting VIN; bikes, cars and so on) and US plates. For plates the same rules apply as VINs; 1981 or newer, US registered, and the plate and state are needed. Plates do work most of the time, but VINs are more reliable.
>Please remove hyphens (dashes) from VINs/plates - unless they happen to be part of a vanity plate. This makes copying and pasting easier.
>I can only run vehicles in/originally in the USA/Canada. If they've been exported from the USA/Canada, a report with their time here will be available. Not yet sure about imported cars.
>Vehicles need to be of the 1981 model year or newer. That's when standardized VINs began. Anything older simply cannot be run for a report.
>There are never I(i), O(o), nor Q(q) in VINs. This is to avoid confusion with 1 and 0. So if you are unsure, it is always 1 or 0 (not the case for classic cars, but they cannot be run anyway).
>VINs must be 17 characters exactly. No more, no less.
>If you want the PDF-file you can open the page source (F12) and search "amazonaws", copy the whole link and put it in your browser. This should allow you to download the PDF. If its not working send me an email at [email protected]. Please leave a reply if you do so

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anon, do you use your parking brake?