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My Sprinter has a lot of paint chips that are rusting. Just for curiosity I went to a body shop at a Dodge dealer and asked what could be done. He said $4000 for a paint job. That's 4 times what I would have expected. Is that a reasonable price? I've tried touch-up paint, but rust still forms...

On Thursday I heard on XM that on that date in 1972 the first handheld calculator was released. It cost $395. That's what, $600 in today's dollars? Today, 35 years later, you can get a calculator in a dollar store, and a good home computer for $600. Would anyone care to speculate on what...

I always use WinDVD to watch DVDs because the picture fills the entire screen. When I use Windows Media Player there's a blue inch-wide border around the picture. Is there a way to get Windows Media Player to fill the entire screen with no blue border?

It's getting increasingly easy for people to intercept your internet activity when you're on WiFi at truckstops, hotels and coffee shops. They can read your password when you log into your bank account, for example. Go here AnchorFree and download their free Hotspot Shield to protect yourself.

I've read about heated dipsticks in several articles, but when I search Yahoo and Google I can't find any for sale. It seems like a good idea- warm up the oil and then the cold engine will start easier. Do they exist? Do they work or are they a scam?

The new format of this site looks better than the old one, though I can't say I find it easier to use, or that I'll use the new features. Anyways, I'm wondering why you're using Greenwich Mean Time. I think I can safely say that 100% of the people using this site are in the US, Canada and...

If you don't use the Internet much I discovered a way you can get free access, and you don't even need a laptop. Public libraries have computers for people to use. Go to a library, tell them you're passing through town and ask if you can get on the Internet. Most will let you even though you...

Great news for Sprinter and Dodge van owners- join Business Link and you get 25% off parts bought from participating Dodge dealers--- Dodge For Business - BusinessLink&#174 - Business Vehicles, Commercial Fleet It should add up to hundreds of dollars in savings over the life of your...

The homepage of this site has a section called Top Headlines with links to 5 or 6 articles. Sometimes when I click one of the links the page that opens has the title of the article but no article. The one that does it today is "ENB: Express-1 says Mexico creating new driver opportunities." The...

I have an Optima Yellowtop battery to power my laptop and fridge so I don't have to idle. It's connected to the engine battery so the engine batt charges the Yellowtop while I drive. There's an isolator between the two batts so the engine batt doesn't get drained while I'm parked. I've had to...

I've been using a heavy chain with hooks on the ends to connect skids on my Sprinter to forklifts so the fork can pull the skids out. A problem is that a lot of skids don't have room underneath for the hook to go under. I was going to get one of the scissor-type pallet pullers like this...

Water leaks through the seams in my Sprinter's roof when it rains. I'm sure this is easily fixed with a sealant, so what type or brand of sealant is best? Do I apply it inside on the ceiling or outside on the roof?

I was on I10 near Beaumont when a truck in the right lane started merging left because of a trooper on the right shoulder. There was a string of cars in the left lane all tailgating each other and it was obvious they weren't going to let the truck merge, but the trucker was hellbent on getting...

I'm trying to figure out how I69 is being extended. There are signs saying 'Future I69 corridor' on the Pennyrile and Purchase Parkways in KY and on US51 in TN, so they must be extending 69 from Indy to Memphis. I assume they're going to build a new road from Indy to Evansville since there's no...

I just checked out Microsoft's program called Office, and the only feature I'd use is Excel's ability to make graphs and charts. It doesn't seem worth it to spend $200 on Office just to make graphs when I wouldn't use any of Excel's other features, and I also don't need PowerPoint, Outlook or...

I've been in this Sprinter for 3 years and I drove trucks OTR for 7 years before that, and I just learned about something very basic to diesel engines: glow plugs. I know practically nothing about engines (obviously), but I'm probably not the only one who never heard of glow plugs, so here's...

My 2004 Sprinter has 250K miles and I've never done a front-end alignment. Is it necessary? My tires are wearing perfectly evenly.

I just discovered Quicken and Microsoft's similar program called Money. Does anyone use either of these, and how do you like them? I compared them on their websites, and they look pretty much the same. The only big difference I could find is that Quicken lets you download account info from your...

If you need an oil change and you're near Lexington, KY, you may want to bypass Freedom Dodge. They charge $193, which is by far the highest I've paid. They charge $12/qt of synthetic oil. They were friendly and fast, and the rest of their work may be competitively priced, but I don't recommend...

I installed a game on my laptop, but when I try to play it I get this message: 'This application requires graphics driver support for OpenGL 1.3 or higher.' I searched all over the web, including OpenGL's website, but I can't figure out what I need to do. Help, please....