Turn oof Maint Reqd?

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On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:14:33 -1000, "LMO" <gcorlin RemoveThis @hawaii.rr.como>
wrote:

>Aloha all. I have a 2006 Scion xA (no Scion NG). I change my own oil.
>However, the Maint Reqd light comes on and stays on when the car decides it
>wants an oil change. Anyone know how to turn the light off?
>Thanks!

Take a few hours this weekend, go out and sit in the car in a shady
spot, and read the Owners Manual at least once all the way through.
You'll be amazed at the wealth of information contained in that little
book that you didn't know you needed to know till you learned it.

The answers to all the simple questions are in that book. The
difference between a steady and flashing Check Engine Light (that one
is very important), how to check the fluid levels and belts/hoses
under the hood every week and what to look for, setting the clock,
optional modes for the alarms or central door locking, how the
security codes on the radio work, where all the fuses are...

And of course how to reset that Maintenance Required light after
you've changed the oil.

If you plan to do your own car repairs and need to ask more complex
questions, go get the Factory Service Manual(s) for your car -
sometimes there's separate books for powertrain and body. They are
very expensive, but reliable information is worth it.

(The consumer aftermarket repair books from Chilton or Haynes are
crud by comparison, don't even bother. They're as often wrong as
right, and if you don't have the car repair experience to tell the
difference they can get you into very big trouble.)

"Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, and
he eats for a lifetime."

--<< Bruce >>--
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It's amazing the insight one can gather when he sits down to RTFM.
I found this out when I first had my Avalon. The windshield wipers
seemed to park rather high up on the glass, when they should have been
almost concealed by the slot at the rear of the hood. I almost got out the
wrenches to make the necessary changes when something told me to read the
book.
Yep, it comes out that there are TWO park positions for the wipers. One is
low and the other is as my wipers were, a few inches higher. I found that
it's for keeping the wipers up top in case of snow and sleet which could
keep them trapped in the slot.
The book told me to grasp a wiper firmly and push downward, parallel to the
windshield, and sure enough, there was a *thunk* and the wipers assumed
their lower position like magic. Ta-Daaaa!
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On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:55:53 -1000, ": P" <none RemoveThis @none.net> wrote:

Do NOT Post Binaries in a Non Binary Newsgroup. The administrators
get really annoyed about that.
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Yes, I have read the manual, but didn't memorize it. Yours was the only
reply that actually helped. Many thanks!

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"High Tech Misfit" <me DeleteThis @privacy.net> wrote in message
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> LMO wrote:
>
>> Aloha all. I have a 2006 Scion xA (no Scion NG). I change my own oil.
>> However, the Maint Reqd light comes on and stays on when the car decides
>> it
>> wants an oil change. Anyone know how to turn the light off?
>> Thanks!
>
> The instructions are in your manual.
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LMO wrote:

> Yes, I have read the manual, but didn't memorize it.

You don't necessarily have to memorize it. You just have to look again.

*rolls eyes*
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"Bruce L. Bergman" <blnospambergman.TakeThisOut@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:55:53 -1000, ": P" <none.TakeThisOut@none.net> wrote:
>
> Do NOT Post Binaries in a Non Binary Newsgroup. The administrators
> get really annoyed about that.
>
>
LOL, what administrators exactly?
Tomes
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:43:39 GMT, "Tomes" wrote:
>"Bruce L. Bergman" > wrote...
>> On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:55:53 -1000, ": P" wrote:

>> Do NOT Post Binaries in a Non Binary Newsgroup. The administrators
>> get really annoyed about that.
>
>LOL, what administrators exactly?

Point taken. Well, in Earthlink's case, they are the ones who want
to declare Usenet as totally useless and finally find a decent excuse
to discontinue it altogether. And "Wasting expensive bandwidth on
stealth binaries" is as good a lame excuse as any.

They haven't done anything positive on the "support" front for
several years, ever since they ran off Avleen Vig. You might not like
the answers he gave, but at least you got some answers.

--<< Bruce >>--
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:43:39 GMT, "Tomes" <askme DeleteThis @here.net> wrote:

>"Bruce L. Bergman" <blnospambergman DeleteThis @earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
>news:pug0935vssohm0f62rhquaqu9nmiv6091n@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:55:53 -1000, ": P" <none DeleteThis @none.net> wrote:
>>
>> Do NOT Post Binaries in a Non Binary Newsgroup. The administrators
>> get really annoyed about that.
>>
>>
>LOL, what administrators exactly?
>Tomes
>

LOL.....

--
Scott in Florida

There ought to be one day-- just one--
when there is open season on senators.

Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:31:08 GMT, Bruce L. Bergman
<blnospambergman DeleteThis @earthlink.invalid> wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:43:39 GMT, "Tomes" wrote:
>>"Bruce L. Bergman" > wrote...
>>> On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:55:53 -1000, ": P" wrote:
>
>>> Do NOT Post Binaries in a Non Binary Newsgroup. The administrators
>>> get really annoyed about that.
>>
>>LOL, what administrators exactly?
>
> Point taken. Well, in Earthlink's case, they are the ones who want
>to declare Usenet as totally useless and finally find a decent excuse
>to discontinue it altogether. And "Wasting expensive bandwidth on
>stealth binaries" is as good a lame excuse as any.
>
> They haven't done anything positive on the "support" front for
>several years, ever since they ran off Avleen Vig. You might not like
>the answers he gave, but at least you got some answers.
>
> --<< Bruce >>--

The best answer to Earthlink....is to leave.

--
Scott in Florida

There ought to be one day-- just one--
when there is open season on senators.

Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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"Scott in Florida" ...
> Bruce L. Bergman:
>>"Tomes" :
>>>"Bruce L. Bergman" ...
>>>> Do NOT Post Binaries in a Non Binary Newsgroup. The administrators
>>>> get really annoyed about that.
>>>
>>>LOL, what administrators exactly?
>>
>> Point taken. Well, in Earthlink's case, they are the ones who want
>>to declare Usenet as totally useless and finally find a decent excuse
>>to discontinue it altogether. And "Wasting expensive bandwidth on
>>stealth binaries" is as good a lame excuse as any.
>>
>> They haven't done anything positive on the "support" front for
>>several years, ever since they ran off Avleen Vig. You might not like
>>the answers he gave, but at least you got some answers.
>>
> The best answer to Earthlink....is to leave.
>
Actually, I am using earthlink for this and I saw the binary in this
'non-binary' group. I suppose my position here is that binary groups are
in name only, and any binary posted in any group _that I get_ will be seen
by me, and that is fine by me.
Tomes
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"Tomes" <askme.RemoveThis@here.net> wrote in message
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> "Scott in Florida" ...
>> Bruce L. Bergman:
>>>"Tomes" :
>>>>"Bruce L. Bergman" ...
>>>>> Do NOT Post Binaries in a Non Binary Newsgroup. The administrators
>>>>> get really annoyed about that.
>>>>
>>>>LOL, what administrators exactly?
>>>
>>> Point taken. Well, in Earthlink's case, they are the ones who want
>>>to declare Usenet as totally useless and finally find a decent excuse
>>>to discontinue it altogether. And "Wasting expensive bandwidth on
>>>stealth binaries" is as good a lame excuse as any.
>>>
>>> They haven't done anything positive on the "support" front for
>>>several years, ever since they ran off Avleen Vig. You might not like
>>>the answers he gave, but at least you got some answers.
>>>
>> The best answer to Earthlink....is to leave.
>>
> Actually, I am using earthlink for this and I saw the binary in this
> 'non-binary' group. I suppose my position here is that binary groups are
> in name only, and any binary posted in any group _that I get_ will be seen
> by me, and that is fine by me.
> Tomes
>

Agreed, this is 2007 and there is both sufficient bandwidth and cheap
storage capacity to handle binaries in ANY ng.
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"Tomes" wrote:
>"Scott in Florida" ...
>> Bruce L. Bergman:
>>>"Tomes" :
>>>>"Bruce L. Bergman" ...

>>>>> Do NOT Post Binaries in a Non Binary Newsgroup. The administrators
>>>>> get really annoyed about that.
>>>>
>>>>LOL, what administrators exactly?
>>>
>>> Point taken. Well, in Earthlink's case, they are the ones who want
>>>to declare Usenet as totally useless and finally find a decent excuse
>>>to discontinue it altogether. And "Wasting expensive bandwidth on
>>>stealth binaries" is as good a lame excuse as any.
>>>
>>> They haven't done anything positive on the "support" front for
>>>several years, ever since they ran off Avleen Vig. You might not like
>>>the answers he gave, but at least you got some answers.
>>>
>> The best answer to Earthlink....is to leave.
>>
>Actually, I am using earthlink for this and I saw the binary in this
>'non-binary' group. I suppose my position here is that binary groups are
>in name only, and any binary posted in any group _that I get_ will be seen
>by me, and that is fine by me.

The problem is not in reading them, but in sending them. You did
nothing wrong, Tomes, it was Mr. " " that posted the file.

History Lesson time...

Usenet has been around since the 60's, long before Al Gore invented
Webpages - when the Internet was text-only, and only available to the
scientific and educational communities. Back when even the mainframes
were restricted to cross-country dial-up connections to transfer mail
and messages, and they rationed bandwidth rather tightly - any
unnecessary waste would get you in trouble, or even get your account
cancelled.

Usenet is old enough for those traditions and "Netiquette" to be
forgotten by the newer generations of users.

Even though the post was On Topic and relevant, it was also roughly
112 KB in a text group - nowadays that's nothing, but on 300-baud or
1200-baud dial-up you would have chewed up a lot of long-distance
phone call time passing the message across the country in several
hops, and the people who paid all those phone bills would be peeved.

You are supposed to post files like that in a binaries group and
point everyone over there to get it - in the old days they segregated
that traffic, and instead of being passed along on the expensive
dial-up connection it took the slow boat - "Snail Net" - they got
recorded onto open-reel magnetic tape, perforated paper tape or
punchcards and mailed to the destination.

Nowadays, they want binaries segregated so they can decide how much
bandwidth and disk space they want to dedicate to text groups versus
binaries groups.

Where the real crime is, is at the Earthlink HQ - when people do
post binaries in the correct newsgroups for them, the odds of all the
parts being received complete, and soon enough to download them before
the first parts start expiring and vanishing, is rather slim...

And yet, they waste hundreds of Gigabytes a day of bandwidth and
several Terabytes of hard drive space receiving and filing away those
incomplete parts and pieces of files that nobody can make use of.

I haven't seen a complete large binary (that isn't Spam) in months.

--<< Bruce >>--
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