Jules wrote:
Is there a (US-centric*) equivalent to alt.home.repair for car
maintenance questions? Didn't seem appropriate to post here, but all
the alt
car groups I can see seem to be nearly all spam, suggesting
that the real car questions are all on a ng that I haven't found yet
:-)

* something akin to uk.rec.cars.maintenance, but for US models...

I've had good luck with alt.autos.dodge for my caravan.