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    2026 Jeep Recon

    I see another Stellantis EV and this review of the EV charger and incident with a Jeep SUV immediately come to mind. A little surprisingly considering the rumors that manufacturers send out stuff that’s been gone through thoroughly for press vehicles to avoid embarrassment.
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    Valvoline Restore and Protect

    We did not, thankfully the oil pan didn’t leak until this mileage. The classic Schrodinger’s oil efficacy in that regard, maybe it helped and maybe it didn’t . But I also don’t make a claim of any change; just a visual condition and what preceded it.
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    Valvoline Restore and Protect

    Bottom end of my wife’s Mazda 3 2.5 on its 4th round of Restore and Protect with 148,690 miles.
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    Valvoline 4T 10w40 6-pk Amazon

    I’ve go the 20w50 flavor in my 14’ Superduke right now, bike seems to like it and the transmission feels smooth. Downside is the timing chain noise is more pronounced after the change over from running Castrol for years. Doubt it’s damaging, just how it sounds now but it draws my attention.
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    First time learning how to ride motorcycle

    OP, you’re curious about motorcycles but don’t expand on why and where very much; do you want to roll up to bike nights with Molly Hatchet blaring? Head to the mountains and enjoy the feeling of setting up a corner and perfectly executing it? Have a fun run around to take to dinner on Fridays...
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    Interesting GM 2.7 Turbomax failure and tear down

    Eric never claims to be an expert tech, his business is finding what is usable and selling it for a profit; he throws some comedic moments in for the audience as mentioned. I watch the channel a decent amount, not because I wait for a “who done it” moment of failure; more because I enjoy...
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    Any BITOGERs grow up in an era of this mentality

    The football slant makes me think of the great one liner from John McKay when coaching the Bucs; when asked by a reporter “What do you think of your teams execution coach?”, his reply was “I’m in favor of it”. If we sugar coat now, that was coated in 20 grit sandpaper and ghost peppers.
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    Apple IOS 26

    I like the look, but a few gripes. In notes the cursor goes to the bottom of the screen but the page doesn’t scroll up; so you can’t see what you’re typing for errors. Not a fan of the block of space at the bottom of safari either. Not a huge fan of the picture library, I’ve defaulted to using...
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    What is responsible for making a GDI engine prone to sludge engine oil more than a port injected engine?

    Since the Nissan 5.6 is mentioned in here, scoped mine today during an oil change; didn’t expect to see a coating of sludge but just the same since it was mentioned felt like taking a look. This is at 32,533 miles getting Mobil 1 Extended Performance 0w20 for a couple oil changes and then...
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    iOS Maintenance Logging App

    +1 on this, easy to use and on a common platform for most people. I do use Fuelly for mileage tracking
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    Looks like my Hummingbirds have vamoosed.

    almost non stop feeding north of ATL lately, they’ve been hungry all summer but there does appear to be some new visitors showing up.
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    A shot of my speedo on the Autobahn today

    Nissan gets some hate on BITOG but I’ve owned three with either a V6 (4.0 Frontier and 3.7L QX50) or a V8 (23’ Titan); and they’ve all been good engines that performed well for me. The 5.6 as you’ve noticed likes to pull and pull, nice and smooth while doing so.
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    Wix 57055 C&P "Disappointment"

    This, they never look great from above. I like to plug in my borescope with the side angle camera and check on mine before throwing them on. What looks possibly rough from above is normally not bad when you are perpendicular to the surface.
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    New-ish Maytag washing machine from 2018 is already dead

    This has been my experience with our Samsung front loader, bought around 2013 as a scratch and dent at Lowes after my local laundromat became too problematic. I've replaced the door seal twice and the counter weight once; it is making an intermittent squeak during washing now so I need to take...
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    2015 Mazda 3 Aftermarket Apple Car Play Unit Advice

    Did this route for my wife's 18' 3 Touring, has worked perfectly for a number of years. Not sure if there are any differences for your 15' though.
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