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Originally Posted By: BrianWC I must say, I get the same vibe in my Honda dealership. But the funny thing is...anytime you ask THEM a technical question, they have no clue what you are talking about. the service 'advisors' are useless. the parts dept., however, is usually much better at...

haven't been in a GM dealership in years. Honda, however, is interesting. I took in the Ridgeline for type A/B, or something service, and the smug little XSDK just asked for my keys and told me to sit down. I, how dare I, asked him what exactly they were doing. It basically came to replace...

Originally Posted By: Barkleymut With gas at $4/gallon here, I am looking to stretch every gallon out as far as it can go. So here is my situation. My daily driver is a 2007 Mustang GT (4.6L 300HP tons of torque) so obviously getting up to speed isn't a problem. I do a lot of hwy driving and...

what's the point of this? if you throw enough money at it, anything will go to a million miles.

Originally Posted By: LarryL If you tell a Ridgeline owner his ride is ugly, you might get slapped. no, not too many who think it's a beauty queen. My 04 F150 was better looking than my Ridgeline, no contest. However, just because I need a work truck doesn't mean I have to be slumming it in...

Originally Posted By: MrCritical An impact to a bumper where sensors are mounted is a perfectly legitimate reason to deny warranty coverage. The sensors aren't made to take a shock, only to sit there. The warranty will also not cover the paint that peels from the bumper that was impacted. If...

the backup sensors stopped working a good 2-3 months AFTER she backed into my car. her bumper has two indentations from my licence plate bolts, no visible damage anywhere near the sensors. my issue is where is the line drawn on this stuff. how about if the bumper had the usual scuffs/scrapes...

My lovely wife reversed her Entourage into my car on our driveway and put two nice licence plate bolt intentations into her rear bumper. about two months later, the backup sensors started working intermittently. I took it in to the dealer and a lovely man there said this bumpers been hit, it's...

I told my wife to pick between an odyysey, sienna and an entourage. she chose the Hyundai. she's happy, so I'm happy.

it should.

I gave my legend 4dr to my father. it was/is spotless too. the car is overengineered the same way older mercedez benzes were. my father has absolutely no intention of getting rid of it as the car still drives wonderfully, the interior is extremely comfortable and the styling, to me, is...

Originally Posted By: Dohc98vteC I have a 98 Prelude but miss the new car smell. Here is what I am considering, 08' Civic Si or GTI. After reading the Car & Driver Long term 40k test of the GTI, I was surprised at all the little things that went wrong, so I am not sure if i can go from a...

Originally Posted By: 97tbird one of my wife's friends had narrowed down her car choices for a long time, and finally pulled the trigger on a MB CLK convertible (the v-6) ....her other contender was Infinity M-45... Now she's wondering if she made the right choice... what do you guys think...

my wife owned this exact car when we met in 98. 97 corolla 1.6 /3spd. auto. it also had air cond. and a radio with 2 speakers. no airbags. the differential was replaced twice under warranty and it still made strange whines. it drove like a third world taxicab. I hated it. we did an even trade...

before this degenerates into a 'well, a real truck.....' discussion, is there anyone that can identify the differences between "A COIL SPRUNG REAR SUSPENSION VS COIL OVER REAR SUSPENSION"