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Is there an aftermarket upgraded head gasket available for the 1.5 ecoboost? I know that the issue is with the coolant passage between cylinders machined into the block, but if an upgraded head gasket were available it might mitigate this design issue somewhat.

Scam alert! The only person I would ask about an airbag recall is the dealership's service advisor.

Never know, might make it to 1,000,000. Are you an Uber driver or such?

0.75 quart is quite a bit in 3650 miles on an engine with only 28000 miles. I would use Valvoline R&P for several OCI’s. It’s the simplest thing to try, and there’s a good chance it will clean up the rings and lower oil consumption.

The Noco genius 2 went haywire a couple of weeks ago, wouldn’t charge any of our four car batteries. It would alternate between charging and then displaying the bad battery/connection symbol. I’ve had it for approximately 5 years, so not a big loss if I just toss it. The Optimate and...

Family farms in our area have mostly all been bought up by large corporate farm companies. Some of the biggest land owners now are pension funds that rent land to these large corporate operations. In my 38 year career in construction I went from having meetings over coffee with farmers at their...

At 61.5 it’s my knees and back that let me know they’re not happy for a day or two after I’ve done an afternoon of under the hood car maintenance activities. Still enjoyable and worthwhile for me though, hopefully I won’t have to give it up for for a long time.

Seems like a poor business strategy on the restaurant’s part. Unnecessarily irritate most of their customers to make a few feel special about the car they are driving.

True, 60k is better than never, and good enough if the vehicle will be sold at lower mileage. A 30k interval is worthwhile if the intention is to get as many miles as possible from the vehicle.

A service interval which is not intended to achieve maximum service life from that transmission.

M104, Did you replace that front wheel bearing which had noticeable play after tightening? I would suspect that bearing with the steering wheel shake you described. Also, you could try a new set of Michelins and keep your current tires. If the vibration remains you now have two sets of tires...

The trans fluid itself will still be fine, but how much break-material is it carrying in suspension? If it’s an easy to do simple drain and fill, I would. But it’s a pain because no dipstick, difficult to fill side port, trans fluid temp critical to an accurate level etc. then I would be...

Most people who want to buy a house, raise a family, and hopefully retire someday can’t afford to trade in vehicles every three years so that they are always within warranty. Which really is what GM and other manufacture are striving for.

Sister in law recently bought a ‘25 CrossTrek. I was chauffeur for my wife and her in her new car for a couple hour road trip. Road noise and power are ok but not great. It did feel well built, and has decent interior room.

Watched the video, it’s a shame that long term reliability is near the bottom of a long list of priorities, by design. GM (and others I’m sure) are very cynical towards their paying customers.