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Yes, I've been through a few of each. All of these had lots of highway & mountain miles and were dealer maintained while under...

Broke/Burned up MANY transmissions in my younger days, Learned to build transmissions because of it :). I broke four 200-4R's in 6...

My 2012 is consistently about 1 MPG optimistic, so it reports 15.9 when actual is 14.9. My '06 of the same vehicle was usually within a...

It is fairly difficult to get to the drain plug on my cars. Once I am there, the filter is right next to it, so I change it every time...

I installed blue silicone coolant hoses on my G35 a couple years ago - thinking that would be the first and last time I would ever have...

You should change the oil for your girlfriend.

The risk is that there is a bigger speed mismatch that the synchros have to deal with to get into the higher gear, which will likely...

Is it a bit harder on the synchros if you shift fast between gears on the same shaft? Like 1 to 3 to 5? I guess in general if you are...

I was trying to remember if it was paper towels or fabric towels that were not to be used due to fibers or threads getting in the works.

No dishwasher?

A coworker of mine said his Nissan Versa was the best car he ever had until he sold it and bought a new Prius. He said all he had to do...

I've never had to replace a heater core (knock on wood). My current cars have 220K, 170K, and 70K miles. I usually keep them to around...

Or just s straight up casting flaw that waited a while to show itself. I'll bet that thing sounded straight up awful for a bit before...

307 Oldsmobile with roller cam and 7A heads and a 2004R overdrive trans. I have 270k miles on that transmission in my 84. The 307 is...