Recent content by svtrit

The paint. Clarifying for the individual who always asks if a Rogue is white.

I love them. My dad had a 78 Stepside D100 he put LRE pipes on. Sadly, I totaled it in 1993 at the age of 16.

I got a jug of Valvoline Max-life 5w-20 on sale at Menards for $19.97. Good thing I did, as my daughter stopped in for the "Hey dad....i need an oil change..." I should have bought 2 I guess.

We have a fleet of 15 F150’s. They are a mix of Eco and PowerBoost. We are required to change the oil at 7500 miles or 20% on the OLM. Most are an annual change as we use them from May to August and they sit the rest of the year. Mine sees 2 changes at 7500ish miles each year. The oil is the...

Bummer you couldn’t approach the new owner and offer him 100x what he paid. Win win for both of you.

My son traded his ZX2 Escort shortly after something fell off while driving down the interstate.

We all could probably go a couple thousand miles longer on a OCI and our engine would never notice. I say that as someone who's stomach hurts if I go past 5000 miles, especially in my Sienna, where the oil level grows in the winter time.

My 2016 had 106,000 miles when I bought it. I gave it its first CVT fluid change, which wasn’t bad since it had been a pharmaceutical rep car and had the miles put on in 2 years. The 100 miles a day is what is saving her. The 2016 went 150k miles until t-boned by a meth head while it was...

I wish the range was better on those. I really wanted one, but got a new Sienna instead.

I used to see FF creep from the door seams in my 2 Camrys in the summer time. The doors would look wet and dusty on the lower edge. The 2000 Camry ended up rusting badly on the roof at the windshield like a beach car. Looked great underneath though.

My oldest son has a 2018 that has had no issues and he does OK maintenance. He is blowing me off about the CVT fluid change, which I have offered to do many times. It's grey. My Sister in Law has a 2016-2018 model that gets minimal maintenance and also has no issues. It's grey. My son that...

Everyone should move from their hometown for a couple years. Doing so introduces you to new things and helps you grow up even more. Living in CA was one of the best things this IL born kid ever did. It set the stage for the wonderful life I now have in IA, and gave me appreciation for the...

I sold my mint 2019 Rogue to my son. It isn’t mint anymore, but I’m glad it’s being used. They are really great cars. It’s a shame they got a bad reputation.

Detail Geek has quite a few nasty clean up detail videos where the kids are to blame. As bad as the cars are, the kids are not the ones to blame.

My Sienna is fantastic, but I am used to Chrysler “quality.” It does have an issue with the rear hatch striker that just popped up that I will have corrected during the 10k mile free service in a month or so. It seems to be a common issue. I don’t blame Canadians for crappy build quality of...