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That late 90’s, mid 2000’s does seem to be when engineers ran buck wild and bean counters were ok with it. We bought a 10 yo LS430 in 2016 and it turned into a self fulfilled prophecy. Virtually nothing broke in the last 8.5 years and the car will be 20 in 2 mos. And what did break is exactly...

Well on our 2011 Enclave the consumption was always north of what was actually consumed, so everything is thrown off by that. A Traverse at least in 2011 was the same vehicle. OP’s vehicle holding 19.2 tells me it’s not the same vehicle as ours had a 22 gal tank. Maybe that’s the new 4 cyl one

Are you asking how they are calculating consumption, or average? Average is simply distance traveled divided by fuel consumed. I don’t know about our upcoming GM, but out 2011 Enclave was always showing way more fuel consumed than in reality. My buddy said same with his 2008 Navigator. My...

The vehicle cannot predict the future. Are you going to get on the highway, or be stuck in traffic, for the remaining fuel? No different than when you go into a casino, and the roulette wheel has some sort of display showing what previous spins were. Why not just ignore range? Imho maybe the...

What's the rotor on top, it has a black hat and x-hatching, but the one on the vehicle does not...the rusty rotor has huge lips, even with thick pads likely affects stopping imho, can see the impression on the top pad where it's cutting the pad

Or just start collecting Phil Collins' albums

Was behind one yesterday, looked very nice 👍

In late 2019 we were always getting new cars through work. I got a Maxima with 8 miles and my coworker got an Equinox like that. I truly felt as if I were a new car buyer picking up the Maxima. I treated the car as if it were mine. Did it matter, likely no. But it wasn’t going to be me with...

If anyone has a mid life crisis and has 7 kids, the 9 passenger Tahoe is for you! (Never knew such a configuration existed, apparently only with the LS)

With work have always been Emerald Club which is a code name for “free for all.” People elbowing one another off the shuttle to get the best cars. One time a Lincoln was parked in the wrong section so I took it. Was no issue which made me wonder, what if a regular member goes to the Executive...

Btw I took these pics at a Chevy dealer yesterday as I’m into brakes. The GM OE rotors are baked in a process called Ferretic Nitro-Carburizing. I noticed it when I installed new rotors on the Enclave in 2018. The rotors have the appearance that German cars do. They look grayish white when...

My dad was an engineer who did work on his own cars but had zero interest in cars. Not uncommon for our parents’ gen. I broke his fuel line on a Buick 350 4 bbl and like David Copperfield he got some tubing, flared it, and bent it into the correct shape in time to watch All in the Family. He...

One thing I forgot to mention is Asian and American (and now German) have a routine habit of pad slapping a brake job. When this is done, the lips grow ever so larger. Pad slapping is a mostly sensible trade off but it isn’t the same as pads and rotors together. I’m of the camp rotors don’t...

No, just single….but ours will 😂. What I genuinely like about Chevy (and GMC) the tips are real. On Caddy imho the exhaust looks cheesy, rectangles on the bumper (Pic from web). Fake and how ours will look

I bought the 2006 LS430 used from Buick GMC. As part of the sale they redid the front brakes with Toyota OE (gave me all the boxes). The rears I did myself with premium Centrics (look identical except black, not gray hats). Maybe now 65k later, slight pulsation. But it’s not warping. It’s...

Always stop and look when we pass a Chevy dealer. 1 Tahoe here, no Suburbans. Base LS with bench seating (not a bad idea). Dealers always seem to add optional $2200+ rims where I guess the potential buyer will have to pay…illustrates how duals are fake. LS L84 has a single outlet on right...

Yes! Not really sure if switching off the fuel switch really does anything.

I’m glad someone is thinking along the same lines as I am! There is room and it’s not packed to the ceilings. This is a solvable problem. I have a lot of stuff too, but our house is tiny, making things far worse. I don’t see it happening but sometimes I dream of going buck wild and moving...

This doesn’t look bad at all! Sure there’s a lot of stuff, but would seem totally doable to get it in order. Seriously…

takes only 12 oz....