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The Hankook Kinergy line. Not a tire for at the limit use, but one of the best on a per dollar basis for "normie," relaxed rivers. And made in their new Tennessee factory https://www.discounttiredirect.com/buy-tires/hankook-kinergy-st-h735/p/44152

The IIHS essentially uses an algorithm to determine the Top Safety Picks: >X crash test results + ABC safety equipment. The actual formula probably is buried somewhere on their website. The knee jerk guess is that the Palisade is lacking some feature that the Telluride has as standard, or...

FYI, the UOA says that the CX'-50's sump = 5 qt. it's actually 5.75 qt if you ever DIY drain the sump on a ramp, you probably will pull out a bit more oil than what the reference sources say (4.75 qt) ...

Coastal California: San Diego all the way up to Carmel (you did say money was no object, lol) Distant second, stay in my neighborhood but buy 2-6 continuous lots to create some excess green space around a brand new house. Distant third, coastal Florida along the A1A highway cuz the kids love...

Also the random "Normie" conceptualizes a car's price as monthly payment, so a car's sticker price is like white noise. people comparison-shop on monthly payment. And not defending or praising Carmax, but so many dealers add line-item surcharges that the difference between Carmax (and their...

Bias against: consumer brands Bias for: store brands...Kirkland, Trader Joe's, Great Value, Target, etc (most of the time) After having seen how much HQ bloat and production outsourcing is at many mega, brand name, consumer products companies. wife gets annoyed by it.....then I point out...

Everyone's taste in music stinks, except mine!

imo, the only problematic thing with the CX5 are the OEM Yokohama tires----they are 280 AA rated. once you get past 15,000 miles, they don't like to be pushed to the limit.....especially in wet, icy, snowy weather. If you have those tires, take it easy in bad weather until you get a feel for...

I would be happy to be the "House" and offer a lifetime engine warranty on every used car that I sell that strands you with the following exclusions: leaks-gaskets, electrical (alternator, starter, etc), coolant system, and you must have receipts for oil change every 7,000 months or 6 months...

So nearly all of the automated car washes in my neck of the woods are pushing unlimited monthly wash subscriptions----ie, raising the price of an individual wash so that a monthly plan is cheaper so long as you wash your car >=3x a month. Being that it's salt season, I signed up and wash...

Unless OP has a special attachment for the car, you're better off putting that $500 into buying another car with a more reliable reputation. YMMV.

Bargain overlapping with quality and ease for repairs = Buick Lucerne..the 3800 engine. unless you are lucky, you won't get as low as $3000 but Lucerne offers the best bang for the buck I don-t see any around me anymore. Just as Doordash drivers snatch up all the affordable Priuses, I presume...

for anyone curious, here is a video on showing the oil when you change your oil 2x in one day + an unscientific experiment. (obviously not a shocker as an oil change doesn't 100% drain the system---not advocating a flush though. might as well just change the oil every 3,000 miles instead).

for those not familiar w/mixing viscosity... for OP's case: 0w16 m1 afe = 7.6 cst @ 100 C 0w40 m1 Euro = 13.8 5w30 m1 black label = 10.8 using the vscosity calculator: https://olezol.com/mixing-blend-viscosity-calculator 50% 0w16 and 50% 0w40 = 10.15 30 weight starts at 9.3 and goes to...

here is a map of pipelines... 1st place to look is the refineries that feed into your area. https://www.api.org/oil-and-natural-gas/wells-to-consumer/transporting-oil-natural-gas/pipeline/where-are-the-pipelines

go find a viscosity calculator, like https://olezol.com/mixing-blend-viscosity-calculator Brute force how much 0w40 you need to make it the viscosity you want when mixed with the 0w16. then go buy that amount of 0w40 Mobil 1, double check that it is SP and not old SN+

The right price cures any set of nitpicks. And while the Malibu would not be my first recommendation, I would have no qualms abput recommending it if the spread between a Malibu and Accord was wide enough (or buyer had a strict budget). you can get a Malibu for ~$1000 more than a Civic...

In my opinion, used hybrids are overpriced. And unless you drive >20,000 miles a year and/or live in a extreme-gas-tax state, the payback period for all hybrids is too long/not worth it unless you throw in other factors like brake pads lasting longer, Toyota's hybrid CVT, etc. That said---used...

consider yourself lucky, rented a Dodge Challenger for a day---clearly needed a new front axle w/only 30,000 miles.

unfortunately as a normie, I don't have access to data re. failure rates like a warranty company or GM-Toyota-Mazda HQ. so pretty much it's a half-arse, educated guess based on gut... The CX5's transmission ( FW6AX-EL ) been in production for 10+ years. And on any random youtube video or...