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Sounds as though you have a lot more disposable income for vehicles than I do. Make no mistake the Model 3 is not a luxury car nor does it pretend to be. I saw some used/older model S on the lot and that seems to be where Tesla pretends to be luxury. It will be a giant upgrade from the '96...

Does experience lead you to this conclusion?

I want something I can drive into my shop/garage, plug in and the charge % be whatever I set it by morning and never fill up at a gas station again. Not many gas cars can go 0-60 in 3.2 seconds but that's not really what I'm looking for. The convenience of plugging in and not visiting a gas...

Rockauto seems to have a robust selection of aftermarket parts-- the normal stuff like brake pads, suspension bits seem to be there. I probably need to hop on a Tesla forum to get specifics on what parts fit the Performance model I'm considering. Couldn't find a spark plug on there for the...

I had a 2000 Bonneville SSEi with the 4T65E-HD. I installed the trans-go kit when I bought it (130K) and it made a noticeable improvement in overall shift quality/firmness, but I've never heard of the Transgo fixing a 1-2 shift problem on these. Toward the end when I sold it (170K-ish) I could...

Good point. I work in Louisville so it would be an inconvenience but not a deal breaker.

Talk me into it or out of it, your choice, but please explain why and refrain from political commentary. I'm considering this purchase purely out of a "what does a vehicle need to do for me" perspective; politics and tree hugging simply aren't a factor here. Test drove one with 65K at a local...

Are you bored?

With all due respect, this isn't a fluid related failure/problem- the old fluid was in decent condition. Remember it's a hydraulic fluid after all, nothing magical going on with the fluid. Replaced 4-1/2 qts of fluid (about 1/3 capacity) with no change. I have no interest in wasting the guy's...

Dex III variant. Given the condition of the old fluid, I doubt this is fluid related and I don't want to waste the guy's money.

Helping a co-worker out with an old '02 Grand Prix SE 3.1L, 210K miles. He bought the car for $700 and his complaint is 1st to 2nd gear is slow or non-existent at times (especially when cold). He brought it to me to put on the lift and look it over thoroughly. Not a bad car for what he paid--...

My neighbor text me asking if I had a battery tester. His mower won't start. He bought the mower 3 years ago and tells me he's had to replace the battery every spring at $70 a pop from Lowes because it's where he bought the mower. He haggles with them every year about it and sometimes...

Did you load it somewhat under break in? I have a cheapo Chinese engine in my Westinghouse WGen9500 similar to yours and no issues with it burning oil. For the first 5-10 hours during "break-in" I made an attempt to apply varying loads to it. When the power went out for 3 days it handled...

Sorry I can't help, but curious to know this answer as well. The first diesel engine on my pressure washer went belly up at under 10 hours. Under load it would belch thick black smoke that would cover the car I was trying to wash in soot. I never did diagnose it, I just threw another one in...

Many thanks for the explanation, make perfect sense. I believe emissions regulations is what partially killed the manual transmission, for reasons described above. Certifying another drivetrain type costs a ton of money, and then some engineering team was forced to cobble up programming to...

By rev hang, are you talking about the artificial "rev matching" employed on some newer cars? I've never experienced it as the last manual vehicles I drove were before nannies / electronic throttle control became common.

I assume you're referring to VW / german cars that populate the track? What if one never visits a track? I'm pretty certain that won't interest the wife. I lived in Colo Spgs. for most of my life, how does 6K altitude make it the toughest track in the country? N/A suffer terribly...

I was curious, after a quick search it seems KY requires trailer brakes >3000# gross trailer weight, no brake requirement for passenger car / lightweight trailers other than the combined vehicle is required to stop within a certain distance.

Good point but for what I've always used this trailer for, I'm weighed in and weighed out, so an easy math problem using published vehicle curb weight (about 4500lbs, add some for driver/safety margin) against empty & loaded trailer. When I mentioned prior loads upward of 3K, that's the...

Is this common in normal use or in overheating conditions?