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vw’s recommended 10k mile oci is looking a bit optimistic here eh?

thanks very much chevybowtiedude! i have been looking at possible replacements for my 2013 vw passat s…”just in case” and because i like to look. i would prefer another passat, but like you and your late, lamented ford taurus, the passat is out of production and cpo prices are uncompetitive.

please tell us your driving experience with your 2023 chevy equinox lt. how does it do for you around town and on the highway? thanks!

detour north to see mount rushmore in sd, watching the hitchcock classic “north by northwest” first and stopping at wall’s drugs on the way.

realtors and car salespeople. granite countertops and infotainment systems. ugh.

what’s not to like about a $20, 3000 mile, sp-spec oil & filter change, with a courtesy inspection? it’s a simple matter to walk over to the service counter to learn the exact oil being used. any upsell, except for wiper blades, will covered by warranty. heck i would bring non-kia vehicles in...

im very happy with my 2013 2.5 passat, but always enjoy looking as it has 112k reliable miles on it but wont last forever. i leisurely test drove a 2019 1.4t jetta, nice except seemed to me that it ran out of steam at highway passing speeds. how is the 2022-23 1.5t in the jetta? in a way...

uh no, see my above post.

my brother is looking at buick encore gx, but only the awd model to get the slightly bigger 1.3 engine and 9sp conventional a.t. thoughts on this or its chevy trailblazer sibling?

some favorite signs from southeast asia…

i much rather have french, a constitutionally-derived, legislature-approved official second language, which accommodates a native-born citizenry with 400 years of lawful and rightful presence, than being forced to “press 2” to pander, without our legislative assent, as we must do south of the...

my younger son got a cpo 2020 vw tiguan s fwd in july 2022 for $25k. it’s been totally fine in the n.e. for its first 10k miles with him. last month i drove it with him to texas. the tiguan hit 38mpg on the long flat stretches of alabama at 70mph. he likes it better than his previous mazda cx5.

as much as i enjoy my 2014 base yaris, which is simple, sprightly and surprisingly roomy, i specifically and purposely mentioned just the toyota yaris cross and yaris gr sport variants. https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/toyota/yaris-cross https://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/toyota/gr-yaris

my 2013 passat with the 2.5 easily achieves 25mpg suburbs and 36mpg highway…nothing shabby about these numbers.

couldn’t happen to more deserving folks.

toyota alone offers lots of small, pleasant, safe, clean, cars and suvs, all built to a high standard, in southeast asia: rush, avanza, veloz, yaris cross, yaris gr sport, agya… ultimately u.s. automotive emissions and safety laws are a racket whose beneficiary isn’t the american consumer.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good

while usefully discussing 22lr firearms, please also consider the ammunition. i shoot alot of rimfire, mostly 22lr. it seems to me that 22lr quality took a hit from the wuhan flu. i’m a frugal guy but now i only buy cci rimfire ammo, aguila in a pinch. in the past six weeks i’ve shot 5000+...

vw’s 2.5 five cylinder engine is great. only god knows why vw dumped it.