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I'm thinking about getting a pickup for light-duty hauling of stuff around town. I'll probably need it for a year or two, but might keep it longer if it can do 400 mile round trips without worrying me too much. Don't need 4 wheel drive or a crew cab or anything fancy. I usually do my own auto...

ok, this might be a little whacky, but bear with me. I have an 89 325i that has the royal blue metalic paint. When I got it, it had that scratchy dull paint look on the hood and top of the car, which I tried buffing out (porter cable orbital with 3m fine cut, followed by glaze then wax). This...

I think I'm seeing about 4% increase in gasoline mileage using Fuel Power. Is this possible or am I suffering from the placebo effect? Background I have used fuel power now for about 500 miles and it has either completely cleared up my pinging problem or is very close to completing the task...

If a auto manufacturer specifies that a 20 straight-weight, dino oil is satisfactory for an engine up to 50F, what can you infer from this guidance? To me, this means that 20 weight oil is fine, regardless of ambient temperature, as long as the oil temperature stays below a certain maximum...

Food for thought? Many have mentioned that on our UOA's thick oils show higher wear numbers. It is likely that this observation is correct; however, it does not necessarily follow that additional engine wear has occurred. The argument: We know that the wear metals we observe in UOAs have been...

On the AutoRX web page, it states that it is important to change the filter at the beginning of the treatment to avoid "pressure leaks", but it doesn't really elaborate on this. I can guess what a pressure leak is, but where is it most likely to occur, and what bad things are happening when this...