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Beware of LED lights, unbelievable.

I posted a list of IIHS top safety picks here yesterday. 27 vehicles from different manufacturers made it onto the list, none of them however, were Toyota's. Toyota was not happy about this and issued a statement calling the IIHS statement that Toyota was shutout "extreme and misleading". Seems...

For 2010 there are 27 winners of the IIHS Top Safety Pick. Testing has gotten tougher with the top vehicles having to do well in front, side, rear and now rollover protection testing. Here's the list: Large cars Buick LaCrosse Ford Taurus Lincoln MKS Volvo S80 Midsize cars Audi A3 Chevrolet...

Here's the latest UOA for the car, looks good I think. This was with a Mobil 1 M209 filter. I usually use a Wix or Napa Gold filter but wally world had these on sale for $5 ea. so I bought several. This is the first time I've used Valvoline Synpower in this car, it's been Mobil 1 since the first...

This is the 3rd UOA on the car taken at 105885 miles. It used 1/2 pint of oil over this interval and a wix 51348 oil filter. It also got a new timing belt, water pump, thermostat and coolant replaced at the same time. I'm noticing longer times to reach normal operating temp now, not good, I may...

This is the 2nd UOA on this car, the first one about 3 months ago is here. It's used M1 10w30 since the first oil change but for this sample PP was used since it was on sale. Oil filter was a Wix 51348. I've read here about high Fe readings when using M1 but the Neon seems to have done ok on...

Hello all, I've owned this car since new and I've never done a UOA till now, I only learned where to get them done recently by info learned here. On the car: I bought it to use as a commuter for work and I've been very happy with it, 0 problems and fun to drive. I have used Mobil 1 since...

Hello everyone new guy here. Been lurking for a long time and finally decided to join. A little about myself; I fix airplanes for a living although years before I started working on airplanes I used to be an auto mechanic, I still like fooling around with cars for fun. I drive a 2004 Neon...