Parents have an '11 bought new. I think it's close to 70K mileage wise now. Replacing the liftgate struts and its about due for rear pads have been it so far (knock on wood).
Even though its smaller it is more comfortable to ride in than their previous Astros surprisingly. Less overall space...
The new units at Advance USED to be supplied by Remy. If it is 'Made in Mexico' it will be the same as getting a new production unit. The older applications are sometimes made in China instead and are relabled aftermarket stuff.
I have a cheap pressure washer with a 4hp B&S that would get so hot it would diesel on shutoff with the speced SAE30. Using T6 is has never done that so it obviously runs cooler on 5W40.
I use the G and E's cousin the moto x on Verizon on a contract plan and its hands down the best phone I've ever had. The moto series of smartphones are almost like a best kept secret since they work great but everybody goes right past them looking for there Apple or Samsung.
My dad's Cub Cadet with an 18.5 one lunger Intek has also had the head pulled twice for this issue. It burned copious amounts of oil each time. B&S essentially skipped a head bolt location that causes the gasket to fail between the pushrod gallery and the cylinder. On the plus side they are easy...
Samsung, LG, Sharp and Panasonic are probably the only firms that still actually manufacture the units they are selling You.
Amana at least used to make reliable units. Their built in models were already sourced from Korea by the 90s I know.
Currently have an LG built Maytag built in has been...
3M products are my favorite. Perfect-it III compound for scratches, Imperial hand glaze for polishing, and perfect-it "show car" wax to finish. Usually have to be bought from an automotive paint store but work great and not all that pricey for the results
Cooling fan failures are very common on the police model Impalas. We always keep them in stock at work since our local SO has a mostly Impala fleet. Many are able to get by with just the motors and blades but YMMV.
I once replaced all hoses and the heater core on old Achieva I used as a work car. The heater cores had plastic tubes prone to rupture and the car had the infamous Quad 4 which could likely become scrap if it were overheated.
The Smitty's oils are kind of like Mystik/Citgo oils. They are not real common on the road but have been around forever making oils and fluids sold at the farm store which always do their job quite well.
Last car I had with that size I put a set of Mich Harmony (discontinued?) but they made it drive much better.
BFGoodrich Traction T/As never sold well but were once available in that size and were also a very nice tire.
Originally Posted By: ls1mike
Originally Posted By: Throt
My gf's '07 Grand Prix doesn't have ABS but my old '99 Grand Am did.
I find that very strange but options packages exist for a reason.
Are you sure?
Quite likely. GM started in '92 with ABS standard in cars (except Saturn and Geo)...
If you ever change a headlight or take apart a door on a '99 new - '07 old style GM truck then do the same on any newer model it sure makes you wonder what they were thinking on the newer ones.
Not a huge Nissan fan, but sounds a lot like the old base Saturn SL which was also elegant in its simplicity back in the day.
Sounds like the Nissan unfortunately is not stupid easy to take apart like the Saturn was though.