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I think Hyundai finally got my number. What a stupidly awesome fun vehicle. I still wish it was more of an actual hatch than a crossover, but fun, styling, and speed is all here. I don't care how stupid the simulated sound and twin clutch stuff is here since it seems to be so well integrated...

My wife has been using her Model 3 as a wheel barrow to move her cactus and succulents around. I pulled 6 10mm bolts and unplugged the emergency front trunk popper to be able to dump the front trunk dirt. If you were interested this is what the front trunk access looks like on a 2023 Model 3...

I get that the fix is to get the fuel away from the heat source, but it's a bit troubling that they're not just replacing injectors and fixing it. Seems there's been a lot of fire risk related recalls lately. I wonder how much of that is more than normal or if it's just such a quick thing to...

I think the deer won. I doubt it's totaled but it'll need a new hood, driver's fender, bumper, driver's fog light, radiator, and two new headlights (at $1,200 a piece.)

I overheard two 12-14 year old up and coming car enthusiasts walking past my car and this was the conversation. "Hey, that's a GTI." "I hope it's a stage 2 because they drive like tractors stock." 😂

2024 will be the last. Been reading since it was announced yesterday. Looks like the 380 will be offered in every trim level. I think I'll pick up an Autobahn. I always wished I had a manual in my current Autobahn, so this will be the last chance if I want it new. ar-AA1fZWqc

I just picked up a low miles 2018 GTI Autobahn. I previously had a 2017 F150 I bought new and between gas prices and wanting a more fun car(I'm a car guy that didn't have a car guy car, fixed that). I've only had the GTI for a week now, but wondered if there's any concern with running the...

I haven’t been around here in a while and I’m basically running on the knowledge I remember from here a few years back. I recently went to changing the oil myself on my wife’s 2014 Edge Sport and my 2017 F150 is now out of warranty and I’ll be changing the oil myself the next time. I planned on...

I haven't posted in a long time and I actually feel a bit ashamed that I can't seem to make my mind up on this so I could use a sounding board. I bought a 2017 F150 5.0 SCrew new and have had it long enough to accumulate 18k miles. I currently am away from home for work stuck in a hotel now...

So the Jaguar has had its off and on leaks which I've replaced seals to fix and the Lincoln has had some weird consumption problems. I'm curious your opinions on what might be happening here. First a bit of background. The Lincoln was my late father in law's car and sat mostly, barely being...

Yes, I just recently put PYB 10w-30 in the Jaguar. Not a single complaint with using PYB and will likely continue to use it if I stay in the southwest, but there's a possibility I will be moving back to the Midwest. Knowing how cold it gets there and for the sake of conversation since that's the...

It hasn't been done yet to either of my cars so this is next on my to do list. Both cars call for 75w-140 and normally I'd just go with what a car calls for, but I can't help but think it's overkill. Wouldn't 75w-90 be better for my application? Both cars are open diffs, weigh less than 4k...

Wow. http://www.pqiadata.org/Everclear530.html

So when I first got the Jaguar at 75k miles I changed the oil to Mobil 1 0w-40 and it immediately started leaking like a sieve, multiple spots. I'm sure it was running conventional all its life, the good old myth of switching to synthetic causes leaks that I never believed. Halfway into the OCI...

I know this oil has had some serious attention due to the extremely low NOACK values and after seeing how slowly I'm putting on miles I decided I'm wasting money on synthetics. For comparison I've only put 3,800 miles on the Jaguar since the oil change in August 2015. The owners manual for the...

and it seemed to pay off. The car in question is a 2006 Jaguar XJ Vanden Plas. The cooler lines started leaking and by the time I noticed it, the fluid was 2-3 quarts low and the "Gearbox Fault" message illuminated. I used a pipe cutter to remove the flex sections and installed hoses. The...

I got home yesterday to find a decent sized oil puddle where the LS normally parks. Luckily my wife wasn't far away, so I raced over to check out the car. I found the filter to be loose and a decent drip coming from the bottom of it. At this point the car was already a bit under the minimum...

Just put one in the Jag. The car had a K&N in it when I bought it, but I didn't feel like bothering with cleaning it so I bought a paper element. I was kind of surprised to see my local AutoZone doesn't carry anything else. I thought they always had Fram?

I haven't been around in a while, but about a year ago I sold my 2004 GTO, picked up a 2006 Vanden Plas, sold the 2000 Jaguar S-Type, and inherited a 2004 Lincoln LS V8 from my late father in law. Anyway, the place I work at stopped servicing their fleet Jaguars and LS's about 6 years ago. We...

I can't stop collecting oil filters. I only have two cars and I have 19 oil filters! This is nuts. Leave it to me to turn proper maintenance into an obsession. I have issues.