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No1 thing for women and cars is visibility and seating position, and the spacial relation of every other part of the driving experience to those two factors. This is followed by looks, most women like some variation of the barbie SUV aesthetically, or will go for a status piece. SUV/CUV have...

With that much consumption I think you might have cylinder wall damage. I have a 08 TC, bought at 130k, now at 161k. Burned 1qt/1k miles at first, managed to improve to 1qt/2k miles, so I typically just slightly overfill at OC and add a bit over a quart in the middle of every OCI now. It does...

I wouldnt worry about it, seems like a problem that mainly plauges long OCI

I understand that its not instantaneous in terms of processing and receiving the new lien-free title, I would have just thought theres some procedure that would be available that guarantees the buyer gets on the title, by whatever mechanism or point in the process that would be.

I have no direct experience with this problem or engine, but just thinking logically I would say its a random ticking time bomb situation. From the way the problem is described the severity of the rattling should stay pretty constant, so i dont think thats a good indicator. The biggest factor...

If you dont wanna watch the video, you need to replace the VVTI gear. The sound is from the VVTI gear system rocking back and forth before fully pressurized with oil. Eventually it will break a vein from the rocking which will seize your cam gear/camshaft and destroy the engine. As far as...

I'm sure there is a better way to do this than what you described, right? If im understanding correctly, in the situation you described, to the bank you're essentially just some guy thats helping pay of this dudes(the sellers) loan, and they send a non-lien title to the seller in the sellers...

I'm sure someone has gone over this, but the reason some people get skeptical after using a off-the-shelf ceramic spray/wax/sealant is because those products ARE "car wax" or "spray sealer", it isn't a ceramic coating and wont perform like one. The off-the-shelf stuff is just a typical car...

Its no wonder that muscle/sports cars are dying when I read internet comments about late model offerings. Impossible to please in terms of looks: simultaneously ridiculed for looking too untrue to the original and also not concept car level radical. Complaints about visibility and ride height...

Without knowing too much about them the Volt is probably up there, just thinking fundamentally. I really think most cars in the 6-10k price range these days are "risky", at least compared to what the market used to be like. Only a few years ago, the bottom price range for getting a car that was...

I have owned a dozen or cars at this point, all bought used at around 100-150kmiles and driven hard. The only internal engine problems I've had are a timing chain breaking on a very abused Nissan KA24 and a headgasket failure on a GM 3600 V6. I've never had problems with knocking or catastrophic...

Hyundai/Kia 3.3 V6 is a completely different animal than their 4 cylinders. They are not comparable AT ALL when it comes to most things and certainly oil. The V6 is a relatively simple motor that is put in configurations were it is not stressed, and as a result is known to be fairly solid. Their...

I took a glance at the champcar rules shortly after reading this thread and I think you are right. It says "non-OE". On one hand in my mind that leaves it fairly open to interpretation for ideas like Vermeers with OE internal radiator trans coolers etc, but I'm sure if a tech sees oil lines...

I agree. The idea of a large remote filter seems like a good one, but the risk/reward for putting it in an area with good airflow is not worth it, oil filters are fragile and its not like their design lends itself to cooling via airflow. Another thing to consider is that a remote setup with the...

That is solely contingent on tesla having a massive advantage in every facet of auto-making in perpetuity. Other players will make something 80%, 90%, 100%, 110% as good at a lower margin. We have seen it over and over and over with every consumer product segment/business giant throughout the...

Modification of this engine and general drivetrain platform is common and well documented, people regularly push these to big HP numbers without problems.

Not sure what you specifically want to know. Its essentially the same as paint care/protection. The widely available headlight restore kits is just a mini wet-sand kit along with a easy-apply clear coat. I think they work pretty dang well for what they are and the price, but the clear coat...

Any headlight coating product in a supermarket available kit will not last very long. Around a year would be great results IMO for a garage kept car. I am not familiar with xpel but a quality PPF will almost certainly have much better results than the stuff included in the restoration kit.

Maybe I'm off base here, but who else engineers IC engines with as much development and advancements for general purpose commuter cars(aka for efficiency) than Toyota? Their latest 4cyl generation is getting very close to the theoretical limit of thermal efficiency for ICE using fairly novel...

Up until about 2000ish some Japanese OEMs still didn't fully comprehend the conditions present in the rust belt. It's simply a problem that doesn't exists in the Japanese domestic market(and almost all other markets). Every OEM has it mostly figured out when it comes to that, although in the...