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http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2017/12...s/#more-1606086 Wow, what a reversal from not too long ago. Six of the top seven cars and crossovers dumped into rental fleets are Nissans & Toyotas. Only the Ford Fusion cracks the top 10.

Here's my third (and probably last) UOA on my Focus. Wanted to do a direct comparison between the Pennzoil Platinum and Motorcraft SynBlend over the same mileage and same driving conditions - commuter car, same commute for both periods. It's no surprise the PP was in better shape. But I don't...

I understand car makers usually report a sale when the car leaves the factory (i.e. released to the carrier taking it to the dealer). My question is how does this jive with the wide variation in some models' monthly sales figures? If a model sells half as much one month as it did the previous...

Mediocre when compared to the competition with 6-speeds. The Cherokee with its new 9-speed gets no better mpg numbers than the Rav4, CR-V, CX5, Equinox, and Escape all with 6-speeds (or less, I believe). Add this to the list of disappointing technologies that promised to save fuel but fell...

I picked up a '13 Durango with the Pentastar last week. The more I've driven it (only abt. 300 miles so far), the more I'm bothered by the engine noise on moderate or greater acceleration. All the magazine reviews I've read prasied the NVH overall. But I rented a Traverse and Enclave a month ago...

GM is delaying the redesign of the Cruze, their second best selling car, until MY 2016 at which point it will be 5 model years old. Bad move IMHO, especially with the new Corolla coming out.

Happy with how the MC Syn Blend worked in our grocery getter. This truck used to be my daily commuter (5k OCIs on GTX), but for the past 18 months has been my wife's around towner. Used mostly to ferry the kids about 1 mile to/from school and events a few miles away. I towed a utility trailer...

Over of focusfanatics another member recently posted his UOA with PU. Together with my own UOA I generated this TBN graph by backfitting an assumed TBN depletion line through the TBN measured at the UOA. Based on this cartoon, my MC Syn Blend shoul have lasted to roughly 9,800 miles (roughly the...

My second UOA on the Focus. This was with a Pure One filter. I replaced the oil with PP 5W20 and a K&N filter (from March's AAP deal). I plan to run that to 8k OCI as well so to have a direct comparison. If PP's TBN is higher after 8k, I suspect I'd run SynBlend to 8k and synthetic to 10k for...

'06 Explorer, 63k Miles. Have had a suspension vibration for a while now. Just noticed this when changing my oil. Will change out the end links and sway bar bushings this weekend. Hopefully that'll fix the vibration, though I have a feeling there's something else going on because I didn't...

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Just noticed this when I stocked up on PP 5W20 because of the current $10 rebate. The 2 jugs on the left are from Walmart, the 2 on the right from AAP. Notice how the Walmart jugs have a lower oil level? The Walmart jugs are 5.0 quarts and the AAP jugs are 5.1 quarts. I remember this being the...

I was sitting in the small waiting room of the neighborhood mechanic the other day and overheard the conversation between a young woman and one of the mechanics. She had brought the car in for overheating. They said they found the oil sump was dry. She said her brother had changed her oil for...

Vehicle is used by my wife to cart the kids around. 40,000 miles and 3 1/2 years on the tires. Couple of gouges in the sidewall. Doesn't appear to dig deep into the white underlayer, but still a little concerning. Of bigger concern is the weather cracking around the entire perimeter at the...

Real happy with these Blackstone results from my new Focus engine. I was concerned about fuel dilution due to the DI but looks like it's a non-issue on this engine. Most trips are about 20 miles / 40 minutes, so very few short trips with this car. I dumped the FF at about 1,500 miles and put 5k...