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As I suspected, it's going to be a "high body" Phantom with AWD. Click Here for the full press release.

Fourteen years ago today I made my first post on BITOG. It was about Shell's then new Rotella synthetic 5w40. Click here to read it. A lot has changed with motor oils since then. How long have you been on BITOG and what was your first post about?

For decades, GM owners manuals (including for the Corvette) have specified 5w30 with "warnings" not to use 10w40, 20w50 or other weights. Look what is in the 2016 Corvette owners manual. Is GM finally admitting that under certain conditions, something thicker than 5w30 is required?

My first run of this oil in my 2013 ATS with the 2.5 DI engine.

Right after I got my (new to me) 2005 Corvette, I had the dealer change the transmission fluid and the rear differential fluid. Within a day of having this service done, I started getting weird scrubbing and crunching noises in low speed, tight turns (like in the cul de sac at the end of my...

I just called the local Cummins service center about this oil. They have it in stock and it's $73.00 a gallon.

If you use the "Oil Finder" app on the Mobil 1 website, it says XOM does not sell an oil in the U.S. that meets the specs for my Corvette. Never mind that Mobil 1 5w30 is in fact dexos1 approved and is recommended by XOM for GM4718M applications (according to their own product data sheet).

I took my first long weekend getaway in my "new to me" 2005 Corvette this past weekend. I put about 1200 miles on the car, most of it Interstate with the cruise set at 70, but a fair amount of rural and around town driving. For the entire trip, the car only averaged 25.8 mpg. For a 6.0 liter V8...

I enjoyed the BMW Z4's brief stay with me. It's a fun little roadster, but not at all comfortable for long weekend getaways. Unless you are on glass smooth pavement, the ride will beat you to death and becomes exhausting on long drives. So, on Thursday I traded it in on a pristine 2005 Corvette...

I took care of my mother for 14 years before she finally had to go in a nursing home a couple of years ago. She passed away on February 1 after being in the hospital with pneumonia for two weeks. When I was driving to VA for the funeral, my 2012 Genesis blew a head gasket. I rented a car while I...

About 4 weeks ago I was under my car changing the oil when I started having chest pains. Called 911 and was rushed to the hospital with 100% blockage in my LAD. Two stents put in. This really hit me out of the blue. My cholesterol has always been relatively low (130 to 150), so it's pretty...

I posted here about the 2008 Cadillac STS I got a couple months ago. I also commented on how the 3.6 Pentastar in the Chrysler 300 I used to have was smoother at idle. One of the first things I did after getting the Caddy was replace the plugs. After getting an oil analysis done by Terry Dyson...

Saw this at the local dealer and made the mistake of stopping and looking at it. 2008 STS, 1-owner. Timing chains replaced by dealer Like new inside and out, runs smooth as a sewing machine. The color is what Cadillac called "Sunset Blue" and depending on how the light hits it can look blue...

Some good friends of mine purchased a new (loaded) Honda Pilot earlier this year. They just got back from a one-month vacation and put 3854 miles on it, traveling all over the south and midwest from Mississippi to Iowa to Illinois. For the entire trip, the Pilot averaged 23.3 mpg. Given the size...

I posted here last week about the 2004 Crown Vic I picked up. It's in good condition with (now) 141,000 miles on it. I just checked the gas mileage for the first time on my second fill-up. This car does not have an on-board mpg display so I had to do it the old fashioned way and use math. 270...

I picked this up last week for $3500. It's a 2004 Crown Vic, one owner and extremely well-maintained. 140,000 miles and runs like a top. Solid as a rock with no squeaks or rattles in it anywhere. Flashlight down the oil fill shows bright aluminum only; no sludge or varnish.

On June 7, 1776, acting on instructions from the Virginia Convention, Richard Henry Lee put forth a resolution to the Second Continental Congress proposing that the 13 colonies declare their independence from Great Britain. The Lee Resolution came to a vote on July 2, 1776--the date John Adams...

707 HP!

I went by the Audi dealer this morning to pick up some grill trim I'd ordered and I noticed that the $185,000 R8 Spyder that had been on the showroom floor was gone and in its place was what looked to be a brand new Bentley Continental GTC. I asked the sales person I dealt with for my trade if...

In case you ever wondered about the "required" oil for $1.5 to $3.0 million Bugatti.