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Hopefully this doesn't devolve like it usually does. Frankly, I think it comes down the selfish attitude of many drivers, extremely poor driver training, and extremely poor road design.

For those who aren't aware of just how bad Dollar Stores actually are for the health of communities and how they are actually even more expensive and designed to make lower income people even poorer, I strongly suggest taking a watch of this video. It should be an eye opener on why local small...

I bought this ski at 27 hours from a guy last summer who had bought it somewhat recently from a coastal city. He claimed to have changed the oil with Yamalube and the Yamaha filter (cut open in the oil filters section). I changed the oil and filter again at 40 hours. If it was indeed changed at...

Air filter off the V1 Sport. Replaced it with a K&N-made Riva (https://rivaracing.com/riva-yamaha-exexrvx-tr-1-engine-replacement-performance-air-filter-ry13100-oe.html) . Not too worried about dirt & dust with a watercraft engine so an oiled filter seemed sufficient- it also functions as a USCG...

Filter that came off family members 2013 Traverse, with 6600 miles on the filter. Included 1600 miles of towing a heavy U-Haul trailer. Oil was definitely ready to be changed, the OLM was at 18%. The oil was Valvoline Maxlife Blend, according to the sticker from the oil change place. Replaced...

The filter that came off the V1 Sport a couple months ago. The previous owner had told me he changed the oil and filter before I bought it from him at 27 hours, to be safe I changed it myself at 40 hours before this season. From the looks of the oil that came out and the filter I can believe it...

Sample from late last summer from the Taos. This included about 1500-2000 miles of towing the jetski (about 1000-1100lb)

Randomly came up in my YT recs tonight, and I've actually ridden this same stretch of track but going in the other direction. I remember being incredibly impressed with the quietness and smoothness even at 300km/h. Deutsche Bahn does need to work on timeliness however. Either way, for train...

Just reminiscing about how much better the 3 cylinders I've been in recently sound than 4s. The one that stands out to me most was the 1.0 TSI in the T-Cross I had in Germany last year compared to the 1.5 in my Taos. They are the same engine family, slightly different displacement/cylinder but...

UOA for a sample from May for my 2022 Taos, 8722 miles on both the factory fill oil and the vehicle. I'll be having another oil change in the next couple of weeks with close to 10k miles and will do another UOA.

Took the 2016 Waverunner V1 Sport out to the Cape Fear River today for a quick test. I've ridden it in a lake and the ocean but wanted to take it out for a bit this afternoon. The Taos tows this thing without issue, even on a longer 2 hour drive in 93+ weather, the oil temp stayed well within...

Just a quick PSA, I've already returned it and didn't take pics. We all know Harbor Freight can be hit or miss, but the compression tester is a MASSIVE miss. Dangerous even. I bought one to do a compression test on a 95 Wave Venture 701 I got to work on, and on a rebuilt engine it was only...

Was on vacation back in May and totally forgot I had my friend take these pics. We spotted a Jeep test mule of some kind on the Ohio turnpike, thought it was interesting.

Was poking around the engine bay of the Taos this afternoon and noticed that the water pump/t-stat housing is metal now on the 1.5TSI- all previous variants of the EA211 were plastic. Interesting, they also switched to a metal Timing belt cover. Guess they finally got fed up with plastic water...

Looks like Ford did a bangup job on the lightning for towing at least, based on this. Also includes the F150 powerboost hybrid for comparison.

Was bored and decided to take a trip down to a state forest and check out some of the trails. The Taos handled it well, I think upgrading to the Crossclimate2s really helped with the mud, it did quite a bit better than I expected for a FWD car. The biggest issue wasn't FWD but rather the (lack...

Couple new good ones from this guy, quickly becoming one of my favorite auto channels on youtube.

A few months ago I picked up a cheap Craftsman snowblower on FB marketplace. It's a weird one, has a vertical shaft 3.8HP Tecumseh with a belt drive to the single stage auger. The engine ran great, replaced spark plug and changed the oil (looked like it had probably never been changed) with ST...

A lot of people are having a very bad day right now, https://www.thedrive.com/news/44330/cargo-ship-full-of-porsches-and-vws-is-on-fire-and-adrift-in-the-atlantic There's probably a lot of Mk8 GTI and Rs in addition to Porsche, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Audis... That's a lot of money worth of...

Was originally scheduled for a couple days ago but was pushed back, he is currently answering questions so get yours in if you want a shot at getting an answer. Reddit Link