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Looks very attractive for a budget transportation and, apparently, now drives like a premium economy offering. Modern cars are just competent now, even down at the bottom:

I suspect most of the Tacoma lovers who SWORE to never sell theirs, will do so in the next few years to move into 21st century from the 90s. Waywards! 😁

Who could have thought headlights could get to this level 15 years ago? I remember thinking around 2008 that HIDs are the end of the road for headlight technology for a foreseeable future. Then a few years later LEDs started to defuse through the automotive landscape, and I thought: “how could I...

Very interesting visualization of car manufacturing volume, by country, by decade:

I found this impressive. Off road package dampers on 2 different cars melt after relatively brief drive on a dirt road, while non-off-road dampers sort of survive:

I’ve seen this multiple times now, across various forums: dampers lasting for well over a 100k miles and even 200k+, or so people claim. In my own case, at nearly a 100k I detect no issue with them, with my adult-still-teenager driving style. I know there is no issue because there is no extra...

I’ve rented a 2022 BMW 7 series for my week long trip to California. I’ve put 900 miles on the car in total. Nearly 500 miles of those miles were put in one day driving from LA area to Hearst Castle and back. On this trip, I’ve used its “active driving assist plus” system Using this system...

I have relatives in Los Angels and go there twice or even more often a year. For a long time I used AVIS where I have a Preferred Plus “status”. But last 3 times I wanted to try Turo and - oh boi - at least in LA where completion is fierce, it beats AVIS price and selection wise. To boot, many...

So. I get that when super clean and under certain angle black can look superb. But. Under most conditions, a black car looks like a black hole, void, or a blob Black hides all of the lines/complex stamping and turns a cars silhouette into a said black blob, hole, void. Just the other day I saw...

Hi, My grandfather lives in Los Angeles in a subsidized apartment (government program for seniors). There will be some repairs conducted in the building so he and other residents are being relocated to another part of the building, into empty apartments. Repairs will supposedly take 3 weeks...

Hey all, Does anyone by any chance have either of the models in 85 inch size? I'm looking to get QN800B 8K TV in an 85 inch size, as I don't see a measurable difference between it the higher tier QN900B model. 900B has no bezels and better built-in sound system, but nothing else that I can...

Car driven 80% hwy/20% suburban streets. Very few short trips. Never bumper-to-bumper traffic where I live. I break speed regime all the time :) Zero oil consumption Reason for fuel in the oil is due to, I think, an inherent issue with distributor ignition on my car. When it hasn't been used...

This is a mineral (conventional) oil with MoS2 added at the factory. It's currently in my Merc with M119 engine.

Both filters are about 2 years old with about 20,000-25,000 miles on them. It's understood that replacing them is cheap insurance. But I also know that some dirt improves filtration. You can see that there's some sediment in between the pleats, but not that much (hopefully it's visible in the...

I understand that synthetic is more durable/will last longer, but assuming OCI of 3k, will a conventional A3/B4 provide the same wear protection as a synthetic A3/B4 in plane, regular use? (No -30F starts, no hot-lapping hours on end, etc)

Inspired by the "long trip: driving has changed". I'm wondering what is wrong with us, American drivers. Why are we, by and large, so slow-witted and dumb? Just look at how smart and organized are Polish drivers to get out of ambulance's way! Likely 50% of the drivers in the video are women...

My budget is $200-450. I need a code reader/live data scanner to be able to troubleshoot and fix my 2007 Avalon. This is the only vehicle it will be used for. Either a Bluetooth + my phone/tablet OR in an outright tablet form. I've tried BlueDriver. At $100 it does not offer live ABS, wheel...

Sooooo, the fun of buying a a car with 217k miles on the odometer begins 🎢 3 days ago I bought a 2007 Toyota Avalon Limited with 217k mi. Drove it thus far for about 250 miles without any issues. This evening I get in it to go pick up my son from pre-school, and upon start up, am immediately...

I just bought this car. Did not see any oil leaks (I had the car on a lift). Engine is specked for 5w30. I know that any 5w30 will do, whether mineral or synthetic, just change the former sooner. That being said, since the car has 217k mi on the odometer is there a tangible benefit of using...