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Pushing technology is a good thing. But, ignoring the painful experience of others is another. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2023/12/22/indiana-engine-maker-cummins-to-pay-doj-record-setting-billion-fine-for-emissions-cheating-claims/72012203007/ Am wondering which major OE...

Experience with the spray-on stuff is not good when it comes to mower decks. Product is the Slip Plate spray. Expectation was to either minimize or prevent clumping of grass as even when the lawn is dry, the grass has enough moisture in it to clump on an un-treated deck. The first...

For those whom want a new oil burning Suburban or Tahoe, the '21 MY lineup has that option with a 3.0L I-6 diesel. By sporting a tow rating of 8K# (+/- a couple hundred pounds depending on 2WD or 4WD), GVWR of 14K#, and IRS (which I am presuming is tuned to passenger comfort and not utility...

Short version: By using one ringtone for people in the contact list and another as the default (for anybody *not* in the contact list), it eliminates wasted time in looking to see who is calling only to discover that it is nobody you know. Limitation is that this trick is not so great for a...

Lesson for the day: make sure to pay your vehicle registration fees! https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/australian-police-would-like-to-remind-you-that-lay-z-boy-recliners-dont-count-as-car-seats/ar-BB10Q3GU

Am looking for an easy way to calculate how much weight shifts back-and-forth from a trailer's hitch to the trailer's axles as it relates to highway grade. Reason for the question is that I am at a point of rehabbing a trailer's suspension and want to make sure the new axles remain able to...

After a multiyear detour with the Burb, am ready to focus on getting my primay vechicle back on the road. While the Burb side-tracked money for this truck, the Burb was helpful with crafting the truck's future. End game for this truck is to keep power about the same, move breating over to a...

Over the past few years I noticed lifted pickups (nothing new about that) except that the front was lifted higher than the rear to give it a nose-high ride. Any insights to benefits, or is this a group-think bling kind of thing?

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/12/virginia-has-big-plans-for-electric-school-buses-in-2020/ Can see where it will not take long until somebody mods the body into a Class A RV or goes clean sheet and buids a RV body on this frame. Sure, the current range estimate of ~130 miles is...

Forget what everybody thinks they know from the person hiding in Russia whom thinks he revealed earth shattering information, THIS (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html) is something to pay attention to! So, Got App?

While the vehicles were probably built and funded from illicit activities, you can get clear title to them: https://jalopnik.com/a-collection-of-totally-rad-cars-seized-in-an-oklahoma-1833356668 Some are more street legal than others . . .

Ok, so disclaimer up-front: DO NOT TRY THIS! https://www.motor1.com/news/308565/top-gear-hands-off-drag-race/ With the disclaimer out of the way, makes me wonder how many copy-cats are going to try this . . . :eek:

https://www.businessinsider.com/hyundai-sees-vegan-backlash-over-super-bowl-ad-2019-2 This reminds me of a diner where the wife and another friend's wife tried to introduce our families to 'healthier' alternatives: veggie burgers. My wife knew that I would not have anything to do with...

What you see, is what you get . . . https://jalopnik.com/now-this-is-how-you-sell-an-e36-m3-1831849307

Am presuming that the deeper experts here are already familiar with the carbon issue in GDI motors. Seeing as diesels are not experiencing the issue and are pretty much the same from the air intake perspective, any thoughts on / experience with why gassers are seeing carbon build-up where the...

Interesting development for the I-6: https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-technology/a22778642/straight-six-engine-return/ Interesting notation on overcoming the short engine bay.

So, GM bit at the bait and decided to press more aluminum into the light truck line-up. So much for those commercials touting steel . . . https://www.reuters.com/article/gm-silverado/insight-gm-squeezes-pounds-and-pennies-to-attack-fords-pickup-profit-machine-idUSL1N1UX14N In a few years, it...

Short version: Cargo ships are planning to switch over to low sulfur fuel as early as next year and it does not look like the delivery side is ready for the demand. Expected result is shortage of stock and increase in diesel price. Long version...

When LED shopping, VLEDS <dot> has a bunch of 10% off codes. ACURA10 AUDI10 BMW10 BUICK10 CADILLAC10 CHEVY10 CHRYSLER10 DODGE10 FORD10 GMC10 HONDA10 HYUNDAI10 INFINITI10 JAGUAR10 JEEP10 KIA10 LANDROVER10 LEXUS10 LINCOLN10 MAZDA10 MERCEDES10 MINI10 MITSUBISHI10 NISSAN10 PONTIAC10 PORSCHE10...

Disclaimer: As the first TTS member to request service from Twisted Steel Performance, I was given the service and product for free providing that I do an evaluation. So with that in mind, here is the review. The areas that I can definitely speak to are the process and communications. Both...