Thank you. This is how it should be. Anyone who is reluctant to explain the what, why and the possible when will not get my business (again).

I had service writers just say quote me for everything, outside of the symptom which the car was brought in for.  The weirdest was a 1993 mercury tracer that parts/labor added up to 1200.  (shocks all around, sway bar end links, a few other odd and ends).  I ended up doing ALL of it to my surprise.  And to FoMoCo’s…

My wife has been screwed multiple times by her auto mechanic.

My thoughts on this are from a mechanic perspective so hear me out, often the person screwing you is the service writer, not the mechanic. Service writers upsell all kinds of crazy stuff (flushes are the big money maker) and often lean on the mechanic to try to steer their opinion towards a big money job. Also…

Yeah charging lingo is confusing. A fast-charger (aka “Level 3") is what you’d use as a gas-station replacement, like on a road trip. Those pump sweet, sweet DC straight into the battery, and are basically huge, stationary AC/DC converters. Those take a lot of amps/volts to run at normal fast speeds, but you can…

Well there’s your problem. You live in Kansas. Have you considered moving to a real state?

What’s killing the planet is not your truck. It’s a few too many billion humans.

Should have walked away from the CRV deal and found another dealership. Don't put up with these types of scams.

You get it. ;-) I have the factory manuals on CD for several cars too. And of course, the factory software whenever possible. All the versions for modernish Saabs, in my case. 

This.

Just send back this GIF. 

I had a 96 Mustang GT 5-speed... that clutch is a freakin’ workout! It definitely had the heaviest clutch out of all the manual trans cars I’ve owned. I did hours of stop and go in that thing, RIP my left leg.

I totally drive safer with a manual.  It keeps me mentally occupied on the task. 

My first two cars were a ‘96 3.8 Mustang and a ‘95 5.0. I miss my SN95's and still eyeball them on the used market. late 80's to early 00's cars had just the right mix of technology that increased capability and reliability while still maintaining the rough around the edges, mechanical connectivity that later cars…

Hey now - I’m OK with TPMS - saves me having to find the tire pressure gauge to make sure my BMW’s tires are within 1.5PSI of each other.

I hear Ford even includes a steering assist device that turns the car’s wheels when you turn a convenient handheld wheel.

My father once said that he would never buy a car with auto because that would make the driver lazy

Agreed. My motorbike has such safety features as “headlights” and “a horn”. Not paying attention very rapidly weeds out the idiots who have no business driving.

Probably not. Some airbag suppliers started using ammonium nitrate as the “inflator” of choice about 20 years ago which was more powerful, yet cheaper, than the old sodium azide inflators. The problem is that once the combustion chamber starts to degrade in high-humidity environments, it can’t handle the higher…

Gm famously pulled one of the original 1975 airbag equipped Oldsmobile A-body cars out of the junkyard in the late 1990's, ran it through a full crash test, and the airbag deployed flawlessly. GM’s in-house airbag design used Sodium Azide as the airbag propellant, when heated, it releases nitrogen gas at just about…