Throttle body cleaning is a maybe. Sludge build up in high mileage cars is a problem due to the PCV system. Since no fuel gets sprayed on the throttle body, it can get gummed up.

Edit:  Just noticed someone below said 68k miles on the car.  Yea, way to early for throttle body cleaning. You are correct on all counts,…

Chevy has done a pretty good job keeping up with fuel economy standards. One of the biggest advantages of a pushrod is the ability to do variable displacement. The mechanism is far cheaper in a pushrod engine than it is in a DOHC. There are some things an OHV engine cannot do, and that is phase the intake and exhaust…

It’s easy in a FWD car, a little more challenging in a RWD because you have to transition from throttle to brake and back to throttle.  It’s all about timing. 

Didn’t say I would automatically pass such a license.  Given my experience, I PROBABLY would, but I don’t know for sure. 

A lot of that risk can be reduced by having good situational awareness. For example, taking some things I’ve learned from the track has given the ability to predict nearly 90% of what other drivers will do. For example, most drivers have a “tell” when they are going to change lanes, they move over slightly within the…

Is that a TI-83? Psh, only noobs use anything less than an 84. (BTW, Heywood released an update version last year)

Can we have special licenses for those of us that have high performance driving experience? I wouldn’t mind passing a rigorous test if it meant I could enjoy unlimited speed limits in certain areas like Germany.

It’s not an unbounded equation, it only works within certain years. 

Why is it dumb?  A loud radio pretty much drowns out any sounds.  Also, deaf people have no driving restrictions. 

Really?  Even my miata with a very stiff pedal doesn’t hurt my feat.  I walk barefoot a lot, maybe that’t why...

I love driving barefoot, especially in the winter.  Heat on full blast on the floor and windows down a little. 

This is the only company telling the truth. Other companies say they are going full steam ahead on electric-only powertrains are simply paying lip service to the media. Hybrids will soon become standard, which still means an ICE needs to be in there. And hybrids are what these companies mean when they say they are…

The real way to save money is to learn to do all of your own repairs.  We just had a trans go out in one of our cars.  Normally a $2,000 repair becomes a $300 salvage yard replacement with me doing the work myself.  A few of those, and you could even save enough to install a hoist in your garage, making life even…

Don’t baby your car. When you do, a lot of components may not get up to temperature properly and may collect water. Take the exhaust, for example. If you do a lot of short trips, water will condense in the exhaust and never evaporate. This will cause the exhaust to rust sooner. Oil needs to get up to temp to evaporate…

Cars get scratched from time to time during the “pre-delivery” phase, and are repaired, and still sold as new... I’ve never heard of a paint job making a car “used”. Perhaps this is a Chinese thing?

Interesting.  I’ve been lurking pilot forums for a while now (waiting to start my private pilot training), and all I’ve heard is pilots simply avoid polarized sunglasses.  

Other than glasses for 3D movies, anyway. 

What is circular polarization?  Would love to pick up a pair, but I can’t find anything like that. 

Seen it.  Well, the wheel wasn’t off, but the tire was gone and the wheel was digging in the pavement. 

It could have been different, but the one I saw was remarkably similar, a black escape with a RF failure, half in the turnaround lane on a 5 lane road. For the life of me, can’t remember exactly where I was though.