They still have chemicals that can react.   If you drain and purge a gas tank, there are no reactive chemicals in them.

You read a bit of Ayn Rand and now think you see the world clearer than a man that has decades of experience running a car dealership? What next, Catcher in the Rye?

Locking out driver seat controls is a terrible idea, because it means the driver could be locked into an unsafe position while in motion. It’s an edge case, sure, but edge cases are where bad things happen.

When I was a kid, I always wanted to sit in the way back rear-facing seats of our wagon. Most fun place to be.

I bought a low mileage 2000 Audi TT, from an Audi dealer. They even changed the O2 sensor early since these could be a problem. I had a friend go with me to pick up the car, 130 miles from home. The friend was a longtime VW owner. On the way home he read the owner’s manual aloud. When he got to the section about…

Just wanted to put in my professional opinion on that statement (red seal licensed tech, and custom builder of cars). Of course I don’t have the details to say you are wrong so of course I won’t. But here is a few reasons I usually am heavily suggesting a reduced mileage (I don’t even put a time restriction on oil…

Here’s another thought from the wrench-turner.

Just pony up for the motor.  You really won’t buy that nice of a truck for 15 grand, and in this market, I’m not sure what a really late model DEAD truck would fetch. 

That’s the shocking part of the story!

There’s a substantial difference between “not on time” and “I haven’t figured out how to access the onboard computer and may have starved the engine of lubrication for thousands of miles but certainly won’t admit to that when I’m trying to garner enough media attention to geta free engine.”

I worked in bank compliance for car loans and leases for a few years. It was amazing the stuff that customers and dealers tried to pull. None of this surprises me.

The 7.3L powerstroke absolutely does not have an EGR system. It was not required on Diesel engines in class 2+ trucks until around 2003.  The only emissions controls on a 7.3l Diesel is the intake air pre-heater (cuts down on white smoke at idle in the cold).  The 6.0l powerstroke definitely has an EGR system along…

Resubmit their orders? Is production tracking so poor at GM they cannot tell when they have failed to deliver a car?

‘Vettes. Can’t get ‘em wet.

Congratulations on growing out of your booster seat!

Dude, that’s like the curtain between coach and first class. Do not pull back that curtain, it will only cause upset for all involved!

The extremely low survival rate had me convinced that they changed the WMI at some point, maybe after the first year, but from quick searches it appears they didn’t.

It’s regional. North American English often uses “spit” as the past tense and past participle. It certainly isn’t the Queen’s English, but acceptable, particularly for a car blog.

A male passenger told her “it was an inappropriate comment and that she ‘isn’t Black … this isn’t Alabama and this isn’t a bus.’” He then said, “Sit down, Karen.”

It was a 2001 AMG E55 that I had just worked on for 2 summers and was going on the last drive of the year (nasty winters here in AB Canada) after putting on about 30 kms since I finished all the work. And this happened. I hit it hard, right as it landed in front of me so it was in a squatted position. I wasn’t…