More coverage of why these engines are failing this way so often recently:

Dude went way, waaaaaaaayyyyy beyond “kind of a tool”. And you know it.

Once Reagan ended the Fairness Doctrine, Limbaugh jumped right in and made a career out of vile homophobia, misogyny, stoking grievances, falsely portraying straight white christian men as victims, being intentionally loathsome to everyone he…

Oh, absolutely. And I would edit my original comment, if kinja would let me - I do have my tire rotations done at Costco, for exactly the reason you mention - it’s a big pain in the ass at home with no lift, no driveway and a one car garage, particularly for my 8 lug 3/4 ton pickup with steel rims. Costco also…

Yup. And often, dealership service departments aren’t better. The Honda dealer consistently overfilled my Fit Sport by more than a quart, three oil changes in a row. It was so predictable that I would remind the service writer when I dropped the car off, have the reminder printed on the repair order, tell them that I…

This is a glorious (and hilariously on point) article. Well done, sir.

You, sir, get a star

Also, unhooking your battery does not clear error codes on most OBD2 (1996 and newer) cars. And if it does, your I/M readiness flags get reset to “not ready”, which will also flunk you for smog testing - failed for “readiness”. Most newer cars can only have one self test not ready and still pass emissions.

Manufacturers…

Depends on the year of the car, too. Older cars sometimes run the tests differently than newer ones as manufacturers have moved more towards running evap tests at some point after shutdown. manufacturers still take temperature into account, below freezing and over 100 degrees particularly.

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An ex of mine had an Element. Can confirm after a few years in that car: very roomy and useful, but slow, noisy inside, highway ride is tiring and mileage is poor considering the lack of power.

With some manufacturers, getting the car to run the evap self test is temperature dependent, among other factors. If the ambient air temperature is too cold, the car won’t run the test. Some manufacturers allow the evap test to be forced with a scan tool, but that requires a shop visit and money if you don’t have…

With some manufacturers, getting the car to run the evap self test is temperature dependent, among other factors. If the ambient air temperature is too cold, the car won’t run the test. Some manufacturers allow the evap test to be forced with a scan tool, but that requires a shop visit and money if you don’t have your…

Do you own a Bolt and a Tesla?

We’ve had one issue and one recall with our Bolt in nearly 2 years of ownership. I got an appointment for the recall within two days of calling about it, it was done while I waited in less than 25 minutes, in and out.

The one issue was a faulty module causing an intermittent failure of…

FWIW, on newer cars refueling with the engine running can get you a check engine light for large EVAP leak. BT, DT. Which could turn into a problem if you were planning on getting the car smog tested in the next week or two, particularly in winter.

Static while fueling is a legit concern, even moreso in the winter…

Where are you referring to, specifically? Because, like I said, 30 amp or 50 amp is the industry standard. I’ve had my camper trailer for twelve years now and have used it all around California and Nevada for weeks at a time and campground service at powered sites has always been 30A or 50A for me.

And the adaptor to…

I have no idea what you’re talking about. Class A RVs with two roof air units and all the usual trimmings use the 50 amp rated outlet and typically pull well over 20 amps with everything running on shore power. Even smaller RVs like camper trailers use 30A service. Both of those are industry standards.

Side note: the home level 2 EV chargers typically plug into an industry standard NEMA 50 outlet, same as you’d find in any campground that has spots with hookups for big RVs. So any rural place that handles those large RVs can charge your EV as well.

The 225 mile real world range of our Bolt is fine, and the hour it takes to charge from 10% to 80% is tolerable but really needs to get faster if it’s going to be an only vehicle that’s used for road trips longer than, say, 500 miles per day. Of course, most drivers use their cars that way fairly rarely but it still…

We had an unused electric dryer type 220V outlet in our garage. To upgrade the circuit to 50A and install an additional industry standard NEMA-50 outlet next to it cost about $350 in San Francisco, which has some of the strictest electrical code and highest labor costs I can think of.

The JuiceBox level 2 charger just…

A few suggestions:
Make sure your spare tire, jack, lug wrench and wheel lock key (if applicable) are all there, fit and work, the spare is inflated to the correct pressure (often 60 PSI), and make sure you know how to use them before you need to. That includes making sure the lug nuts aren’t too tight or rusted for…

A few suggestions:
Make sure your spare tire, jack, lug wrench and wheel lock key (if applicable) are all there, fit…

The whole MOVE saga is beyond fucked, that was actually the *second* major gun battle between the cops and that group, in the first one in the late 1970s, a cop died. In the second one, where the cops bombed the house they made a choice to let it burn and it took out 61 houses. The city then totally fucked up building…