There are some engines that can use multiple octane and will adjust accordingly, a ‘96 suburban is not one of them. Now the GMC version which may have higher compression and more advanced timing should definitely run on high octane. Modern cars use a combination of the knock sensor and the 02 sensor among others to…

I have and will always have a gas stove in my house. I hate cooking on glass top electric stoves.  I’m always afraid the pan is just going to scratch or smash the top to bits.  I have natural gas radiators that work brilliantly when the power goes out in the winter so I don’t freeze to death.  I don’t see what the…

Full size SUV’s (tahoe, expedition, armada, sequoia) all over $50k for the base model.

One thing I’d be curious about is how the Li-ion batteries handle the cold.  I bring my power tool batteries inside during any weather below 45 degree or so to extend the battery life.  I have a feeling a lot of these will be outside their whole life.

I way prefer the commercial version (especially at the lower cost) than the retail version.  Is there anything stopping a regular person from buying them?  Like is there a minimum sale or do you have to just have a business account?

Depends on the state but seems like this is the standard:
“valid for driver with combination of vehicles with Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 26,001 lbs. or more, if vehicle is towing an excess of 10,000 lbs”

Bluetooth is fine if you have everything downloaded to your phone.  Once you run out of service in the country you can’t stream anymore and that’s when the radio comes into play.

That Mr. Fusion upgrade really is the way of the future.

I think there is also something to be said about the luxury car service experience.  Lexus probably being on top in this case.  They have beautiful dealerships, usually put you in a nice loaner if the service is over a certain time, and generally pamper their customers.  I can’t speak to Genesis dealers but if they…

As long as you are under 26,000 lbs with a standard issue license you are good to go.  Because parallel parking a smart car one time in an empty parking lot and taking a short written test means you are capable of driving a 26' box truck with air brakes.  God bless America.

I mean and some nuclear stuff, but if you call that garbage then sure.

I heard Hummers burned gas but this is getting out of control.

Honestly Buick has/had some pretty cool cars. The Buick Regal GS is super underrated.

I drive a 2018 Forrester with the 6 spd. manual.  Even with the row your own trans. I can confirm it’s wheezy AF.

The CX-9 gets by with 250hp but it also has 320 ft-lbs of torque @2500 rpm.

Dang wish I had known you were in Richmond, could’ve showed you my holy grail 1991 Dakota, long bed, 5.2 v8 power windows and mirrors, regular cab 4x4 front and rear LSD’s.

It basically uses the o2 sensors and the knock sensor to determine what fuel you are putting in there. Since the sensors are monitoring in the millisecond range they can change the power numbers pretty quick. It adds more timing in (advances the timing) when premium fuel is detected, retards the timing when 87 is in…

Dear South Park, you know what to do.

Not necessarily.  The battery size definitely is an indicator of range but the drive motor is what is linked to acceleration speed.  You can have a tiny little battery powering a monster motor that just eats through the battery life.  Likewise you can have a huge battery feeding a not so powerful motor that doesn’t…

If nothing else it should at least share as many of the same components as possible with the gas truck to keep initial cost down and cost of repair.  Having different body panels, brakes, suspension and steering, etc. raises the overall cost