Clearly you’ve never experienced the bliss of a warmed, lubed, curling iron in your rectum.

It does

My wife had one during high school. I knew the code but found out of you put you finger on the 9 button and just slid it back and forth a few times the door would always unlock. If you hit 6 afterwards the truck would pop.

I’in my experience, kbb, nada, etc are more like imaginary prices.

Um, soybean Farmers are losing money right now even with subsidies. And where you get the idea they do nothing is beyond me. And most of these subsidies are in the form of crop insurance.

Like the modern f150 door panels right before the aluminum switch such as my 2012. Look very flat. Have slight curve. But not enough to keep them from wobbling like crazy if you push on them.

I had an S10 with the 4.3.  I tried to change the oil every 5000 miles but often went 6-9000.  At 240,000 miles on it when sold, the engine was the least of the problems.  By far.  You are more than likely just wasting time and oil with modern oil quality and engines.  Except in and cases like Ford ecoboost engines…

My parents bought an aerostar when I was in middle School. Radio controls, heat/ac controls, and headphone jacks in the rear were a revelation for me. It was huge. You could sleep laying down on basically any row. It was the primary vehicle I drove when I got my permit. That was meh. Handling, power were all solidly…

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Sure if leave in 6th gear my 2012 f150 freewheels down hill when I decelerate. But I can tell you with certainty if you have the cruise set at 55mph and start going down a steep hill, it will start downshifting and slow down with every shift until it is screaming at you in second gear trying to slow down. It can be…

I’ve honestly never experienced nor heard of this. I’ve owned or spend lots of time in the seats of 2007 Silverado, 2012 f150, 2006 Malibu, 1998 Silverado 2500, 2000somethingb windstar, 2018 Colorado, 2017 Jetta, 2013 Ford flex, 2018 Tacoma, 1991 blazer, 1989 Thunderbird, 2012 f350, 2002 saturn sc2, 1998 saturn sl2. I…

I’ve never seen one like that. Who makes those and in what models. That would be a nightmare in the mountains, but good for the brake shop. All the automatics I’ve been in will brake when you downshift.

Honestly, knowing how to drive a synchronized manual from a car does nothing to prepare you for driving a 10 speed unsynchronized in a big truck.  Other than pressing the clutch to put it in first, they don't really resemble one another at all.

The biggest reason compression braking on new automatic trucks is weak is the size of the engine. They are smaller than what was used in the past leading to poor braking. The f150 I with 3.5 ecoboost have can barely slow itself down a mountain in 2nd gear, much less the trailer. It will pull 8,000 lbs uphill tacking…

I’m my experience an AT either quits at about 100,000 miles or makes it to 250,000 easy.  Largely seems to be driver dependent on some models.  

I can’t come up with a single domestic model from the era that was really good.

It says on the bottle Warren oil.  

Same experience.  But these sure look good.

Saw this article. Started looking online. Found a red one about an hour away..... Roof rack, mid tier package, only asking like 26k. Like it a lot. Don’t want to trade in wife’s flex yet, but crap that thing is nice looking. But I swore off gm quality after a disastrous Malibu Maxx.  Arghhhh.  Want so bad.

Interesting.  I didn't know they used it as part is the engine warm up strategy.  Makes sense though, especially with dpf.  We are starting to have issues with dpf with John Deere tractor that idle for long periods of time.