Rory: The world is awful and selfish and it’s all on fire and cars and the rich are destroying the world.

I remember when Patrick told me that you’d be taking over this unit. I thought that the entire site would become a dumpster fire.

Somewhere, deep within the steel and concrete labyrinth that is Troy Michigan’s Zoning and Housing annex (Inspections and Enforcement wing), a grizzled man slumps into his chair. Tracy, D. - case file TM - 18-22/JP-Fe2-O3 had meant so... so damn much to him.

Hahahaha, boy do we get into fights about this.

Ladies and Gents, DO NOT pay attention to your little oil life monitor chingalero. The algorithm sucks, it decides based on your driving habits when you should change the oil, and thusly, it can float around.

Humans are creatures of habit. “Well, I drove 8,000 miles last…

Oil systems in diesel engines get polluted with fuel and break down, especially in colder climates. Combine that with Canada winter-cold and fuel contamination turning into gelatinous goo in regular sub-zero °F weather, and yeah, you can smoke an engine in 50K miles.

An important bit of information we need to know is whether the oil light was a service reminder, or status indicator. If the light was a “service soon” it’s one thing, but if it was indicating low pressure or levels...thats another.

I’ve never heard of an oil change mechanic suggesting longer intervals. Mine always lie and say it’s due before it’s actually due.

I keep seeing this story around various sources. How is this even worth writing about? If your vehicle has recommended service intervals and you stretch past them, you’re not getting warranty service. Are you going to write about someone who didn’t fill their tank and the truck stopped on the side of the road next?

Aero is a consideration, but it isn’t the only consideration.

I wasn’t aware that rolling a stop sign was a life saving maneuver lol 

In a perfect FSD world there will be no stop lights, signs, nothing, just an incredible series of TERRIFYING yet orchestrated near misses...basically like driving in India :)

The act of one person, by definition, is not that of a union.

“Those workers have not been the happiest lot lately, bristling against vaccine mandates in Canada and also anticipating the shut down of a shift next year at Windsor Assembly that could mean the loss of hundreds of jobs.”

So they decided to BLOW UP THEIR OWN PLANT? I’ve seen some union stupidity in the past, but this…

Plastic film is usually applied before being shipped, not stored.  Probably because those things are temporary and not designed to be stuck on for too long. 

Engines, transmissions, frames, suspensions, body panels, etc- all heavy industry where there is a lot of overlap in how these things are made. Also, they’ve been doing it for damn near a century and had that time to perfect the production process.

You know this problem isn’t unique to GM right?  Take a trip over to Dearborn.  Every parking lot in the entire city is filled up with F150's waiting for chips.

“GM Is Using A Shuttered Microchip Plant To Store Thousands of Chipless Trucks”

I agree with the vaporware suspicions.

Respect to the Farmvette.