All you would see is dust.

I’m fairly certain BMW and MB does this, as well when cars are new.  If I’m installing caps and wheel locks on customer cars (I work at an independent shop, now), regardless of what kind of car it is, if I can line things up, I line things up.

Weird.  I just happen to have a Fiero in my garage with no engine/trans in it, right now.

There’s no good reason that the tech at the selling dealership that performed the pre-delivery inspection on this car failed to notice or correct this.

Yes.  I know for sure BMW and Benz used it.  It's usually accompanied with a mysterious sensor that's attached to the radiator.

If it’s ours, can I use it Saturday night?  I have a hot date and would like to use it to impress her.

Is it a driver in a car on the road? Then it’s a bad driver.

The biggest power loss in a C43 is a bad MAF. A bad MAF can bump up fuel trims and really drop the power even before it sets a CEL. If you have a scanner that can read data streams, look at the MAF voltage. It should be between .97-1.03 volts with the key on, engine off. Anything beyond, you’ll be losing power. If you…

I’ve actually recently wanted to buy a G20 for a commuter to work when I was looking to buy a new car. What’s not to like. Good gas mileage, comfy leather interior, leather, cruise control, automatic climate control, heated seats, power all the the things necessary, room for a double-din fancy navigation/bluetooth…

It’d probably run better if the PCV valve didn’t pop out of the valve cover.

My parents told me I was an accident.

Difference in speed really doesn’t matter if everyone simply kept right except to pass. The difference in speed on the Autobaun is staggering, yet there are less accidents on it compared to here in the U.S. Because people know how to properly utilize the lanes, there.

So, for best results, always coast in neutral and shut off the engine for maximum fuel efficiency.

Oh bullhawk! An engine is a type of motor. A motor is not a type of engine!

In the U.S., it would be the shop’s insurance.

As a former dealership technician, I feel like I should chime in. Essentially, what it sounds like, to me, is that these supplement repair are comeback repairs and the dealer (or technician, if he’s flat rate) is reaping the costs of all the additional repairs, and this is their extremely poor attempt and…

The absolute biggest draw back of using nitrogen is the limited availability, thus, promoting poor tire maintenance. I work at an automotive shop, and when I check the air pressure on customers’ cars, usually the ones with the nice green valve cap to signify the tire is filled with nitrogen are usually just as…

There’s dangerous. Then there’s unnecessarily dangerous. People who’ve been around racing enough are able to recognize the difference.

That car was not making a legitimate lane change. If you look very closely, he changed two lanes simultaneously, giving him/herself no time to check to see if the HOV lane was clear to enter. I don’t know what the exact lane-splitting laws are, in California. The car definitely was at some fault. And the…

I like to insert my own English dialog in these situations.