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Tesla wants to primarily become a software company for cars, charging and energy storage devices, solar panels, pretty much everything to do with energy and transportation. Will they make cars? Absolutely, but in due time it will be more about putting all the physical ingredients available...

There's a trade-in that I have. A 2005 Hyundai XG350. Drives perfectly fine. It has a South Carolina 'Total Loss-Salvage' title due to it being in a minor accident on the front left. I call it the perfect kiss. The place where the front fender, quarter panel, headlight, and hood meet. It's a...

Don't say Toyota Corolla...

Where is the EV sweet spot? The exact same place where you'll find a sweet spot on a cell phone. About 10 years ago I got a Galaxy Note II from a guy who worked as an execuitive at Home Depot. They had given it to him with all the bells and whistles, brand new, for about $750 back then (about...

My mother-in-law gave me a nice set of steel ramps a couple of years ago. I've used it a couple of times. It does a job for anything that has 15-in tires or less with the exception of some older trucks which I rarely get at my dealership. I like to do basic stuff myself because it keeps me...

15 years ago furnances were still somewhat affordable and easy to change. CVTs and direct injection were minimal to non-existent, and you could still buy your power tools and lawn mowers without the government telling you it was an environmental no-no. My water heater was/is still simple. Just...

Just got a 2007 Fusion with the four-cylinder for my son. Only 36k miles. 27 service records at the Ford/Mazda dealership. Heck, the car even has two transmission fluid changes. Definitely a keeper. The oil though was a bit old. From the fall of 2021. Two and a half years old but only a little...

Ten years ago the Autos section at Yahoo was one of their top four subjects. Today autos doesn't even rank in the top 50 for most media conglomerates. Nobody cares. It's as if the entire field of automotive journalism has turned into a hopeless morass of search engine optimization and industry...

I just got in a 2014 Buick Encore with only 48k miles at our dealership. We believe everything is sorted out with it, but since it spent a lot of time sitting I'm wondering if we should do an induction service. If we go that route, I wanted to know what product would likely work the best. I'm...

The only new car I ever bought was way back in 1994. A red Toyota Camry Coupe LE. I had it for 12 years and 235,000 miles. When I sold it, the next owner took great care of it as well. All was well in the world until... The owner who had it after him rolled back the odometer... a solid...

I have a basket of filters for Toyotas, and I noticed that the Supertech 4386 is listed as a perfect fit on some sites for this model (Rockauto) and not on others (Walmart, and even briefly on a BITOG thread from several years ago). I checked the specs from all the sites I could find. The...

This afternoon I went to an Advance Auto Parts down the road from my dealership. They had moved all the red tag car care items to a front table along with a few 5 quart jugs of Catrol 20k Oil which were $18 each. I passed on the oil since I remembered that another location had some Total...

We're about to hit our first serious price war in the EV market. Volvo, which is the first Chinese government subsidized brand in North America, is launching the Volvo EX30. Imagine a hamster driven Kia Soul with triple the horsepower, an upscale entry level luxury interior, and a sports car...

Just got a steal of a deal on a 2004 Kia Amanti with 22,000 miles that was owned by a retiree in Florida. The fabric landau roof is in excellent condition and I want to keep it that way, Any products or specfic tools that are worth using? I own a dealership here in Atlanta where we don't get...

I'm starting to develop some new ideas for a site I developed on Facebook called Mileage Impossible. One of them is a guide for novices when it comes to a specific model tentatively titled, "Keeping Your Ride Until 2035". Most enthusiast forums have solid bits and pieces when it comes to...

Yesterday I hit two of them. There was a gold 2000 Ford Ranger that had been donated to a charity. The charity marked in big bold letters that it had a bad transmission. Yet it had no key and the owner who had it for over 20 years had obvious borderline OCD tendencies. Not only did it look...

I own a car dealership and write for a few different automotive sites. It used to be incredibly easy for me to recommend a couple dozen different new vehicles for my customers and readers. These days? I feel like the old guy with the old truck. Nearly everything I see out there isn't worth...

I have owned a dealership for over 20 years and always kept my pricing structure painfully simple. No haggling. No bogus fees. Tell the customer everything they will ever need to know so that they can make an informed decision. We do everything we can to provide customers with the prior...

What would an average 7 to 10 year old car need to stay mobile for a lifetime? At least over the average 'driving' lifetime for people like us? About 10 batteries, 4 or 5 catalytic converters, 3 transmissions, 3 or 4 engines, maybe 50 or so miscellaneous parts ranging from sensors and...

Are there any data sheets of these two Castrol products? I have a spare gallon of the ATF/CVT fluid that I'm thinking of using on a 2007 Honda CR-V. It will be the fourth transmission fluid service for this vehicle. I know this level of servicing is a bit overkill, but this is for my daughter...