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I think age and charging habits play a large role in battery life.

According to Consumer Reports, Model Ss have somewhat below average reliability. I wouldn't think that early models would have been any...

I have a Model 3. Seems you should use "car wash mode" when you're washing your car in the driveway. You don't use the "free roll"...

I think proving an oil related failure would be impossible with reasonable oci's

That'd take me 50 years!

For a weight bearing area (chairs etc) agree with removing the sod and digging out a few inches of soil. Replace with gravel. The best...

It's probably true. Probably true for any good quality oil. I've had no problem getting to 15 years with a variety of oils. Never hit...

Here u go. I don’t think he loosen the drain bolt or loosen the filter but dad is supervising...

I'm going to start working on my grandson. He's 12. We'll start with the lawn mower next weekend. I'll teach him to sharpen the mower...

I will work on training her son. I think he is is a little over 10.. Ripe age to learn about cars.

Perhaps a MityVac might allow your daughter to do every other oil change service? Of course the MityVac does not work on all vehicles...

Why bring Pablo into this 😁

Daughter lives too far away for me to actually help with an oil change. She brings her Kia Telluride into JiffyLube and they say they...

Where I've been able to, whenever we've bought a petrol powered car, if there was a port injected model I've always made sure we...

I understand using better oil but why shortened oil change intervals? I would have expected a small early "flash off" from fresh oil. Is...