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Yeah, it's over now. I didn't want to sock 50 grand at it...Mine's an '08. In horse and livestock circles, I've seen a disproportionate number of Rams, with a disproportionate number of those being Cummins/six-speed units. Maybe most of the sales are going to hotshot services who are having a tough ...

I never saw myself having a Mopar or an HD diesel but availability of manuals has pushed me there. Not a fan of the extra maintenance or complexity or the gross overkill for 99% of my driving, but it is what it is until something else catches my eye. Holding my breath the Bronco looks good, is reaso...

I'd expect there's some compromise in the TRD suspension that makes it less suitable as a stable towing/hauling platform. I could see softer shocks and roll bars being selected depending on what usage they're trying to optimize for.

Without AWD, you should only need to worry about diameter differences on the drive axle and that's only a significant concern if you have a limited slip differential.

If you're worried about it, get the new one shaved.

The optimum strategy depends somewhat on who will be driving the vehicle. You're less likely to get stuck and will tend to even out the tire wear over time if you put the good tires on the front, but there are a lot of people who drive FWD vehicles for their presumably more benign handling character...

There's no reason a DSG couldn't be made to launch smoothly. Full manuals can, of course. There just has to be the want-to.

Funny you mention the GM 8-speed as good. There's actually a class action on it now. There are a couple of human-factors reasons most manuals don't do as well on the highway. One is that adding gears to a CVT or automatic is pretty straightforward (though technically difficult with the packaging, we...

In large measure, the price, efficiency, and performance penalties have been reduced, eliminated, or even reversed with the multispeed automatics, SMGs, and CVTs. With a proliferation of flappy paddles and +/- buttons, you can have almost full control over gear selection in most models/trim levels. ...

can you please explain this to me? you are implying you are potentially gaining money, when it sounds like knot? i don';t get it. the one time i totalled a car, i didn't bother buying it back. Sounds like it was well-bought in order for the difference between total loss payment and salvage value to...

eye fought impreza could bee had whiff Manuel und die other things, at least in the past. wut happened too the impreza sport? it had standard heated seats and optional moonroof (and other things standard and optional). That's still what the configurator on the website says. Spokesmouth probably not...

Pretty sure we had a bot talking to itself in the first two posts here, so that's gone and both identities are banned. Carry on, keep it PG.

I've seen them available, but you probably have to request them if you want to be environmentally friendly. Wonder what the carbon footprint of those four 5500-class trucks was...

You know, I wouldn't be thrilled with clutch-by-wire or shift-by-wire (for one thing, I've always appreciated a fully independent mechanical backup in the event the computer goes full HAL-9000, plus they probably wouldn't get the feel right), but I'm still a little disappointed that the shift to eve...

i always liked the brz/frs/86 design, but would've preferred it more as a comfy roadster (if that's the right word, not a convertible, more like a porsche cayman) That is not the right word but it is an ironic choice of example. The Cayman is the coupe version of the Boxster. The second half of Box...

I don't think the corporate wisdom has decayed quite to the point where a dead battery means you have to put a forklift through the windows, heave the thing on a flatbed, and haul it off to the junkyard. Most of the fob-only vehicles I'm aware of have a hidden key in the fob and a pop-off panel on t...