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The scangauge isn't necessarily any more accurate than the speedometer. The only potential inaccuracy it takes out of the system is the input and display elements of the speedometer (whatever form those take in any given vehicle), and that inaccuracy is as likely to be in the opposite direction of t...

Only one of my manuals is EPA-rated and stock. Looking at that one and comparing to the revised numbers, I have multiple tanks at approximately 115% of the highway rating and an overall average of almost the highway rating, about 115% of combined.

You say that like activists getting wrapped around the axle on the negative aspects of the status quo and demanding changes that turn out to be net harmful is something new. As but one example, the plastic bags now viewed as a scourge on the world by environmentalists were forced into near-universal...

Ridiculous. Nothing innovative about that, and no expensive time in the lab to discover the operating principle. Obvious to a four-year-old. That should be laughed out of the patent office.

17 here. Significantly different if weighted by current typical mileage, as the babymobile gets driven out of necessity a lot of the time and it's the youngest by a significant margin.

'89 Grand Marquis.

Absolutely. My first car was built with a 3.27 axle. I would get around 24 on the back roads between cities and about 12 commuting in city traffic. When I put 3.55s in it, I got more like 20-22 on the back roads, but the city commute went up to close to 15.

The shift points the manufacturer specifies are usually biased towards economy. Shifting somewhat later will usually (but not always) yield better performance. Shifting somewhat earlier still might yield better economy in a limited set of circumstances.

According to the Build and Price on the website, it's still available in the TRD Pro trim, which locks you into a V6 4WD double cab starting in the mid-$40s. There are some reasons the Japanese have always been very package-oriented and have only gotten more so. There's efficiency in limiting the nu...

When I think of groups of people concerned with intellectual property restrictions, I know Russians are always right at the top of the list... Provided the rest of the list consists entirely of the Chinese.

Yanno what really burns my Butt? A flame about 3 feet high! VW Group Shipment of vehicles aflame on the Atlantic Ocean. I wonder if when they determine the cause it will trigger a recall. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60429584 UPDATE! - Automotive News "Towing boats head toward burning car...

Absolutely, the shiftable automatics have gotten better over the years, but I usually try it at least once when getting a rental car and the quality is still highly variable. Even the good ones, it doesn't really give me the joy of getting a proper manual to do exactly what I want it to do, and it w...

I've been thinking something like this has to be the future of manuals for a while now. As take rates decline it's harder and harder to justify all the unique hardware for offering the traditional manual. With something like this, the vast majority of the hardware is the same. Unfortunately, it soun...

I'd venture use of an extender by someone who doesn't need one would render the belt less effective because the lap belt and shoulder belt would meet partway across the body.

You could try this:

https://www.fordfusionclub.com/threads/ ... le.341398/

I have steam in both the washer and the dryer, but no umbilical. The dryer just has a reservoir that has to be periodically refilled if you use it. I use the steam on most loads in the washer. Not sure I've ever used it in the dryer. The #1 thing to prevent dryer fires is obsessively cleaning the li...