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I usually use Pennzoil Platinum, because up until some idiotic decisions were made I was able to get it for $25/5qt. Now it's $45. Luckily I bought 10 jugs a few months ago though I've used 4 for routine changes already. I'll probably stock up on some Costco, which high quality, while I can...

I'm a blue guy. I looked the other day, and Ford has pretty much removed any decent blues. They are all vaguely bluish greys and teals. Heck, I hate grabber blue but they even nixed that in favor of .. grey. The only Mustang you can get a decent blue (Argon Metallic) on is the 106k+ Dark Horse...

Do they have a crane to pluck the desired vehicle out?

Yep, Colorado along the front range (i.e. where most of the people live) has similar problems (2/3 of days this summer have been heavy smog even far from Denver) and I'm quite glad we finally adopted some of California's regs built specifically to combat that. Are those regs perfect? Hell no...

There is a massive disparity in how self sufficient various states are, and how much they give a damn about the environment. California is not only self sufficient, but also sends a massive amount of money to other states. You can go to, say, Wyoming and get much cheaper gas, because...

Well, like I said: all those things add up to you being able to breath air that isn't highly toxic .. while still getting to enjoy things like Broncos.. and Broncos that use about 1/3 the gas they used to. Why is that "crazy"?

There are a lot of things that have affected the price of CA gas since 1988, not just the special blend gas they started requiring. Everything from taxes to a massive population/demand increase.

Some places around me it's similar (including some places where on ramps are UP hill, ha), and it's rare that I ever have to put pedal all the way to the floor to get up to speed. When I was in college I was driving a Jeep Cherokee with a 115 hp motor.. which at my altitude and the age of the...

Those fuel blends started being used in the late 80s or early 90s no? When a 10 cent difference would be about a 10-20% difference in cost.. like it is today. No?

On the plus side, you're not breathing this air anymore:

Sawdust is a known human carcinogen. It's why woodworkers have vacuum systems to collect and contain sawdust these days instead of just letting it float around in the air. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK590780/ Prop 65 is poor law, though it's intent was good. Usually if the company...

Nypost doing it's usual hack job. The regs basically only apply to summer highway tires. Key details regarding the exemptions include: Snow Tires: Tires defined as "winter-type snow tires" or those certified with the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake (3PMSF) symbol are fully exempt from the...

Being a manual will be bad for resale. Resale value comes from high demand. Manuals are in very, very low demand. (note: I have a manual, hah)

If you are seeing and smelling smoke, there is something very wrong with your brakes. Assuming no driving abuse, there's no reason you would experience that without something like a sticking caliper or other mechanical fault.

The Badlands is the much better deal (at least when I bought mine in 24) if you are looking at similar specs otherwise (base/mid/lux, etc.). In 7MT config, it has everything about a SAS except wheels and shocks. And it's 5-6k less (again, if you are comparing otherwise same spec vehicles). You...

No reason to actually replace those every time. Just inspect it and reuse unless it looks damaged or degraded.

My special order Badlands came with 12 on the clock too. After having purchased several brand new vehicles.. have never seen one with less than a dozen or so miles. Would you rather they assemble the vehicle and not verify that it drives properly?

None of those things are worth the cost or hassle. Most importantly, as you have noted, they filter poorly compared to a regular filter. That's a big problem, and not worth any of the claimed benefits. Add in that if you screw up the oiling (not enough or too much) you can damage your engine...

It'll probably happen.. eventually. But no way it happens in 2035, It's just political posturing. Maybe 2065. Maybe. There is simply no way such laws will ever take effect in 8ish years. The resources and resource production would never support it, and the infrastructure doesn't either. These...

Are you really worried that EVs are going to be "forced" on you? Currently there are about 100 EV car models sold in the U.S. compared to over 1,200 gas models.