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My Chevy has a neat feature that tells me when the pistons have reached operating temperature. On a cold start, they slap the cylinder walls and...
Sounds like you really want the Prius, but you're trying to turn it into a rational decision. If you like the car you should get it. Even if...
Ah, but it also takes some amount of energy to spin up the engine during the start process. Also, while it's spinning up it's blowing fresh air...
EV Mode: Because sometimes it just seems silly to use the engine for less than 5 seconds.
Oooh! Me! I did! I bought a '97 Mustang GT after observing that base model Mustangs of the 80s and 90s had crappy engines and were basically...
Engine noise has a subliminal effect. Check out this link: Sound of sports car engine 'arouses women' - Telegraph "The roar of a luxury car...
Ah, you mean like this: [MEDIA] To me, fun also includes an element of predictability, so that the car responds to inputs as you expect. I...
"Fun" may not be a requirement, but the Prius goes the other way. A car shouldn't be painful to drive, and trying to get a Prius up to 60 mph on...
I disagree, as it's been pointed out here that other Toyota hybrids are selling very well in the UK and the price of the Prius is way out of line...
Note that below 7mph the car switches from regen to creeping (using the battery to power the car against the friction brakes), and sometimes that...
The benefits are entirely psychological :-)
I'm with kalsifur on this. Using N below 7 mph seems to make sense sometimes. I do it when I'm creeping downhill in traffic, and think it's...
Well, I was joking about using 80w-90 but you raise an interesting point about the stator. I assumed it was outside of the lubricated portion of...
It doesn't need to last forever, just longer than the car's expected lifetime. Gear oil (manual transmissions and rear ends) and power steering...
Just a piece of anecdotal evidence: My '97 Mustang is still running on the original accessory belt and hoses after 17 years and 126k miles. The...
I have a simpler approach to debunking that study. Energy and materials costs $$$, so the cost of a car can be used as a rough proxy for the...
I'm in training for the 600 miles club. Probably could have made it easily on this tank, but chickened out when it dropped to 1, non-flashing bar...
People are always going to have opinions and share them with you. It's called making conversation. Personally, I've gotten mostly positive...
My boss said that to me, and I replied that I was already ahead of his Cadillac. Yes, I still have a job.
I also miss the cheap, basic pick-up. I started out with an '87 S10 with a 7.5 foot bed which was a great size. When that started rusting out I...
