Around here, the ranchers used to buy delipidated school buses for really trifling sums, and scatter them around their ranch as storage for feed. Back in the day, I saw school buses go at auction for… (View Post)

In many cases, what they are tracking are “annoyances” rather than actual “reliability”. Some other sources talk about “initial quality”, which is more closely related to “annoyances”. What would be … (View Post)

I just received this in my email. Very interesting, it sounds like the good old days are back (almost). $10,000 off MSRP, that is almost exactly the deal I got on my 2018 F150. Except somehow I don't… (View Post)

You can color me in that second group. Generally speaking, I will not do business with or help support someone whom I find deplorable. That includes Steve Jobs and Apple, and more recently, Elon Musk… (View Post)

There is a pretty good study on engine oil life here: https://dtsc.ca.gov/dtsc-website-archive/etc-extended-oil-change-intervals/ I know that Chevron (and other majors) have done extensive internal t… (View Post)