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12-06-2019, 04:17 PM

Eric started a thread EVs Cost Another 800 jobs in Motor Mouth

GM just announced it will be laying off 800 workers as it "transitions" to "electrification" (news story here). This piles on to the almost 10,000...

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12-06-2019, 04:08 PM

Eric started a thread 2020 Cadillac XT6 in New Car/Truck Reviews

Cadillac already has a three row SUV . . . so why make another one? Probably because it needs a different kind of three-row SUV. One that’s almost...

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12-06-2019, 10:20 AM

Eric started a thread Revenue Collection... and Something Else in Motor Mouth

It used to be that roadside mulctings were primarily, even exclusively, motivated by simple money-lust. Traffic enforcement as a kind of random...

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11-29-2019, 09:30 AM

Eric started a thread EVs Will Cost Us More than Just Money in Motor Mouth

Electric cars are costing us more than just too much money. They’re also costing jobs. Just in time for Thanksgiving, Audi announced the end of...

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11-27-2019, 08:57 AM

Eric started a thread And so They Drooled in Motor Mouth

Pavolv’s dogs salivated whenever they heard the bell - even in the absence of food. They had been conditioned to associate the sound with the...

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11-25-2019, 09:17 AM

Eric started a thread 2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD in New Car/Truck Reviews

The bad news is you can't get a V6 in the 2020 Toyota RAV4. Which is a shame, because with that V6 - which you used to be able to get - the RAV4 was...

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11-23-2019, 10:01 AM

Eric started a thread If You Can't Beat 'Em . . . Sue 'Em! in Motor Mouth

When you can’t beat ‘em in the showroom, go after ‘em in the courtroom. General Motors says the lawsuit it filed against FiatChrysler is all about...

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11-19-2019, 09:03 AM

Eric started a thread Fewer VWs... More EVs in Motor Mouth

Here's a short rant about some related news - not good news - from Ford and VW. VW will - apparently - stop selling the mainstream, affordable...

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11-19-2019, 08:59 AM

Eric started a thread 2020 Mitsubishi EclipseCross in New Car/Truck Reviews

Given that the Mitsubishi EclipseCross is priced higher than its better-equipped rivals - models like the Subaru Crosstrek and Honda HR-V - and given...

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11-17-2019, 10:06 AM

Ken replied to a thread Nanny system shortcomings in Grouch's Garage

I think you may have found a way for right thinking folks to disable the 'nanny' systems. Find the sensors and stick a piece of Duct Tape over them....

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11-13-2019, 03:16 PM

Ken replied to a thread Nissan's Nosedive - and Possibly, Why in Motor Mouth

Looking at the chart of vehicle depreciation, if I am reading the figures correctly the average depreciation is 62.26% not 50.2% as shown. Ken.

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11-13-2019, 09:58 AM

Eric started a thread Nissan's Nosedive - and Possibly, Why in Motor Mouth

Nissan's in trouble. More trouble, maybe, than former (and frog-marched) CEO Carlos Ghosn. Reuters reports a blanching 70 percent drop in operating...

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11-13-2019, 07:16 AM

Ken replied to a thread Nanny system shortcomings in Grouch's Garage

Ah! Grouch, the joys of bedding in a new car. The front radar sensor is, I think, fitted behind the radiator grill. It may have got covered in...

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11-12-2019, 09:12 PM

grouch started a thread Nanny system shortcomings in Grouch's Garage

I got my CX-5 back today. The brakes don't grind and stop smooth. That let me take the Mazda 3 back. Good riddance. It was a nice enough car, but too...

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11-11-2019, 07:55 PM

grouch replied to a thread New addition to the garage. in Grouch's Garage

It's supposed to be finished tomorrow. I'm a dealers nightmare. I know cars better than they do. The car sat undriven for months through one of our...

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11-11-2019, 06:48 AM

Eric started a thread Ode to the Air Cooled in Motor Mouth

No new cars - and just a dwindling handful of new motorcycles - have engines that rely on the air to cool them. Technically, it's airflow - which...

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11-09-2019, 07:15 AM

Ken replied to a thread New addition to the garage. in Grouch's Garage

Hm? It doesn't sound as though the dealers pre-delivery inspection/test was worth a damn. Any brake problems should have been sorted out long before...

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11-08-2019, 10:39 PM

grouch replied to a thread New addition to the garage. in Grouch's Garage

I've had the CX-5 three days and now it's gone. I told them when I bought it there was a noise and the salesman and service people said it was just...

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