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    Subscription fees in trucks: yay or nay?

    Im pretty sure BMW started this crap, why would I pay a subscription for heated seats or door locks, door locks are being pushed to use your smart phone where people are already paying a ton of money monthly, key fob is fine for me, the last smart phone I had was years ago was the iphone 5...
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    Thoughts on over the air updates

    Your going to have to face the fact millions of people addicted to tech, mostly phone and now infotainment systems along with stuff at home, thats the reality, collisions are way up because of this, if you have a ton of social media apps on your car infotainment systems and phone, you have to...
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    Is YouTube oversaturated with automotive content?

    This is the way I look at it, your title has match the content, when you (Tim) put up a video, its properly titled, you start a video and usually tell people who you are and what your going to talk about, and if its something specific that has to be addressed, you break it down to what the...
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    Article from WSJ on Jeep & RAM... trouble?

    I also think Stellantis is the issue, to me it seems they brought the European mindset of auto to North America where the mindset is completely different, we have wider roads, longer highways, people like to tow things, people like to jump into their vehicles on a whim and go somewhere, most...
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    Is YouTube oversaturated with automotive content?

    When a YT video starts with a guy standing there, and the first thing that comes out of hi mouth is "waass up youtube", Im out of there.
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    Is YouTube oversaturated with automotive content?

    A lot of these guys on YT I find are wanna be journalists, or just want to put something on YT for the hell of it, it seems to them the infotainment system is the most important item as they spend more time with the camera on the screen as they push buttons explaining what it does, my preference...
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    6.0 V8 Sierra

    If its 3rd gen 2015-2018, its 91 octane, here is a link that will tell you octane for all gens of 6.0 https://drivingyard.com/what-kind-of-gas-does-a-gmc-sierra-take/
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    best product to protect the paint on new vehicles

    You can go with the film on just the front end, front fenders and hood, most road derbies hits as going to be there, but still pricey, GM dealer up here does the whole or part of the vehicle, if buying a new vehicle there, negotiate a better price, as I recall they will do a new Sierra front end...
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    My area

    My backyard during solar storm last night, they were so powerful you could almost read a book, problem was the aurora dances, it was one hell of a show, you most likely would have seen it in Oregon and further down to Northern Cal last night.
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    Cloth seats and farts

    I think he's right, although you may have to plant your face into the seat to check, just make sure nobody see's you doing this, I do have a preference for leather seats, I find you actually sneeze less, when up plop your butt down on a cloth seat, you get a cloud of dust, now into the science...
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    My first Cybertruck

    Give it some time and you should start hearing about air suspension problems, I can see going in for a wheel alignment, mechanic asks you front, back or both.
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    Ford delays start of EV production at Oakville plant until 2027

    I hate to get political but when your dealing with EV's, for some strange reason politics will always pop up, Ford knows there are two elections coming up, the U.S and then Canada where both will set the pace...
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    Interesting video on EV range while towing from an engineering perspective

    The guy in the video claims the problem has been solved, he makes it sound like a breakthrough, I don't know where this guy has been but air dams on the roof have solved this for over 30 years.
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    Drain plug Fumoto or Valvomax

    First Ive seen these two, I like the Fumoto for the simple reason you can aim your drainage, I would assume this would be much cleaner than stock plug, who hasn't removed an oil plug as carefully as you can, then trying to aim bucket only to find out the Agent 86 Get Smart "I missed it by just...
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    Stellantis fires hundreds of engineers, tech

    OEM's have a tough go right now, they have to prepare for a US election in November that can and will change they way they do business almost overnight, any OEM that took government incentives has hooks and shackles attached to the cash, they have a tough game to play in order to keep the cash...
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    Engine Start Stop will be the First to Delete on New Truck

    Ive driven a 2023 Ram 5.7 with e-torque, it worked flawlessly, its probably the best system out there for stop start, problem is I live in the country, the only traffic jam is if somebody loses it and ends up on the road, funny how deer and moose close down roads. Before I decided to go Denali...
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    Hertz CEO Resigns After Tesla Fiasco

    The EV mandate is falling apart and fast, their not good enough and people don't want them, and people don't even want to rent them, governments came up with a ridiculous mandate and the OEM's were forced to jump in and play the game, the incentive money was plentiful, all OEM's wanted the cash...
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    Car companies spying on owners

    The answer to this is many companies including GM will have everything turned on till you turn it off yourself, they just hope you don't notice or care, you can have GM's app on you phone or infotainment system with everything turned off, thinking your safe, the problem is updates to the app...
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    Hertz CEO Resigns After Tesla Fiasco

    EV's seem to be more of a house of cards, Hertz CEO Stephen Sherr is stepping down at the end of the month, he gambled and lost, I can see Ford CEO Jim Farley getting the boot for the Lightning and Mach-E debacle, depending how deep GM, Stellantis and VW are in this mess, I'd say their CEO's are...
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    Car companies spying on owners

    Opting out is not enough of an option, you cannot trust companies to not using the data and its been proven over and over, you must shutdown the data right at the source, meaning in your vehicle, currently there is no option that shows up on the infotainment system showing you what data is being...
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