Haven't Jap cars been referred to as Hirohito's revenge? It's the souls of dead samurai wreaking havoc with the vehicles.

I will never buy a drive by wire vehicle of whatever brand name.I don't need nor do I want that. cuhulin

Last Monday on Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson said Jay Leno will be on Top Gear, this evening, today.So, I clicked on Top Gear this evening on the BBC America tv channel. cuhulin

This may sound silly but on a 1994 Dodge Caravan with the 3.0 engine and the automatic transmission are the drivers and passangers tires suppose to turn opposite directions when the vehicle is in Park? For example if the front of the vehicle was up on jack-stands and it was in Park and you turned...

http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/08/stop-the-recall-madness.aspx March 8, 2010, 17:33:00 | NP Editor Automobile recalls are inevitable, but today they are jumped on by those eager to advance their own agendas By Dennis DesRosiers In the past few weeks public...

On 03/07/2010 02:33 PM, fred wrote: > jim > wrote in > : > >> if you buy all this fear-mongering idiocy that electronic throttle is >> a problem, and that brakes, transmissions and ignition kill switches >> can all...

Regarding brake fluid. I've heard one philosophy - when you see your brake fluid below 2/3 of the FULL line, you should fill it back to the full line. But I've heard others say you should never add brake fluid as the level gradually and naturally decreases as the pads wear and adding fluid will...

I'm looking for a pickup to tow a fifth-wheel trailer. I'm looking at a 2008 F-350 with the 6.4L turbo. Anyone have any experience with this model? Any known issues? How do the Ford diesels compare to the Chevy & Dodge in reliability?

Toyota seems to playing delay tactics and dodgeball. "The House Energy and Commerce Committee said Friday that documents provided by Toyota Motor Corp. didn't appear to rule out electronic defects in its vehicles and requested more information from the automaker. It said documents that had been...

http://www.chicagoclassiccars.com Click on where it says The Cars and scroll down. cuhulin

Yesterday afternoon, on my way to the food store, I saw an original 1964 Chevrolet Impala car.Looked to me like it still had the original brown factory paint job, the car was running good, it wasen't smoking either.The body didn't look like it was rusted, only two or three dings on the chrome trim...

Before removing the oil pan, I removed the rear engine plate and what I believe was once a 1/4" x 1/4" strip of foam insulation sitting between the rear engine place and the oil pan, crumbled into a coarse powder! So, can I replace the oil pan and rear engine plate without any...

Yeah, it's probably in the electronics. Mats and sticking pedals account for only 30% of the runaways. As I understand from the hearings, CTS pedals accounted for 0 fatality (all fatalities on Denso pedals). "About ten Toyota owners have complained to U.S. auto safety regulators that their...

I think it's safe to say most people know I am a Toyota fan, but some of the stuff coming out in the news recently is not settling well with me. First there is the allegation that Toyota made a "deal" for a recall for floor mats that is being interpreted as a cover up for a wider problem. Now...

http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=284770 What Bob Celeste said. cuhulin

http://www.businesspundit.com/nissan-recalls-540000-cars-for-brake-defects cuhulin

OK..I have a 1994 Dodge Caravan with a 3.0 Litre engine and it has the 3 speed automatic transmission. Recently the transmission went up and I have been scouting around for a good junkyard transmission for it and found the one I want last week. I`m going to remove it tomorrow and wanted some last...

http://www.autonews.com I Love it! cuhulin

The floor mats and sticking pedal accounts for only 30% of the problems. The true cause of sudden acceleration is still not known so no real solution is possible. IMO it's the electronics. "In earlier testimony, David Gilbert, a Southern Illinois University professor, tells the panel he was able...

Toytoa is recalling cars for sticking gas pedals. What the average person might not realize is that current cars don't have throttle cables but have fly-by-wire systems for throttle control. In other words the gas pedal makes an electrical signal and then the car computer sets the throttle position...