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Longer Vehicle Ownership

According to a new online survey done by AutoMD, vehicle owners are planning on keeping their vehicles longer then in recent years (longer by about 50,000 miles, on average). Of course, the longer an individual keeps a vehicle the higher their overall maintenance costs will be for that vehicle. But, that cost is [...]

GM Oil Life Monitor: 20 Years Old

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General Motors Oil Life Monitoring system is approaching 20 years old (much older than I thought, quite frankly), so I thought it might be interesting to give it another look, discussing it’s history and where it stands currently in the industry. History of the GM Oil Life Monitor As it turns out, the GM OLM has it’s [...]

Free Vehicle Maintenance Programs

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It is becoming more and more common these days to see vehicle manufacturers offering free maintenance programs for their vehicles. Of course, just what maintenance is offered free varies from one OEM to another and from one year to another. But, one thing is clear, vehicle manufacturers realize that one of the issues that many [...]

GM Intros New “Dexos” Motor Oil Spec

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It appears that GM has decided that API and ILSAC classifications are not robust enough to offer the protection and longevity they are looking for in a motor oil for their vehicles. As a result, it looks like they’ve decided to roll out a new motor oil specification specific to the GM brand. Of course, [...]

Change Your Oil the RIGHT Way!

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Oil changes are generally pain. But, changing your oil doesn’t have to be that way, IF you do it right. This is likely to be the first and only article you’ve ever read that tells you the RIGHT way to change your oil. Now, before all you backyard and certified mechanics get ready to lynch me [...]

Electric Cars – Auto Industry Scourge

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With this new push toward more electric vehicles in order to save our planet from the phantom nemisis (Man Made Global Warming), I’ve begun to think more about just what this new trend could mean to the US and the world as a whole. Clearly, the push in this direction is related to the elimination of [...]