Filed under: Maintenance, Etc., Hatchbacks, Volvo
click above image for more pics of the 2.6 million-mile Volvo P1800
We’ve reported on high-mileage cars here before. There was the Jetta diesel that Volkswagen found in Ohio with 562,000 miles on its odometer. Then there was the Saab 900 that had traveled 1,001,385 miles in its lifetime. Finally, there […]

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Filed under: Maintenance, Etc., Tech
UPDATE: I took the quiz again and scored a 92 - guess I do better when paying attention.
This came my way from one of the listservs I subscribe to. A passing grade is considered 80%, and I’m disappointed to say that if you take it while trying to watch ER […]

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Filed under: Maintenance, Etc., Tech, Mercedes Benz
This will be excellent when you go to buy that used Mercedes. Rather than searching high and low for that needle-in-a-haystack owner who kept meticulous records and the car serviced to a T, Mercedes is rolling out a Digital Service Booklet. Mercedes says it will be more convenient and […]

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Filed under: Gadgets, Maintenance, Etc., Tech

I need this. My back isn’t what it used to be, so when it’s time to fiddle with the undercarriage, I start thinking wistfully about lifts or pits. It’d also make it easier to hang off the end of the breaker bar for those monster-torque suspension fasteners. Exhaust work? No […]

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Filed under: Car Buying, Maintenance, Etc., Buick, Cadillac, GM, GMC, Lexus, Pontiac, Saturn
The General’s chief product guru, Bob Lutz, responded to questions regarding GM’s reliability in the company’s FastLane Blog’s most recent video Q&A chapter. According to Lutz, who cites comparisons to company “H” and company “T” as being perpetual reliability yardsticks, GM has aimed […]

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