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Piston Slap: Trollblazer v1.0 Sending Out an SOS

The family household beater has a limp. It’s a 1993 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer, four door, with the 4.3. It’s original country of purchase was Germany, at least it says so on the dealer engraved license frame. Sometime in its life it moved to Sweden, my ...

From SAJEEV MEHTA, The Truth About Cars,  11 Mar 2010

New Or Used (Or Drive Vs. Tube)?: A Brazilian Goes To The UK

Hi, The company I work for is transferring me to their headquarters in the UK. I wonder if you could help me by using the collective intelligence of the Best and Brightest for suggestions on which car should I buy once I get there. My knowledge of the ...

From SAJEEV MEHTA AND STEVE LANG, The Truth About Cars,  5 Mar 2010
Related Topics: Jaguar,  Aston Martin,  BP p.l.c.

Piston Slap: Classic Fusca Mania, Baby!

Hello Mr. Mehta, I am currently in Brazil visiting my in-laws. I am more and more falling in love with the 1974 1.5L Fusca (what the Beetle is called here) my brother-in-law owns. I can’t imagine they go for much in the US, and I thought it might be ...

From SAJEEV MEHTA, The Truth About Cars,  5 Mar 2010

New Or Used?: Any Import But Toyota Edition

Mr Mehta and Lang, I’m writing in for my non-tech savvy parents who are starting to look for a “new” car. I say new with quotes because only one of the choices is actually a brand new car. Background wise it’s simple, my parents are in their 50s and I ...

From SAJEEV MEHTA AND STEVE LANG, The Truth About Cars,  2 Mar 2010
Related Topics: General Motors

Piston Slap: Finding The Sweet Spot

I have a 1995 BMW E34 530i, and I’m looking into getting it lowered. At first I thought this was a simple affair, that I just needed lowering springs. But some people are telling me that I can’t just put new lowered springs without buying new shocks ...

From SAJEEV MEHTA, The Truth About Cars,  1 Mar 2010

Piston Slap: Bleeding Edge Lincoln Technology Edition

In case you missed it, Paul Niedermeyer’s excellent overview of Lincolns greatest hits and misses is worth a second look, considering the “firsts” attributed to the Lincoln brand: halogen lights and clear coat paint (Versailles), gas charged shocks and ...

From SAJEEV MEHTA, The Truth About Cars,  15 Feb 2010
Related Topics: Daniel Stern

Review: BMW 750i

BMW is rapidly becoming the Swiss Army Knife of automobile brands. Elegant and well-trained coupes, estates and sedans? Check. Interested in CUVs of both respectable and questionable utility? They got you covered. Though the X6 and 5-series Gran ...

From SAJEEV MEHTA, The Truth About Cars,  11 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Lexus

Piston Slap: Nissan Matic J Worth The Trouble?

Now, my new question comes way of a transmission fluid change on my wife’s 2005 Pathfinder. As usual the manual calls for only using official Nissan Matic J at almost $13 per quart. The local auto parts store sells Castrol Tranny fluid that says on the ...

From SAJEEV MEHTA, The Truth About Cars,  4 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Nissan

Piston Slap: It Takes Two, Baby

I have a 2006 Mazda5 GT which has blown it’s second rear shock in less than 87,000 km. My question is whether I should just replace it with yet another Mazda part, or whether I should go aftermarket and replace both rear ones at the same time. My ...

From SAJEEV MEHTA, The Truth About Cars,  28 Dec 2009
Related Topics: Mazda

Piston Slap: The Annoying, Lazy Civic Pt. II

I’m writing this as I sit in the service department of my Honda Dealership. My car (LINK: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/piston-slap-the-annoying-lazy-civic/) was due for a service, and I had enough: I was going to get results from the dealership ...

From SAJEEV MEHTA, The Truth About Cars,  14 Dec 2009
Related Topics: Honda,  AutoZone, Inc.

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