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It isn't necessarily an extra $160 every 40,000 miles and a trip to the dealer for the turbo version if many of us can DIY with four NGK plugs and some anti-sieze for about $75 delivered to our door.

Check your tire pressures with a good dial gauge. They should read 35-36 PSI cold all the way around. Many have reported that their cars were delivered with the tires grossly overinflated.

Nice job Davidiot. I have that same console tray and may try that modification. You might want to Google that brand of hand sanitizer. Blumen was known to be one of those recalled due to the presence of methanol.

I don't know what is squirrelly about it. If you lock the doors with the fob, button on the inside armrest, manually with the buttons on each interior door panel, or with the button on the driver's or passenger's side exterior handles, the hatch is also locked. If you don't have the fob on your...

When I check my oil "hot" I mean I check it about a half hour after shutting the car off after a drive. That's about the same procedure that I use when changing the oil, the oil is still hot enough to flow but not so hot that I don't want to be pulling the drain plug or working under the car...

Except when I check the oil in my 2019 2.5 Turbo, my results are similar to the photos that yrwei52 posted above. Checking the oil hot, after less than a half hour of shutting down the engine and letiing the oil drain back down into the sump, and checking it cold in the morning only shows about...

The more gimmicks that are added to a vehicle, the greater the chance is of failure and of course that usually occurs about the time the warranty expires. I have my mirrors set to only fold upon the manual control on the door panel. I run them back and forth every couple of months just to make...

I wish I stil worked for Tesla and had a bunch of lab equipment at my disposal. I would take a walk over to the lab building with a quart of 5W-30 synthetic oil and have them pour it into a graduated cylinder. Then heat the oil to maybe 240 degrees F and measure the thermal expansion on the...

After I got home with my new 2019 GT-R I checked everything. The tire pressure was at 45 lbs.Too high. Should have read at about 38 lbs after a freeway run. All fluids were topped off including the battery water. I didn't check the transmission fluid as that is a rather involved process. I wish...

I run nothing but top tier 91 octane in my 2019 GT-R w/Turbo. I'd run 93 octane if it was available here in CA. I'm retired and don't drive very much so the extra cost isn't an issue, and our gas is about the highest in the nation. I paid $3.69.9 yesterday. I do like the extra power and the 250...

I have seen far too many people driving around with a mask on for them to all be ride share or delivery drivers. I attribute it to ignorance/paranoia/general stupidity. Like people out taking a walk without another human being within hundreds of yards wearing a mask. My favorite so far was a...

Last winter I played with the TCS a little. The roads through through the residential area to get to my house for about a mile off the main highway are very steep up and down small canyons and ridge tops.There was about 3" of fresh snow on the ground. The car has enough torque to easily spin the...

I changed the factory fill at 1000 miles and changed it again at 5000 miles. I plan on doing 5000 mile OCI's for the life of the car due to the DI engine. Regarding my canteen analogy, perhaps it was a bit broad. But nitpicking aside,I don't see the point of having any of my important automotive...

For those who think it is good practice to only fill your engine with enough oil to be about halfway between the high and low marks, if you went on a hike would you only fill your canteen halfway with water ? If your engine is filled to the top mark, you always have a margin of error in case you...

I wait a few seconds for the RPM's to drop before backing out of my garage.Then I drive like a grandma for about a mile until I reach the highway. At that point the temp gauge needle has moved up to around 180 degrees or so and the transmission and other drivetrain components have also warmed up...

I have done 2 oil changes on my 2019 GT-R. Both times with new filters and letting the hot oil drain for at least an hour. In both cases it took 5.5 quarts to reach the max line on the dipstick and that included pre-filling the filter with several ounces of the 5.5 quart total. If I check my...

I live in California and we get reamed for everything. Tax on vehicles is anywhere from 7.75% to 9% depending upon where you buy, and license and registration fees are the highest in the country. But the one thing that we have in our favor is the so called Documentation Fees are capped at $85...

When I bought my 2019 GT-Reserve, every GT-R and Signature model on the dealer's lot was already fitted with roof rails. It was done at the factory as it was listed on the factory window sticker and not on a supplemental dealer installed additional cost sticker. I asked the salesman why, and he...

I plan on doing a Blackstone oil analysis when the car reaches 15,000 miles and will ask for them to also check for fuel dilution. That may be a while though as I have only put less than 8000 miles on the car since June of 2019. I would do it at 10K miles but the oil that is currently in the...

A half a quart of gasoline diluting the oil would be a serious problem. Even a few ounces would indicate a big problem. I have also checked my oil hot, like within a half hour of a drive and stone cold and there is zero difference in the level on the dipstick. Regarding fuel dilution, the oil...