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from what I've read most cars that aren't euro-luxury have vinyl coated leather so the conditioners don't do much because they don't reach the actual leather. Not that it isn't a good idea to treat the vinyl coated but from what I've seen the high end stuff won't make a difference...

I was hopeful when I first saw the setup for the Nav on it because for some time I've thought that the best solution would be to be able to plug in whatever nav unit you want to use and just have it run through the larger touch screen remotely. Because the three drawbacks to a portable nav for...

I've got the carpet cargo mat in there which might quite it down too. It's not too bad of a job with the sound deadening, I just put a big trash bag under the area I'm working and use gloves and really cheap 3" wide paint brushes to slop the stuff on and smooth it out. On our Mazda3 I did the...

I can't actually say for certain how much it quieted down road noise but when I rotated the tires on mine I applied: http://store.secondskinaudio.com/spectrum-sludge/ To both the front and rear wheel wells. On the rear I loosened the liner and folded it to the back and then to the front and...

is the mpg as calculated at the pump or on the dash display?

It's a bit of the old "do you want fully loaded in this trim level or completely stripped in the next level up?" And there aren't many luxury ones that get good mileage that I know of. We considered the Buick Verano when we were shopping and a really well equipped one of those with a Turbo...

I've followed their reviews for quite some time now and they generally get terrible mileage. I think it is a combination of being lead footed and that they are in the LA area and typically spend 40+ minutes going 5 miles for the drive to and from work. It is the problem when the cars are...

I haven't heard any noises like that on mine. Once it gets over the initial warm up it is pretty quiet.

on the startup Edmunds.com explained: the exhaust manifold has thin walls and thus transmits more combustion noise than if it was some old-school cast iron chunkus. When cold, the ignition timing is retarded which puts more heat into the catalyst to aid light-off. This retarded timing also has...

Well, you don't need a seat heater when you are sharing warmth.

mine was really intermittent for a long time. Every time I'd think it had gotten regular enough that I'd take it to the dealer it wouldn't do it the next morning. I could often silence it by prying lightly with my hand between the dash and the door panel. When it finally got to where it was...

when ours had the out of balance fan with something wedged in between the blades it acted that way. It would only do it on the higher speeds and even then not all the time. It was worse with the vents set on recirculate. Hopefully it is something simple like needing a new fan or even...

I know this one was a freak thing but I sometimes worry about it overheating and ending up like this: someone posted it on another forum a long time back and it is supposedly from a phone charger overheating.

yep, either something is wrong with the fan or something got caught in it. I don't know how easy it is in modern cars but my old car will occasionally suck a small leaf or one of those little helicopter seed things in and make a lot of noise. Our P5 got something more solid wedged into one of...

I'd had a noise that was getting more and more common and noticeable. It came from both sides and sound like it was coming from the dash or lower a-pillar. It was still intermittent enough that I figured it wouldn't do it if I took it to the dealer. After a lot of listening and pressing on...

My roll of tape is so old I think that was what it was called, it is a somewhat rough cloth type tape and looks about the same as this: The stuff I have isn't really sticky but that might just be that it is so old, there's a possibility I may have inherited this roll. But I find cutting off...

No kidding, I have to remember to be careful when waxing it that I don't put too much pressure on it.

Mine does it some and I wasn't worried enough to do anything about it and then I started wondering if it could be stressing out welds or other connections with all the movement so I may take it in before the warranty is up.