If you have a RWD car and you're planning to lift it up using ramps on the front and floor jack on the rear, watch this first.
I was planning to lift up my car using the same setup: ramps on the front, then jack up the rear to rest the tires on wheel cribs. On a FWD car, this probably would have been fine if you put the transmission in gear before jacking up the car. On a RWD car, both the drive wheels and parking brake is set on the rear wheels, so there was nothing to stop the front wheels from rolling back.
Credit goes to the uploader for being man enough to share his mistake. His upload might just save somebody's life and their car.
A reminder that Mazda is still obsessed with making fun to drive cars. In this video, Dave Coleman revealed that they keep a Lotus Elise around and use it to benchmark steering feel in their cars. Also, apparently just a year after the CX-50 came out, it's already getting refinements to its suspension and steering feel. They didn't even wait for a mid-cycle refresh.
There is no way that 2022 GTI is making just 241 horsepower. Even on that last roll race where the Sonata got a bit of a lead, it was pulling on it. The Sonata NLine makes 291 horsepower. That GTI must be making close to 290 horsepower stock.
Super satisfying car wash video on a beautiful Mazda RX-8. While the RX-7 gets more of the limelight, I have to say that I really the RX-8 design. I wished Mazda would make another similar looking car with suicide doors. I feel like it worked really well on the RX-8. My cousin had one and it was a good car with space for 4 people.
I'm sold on this car! Great review from Joe. Now to find me some $60K laying around somewhere... no, but seriously, this is a gorgeous new 3-row SUV from Mazda that looks great and seems to drive great too. Look at when he corners the CX-90 at speed, he barely moves the steering wheel (most likely because of Mazda's GVC tech). This looks like a fantastic road trip car. Need to save up for this.
Excellent review of the Mazda 3 Turbo hatchback. That drive through the canyons looked like a lot of fun. This guy put the car through its paces unlike so many other reviews on YouTube.
Excellent review of the 2023 Hyundai Elantra N. In a previous post, I mentioned that I would take the new GTI over the Elantra N. However, after watching this review, I am now leaning more toward the Elantra N.
We already get our user data harvested by tech companies. Now auto manufacturers want to get in on the action. I think this would be a mistake on their part. I hope auto manufacturers remember that they are in the business of building cars for people to drive, not to harvest data from.
I saw a meme about this, but it turns out to be true. Car manufacturers are intentionally keeping inventory low, so they can keep selling cars at a higher price. Average new car payment is now over $800? That's crazy. Even more reason to keep my 10 year old car running.