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All of the Japanese brands use cheap paint, Lexus may be the only exception. German cars have the best paint overall, with American brands somewhere in the middle.

Only thing I don't like about those or the Fumoto ones is that you are leaving a little extra oil in the pan due to the nature of how it works and is sized for the bung. You can pull the plug as usual and oil flows out of a 1/2" hole, or use the valve insert and you now have only a 3/16" hole -...

The difference in 0w-20 and 5w-20 is negligible if you live south of Canada. 5w-30 is spec'd for the 2.4 turbo in other world markets where CAFE requirements aren't so strict. Once my warranty is up I'll switch to 0w-30; Denver is "hot and high" during the summer which adds strain. 0w-20 is...

Dueler A/T Ascent is a sore miss, and approaches near Blizzak levels of grip in the snow:

Use a euro spec oil, they far and away exceed any API, Toyota/Lexus, or other authority's rating. Euro brands have been doing small turbo engines in North America / EMEA for decades longer than the Japanese or American brands. Mobil 1 0w-20 ESPx2 is my pick.

Both the current and previous recall for the 3.4 V6 affects models made in Japan with Japanese V6 engines. There is something fundamentally wrong with their production process for this engine, and probably has something to do with cost savings when machining the block.

The AGM battery in my 2017 3 series was original to the car when I sold it in April of this year. Survived Texas summers, Colorado winters. AGM is better than flooded, all else being equal.

This has been posted to nearly every thread on this, but here is a stock 2024 Tacoma making an extra 20hp using 91 octane instead of 87. The small turbo engine can in fact make use of the extra octane rating.

Use premium gas. Cold air intakes do little to nothing for power, they're for sound.

A lot of the US is moving to their example; smog, ozone, and pollution is a factor in many cities like Salt Lake or Denver. LA smog in the 80s was no joke. The EPA mandated "Tier 3" 10ppm ultra low sulphur fuel in 2021, and refineries have been switching over to that ever since...

If you read the manual, you are using an octane rating below the Toyota recommended fuel grade. 85 octane is a cheat from the 1960s that has zero place in modern engines with turbos, vvti, ecu control, etc. I'm also in Colorado, and I only use 91 octane. Way smoother engine and throttle...

Right, you only see 85 octane in the Mountain West. My 4runner lives at 6000ft elevation, for example. Some manufacturers like Ford will deny engine warranty claims if you run 85 octane on their twin turbo engines.

Atmospheric air is 79% nitrogen?

Will leave this here: https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a28565486/honda-cr-v-vs-bmw-m5-ford-f-150-dodge-charger/ More often than not, using premium in a high compression, turbo charged car will yield overall better performance. However, you are free to use 87 octane to save $7-9 per tank...

Do you have any night photos of the new tail lamps? I think the horizontal bars illuminate at night right?

The title of this thread is you effectively advocating people should buy this product without thinking twice. Your follow up replies are diminishing and childish. You threw away your engine and transmission warranty for an extra 30 peak horsepower. Did you happen to notice as well this is the...

This not limited to the German brands, Ford and Dodge do it as well. Toyota corporate does this by simply looking at checksum values, calibration validation numbers, etc. Sure you may not be flagged during normal maintenance, but if you need an ECU, a new turbo, or you roasted your...

There has, please don't diminish the truth about this. VW/Audi, Porsche, BMW, etc. have been doing this for nearly two decades at this point. https://www.vwvortex.com/threads/warranty-voided-with-tune-removed.7659729/ https://f90.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1910577 The ECU/DME...

Yes, it is well known that modding voids warranty. With an ECU tune like this, you can broadly consider your engine and transmission warranty null and void. You will be on the hook for $10k or so if you seriously damage your engine, so put that aside should you choose to do this.

Easiest explanation is a misprint. I don't see why the hybrid powered 4R/LC variants wouldn't make extra power on 91/93 octane.