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Same tires and headliners here, and I thought I was too whiny about road noise! LOL I had the Hotheads "premium" in my first JK, and OEM in the second one and now the JT. I prefer the OEM by a lot. I don't think Hotheads is an upgrade. Do they claim that?

Some other interesting stuff from their newsletters. How does hard towing affect engine wear? https://www.blackstone-labs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Gas-Diesel-2011-03-01-On-Towing.pdf The Moment of Truth As soon as we got back I had the engine oil changed, along with any other...

A couple years ago, I found out that my neighbor had NO IDEA that you should change diff oil at all, ever. He had just over 140k on his truck at that time, bought new. Never changed the oil. No issues, no noise. I suggested we send the oil in for analysis both for fun, and to learn about...

Damn Siri and autocorrect. Seriously, when has anyone ever wanted to tell someone to go duck themselves? Mmmm...bourbon.

Cabin noise? I find the Gladiator pretty damn quiet. Do you have the headliners? They make a big difference. Which tires?

Peace.

Around $25, they provide the supplies to capture and ship. The point of testing is LEARNING about your machines, and knowing what to do in the future. I used to be paranoid too, and changed oil too often. When I first started testing, I was driving a Cummins diesel with expensive oil changes...

Well said. Empirical evidence is what matters, not emotions and "look." Also many of us are old enough to have grown up with 3k oil changes and engines that failed in 80-120k miles. Those days are WAAAAAY behind us and need to be forgotten. Times change, oil is better than ever, mechanical...

Modern machines need very little help, and pretty much never fail due to oil issues. Looks mean nothing, and the oil test lab's newsletters, which LOOK for problems, show that there are almost no oil-caused failures. Messing with it is an emotional response with no statistical backing at all...

"Looked like it needed to be changed" is completely meaningless. I've sent 20k mile diff oil that looked horrible to Blackstone Labs for analysis, and they said I could have kept running it. Nearly zero loss of effectiveness, but it LOOKED bad. Changing oil often is way over-rated and does so...

I haven't run into this, except just one single time it cancelled and said there was a sensor error. Stopped and restarted, never happened again. Yesterday I picked it up from the dealer for some services, and I think they updated the software. There's one place near home where adaptive...

Angled down is a better step. Angled up is better rock protection and clearance.

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It needs a lane line. So around my area, where most (not all) exits are those combo entry/exit zipper lanes with lines, no problem. When there's a long, unstriped area that the person can pull in to, the computer doesn't know they have left your lane. Technically they have not. Legally, you...

Ah, interesting, that makes sense. I've heard everything from $400 to $900. I have full glass without deductible so I don't really think about it, which is a few bucks a month.

I'm 5'11" but I sit up very straight, and the box is a mild annoyance sometimes. I wouldn't give up ACC to fix it, but sometimes it's just a little in the way.

The computer always lets you take over, but also provides a reaction speed no human can match. So basically you're getting two drivers, and the human can always over-ride. It's silly to be afraid of the computer, it's not self driving and not able to do more than the human allows.

Oh wait, you're saying that the ACC is working fine, but the driver is asleep and not noticing that something is wrong?

Yours is broken. I've got many hours and thousands of miles and have never once seen this happen. I use it all the time on the highway, busy or not.

I should add that 96% of my driving is done with it. Maybe 98%. I use it in large parking lots and shopping centers. I use it the second I leave my residential street. It's just pretty much always on. I can focus on the task of steering and let it do what it's best at.