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I’ll be honest and say I haven’t kept up with new, or new “ish” Stellantis engines. I’d only ever heard about the 4cyl turbo Hurricane engine… I didn’t know they also made an I6 version. Learn something new every day.

This is what I’ve been saying. An updated inline 6 with a turbo would give just enough performance increase to satisfy the super majority of people, while also increasing reliability, and possibly even gas mileage.

I personally follow an “extreme” version of oil changes for a brand new vehicle, based off of what Lake Speed Jr. does with his personal vehicles. If you don’t know who he is, he’s a tribologist (a specialist in the science of friction, wear, and lubrication), certified lubrication specialist...

It’s already been beaten to death, but I’ll throw in my comment anyway… For me, it’s Gladiator. I like the looks of the Wrangler more, but for my personal needs the JT is far and way the best option. Like someone else mentioned, I don’t want to throw a deer carcass into the back of a Wrangler...

Great… I read your upgrades at my kid’s school play, and now I have a boner inside an elementary school 😡

Exactly! I’ve said before on Reddit that Subaru WRX owners are like the Insane Clown Posse fans of the car world. They act stupid, and no one likes them 😂

I know Stellantis makes some crap 4cyl engines, but I’ll die on the hill that Jeep’s overall poor rating is due to 2 things: First is that the cheaper models are bought by people who just flat out don’t care about maintenance, or can’t afford it. Secondly, that Wranglers are overwhelmingly...

Coincidentally enough, I just saw a post about this the other day on the Wrangler subreddit… it was literally 99% in favor of waving to JT owners. Damn near everyone was like, “It’s a Wrangler with a truck bed. Wave to them. Just don’t wave at a Compass or modern Cherokee…” They also mentioned...

Haha, thanks! Believe it or not, it was my “internal” call sign in the army. When we were on squadron-level radio I had our official call signs, but if we were just talking amongst the platoon, I was “Balls Deep” because it was my personal motto lol

Grabbed a Fishbone Mako stubby bumper, and went just a smidge bigger with some Nitto Ridge Grapplers in 285/70/R17 (basically 32” for the OE MTs and 32.7” for the Nitto’s).

Oh, totally. It’s absolutely something people would need to consider if they can stomach that battle or not. I’m of the mindset that modern vehicles, if changing the oil regularly, should make it past the warranty before issues, anyways. BUT, the one good thing about the MM Warranty Act, is...

They do test it, thankfully. The specs to meet all these different “licenses” is known to the oil companies… they can test to meet and exceed the standards. But smaller companies like AMSOIL aren’t going to pay $50k-$100K *each* to send their oil to API, GM, Chrysler, Ford, VW, etc so that those...

The only way they’re different is that they are refusing to pay for the “privilege” to use the approval sticker on their bottles. It’s no different than how BP is no longer “Top Tier Gas”, because they stopped paying the licensing fee to display the logo on their pumps; however, they exceed the...

Not even just newbies! But that is exactly why I always change mine, my wife’s, and my kid’s oil. I know that I’m not being rushed to get 20 cars in and out… I’m taking the time to properly torque everything… I know exactly what oil is going in, etc etc. No one is going to take as much pride...

People will disagree, but letting the car sit and idle for 5-10 mins is useless. Modern cars do not warm up very much while idling. And then it also lets condensation build up, which is bad. The transmission is also not warming up while sitting there idling - and people tend to forget the trans...