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The one thing we were constantly warned about at Spring Mountain was a section of the track with a rise and then a turn just after. The instructors said someone totaled a Cadillac on that turn because the car wasn't settled before he started turning the wheels for the turn. The Corvettes were...

I have that it absolutely does not work when the filter is stuck. It just rounds off the edges and you need something like the channel locks to manhandle it off.

Yeah if the tech didn't put a layer of oil on the filter, it gets glued on there so tight you basically have to destroy the filter to remove it. Apparently that's how GM likes it because that's how they come from the factory and it's how the dealer did my free (and last) oil change.

Mobil 1 just got their cleaning 5W-30 Dexos approved. Going to alternate that formula and the extended performance version since the Valvoline restore and protect isn't Dexos certified.

Everyone here should probably be doing shorter intervals (3000-5000 mi) so the OEM filter would be fine unless there's some test results that show WIX, Mobil 1, etc perform better.

On the older 'tiny screen' models the speed limit data is pulled from the map SD card so even when you're in the 'radio quiet zone' in West Virginia, you can still tell how f@#$#^ you are if a cop pulls you over :P PS: Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia is 100% worth the 2+ hours without...

If Cadillac had a reputation as being Grandpa's car and it took 20+ years to change that, Buick will probably need double that time if they want to break into the younger performance-oriented market. Buick is about the last US brand you'd associate with exciting.

Summer tires and new wheels re-installed. Feels good to have the ability to get silly again even if traffic almost never allows it :(

That is how you're supposed to do it, but there is a warning in the manual about hard driving with traction control disabled. At Spring Mountain the instructors said GM engineers also told them the same thing. GM engineers recommended leaving the cars in Race 2 and not fully disabling TC.

Snow/ice is the most proactive intervention the computers can provide. It also limits throttle response and torque to limit the wheel slip as much as possible. You get shown this at Spring Mountain.

Any improvement in temps or is this just a fantastic cosmetic win?

Love a story with a happy ending.

An F1 livery sticker pack would be very popular I'd assume.

I could be written expressly for end users and be a sort of operating manual. If only, right?

Yeah if you're somehow getting 32MPG, the range should be more than 121mi shouldn't it?

I'll wait for the Monte Carlo version. 🤣

Someone laid it out in another thread: Asking for rectangular tips like OEM would require additional expensive tooling and each tip would have to be a different shape making that cost even more. Add to this that there just aren't that many Blackwings and even fewer people who would be up for an...

Yeah if someone leaves a QR on my car it's going straight to the trash. I'd recommended writing out the URL instead.

I wasn't able to access for most of the week. Glad it's 'back.'

Those are normal temps and you aren't having enough fun if you're getting that high MPG. :_rock