# Latest **URL:** https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md?page=18 [Latest](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cartalk.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cartalk.com/tags.md) **Page:** 19 --- ## [Ford's $30,000 pickup](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fords-30-000-pickup/201440)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fords-30-000-pickup/201440 "2025-11-19T19:05:18Z")
Batteries not included. --- ## [Amazon Ford](https://community.cartalk.com/t/amazon-ford/204474)
**Author:** [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/amazon-ford/204474 "2025-11-19T18:18:55Z")
I saw on the news tonight that Ford will sell CPO cars on Amazon. You can buy, finance, and schedule pick up on Amazon Autos. Here’s an article in R&T. What do you think about it? It looks to me like a logical extension… --- ## [2018 Lexus IS 300 FSPORT battery dies quickly during short inactivity](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-lexus-is-300-fsport-battery-dies-quickly-during-short-inactivity/204468)
**Author:** [@Clueless33](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Clueless33)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2018-lexus-is-300-fsport-battery-dies-quickly-during-short-inactivity/204468 "2025-11-19T14:38:10Z")
Hello everyone! Thanksgiving is right around the corner and turkeys aren’t so happy about that, so am I about how quickly my car’s battery dies during short inactivity. Comparing to the rest of cars in our family, the… --- ## [What is the Difference Between Overinflated and Underinflated Tires?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-overinflated-and-underinflated-tires/204452)
**Author:** [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-overinflated-and-underinflated-tires/204452 "2025-11-19T13:49:12Z")
Oh boy will this subject open a can of worms… What is the Difference Between Overinflated and Underinflated Tires? First off, properly inflated tires offers the best performance and safety for you. And in general d… --- ## [2004 Ford Explorer V8 - stuck in park when parked on a slope](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-v8-stuck-in-park-when-parked-on-a-slope/204416)
**Author:** [@gruntsparkles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gruntsparkles)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-explorer-v8-stuck-in-park-when-parked-on-a-slope/204416 "2025-11-18T16:45:51Z")
I got a “good deal” on an Explorer and fixed a handful of problems, but discovered that it gets stuck in park. This only happens when it’s parked on a slope and the parking brake isn’t stomped down before putting in park… --- ## [Will you always get a code for a bad O2 sensor? 98 jeep wrangler TJ](https://community.cartalk.com/t/will-you-always-get-a-code-for-a-bad-o2-sensor-98-jeep-wrangler-tj/130273)
**Author:** [@clemrick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/clemrick)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/will-you-always-get-a-code-for-a-bad-o2-sensor-98-jeep-wrangler-tj/130273 "2025-11-14T22:00:55Z")
Hi All, I have been noticing in my TJ that when i start up in the morning, everything is fine. I then hit the road and about 30 seconds as I am accelerating the jeep starts balking and running rough, greatly losing po… --- ## [If your GPS/SatNav system is flukey](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-your-gps-satnav-system-is-flukey/204439)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-your-gps-satnav-system-is-flukey/204439 "2025-11-14T13:44:21Z")
… it is likely to be the result of solar flares today. --- ## [AMC could have beaten Ford to the "Mustang" market](https://community.cartalk.com/t/amc-could-have-beaten-ford-to-the-mustang-market/204316)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/amc-could-have-beaten-ford-to-the-mustang-market/204316 "2025-11-14T01:08:36Z")
… but failed to do so. This concept car was built by the Budd Corp, and was presented to AMC in 1962, as a way to enter a new, untapped segment of the market. AMC turned them down. This one-off now resides at the He… --- ## [What has Torque to Yield Bolts really done for us?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-has-torque-to-yield-bolts-really-done-for-us/204392)
**Author:** [@Old-Days-Rick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Old-Days-Rick)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-has-torque-to-yield-bolts-really-done-for-us/204392 "2025-11-13T15:31:21Z")
Seems everything uses Torque to Yield bolts and seems thats when alot of head gasket issues started. What have they really done for us, I remember building a 350 Chevy for my camaro and tightening down the head bolts as … --- ## [Summer Tires](https://community.cartalk.com/t/summer-tires/204368)
**Author:** [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/summer-tires/204368 "2025-11-12T18:59:24Z")
A friend recentyl bought a new BMW M2 which came with summer tires that I understand shouldn’t be used under 40 degrees because of rubber cracking so he’s resolved to keep it parked for much of the winter. This seems a l… --- ## [How I Perceive Other Drivers Around Me... In 202x!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-i-perceive-other-drivers-around-me-in-202x/204426)
**Author:** [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-i-perceive-other-drivers-around-me-in-202x/204426 "2025-11-11T21:47:29Z")
How I Perceive Other Drivers Around Me… In 202x! --- ## [Car Talk newspaper column](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-newspaper-column/204413)
**Author:** [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk-newspaper-column/204413 "2025-11-11T15:29:36Z")
I posted a few years ago about the Click and Clack newspaper column. It used to be published in my local paper, The Virginion Pilot. Of course all printed media is under pressure to reduce costs and the “Pilot” changed f… --- ## [Another post mortem analysis](https://community.cartalk.com/t/another-post-mortem-analysis/204421)
**Author:** [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/another-post-mortem-analysis/204421 "2025-11-11T02:45:24Z")
If you’ve been here long enough, you know I like to take things apart to see why they failed. Sometimes, I fix them and have a spare. Other times they are shot but nice to learn how they work and what went wrong. I thin… --- ## [Disaster at Mecum](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disaster-at-mecum/204405)
**Author:** [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/disaster-at-mecum/204405 "2025-11-10T15:35:53Z")
Major damage from an out of control Hemi Willys: Crash At Mecum Takes Out Corvettes and Pontiac Trans Am --- ## [Puzzler, ten characters here too!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-ten-characters-here-too/198920)
**Author:** [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puzzler-ten-characters-here-too/198920 "2025-11-10T15:20:50Z")
I subscribe to the puzzler. New puzzler about Bill Lear, I guessed correctly, I won’t give away the answer, so no spoiler alert. But, they did provide the wrong decade, should be sixties. --- ## [Name this part!](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-this-part/204385)
**Author:** [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/name-this-part/204385 "2025-11-09T19:54:04Z")
--- ## [Telluride Headlight problem](https://community.cartalk.com/t/telluride-headlight-problem/204367)
**Author:** [@redneckred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/redneckred)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/telluride-headlight-problem/204367 "2025-11-08T03:49:57Z")
My wife was set on getting a Telluride, and thanks to my daughter wrecking her car earlier this year, my wife got a 2022 Telluride and gave my daughter her car. The Telluride has been having a quirk in that upon startin… --- ## [1996 Buick Park Avenue Start Problem](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-buick-park-avenue-start-problem/204376)
**Author:** [@marktwark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/marktwark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-buick-park-avenue-start-problem/204376 "2025-11-06T17:13:36Z")
Occasionally, when I attempt to start this 3.8L engine, nothing happens - - no clicks - - nothing. In this mode, when I make a direct connection to the starter, the engine starts but stalls after 5 about seconds. It will… --- ## [Poor idle, idles a lot worse when my foot is on the brake for a while, any ideas?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/poor-idle-idles-a-lot-worse-when-my-foot-is-on-the-brake-for-a-while-any-ideas/171767)
**Author:** [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/poor-idle-idles-a-lot-worse-when-my-foot-is-on-the-brake-for-a-while-any-ideas/171767 "2025-11-06T14:39:50Z")
This is in regard to a 2002 Daewoo Lanos with the 1.6L engine and automatic transmission. It currently has 91800 miles on it. My car always has a slight miss at idle, and if I am stopped for a while with my foot on the… --- ## [Little Humor on Car Technology](https://community.cartalk.com/t/little-humor-on-car-technology/204398)
**Author:** [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/little-humor-on-car-technology/204398 "2025-11-06T14:31:06Z")
New car technology is very confusing. I tried to reverse but instead it showed a video of a guy getting run over by a car. --- ## [Honda VCM Question?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-vcm-question/204373)
**Author:** [@Jbear555](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jbear555)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-vcm-question/204373 "2025-11-05T11:16:27Z")
This question seems to provoke a lot of folks on the Ridgeline forum, where I originally asked. People either hate VCM or think it’s fine. I was considering a VCM stopper device. I see a lot of arguments that make sense… --- ## [Drops car off lift and other items. (YouTube video)](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drops-car-off-lift-and-other-items-youtube-video/204318)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drops-car-off-lift-and-other-items-youtube-video/204318 "2025-11-05T05:01:22Z")
Manyears ago I made tapping sounds with a tool on my friend’s GMC CarryAll after changing his oil and toilet paper roll oil filter. --- ## [2021 Ford F-150 HYBRID](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-ford-f-150-hybrid/204384)
**Author:** [@Jeanneb1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jeanneb1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2021-ford-f-150-hybrid/204384 "2025-11-04T22:55:23Z")
If I open the driver side door on my F-150 while the motor is running the transmission locks in gear and will not let me put it onto park which would allow me to crank it. I can disconnect the battery cables and it will … --- ## [If I don't use AC, will there be no AC maintenance?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-i-dont-use-ac-will-there-be-no-ac-maintenance/89628)
**Author:** [@HondaGuy70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HondaGuy70)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-i-dont-use-ac-will-there-be-no-ac-maintenance/89628 "2025-11-04T00:37:19Z")
My first couple vehicles were driven for years, and they did not have air conditioning. During Summers, I parked in the garage at home and then parked at work in a covered parking structure. When I parked at a store, I… --- ## [Trains hit vehicles video. 01:23 Left front wheel tie rod failed?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trains-hit-vehicles-video-01-23-left-front-wheel-tie-rod-failed/204353)
**Author:** [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trains-hit-vehicles-video-01-23-left-front-wheel-tie-rod-failed/204353 "2025-11-02T01:57:29Z")
Or is that something else? --- ## [Power steering suction hose leaks](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering-suction-hose-leaks/204346)
**Author:** [@ShaneinTX](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ShaneinTX)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/power-steering-suction-hose-leaks/204346 "2025-10-31T15:32:39Z")
What kinds of power steering leaks do products like Bar’s Leaks 1600 High Mileage Power Steering Fluid Repair or Rislone High Mileage Steering Stop Whine with Leak Repair 4604 Power Steering Fluid actually help with? Is … --- ## [The Average Price of New Cars in the US has topped $50,000 for the First Time…](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-average-price-of-new-cars-in-the-us-has-topped-50-000-for-the-first-time/204257)
**Author:** [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-average-price-of-new-cars-in-the-us-has-topped-50-000-for-the-first-time/204257 "2025-10-30T22:13:26Z")
The Average Price of New Cars in the US has topped $50,000 for the First Time… If Johnny Cash were around today and he might be inspired to change the lyrics to his song, “Five Feet High and Rising” to “Five-Thousand Do… --- ## [Tacoma went from running great to instantly won’t idle](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tacoma-went-from-running-great-to-instantly-won-t-idle/204336)
**Author:** [@jimkoe329\_179295](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jimkoe329_179295)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tacoma-went-from-running-great-to-instantly-won-t-idle/204336 "2025-10-30T22:02:53Z")
2000 Tacoma 2.4L. 150,000 miles. Excellently maintained, plugs, filters, etc. Running great one day then next day went to start and runs rough and won’t idle cold or when warmed up. My scan tool shows no codes but addin… --- ## [If you bought a 2011-2016 Duramax diesel Chevrolet Silverado or GMC Sierra](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-bought-a-2011-2016-duramax-diesel-chevrolet-silverado-or-gmc-sierra/204350)
**Author:** [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-bought-a-2011-2016-duramax-diesel-chevrolet-silverado-or-gmc-sierra/204350 "2025-10-30T18:30:38Z")
… you might qualify for a cash settlement from GM if the dealer was located in California, or Florida, or Illinois, or Iowa, or New York, or Pennsylvania, or Texas. --- ## [Ineos Grenadier](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ineos-grenadier/204269)
**Author:** [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ineos-grenadier/204269 "2025-10-25T14:48:39Z")
If you haven’t heard of it, this is an off road utility vehicle. It is designed to replace the Land Rover Defender (not associated with JLR), and is very old school. I saw it first in newspaper ads this week. I’m not int… [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md?page=17) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/latest.md?page=19)