GM Just Threw Away the Chevy Camaro
Scotty Kilmer:
rev up your engines, GM says that the six
generations Chevy Camaro z/28 program
has been cancelled all right now for the
car guys out there that are the muscle
cars
there have been rumors going around that
they're not going to be making the
Camaros in the future they don't have
any particular plans that they have
set in stone with it there's even some
rumors that they're gonna make an
all electric cars which may be what
they're going to do they're canceling a
sixth generation I'm assuming that they
are gonna stop making Camaros they
stopped making the things a few years
back and then they brought them back
again they had a bunch of quality
control with the ones they were making
in Quebec and so then they just stopped
making them entirely I mean those are
terrible machines in the end I had them
where the wiring harnesses would go out
to transmissions and blow up and they
brought them back again I who knows
maybe they'll just eventually have them
only as an electric car and shelving the
production of any sixth generation
Camaro kind of tells me they yeah
they're maybe they're thinking about
making the mental electric cars only
time will tell her that but you're
obviously thinking about getting rid of
Camaro is a muscle car by not producing
these, ash says hey my wife has
an old ML 320 it's forty eight thousand
mile keep it and driving myself for
selling wife wants a new car
forty-eight thousand miles isn't much if
you haven't had problems with it it
hasn't been wrecked flooded or stolen
you might as well keep it you said it's
an old one if it's an old one it has
virtually no value nobody wants to buy
an old Mercedes the resale value was
cramped but with 48,000 miles generally
don't fall apart until they are over
100,000 miles so what the heck you got
it why not use it for your car and then
get your wife another car obviously
you'll put that many miles on the cars
it still could last a while cuz you
getting nothing selling if it works okay
now what the heck I personally wouldn't
buy one but you already have it so you
might as well driving around you'll get
much for it if you try selling it, Bologna is
there any way to buy nitrogen to fill
your tires yeah oh that's kind of an
interesting subject matter realize that
Earth's atmosphere is already something
like eighty percent nitrogen dress is
about 20 percent oxygen some trace
elements but
about 80% nitrogen already so what
difference does it really make if you
have a 100% nitrogen you tires or 80%
for years people tried to sell me as a
mechanic at my shop systems that purify
the nitrogen in our atmosphere and turn it
into almost a hundred percent
nitrogen and filling the tires with
because theoretically it doesn't oxidize
inside and the temperatures don't affect
it that much when they change hot or
cold or they do use nitrogen I believe
in like the jet airplanes because
they're up at 50,000 feet and it gets
really cold there and the pressure the
tires would keep going up and down for
them and it makes sense but you're not
driving your car at 50,000 feet out
there so you know if you can find a
place that sells the stuff go right
ahead but far as I'm concerned you're
mainly wasting your money on that stuff
for a car that you're driving every day
nobody's approached me in the last year
trying to sell me one of these stupid
nitrogen systems and it cost thousands
of dollars so so if anybody has one
they're gonna charge your pretty penny
to fill up your tires cause hey they had
to pay a bunch of money for the stupid
machine
Daniel pina says hey Scotty is the 2007
f-150 a reliable vehicle these days
yeah the previous owner took care of it
2007 f-150 is pretty reliable vehicle
they're much better with the v8 sixes meh
any vehicle if you're talking about
buying a used one have a mechanic like
me check it out before you show your
money out cuz you don't know something's
wrecked flooded stolen there's all kinds
of things you can go around and with our
fancy machines we can tell I spend about
an hour checking out used cars I just
checked out a used car for a guy this
morning you know it's a fourth of July, I
forgot
he made an appointment so I got up
there anyways they can't be great good
cars but you want to make sure there
isn't a problem in it in the first place
cuz you're not gonna get a guarantee
demon says Scotty I got a
2005 Chrysler Sebring Convertible with
eighty two thousand miles my first car
any thoughts baby that thing that was a
big lemon Mobil that they made the v6
engines those things were terrible it's
still running it's 82 thousand miles
let's say it runs and it shifts good now
baby it you got it it's a convertible a
lot of times people think of verticals
are worth money but convertibles aren't
because everybody knows there were
terrible cars but you gotta take care of
a change the oil every 3,000 miles don't
overheat the engine don't race it don't
peel off
pretend you're a little old lady driving
that car and maybe the last one I got
some little old lady
drive them and they're still going okay
because they drive slow but all the men
that I knew that drove them hard they
all burn out either the engine or the
transmission or both, so if you never
want to miss another one of my new car
repair videos, remember to ring that Bell
The Truth About Modern American Muscle Cars
Scotty Kilmer:
rev up your engines, Scott Simpson says
what do you think about modern v8s
Camaros and challengers are they worth
the money, well I don't think any new car
is worth the money cuz they charge too
much money for them, they are good
engines, you know if you're talking about
Camaros and challengers, realize that
those are still old fashion designs
those v8s, those aren't even overhead cams
those are pushrod engines and that
pushrod technology has been around a
long time, they put on a lot of
horsepower, they're pretty strong engines
now that said they're complete gas
hogs cuz they're an old fashioned
pushrod engine that weighs a lot, old
technology, they're gonna go through
gas like no tomorrow,
and as for are they worth the money
that's the thing, you pay a lot of money
for those things, as they age their
resale value goes down, I personally
can't see that a lot of them are gonna
be collectors items because they're
pretty much cookie cutter mass-produced
cars, you go way back and get a Dodge
Challenger or hot charger those things
are worth a lot of money, but most of
them got wrecked because they didn't
handle that well, so if there's any of them
left
that are in original condition they're
worth a lot of money, but these modern ones
the kind of cookie cutter like the Dodge
Challenger, those hellcat engines, now
you can buy it what's called the hell
crate engine, they now sell them like dodge
that
they'll fit any of the older trucks from
the sixties and the seventies, they'll just
bolt right in, so a lot of guys are doing
that their getting the old ones putting the
new
engines in, they're good engines
there's no arguing, Abe from an 83 says, if
I baby my engine
can the timing belt go longer,
interesting question cuz changing the
timing belt on some model cars cost a
fortune
what wears out timing belts are two
things, one is the torque of the engine
as you accelerate real fast the crank is
pulling the cams on the top and there's
more stress and the other is just
flat-out age, their rubber base timing
belts, as they age they crack they
stretch and they start bouncing around
inside and the more vibration they have when
they bounce around of course more
friction eventually they snap off, so
to some extent if you baby the engine
and drive it normally, yes it could last
somewhat longer, if you have an
interference engine I would just go by
straight time and mileage if it's got
you know 80,000 miles or more on an
interference engine I'd change it, if
it's more than six to eight years old I
change it, just because you don't want to
ruin
an engine, but if you have like a Toyota
with a non-interference engine, sometimes
I've seen those things with 250,000 miles
and they've never been touched and they're
still going and since if it breaks it
doesn't hurt anything, then you don't
care, nike see says Scotty is it worse to
fix a CVT transmission
or should I get rid of it now,
see how much the car is worth on the
market, see what it cost to fix it, you'll
probably see that the cost of fixing it
is more than what the car is worth, and
if that's the case and it still runs
somewhat, sell it and get rid of it, but that's
it all depends on the year, how much money
you have invested
in it, you know if you're really upside
down in the car, you might want to try to
get it fixed, because if you can't
even sell it for what you owe on it, then
you know you might decide, gee
well I'll get it fixed and try to drive
until the wheels fall off, but if you can
get any amount of money for it now and
it still runs halfway decent, definitely
get rid of it, Adrian Lopez says do
you think a 1983
Datsun 280zx is a good car, they were
great cars back in the day, you know that
was revolutionary sports cars the 240 260
280, they were just they say the bee's
knees for sports cars, a sports car that
was fast, fun to drive, and it didn't
break down, like all the other sports
cars did in those days, you got to realize
that's old what are we talking about now,
37 year old cars
those are old cars, if you're gonna get
it as a toy go right ahead
just decide what you're looking at, what
you're paying and what you get for the money
if it's restored and stuff and a
mechanic like me checks it out and says
yeah they did a pretty good job
restoring it, go right ahead, or if it
still runs at least maybe looks a little
ragged, pay a little bit of money for it
or if it doesn't even run, then you gotta
decide, do I want to put an engine to
fix this stuff in it, depends on the
shape it's in, but they were solid
cars and they are collectible item so,
play it by ear to see how much you're
gonna pay what you're gonna get for it
and how far you want to go fixing them,
Moika says, what do you think about Alfa
Romeos are they good cars what are you
thinking about them, I used to work on them
all the time, people thought Fiat
were bad,
Alfa Romeos broke even more and had
even more problems, Alfa Romeo pulled out
of the United States decades ago, I
suppose they're trying to sell them here
now, it was always a high-tech company
if you have an endless supply of money
and you want to buy one of those new
alphas, sure they're fun to drive around
you know they're real zippy little cars,
but value goes down fast, they have no
resale value and they're typical Italian
cars, you know they're gonna fall apart
as they age cuz that's just how those
things are, so if you never want to miss
another one of my new car repair videos,
remember to ring that Bell!
The Best and Worst First Cars to Buy
Scotty Kilmer:
rev up your engines, now buying a first
car can be a scary situation, there's all
kinds of different cars out there,
there's all kinds of people selling them
so I'm going to give you some advice on how
to do it the smart way, now I know a lot of
young people think, oh I want to get
a sports car for my first car, well a lot
of times that's not such a smart thing
to do, especially if you got a little
amount of money, buying a used sports car
can be a big mistake, as guys tend to
beat them, you get a used one, they
often have a lot of problems and it's going to
cost you a fortune to fix, now if you
have money and you're talking about
buying a brand-new sports car, I've
had plenty of customers buy Ford
Mustangs brand-new and take care of them
and be happy with them, but buying a used
sports car, that's often a big gamble, if
you're going to do it, pay a guy like me to
check it out first, he'll tell you
whether it's a decent deal or not
over the years I've had guys say, hey I
can get this used BMW for a really good
price I think I'll buy it is my first
car
those things are endless money pits,
they're cheap because they have all kinds
of problems that cost a fortune to fix,
you want to stay away from cars like
that, instead you might think of sporty
cars, okay this is my old Toyota Celica
not really a sports car, it's a sporty
car, the thing is based on a Toyota
Corolla platform, and yeah that's a
really old car now, but the scions that
Toyota made for years, hey there were
sporty cars too and there's plenty of
them out there that can last you a long
time, and here's a big tip, when you're
buying a first car, don't just go out and
get one that's got all the bells and
whistles, because all that stuff
generally is going to break down especially
buying a used vehicle, things like
four-wheel drive or all-wheel drive
those cars get older those things break,
they can cost a fortune to fix, so my
advice for the first car is, go simpler,
just get a front-wheel drive car or a
rear-wheel drive car, don't go and buy
all this fancy stuff that can break down
and end up that you regret your decision,
so the first thing you have to think
about when you want to buy a first car
is, how are you going to drive it, how many miles
you're going to put on it,
what's it going to be used for, now if
you're going to buy a first car, I don't
advise going to the big car dealerships
because they generally charge way too
much for the cars, but you can use them
to your advantage, because if you're not
sure what type of car you want to drive
you can test them all out there,
I told customers, hey you might not like
this car they'll ride that well even
though you think you like the way it
looks, go to a used car lot, try them out
see if you like the way they ride, you
might say, oh that thing really rides horrible,
I'm not going to buy it or you might like
it, and
here's a tip for people who just say they
have to have an SUV as a first car,
realize that SUVs specially in the United
States, are very popular so their prices
are sky high even used, you can get a
much better deal say on a Toyota Camry
sedan, then you're going to get on any
Toyota or Lexus SUV, do a little bit of
research, it's your first car you never
had one,
check out the resale value and repair
histories online, if you find that a car
has a really horrible resale value
there's generally a very good reason,
sometimes it's better to buy an older
reliable car, than it is a newer one
that's a known problem
I mean if you find a Toyota Corolla
that was 15 years old and had 140,000
miles, it might way outlast any Chrysler
product, even if it's only ten years old
and has sixty or seventy thousand miles, and
here's my last tip, never ever buy the
first model of anything for your first
car, if you're buying a new car
buy one model that's been out for a
while, don't get one that has this brand
new type of engine or brand new type of
transmission, because many times they
make mistakes on them, I've had customers buy
these Mazdas with the SKYACTIV
technology, only to find that the
variable valve systems were breaking
down in them and cost thousands and
thousands of dollars to fix, because
there's a great deal of difference
between buying the latest greatest phone
technology for maybe seven or eight
hundred bucks, and forking out a ton of
money for a car that's got new unproven
technology, and if you're thinking about
getting a hybrid as a first car, realize
that buying those things used is a real
gamble, unless you're buying a brand new one and you've
got money to burn, they can last for
quite some time before they have
problems, I got many customers with them
that they got well over a hundred
thousand miles out of them before
anything serious went wrong, just realize
that they cost a lot more and really you
never recoup the money difference in gas
mileage versus what you paid for the car,
versus the depreciation of the car
believe me, and say you're just looking
for a regular car, I know people are going to
think I'm crazy because they hear me say how
I can't stand Volkswagens, but in Europe
lots of people drive Volkswagens, I
talked to a guy in Romania and he said
Scotty we can't get parts for Toyota's
here, but there's parts for Volkswagens all
over the place and lots of people buy
Volkswagens and drive them, so if you're
in Romania, hey your first car might
be a good deal to buy a Volkswagen, so now
you've learned a bit about buying your
first car, and just remember it's your
first car, it's not the only car you're
going to have, you just want to make sure
that your first car isn't a very bad
decision, so if you never want to miss
another one of my new car repair videos,
remember to ring that Bell!
The Future of Chevy Camaros
Scotty Kilmer:
welcome to wacky Wednesday's, where
everyone has a chance to show off their
car mods, and here's this week's winner
this is my 2018 Camaro SS, this car
either takes me to work or to the drag
strip and I'm currently in the drag strip,
if you want to see more of my races
please subscribe to my channel,
it's right there, this is a 1 SS package
but I do have the active mode exhaust,
I have Brembo brakes with 20-inch wheels
a staggered set which means the rear are
wider than the front, let me show you
what's under hood, and black cars man
they're so hard to keep clean
the hood vents are functional which is
nice, and voila
a 6.2 liter LT1 455 horsepower
this car has apple carplay, android auto
it's an 8-speed automatic transmission,
with paddle shifters, I rarely use them
there's a lag factor I don't like, let's start
it up, not all the
gauges are digital at least 10 years for
now something breaks I can see how fast
I'm going
and you can toggle through a few apps
and performance settings and whatnot
lateral acceleration, zero to sixty
timers
I disable a few of them, I never really
use them but there cool to have, another
cool feature is you have different
display settings, there's 3 of them
and I do it every month or so and it
feels like a drive a different car it's
kind of neat, here's the other one that I
like, it;s neat I really like that
feature, anyways I said previously
mentioned this car is equipped with the
active mode exhaust which through the infotainment
you can make your car quieter
or louder, I live in a condo complex and
my neighbors would hate me if my car
was constantly loud,
I really like this feature
or you can sync it to your drive mode
and it will change based on your driving
mode, on tour it's quieter and sported
track gets louder, it's a must have on a
loud car, the vents are kind of
neat here are the controls for
the temperature and air flow
anyways let's see how this car sounds
again this car is my favorite driver
it's got about 10,000 miles so far and I
race it a lot,
I believe the six gen Camaro is an
amazing performance bargain, thank you
all for spending a few minutes to check
out my car and thank you Scotty for
having me in your channel I'm a huge fan
and everyone remember to race the track
not on the street and thank you here's a
few more clips
well that was this week's video and to
have your car mods shown on my channel
here check this out, so if you never want
to miss another one of my new car repair
videos remember to ring that Bell!
2018 Chevrolet Camaro SS vs. 2018 Ford Mustang GT | Comparison Test | Edmunds
Edmunds:
CARLOS LAGO: In
the early 60s, Ford
introduced a car called the
Mustang that was so popular,
Chevy decided to follow
suit and introduced
its direct competitor,
the Camaro.
And since then, really
not much has changed
MARK TAKAHASHI: No, the formula
has definitely stayed the same.
But man, the total sum has
increased dramatically.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah,
we've assembled
to the latest variants
of these pony cars,
as the way you should probably
order them, with the V8.
Now, these aren't
performance package cars
but these are the
cars most people are
going to end up buying.
We've got them here to see
how these two modern versions
of the pony cars stack up.
[CAR ACCELERATING]
All right, Mark, it's up to you
to sell me on the 2018 Mustang.
MARK TAKAHASHI: It should be
pretty easy because number one,
I can see.
Look, you can see turns.
CARLOS LAGO: This is
true but also listen.
[CAR ACCELERATING]
MARK TAKAHASHI: Oh,
that sounds amazing.
CARLOS LAGO: That
sounds really good.
I swear that's louder
than the Camaro.
MARK TAKAHASHI: It is.
CARLOS LAGO: In this world
of Camaro Mustang, loud wins.
MARK TAKAHASHI: And this has an
active exhaust option for you.
You can do a quiet
start if you don't want
to wake up all your neighbors.
But it sounds so
rad anyway, I think
they'd be cool with it, right?
CARLOS LAGO: But tell
me about this five liter
because I see it's
revving higher.
How does it feel?
MARK TAKAHASHI: It feels great.
You know, it's kind of got
some of that high revving
personality of that GT 350.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Which
I really, really dig.
CARLOS LAGO: Who doesn't?
MARK TAKAHASHI: But
just like the GT 350,
the first time I got in
this and started really
driving it hard, I realized
I was short shifting.
CARLOS LAGO: Really
MARK TAKAHASHI: I could
let this wind way more out
CARLOS LAGO: Because
you've got so many more
revs to play with than you
would traditionally expect.
You're used to a V-8 being kind
of a low revy kind of thing.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Right.
CARLOS LAGO: But then when
you have above 7000 RPMs,
it's fun when you realize
you can play with it.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Oh, yeah.
CARLOS LAGO: So you've got
a big, digital display.
How do you like that
in the day to day use?
MARK TAKAHASHI: I
really, really like it.
You know, and I get that some
people are traditionalists.
They want to see the old gauges.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah and it's
optional though, right?
MARK TAKAHASHI: It's an option.
CARLOS LAGO: OK.
OK.
So you can have traditional
gauges if you like.
But yeah, I like that the
tach moves like a bar graph
when you're in the track
setting, like we are now.
MARK TAKAHASHI: So this
is the new 10 speed auto.
The whole point of that is,
you know, quicker acceleration.
You know, shorter
gears, down low,
teller up top so you
get fuel economy.
I dig that and everything,
but this is a Mustang.
It should have a stick shift,
it should have six gears.
And there's sometimes
this little, weird delay
between when you
hit the up-shift
and when it finally does.
CARLOS LAGO: Oh, so when you're
controlling the gears manually
there's a bit of a delay?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah, I've
been in paddle shift mode
ever since we set off here.
So, see?
It's not just that immediate.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah.
MARK TAKAHASHI: It's still
really freaking good.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah.
MARK TAKAHASHI:
But there's still
that romance of muscle cars
where you should have a stick.
CARLOS LAGO: You want to
be able to bang gears?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah.
CARLOS LAGO: That's
how you feel good.
That's when you feel good is
when you just shift it quick.
This is not a
performance packed car.
MARK TAKAHASHI: No
performance options
on this except for
maybe the exhaust.
CARLOS LAGO: And the V8 engine.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yes.
Yeah, I mean I like it.
It's compliant it's
still comfortable.
The way this transitions
out of a turn I really dig.
You get on that
power early and it
starts straightening you out.
It's happy.
CARLOS LAGO: It seems like
it's giving you a quite a bit
over-steer on the power out but
in a really nice controllable
way.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah, I
mean that's the thing.
They tune that
stability control really
well where if you start
getting it a little sideways
but you're still
on the throttle,
it'll let you do it up
to a certain slip angle.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah.
MARK TAKAHASHI: But once
you lift out of it, then it
will snap you
right back in line.
CARLOS LAGO: That's nice.
MARK TAKAHASHI:
Man, I mean I really
like the way this
comes out of turns.
Just a little bit, little
bit and it just starts, yeah.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah.
MARK TAKAHASHI: That
little snap out of it.
I really dig this car.
CARLOS LAGO: How do
those breaks feel?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Solid.
I mean these aren't performance
upgrade brakes either.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah.
MARK TAKAHASHI: The pedal,
it's you know, moderately firm.
Easy to modulate,
that's for sure.
CARLOS LAGO: I just
can't quite get over
the sound this thing makes.
MARK TAKAHASHI:
Isn't that great?
Let's go to like a
normal mode, shall we?
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah, you
get your Rogers mode.
MARK TAKAHASHI:
This is the problem
with this toggle switch.
It only goes up.
It should go down, as well.
CARLOS LAGO: This is quiet.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah.
There's a lot less
bass going on now.
CARLOS LAGO: Ford
clearly defines quiet
differently than I might.
[TIRES SQUEAL]
MARK TAKAHASHI: This mid-cycle
refresh is a little bit more
than the typical
mid-cycle refresh.
I mean, they have the
adaptive suspension,
they have a lot more safety
features, cool options,
like the instrument panel.
I really like this.
[CAR ACCELERATES]
CARLOS LAGO: This
is the 60th annual.
MARK TAKAHASHI: I
know, I like them.
CARLOS LAGO: But because you
can do things like this--
MARK TAKAHASHI: Oh.
[CAR ACCELERATES]
Oh, no lift.
CARLOS LAGO: And on top of
that, it also has red matching.
So it's basically an automatic.
And so this is the Camaro SS
that we all know and love.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Love?
CARLOS LAGO: Love.
That's what makes
a Camaro a Camaro.
MARK TAKAHASHI:
Wait, that's Subaru.
CARLOS LAGO: Ssh.
So we're down five horsepower
and a couple pound feet
of torque, I forget.
MARK TAKAHASHI: It's completely
irrelevant at this point.
460 versus 455.
CARLOS LAGO: Well,
I was also going
to make the point that this
car is about 50 pounds lighter.
So the whole power and torque
deficit comes out about even.
MARK TAKAHASHI: I think so.
CARLOS LAGO: When
you get down to it.
What I like about this car,
what I like traditionally
about Camaros is the
handling balance.
This is a big, meaty car.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah.
CARLOS LAGO: With a
ton of low end grunt.
With a ton of power that you
can do that, which is terrific.
MARK TAKAHASHI: It
just sounds like you're
going to break something.
CARLOS LAGO: Well, you
know traditionally,
you would break something.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yes.
CARLOS LAGO: And so what I
like is that they actually
took the time to build
that into the system
so you don't have to worry
about breaking anything.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Right.
Ooh.
CARLOS LAGO: It's
just so satisfying.
MARK TAKAHASHI: It really is.
That is impressive.
CARLOS LAGO: Now,
getting back to like
the dynamics part of it, yes,
this car has no visibility.
It's basically a
window-less van.
MARK TAKAHASHI: I don't know,
the visibility bothers me.
I don't have a really
good grab handle here.
CARLOS LAGO: Does this look like
the face of somebody who cares?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Fair enough.
[TIRES SCREECHING]
But here's the
thing, do you think
there's a dynamic difference
between these two cars
that is a deal breaker
one way or the other?
Because I, personally,
I have just as much fun
with both cars.
CARLOS LAGO: That's
the truth of it.
Isn't it really?
The difference is the
badging on the hood
and that's basically it.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Right.
So what are we fighting for?
CARLOS LAGO: We're not.
Well, the Camaro is
obviously better.
MARK TAKAHASHI: No, no, no.
It just, no.
No, the Ford is less flawed.
CARLOS LAGO: It's really
one of those things
that like we've always been
at war with Eurasia, right?
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yes.
CARLOS LAGO: It's just
this constant rivalry
that goes back and forth.
But fundamentally, you end
up with the same vehicle
with minor variations.
And so it comes
down to, basically,
what's your preference?
I prefer that, which is great.
But I'm sure there's
qualities in the Mustang
I would also like, as well.
But this is a fine
handling vehicle
that handles with a delicacy
and a light-ness that
kind of belies its size, right?
MARK TAKAHASHI:
Well, the styling,
too makes it look chunkier
and heavier than it is.
CARLOS LAGO: Yes, absolutely.
From the six speed manual to
the red match buttons that
toggles on the steering
wheel, the standard Camaro SS,
I'm going to say,
bare bones, it's
pretty much what you'd
expect in this kind of car.
I like the interior
layout, I like
the way things were arranged.
Like this is a very
classical panel right there
with the double bubble gauge.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah,
and this coved out
section here is kind of you
know, heritage Camaro stuff.
I like the design, I really,
truly like the design.
I think it's pleasing to
look at but in practice, it's
got some issues for me.
CARLOS LAGO: The big issue,
of course, is the visibility.
And then, there's just a couple
of like, weird annoying things.
Like the way the screen
seems to be angled inwards
so it looks like
it's sloping down.
Doesn't effect how you use
it, it just looks weird.
And then you have a problem
with these center vents.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah, they're
really great for cooling down
your knuckles but nothing else.
What I do like is when
you turn that bezel,
it adjusts the temperature.
That's really cool.
I think that's kind of almost--
CARLOS LAGO: It's clever.
MARK TAKAHASHI: --Audi-esque
in its execution.
But they need to be up here.
I mean, they're right
on your knuckles.
CARLOS LAGO: The
important stuff,
like the speedometer
is easy to read.
You have big, analog gauges.
You have a head up display
that's configurable.
All the important controls,
steering wheel, shifter,
clutch, pedals, all fall to
hand and foot really easily.
The drive mode selection
stuff's really easy to use.
It's this stuff like
interior storage
and like the wireless charging
pad being back here, which--
MARK TAKAHASHI: What?
CARLOS LAGO: --is just strange.
MARK TAKAHASHI:
That means you're
going to forget your phone
in here all the time.
CARLOS LAGO: I
don't know why you
would use that because if
you have a nice, smart phone
here you're going to use Android
Auto or Apple CarPlay, which
requires being plugged--
MARK TAKAHASHI: --the USB.
CARLOS LAGO: --into here.
But this compartment
isn't big enough
to fit most modern smartphones.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Right.
From the passenger
side, and I noticed
this when you were throwing
us around on track.
Is the passenger doesn't
have very good grab handles.
There is nothing for
me to hold on to here
and this is hard plastic,
right in my elbow.
That's something
that you don't have
to deal with in the
Mustang or at least
your passenger won't have to.
CARLOS LAGO: So overall,
it's a lot of stuff
that doesn't really matter when
it comes to driving quickly
but stuff that does make
this car a little bit
not so nice on the
day to day commute.
MARK TAKAHASHI: It's not
completely different.
It's a mid-sucker refresh,
they have some new features
here and there.
But most importantly, is this
digital instrument cluster.
CARLOS LAGO: The optional
gauge cluster, right?
MARK TAKAHASHI: It is.
It's so cool.
If you switch drive
modes and it kind of
gets this racy kind of
tack bar across the top.
CARLOS LAGO: I like
that bar graph tach.
That's really cool looking.
MARK TAKAHASHI: It is.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah.
MARK TAKAHASHI: The difference
between this and the Camaro,
I think, there's less flaws.
CARLOS LAGO: OK
MARK TAKAHASHI: Number
one, we can see out of it.
CARLOS LAGO: That's nice.
Yeah, I really appreciate
being able to see
outside of the vehicle.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah.
It doesn't feel like you're
wearing the suit of armor
and you're just peeking through
a little tiny mail slot.
Materials quality, I
think is slightly better.
Like, my elbow points
are nicely padded.
And for you probably
you might be
bumping into that a little bit.
CARLOS LAGO: I like that
I have a grab handle.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah.
CARLOS LAGO: When in panic mode.
I don't have one
on the left side
but I have one on the
right side, which is
I think better than the Camaro.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah.
CARLOS LAGO: But I
like the general layout
of this interior.
It feels a little
bit more airy, it
feels a little bit more open.
And it'sl probably to do with
the increased visibility.
But also the way the center
stack is designed here,
this just has a nice flow to it.
MARK TAKAHASHI: And look,
the vents are up top.
CARLOS LAGO: The vents work.
And they've been
able to you know,
keep the influence of like
the 60s design elements--
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah.
CARLOS LAGO: --in the dash but
also add the modern touches
that still make it work.
MARK TAKAHASHI: The
dual dash thing now.
There are some things
that still bother me,
like this little
dash topper here
and this center
of thing up there.
Those are carryovers and
they really seem out of place
because everything else seems
to be quite a bit better.
CARLOS LAGO: So this
car and the Camaro
both have an optional
exhaust volume options.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yes.
CARLOS LAGO: This one has the
option, the Camaro doesn't.
MARK TAKAHASHI: This one,
compared to the Camaro,
goes to 11.
CARLOS LAGO: I
think it passed it.
MARK TAKAHASHI: This is rad.
[THROTTLES GAS LOUDLY]
(GRUNTS)|
CARLOS LAGO: That's ridiculous.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Even
better is the quiet mode.
[THROTTLES GAS QUIETLY]
Ooh, that's quiet.
You can schedule when
it's going to be quiet.
So between midnight and 7:00
AM, I have it set for quiet.
So no matter what, I don't
have to hit that button.
CARLOS LAGO: Your
neighbors don't hate you.
MARK TAKAHASHI: They
do but not for this.
CARLOS LAGO: What
I really appreciate
is the amount of interior
storage you have in this car.
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah.
CARLOS LAGO: From
you know, you only
have two cup holders
and stuff like that,
but you have center pockets.
And the center console
is a bit bigger.
And just things in here feel a
bit more livable, day to day.
If there isn't like any enormous
performance differences,
it's certainly like more--
MARK TAKAHASHI: Yeah.
CARLOS LAGO: --attractive
for the commuter.
MARK TAKAHASHI: But
in the back, the trunk
is way more usable
than Camaro, too.
It has a lower lift
over, it's a bigger trunk
it's, it's way more useful.
So if there's one thing about
muscle cars that's important,
it's fun.
And in my opinion, both
the Camaro and Mustang
do fun equally well.
CARLOS LAGO: Yeah, I love
the acceleration in both.
They both have
fantastic transmissions
and they're both a lot
of fun to slide around.
MARK TAKAHASHI: That
said, I think the Mustang
does everyday life better.
CARLOS LAGO: I agree.
The Mustang is an easier
car to live with everyday
but for some reason I still
enjoy driving the Camaro more.
MARK TAKAHASHI:
That's what we think.
Let us know what you think.
For more information
on the Camaro,
the Mustang, or any
of its competitors,
head over to edmunds.com.
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Why GM Doesn't Make Good Cars Anymore, What Went Wrong
Scotty Kilmer:
rev up your engines, zack says
Scotty my old family are GM fans, do you
know when GM car started to make them
poorly, my guess would be when they went
bankrupt around 2009, well they started
to make them poorly long before that, even
in the early 2000s they started to make
a lot cheaper stuff, I don't know how
true it is, but I talked to an engineer
and an engineer told me one time that GM
and Ford were going neck to neck and
people thought, Oh GM's are made better
than the Fords and then they did a
little research and GM found out that
they were spending 20% more building
their vehicles and that's why they were
better vehicles back decades ago, well
according to the engineer that I was
talking to, GM looked at and said gee
were spending 20% money more than Ford
building our cars, let's make them
cheaper, so they did and then the quality
went down, I know if it's true or not but
an engineer told me that, but they
have been going but down since the
early 2000s, it's just the nature of the
beast with corporations these days, they
want to make a profit and they want to
make things as cheap as they can and pay
people that make them as little as
possible, so they make more profit for
the corporation that's the way that
things go and sometimes it takes the
wrong turn like GM did and make products
that you don't hold up like they used to,
I learned to drive on a Chevrolet
Biscayne the thing was like a tank it had
a
302 v8 in it and that thing just ran
forever but not the new ones their not made
that wa,y no Oberto says Scotty
I am seriously considering buying the
2019 Land Cruisers, do you consider it to
be
the best quality built SUV I'm aware of
the gas mileage, yes they are for that
kind of a vehicle if you're willing to
spend that kind of money and get that
kind of low gas mileage, they are well build
vehicles my customers with them are all
pretty well happy with them, other than
the horrible gas mileage and if you're
willing to spend that kind of money, they
can last a long time, I got customers
with those thing that have three hundred and
fifty thousand miles on them and they're
still running strong, yeah if you don't
mind spending that kind of money go
right ahead, me I'm too cheap I'd never
spend that kind of money, Rambo ask
Scotty what do you think about me buying
a 2004 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
all wheel drive with 140,000 miles straight
6 for six grand
from my uncle as a first car,
well first of all some uncle he should
give you the car, now I'm not a Jeep fan
by any stretch of the imagination but
back in 2004 they were building much
better ones than they are today now that
Fiat owns them, that straight six-cylinder
engine can last forever I've seen those
things go 400,000 miles, good engines the
transmission that's an OK transmission
it's not great but it's not totally
horrible, it's a 15 year old Jeep try to
get it for a little bit less than $6,000
see if you can barter it, they can be fun
vehicles to drive around, realize they're
somewhat gas hogs because jeeps are
trucks their high up in the air, their not
aerodynamic or anything but it can be a
fun thing to drive, just try to get it a
little bit of lower, Scotty my SUV keeps
going out of alignment I had new shocks
replaced and no one seems to get the
alignment right, any ideas what as to what
it can be,
here's the thing, front end alignment
work we're talking about thousands of an
inches here thousands of an inches there
it's gotta be a pro who knows what he's
doing, so your best to find a
front-end shop that's all they do, here
in Houston I use cotton brothers front
end, they know what they're doing they
can fix any alignment problem, now the
second thing is, modern vehicles
especially the SUVs they're not like
vehicles when I was young, when I was
young they had all kinds of adjustments
there were like six different
adjustments you could do, today a lot of
times the only adjustment you can do is
the caster and the camber that's it
you can't do anything else, so it might
be that the alignment is off because the
struts bent or an a frame is bent, that's
why you have to start with a really good
front end guy, who knows what he's doing
and does good work you have to start
there, because otherwise all bets are off,
Devon says Scotty and I got a 93
3 liter 4runner, it does 16-17 mile per gallon
on the highway but does five to six in the
city any reason why, I live in Fresno
with hardly any traffic on the streets
Thanks, okay first of all, when you're
driving it in town does it get into top
gear, if you drive it really slow and the
transmission doesn't shift into top
gear, you're gonna get crappy gas mileage
like that, 16 to 17 is what those things
get on a highway, so it's working
normally at highway speed, so I'm
assuming it's not shifting into the top
gear when you're driving in town, go 35
miles an hour count the shifts as it shifts
and it should be into the top gear
if it isn't, you got a problem with your
transmission not shifting into gear
that's about the only thing that would
make sense cuz if you have any other
problem with the vehicle, it's gonna get
horrible gas mileage on the highway too,
the only difference is, it's shifting
into the higher gear on the highway maybe
it's not doing it in town, you should
still get at least 12 or something in
the city not 5 or 6, so if you never want
to miss another one of my new car repair
videos, remember to ring that Bell!
Here’s Why Ford Mustangs are Breaking
Scotty Kilmer:
rev up your engines, mh says Scotty do you
care for the Ford coyote 5 liter motor
they put an f-150 and Mustang, yes its
excellent engine great powerful v8
engine, you know they're really well made
now some of those had transmissions that
had problems, it wasn't the engines fault
the engines are real strong, but some of
those the transmissions went out,
especially some of the standard
transmissions they started making them
in China, yes in China, I had a customer
went through four standard transmissions
on that coyote engine, four of them on a
Mustang and they finally just said the
heck with it and they got rid of it, now
they got free ones because they're under
warranty, but I mean jeez after four of
them break down I'd be really iffy about it
too, and
when she found out that it was made in
China she was really mad, the engines are
good though, francisco reina says how often
should you use fuel injection cleaners when
you fill up sir, well actually if you got
a car and you take care of it and buy good
fuel
never, modern cars at least in the United
States the fuel you buy has additives in
it that are legislated by the government
so they don't pollute to make the
engines run better and so they don't burn
oil and you don't need to do anything, now
if
you've got one of those horrible GDI
gasoline engines the gasoline direct
injection, that only have GDI and they
don't have the port injectors too, and
they carbon up inside yeah then I
would say do it at least six times a
year, and get a special cleaner that's made
for GDI engines because they can carbon
up, but if you don't normal ones you
really don't ever need to do it, you buy
an old junker and it needs cleaning sure
but if you buy a car and you take care
of it and you put in good gasoline, you
really don't need to put any additives
in them, a lot of that is just
salesmanship by companies that are
trying to sell you something, memes ask
Scotty my friend is selling a 2010 Subaru
WRX with a rebuilt engine at 60,000
kilometers, he's selling it for ten thousand
five
Canadian is it worth it, what's your
opinion on WRX, okay you're in Canada
and I lived in Toronto a long time ago, I
know everything in Canada cost more money,
maybe six grand here in Houston but I
know Canada they go for more, now here's
the problem I would demand paperwork
from whoever rebuilt it what kind of
guarantee the guy gave, if he has none
he's says well this guy rebuilt it for me,
don't even
think about buying it, you gotta get
absolute paper working and research the
guy that did it, see if he really knows
what he's doing or just some guy that
put a head gasket in it cuz of blew the
head gasket, now if it actually was
rebuilt correctly and especially if it's
a standard transmission, a lot of the WRX
are standards, go ahead and buy it if you
like
the vehicle but make sure it was rebuilt
correctly,
Ken lee says hey Scotty should I get a
Honda Fit or a Toyota Yaris, well in that
case
I'd get the fit and here's why, Toyota
Yaris isn't a Toyota it's just a
rebadged Mazda, they're made by Mazda and
they call them Toyota Yaris and the
Honda fits are much better, they got
better engines and better transmissions
then what the Mazda has in it, so I'd go
with a Honda there, now especially if you
drive a standard transmission, the Honda's
are okay with the automatics, but with
the standard they're excellent vehicles
even with an automatic though I'd still go
with the Honda, cuz Mazda automatic
transmission stink, and that Toyota Yaris
is really Mazda, mr. car to get 12 says
Scotty
how are the facelifted 98 to 2001
sl500 in reliability, the engines are well
made
Mercedes makes very good engines there's
no arguing that, now it's a 500 so it's
pretty much of a gigantic gas hog in
town, a heavy vehicle with a big v8
engine they just sucked that gas down,
all the electronics the automatic
transmission, all that stuff can turn
into endless money pit, it's old now but
82,000 miles is low mileage for a car
that's 21 year old car, so that's real
low mileage if it's 82,000 miles, don't
pay much though they're worth nothing in
the real world, don't pay that much money
for them, you get one cheap enough and you
want a weekend toy go right ahead, but don't
think about buying one of those and think
you're gonna drive it as an everyday
driver and put 15-20 thousand miles a
year on it, it would bankrupt you, Joe
Martin says
can a clogged catalytic converter and make
your car start and then die, it certainly
can, it's just like stuffing potatoes in
an exhaust, which kids did when I was
young when they wanted to fool somebody, they'd
shove a
potato up the exhaust then the car wouldn't
run right and
they go nuts trying to
figure it out, unless they were smart
just went to the tailpipe and put their
hand at the end and saw that hardly any
air was puffing out when it was running and
they know it was clogged up, that's one
way you can test a clogged catalytic converter
go to any normal car when it's ice-cold
so you don't burn yourself, start it up
put your hand on the exhaust coming out
the back and you'll feel it puffing out
you know that's normal you can feel it, then
if it's clogged up if you touch it
hardly anything comes out you know it's
clogged up, now we mechanics have gauges
we take out the oxygen sensor and we
screw in a gauge and we see the pressure
and the pressure should only be maybe
one one-and-a-half psi and if it's five
to eight before the cat and then nothing
after it you know that the cat's clogged
and it needs to be replaced, pretty easy to
check but it will make a car stall out
so if you never want to miss another one
of my new car repair videos, remember to
ring that Bell
Consumer Reports 2018 Most Reliable Car Brands
Consumer Reports:
For some people, their
favorite car brand
is like their
favorite sports team.
They stick by them, win or lose.
But how do you know if you
can count on your favorite car
brand?
Consumer Reports
is here to help.
Our annual reliability survey
covers over 640,000 vehicles
owned by CR subscribers.
Brand rankings are based
on the average predicted
reliability scores of an
automaker's entire model
line-up.
This year, our survey
compared 27 manufacturers,
and we saw significant
movement among the rankings.
Once again, Toyota and Lexus
take the top two positions
respectively, although they
swapped spots from last year.
The sister companies continue
to uphold their reputations
for giving owners
solid reliability.
Nearly all models
from these two brands
have average or
above average scores,
with the exception of
Toyota's Tacoma pickup, which
is below average.
Kia breaks into the top
three, jumping two spots
from last year.
The move comes thanks to the
success of the all-new Niro
hybrid.
It's not only Kia's
most reliable model.
It's also the most reliable
new car in our entire survey.
This year's biggest jump
though goes to Chrysler,
climbing 10 spots on our list.
It's improved ranking is
due to the all new Pacifica
minivan, which earns an
average reliability rating.
Other Fiat-Chrysler brands
like Jeep, Dodge, and Ram
also showed improvement.
However, Chrysler still sits
in the bottom half of our ranks
as the spotty reliability
of its 300 sedan
dropped to below
average this year.
In fact, it wasn't a great year
for any American automaker.
Buick remains the top-ranked
American brand in our survey,
but the company
dropped five spots,
landing eighth on our list.
Ford was second best
among the Americans,
but only managed to secure
the 15th spot overall.
All brands from General
Motors dropped as well,
especially Cadillac, which has
the worst predicted reliability
for any brand in 2018.
All of their models
are below average.
And the big,
expensive Escalade SUV
is one of the least
reliable models
for a second year in a row,
according to our subscribers.
European brands fared better and
were generally more reliable.
Audi and BMW kept
their top 10 rankings,
while both Mercedes-Benz
and Volkswagen climbed up
the charts.
We can't say the same for Volvo.
The company's XC90
SUV has been riddled
with infotainment problems.
XC90 owners who
responded to our survey
echoed that feeling,
which placed it
among the least reliable
new cars for 2018.
For more on reliability and
our full brand rankings,
check out consumerreports.org
A range of ratings for American muscle cars - IIHS News
IIHS:
When people think about sports car
performance, safety ratings aren't the
first thing to come to mind. So, for the
first time, we've put a trio of iconic
muscle cars through their paces to see
if they're as safe as more traditional cars.
We tested the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro,
the Dodge Challenger and the Ford Mustang.
None of these vehicles earn
TOP SAFETY PICK status.
The Mustang was redesigned
for the 2015 model year,
and it's just one rating away from
earning TOP SAFETY PICK status.
If it just improved its small overlap crash
performance from acceptable to good,
it would be there. It also earns
good ratings in our four other
crashworthiness evaluations,
and it has an available
forward collision warning system to help
keep you out of crashes in the first place.
The Dodge Challenger wasn't up to the challenge
in the small overlap frontal crash test.
The big problem was
that this wheel was
pushed back into the lower occupant
compartment, collapsing the footwell
around the dummy's leg and foot. In fact, we
had to unbolt the dummy's foot from the leg in
order to get the dummy out. A real driver would
have had serious leg injuries from this crash.
The small overlap frontal crash test is especially
challenging because only a small part of
the vehicle's front end has to deal
with the energy of the crash.
This type of crash accounts for about 25% of
the serious and fatal injuries in frontal impacts.
The Chevrolet Camaro was
redesigned for 2016,
and it stood out with a good performance
in our small overlap frontal crash test.
You can see that the safety cage was
well-maintained, and the injury measures
on the driver dummy were all low.
Still, the Camaro doesn't earn our TOP
SAFETY PICK award because it earns only
acceptable ratings for
roof strength, and GM
doesn't offer it with a front
crash prevention system.
Given that sports cars have high crash
rates, it's especially important that
they offer their occupants the best
possible protection in a crash.
Consumer Reports 2018 Least Reliable Cars
Consumer Reports:
When you buy a new car, the last
thing you want to think about
are future repairs, but an
unscheduled trip to the shop
may come sooner than
you might expect.
In our annual
reliability survey,
CR subscribers tell us what
went wrong on their cars.
This year, our survey
included reports
on more than 640,000 vehicles.
These are the five new vehicles
that have the lowest predicted
reliability for 2018.
The Ford Fiesta makes
our list for problems
that owners reported
with the climate
system and transmission.
One Fiesta owner said that the
automatic climate system would
stop blowing cold
air and that it
had become a recurring problem.
Early clutch
replacement for the dual
clutch automatic transmissions
were common repairs.
Some owners even had to have
their transmissions completely
rebuilt.
Ford Focus owners know
transmission troubles
all too well.
This compact car
lands on our list
for the second year in a row.
A number of drivers
said that their Focus
would buck and stutter,
especially when starting out.
Rough, erratic shifts
were also common, even
at normal driving speeds.
Many owners also had to
replace the clutch prematurely.
Next up is the Volvo
XC90, one of three luxury
SUVs on our list.
The problem-- Volvo's
complicated touch screen
infotainment system.
Drivers tell us that the
system is slow to load
and constantly
requires rebooting.
There were also cases where
the entire screen went blank
during reboot.
This would block owners
from climate controls,
audio and phone functions, and
accessing safety feature menus.
Once again, the Cadillac
Escalade makes our list.
The luxury SUV had tech
issues both under the hood
and in the cabin.
Owners told us Cadillac's
CUE infotainment system
had more than a few faults.
They said the system
would freeze or crash,
and the climate system would
turn on to the highest setting
without any user input.
Power train problems
range from irregular
idling rough shifts and even
total transmission failure.
The least reliable
car in our survey
is the Tesla Model X.
The all electric SUV has
many cutting edge features,
but owners we surveyed
had trouble with the
most basic functions,
like opening and closing
the falcon wing doors.
Drivers reported that a
sensor malfunction wouldn't
allow the doors to fully open.
One owner claimed to have had
the sensors checked eight times
before it was properly fixed.
Fit and finish also
caused concern.
Loose exterior moldings
and body misalignment
were common, along with latch
failures on multiple doors.
For more on reliability and
a full list of rankings,
check out consumerreports.org.
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