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    Carmakers can legally record your texts, calls, rules judge

    Gilles27 said: You need to disable/remove smart driver on OnStar but be aware that if you bring your car into service it will be re activated most likely After briefly reading through the step-by-steps from the url/link 1stVette posted, which actually involves removal of the circuit that...
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    Carmakers can legally record your texts, calls, rules judge

    On a personal opinion basis only….I would be surprised, even shocked, if it wasn’t going on. Generous Motors Canada is known to be able to squeeze a nickel ‘til the beaver defecates. Even if they don’t sell my data, I don’t see why I should allow any company (or government) to keep their eyes...
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    Carmakers can legally record your texts, calls, rules judge

    I've got a 2019 'Ray, and I can tell you that I've searched (and searched, and searched) for that OnStar puppy for quite a while, and haven't found it anywhere. I was initially told it was at, or near, the connection box at the battery cubby, or located next to the rear wheel well(s). Nope...
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    Question Radar ahead……

    So, while Ontario's Highway Traffic Act doesn't specifically mention flashing high beams to warn oncoming vehicles about speed traps (only that "alternating flashing headlights" are restricted to police and, possibly, other government emergency vehicles) it seems this has been addressed on a few...
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    Question Radar ahead……

    It seems the U.S. Federal Court was involved to make that ruling happened due to a second LEO in an oncoming vehicle was the “flashee”, who turned around and pulled over the “flasher” issuing a major $$ summons, the case went through a number of lower courts before the final ruling by a federal...
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    Question Radar ahead……

    Hey, folks. I saw a series of discussion posts on one of the U.S. car forums about “flashing” high beams to warn oncoming traffic about radar up ahead. it used to be pretty common, but after thinking about it I realized that I hadn’t seen any of that happening for quite some time. Apparently...
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    billy bob and the trooper.

    Good one!
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    billy bob and the trooper.

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    Anybody have a current RockAuto discount code

    I have to place an order for several different items for the winter (tin car) such as 4X new TPMS sensors (for new alloys on the snow tires), a few each of oil/air/cabin filters and other stuff. My code from my last shipment has expired. If anyone has a code, can you provide it and the...
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    Old gas station

    Company Highly Recommends You Soon Learn Engine Repair just take the first letter of each word. LLC
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    M7 Manual transmission fluid question

    Follow up to previous post - the Royal Purple "Synotech" is definitely a synthetic. I remembered I had a bit left in the original bottle on a garage shelf, went to look, confirmed it isn't Dino-oil. Also saw on the Canadian Tire page when I enlarged the image.
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    M7 Manual transmission fluid question

    For what it is worth - I switched over to Royal Purple Trans Fluid ("Forumulated for manual transmissions using Automatic Transmission Fluid" I recall on the package). It promises smoother shifts, better (not as notchy) cold transmission operation, and good fluid life. Mine is a 2019 Stringray...
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    Ethanol is now at every gas station

    91 Premium in Ontario was just base petroleum stock…..no ethanol at least for the majors such as Shell or Esso. The non-ethanol additive package is what gave it the octane bump from the old non-ethanol regular grade fuel. 93 octane was 91 plus around 5% ethanol +/- as an additional octane...
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    Ethanol is now at every gas station

    While ethanol is now at every land-based (note the "land-based") gas station (at least in Ontario, where a Shell Engineer that I know confirmed the switchover in February or March of this year - for all brands according to him) non-ethanol fuel is readily available at Marinas in Ontario. There...