There is nothing wrong with the origin of the parts if proper QA/QC practices are in place. That’s really up to the automobile manufacturer to ensure standards are adhered to.
There is nothing wrong with the origin of the parts if proper QA/QC practices are in place. That’s really up to the automobile manufacturer to ensure standards are adhered to.
No, the quality of automotive parts has decreased significantly generally speaking. More and more manufactures of parts have moved production overseas for lower costs and lower quality. It's literally become a society thing so it's not like automotive parts are immune. We chase lower costs, lower prices and quality has gone down.
OEM factory parts of course are OEM factory quality and built to higher standards as it's the manufacture who pays warranty time and can't really weasel out of it easily. Can't claim a strut, spring or brake parts failing after 2 years is driver error or installation error on a brand new car too often.
My issue is when OEM parts are not available, the aftermarket parts are really bad now generally speaking, even going with the highest quality "pro version" Parts fail within the warranty time? If it's a cheap replacement sure, if it's more? They will deny deny deny. Straight out of the insurance playbook. Claim it's poor installation, user error, lack of proper maintenance. This is a deliberate economic strategy from China in all aspects. I don't blame them, they are smart.
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Yeah, unless you're paying for genuine factory parts or really high-end aftermarket (read as: performance-oriented), a lot of the parts are of the sort you'd expect someone flipping a vehicle to fit just to get the thing to pass a mechanical inspection.
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What's the best battery tender out there these days? My dad had to replace both batteries in his truck because they died over the winter.
I used to use an older NOCO Genius G1100 -- superceded by the Genius2 -- but now I have the Genius10 which has a 12V Supply mode (for changing the battery without losing stored vehicle settings). They're really well-priced on Amazon. Big fan of mine.
Your dad's truck has two batteries? They have a Genius2x2 which will do both batteries at the same time.
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I used to use an older NOCO Genius G1100 -- superceded by the Genius2 -- but now I have the Genius10 which has a 12V Supply mode (for changing the battery without losing stored vehicle settings). They're really well-priced on Amazon. Big fan of mine.
Your dad's truck has two batteries? They have a Genius2x2 which will do both batteries at the same time.
Yeah, it's a diesel thing. I figured Noco was still the one to get. Thanks.
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I've been using the CTEK tenders for years with good results. The previous one lasted about 15 years before conking out, so I just replaced it with their newer model. It's the brand that Porsche white-labels for their own line, so I figured it would be a decent one.
NOCO makes great products as well, so I'm sure that one's solid too. I have their battery boosters and they haven't yet let me down (and I usually use it on a street-parked 4.7L V8 in winter).
I've been using the CTEK tenders for years with good results. The previous one lasted about 15 years before conking out, so I just replaced it with their newer model. It's the brand that Porsche white-labels for their own line, so I figured it would be a decent one.
NOCO makes great products as well, so I'm sure that one's solid too. I have their battery boosters and they haven't yet let me down (and I usually use it on a street-parked 4.7L V8 in winter).
Aston Martin re-brands CTEK tenders as well, seems to be a popular choice.
How about diagnostic code readers? Any that stand out over the others?
I don't have any exhaustive knowledge, but a car I bought last summer came with a BlueDriver bluetooth ODB dongle. The app was a free download. Compared to my cheap Amazon special code reader the BlueDriver app is much more user friendly and feature rich. I can put my phone in a mount and watch chosen parameters in real time, which is handy when the car doesn't have a temperature gauge for example.
It also lets you click on a code and it takes you to a webpage with a more complete description, possible solutions, and how common of an issue it is. I used it to diagnose a bad cam position sensor for example.
They were showing the old versions of the outback at the start of the video and I was watching with the sound off and skipped ahead to the interior and thought for a bit he was showing off the interior of one of those outbacks.
I miss watching Motoring TV on TSN. The car reviews, the mechanic reviews, the upcoming models and the driving rants. Came across a few old episodes on Youtube and brought me back some memories.
