Bought some Adaptive One brake pads for the rear of my 2001 Monte Carlo.
Found out too late that they were made in China.
Each pad is plainly stamped "inner" or "outer" and also has a blue or red
paint dot to also indicate inner or outer.  The illustration in the package

I have a 2003 GMC Envoy and recently I noticed there is a water stain on the
passenger side floor mat. I cannot tell if the leak occurs while the A/C is
running or if it happens after the vehicle is parked for a while. In any
event, past experience tells me that it's the heater ...

Hard to get off Spark Plug Boots
If you ever have a spark plug boot that is hard to get off one way
that has worked good for me is to take a 2-3 foot 3/16 brake line and
screw it into a air nozzle and then file the end of the line to look

SAVE $750.00+ on a NEW '08 GM PURCHASE/LEASE!!!
I have $1,452.42 of transferrable GM rebate money from my GM Card
(www.gmcard.com) that I want to sell outright for $700 cash, preferrably to
someone in the central Ohio area.  Applicable toward the purchase or lease

I have a 03 chevy malibu 3.1v6, the car bogs down in low rpm
especially when driving from a stop and will not accelerate fast at
all. At full throttle, my car will hang up at high RPM’s for a few
seconds before shifting into the next gear unless I take my foot off

Toyota takes 1Q world sales lead from General Motors
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080423/gm_global_sales.html?.v=8
DETROIT (AP) -- Toyota has taken the global automotive sales lead from
General Motors, selling 2.41 million vehicles to GM's 2.25 million

I have a mouse that has taken up residence in the blower assembly of the
A/C-Fan unit on a 2003 Envoy.
Does anyone have the tech manual or advise how to get to it so I can
clean house of a mouse?

They are probably not new, but I stumbled upon Torx Plus tools today while
browsing the Sears Craftsman site.
Am I likely to encounter any Torx Plus fasteners on my GM automobiles?

May 5, 2008: 10:49 AM EDT
United Auto Workers 2,500-strong Local 31 hits 'Car of the Year'
facility; GM lost $3.3B in first quarter.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/05/news/companies/gm_strike.ap/index.htm?section=mo
ney_latest

I posted in here last fall regarding a '88 Chevy Z-24 2.8 multiport
giving me problems.  Right after that the snow fell and I just parked it
for the winter.
Basically, when the vehicle is up to operating temp and I shut it off

Our 2003 Cavalier suddenly started to squeak from the passenger front
- it’s more like a squawk - and not just around corners, or bumps, it
squawks loudly going straight ahead even over small pavement cracks!
Jiggling the body with the hood raised, the squawk seems to be coming

Where is the temp sensor that turns on the fans when the Engine goes above
225 Degrees.?
I have a 2002 Malibu 3110 engine and the guage goes to the next white mark
after the midway mark, then slightly above that.

I have a 2008 Buick with a 3.6L engine whose oil weight spec is 5W-30.  I
have a case and half of 10W-30 that I would like to use up.
Any problem in using the 10W-30 in this engine for the next few oil changes?
Summer is almost here and I am thinking that it would be OK to use it ...

'98 Olds LSS, 3800 N/A.
Once mid last week on the Skyway (at 100kph) she sputtered for half a
second, the 'check oil' light flashed one time, and she continued on home
without further incident. Today while sitting at a red light, the check oil

Hello.  I am seeking some semblence of sanity from some one
knowledgeable about Buicks.  My car stalls and quits running while
hot.  At first my mechanic thought it was electrical, so I received on
different visits a battery, battery cables, alternator and an ignition