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If you’re considering a new full-size truck, put the 2019 Chevy Silverado at the top of your test-drive list.

Then I slid back into the extremely tiny footwell (again, hiring a toddler may be the way to go on this one.)

Key manufacturers of the adaptive cruise control system in the automotive industry are Denso Corporation, Magna International Inc., Mando Corporation, Valeo SA, ZF TRW Automotive, Autoliv Inc., Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH, Delphi Automotive PLC, Continental AG, Delco Electronics, Hitachi Ltd., Nissan motor Company, Siemens VDO and Bendix.

1. Seat foam. Yamaha made a big deal about its 16-percent-denser seat foam. We had to replace our 2019 seat after 10 hours because the foam broke down.2. Ergos. Even though it is thinner than it was two years ago, it is a big, bulky, wide and heavy bike.3. Weight. You can feel the 238 pounds any time you lean the bike over.4. Blue rims. We prefer silver rims. Blue rims belong on a TM. We don’t hate that the rims are anodized a color, just that dark-colored rims end up looking like salt and pepper in a short time. Black and blue rims get scratched up by tire irons and chipped by roost. With silver rim, you don’t see the damage.5. Handlebar height. The handlebar mounts are too tall; switch to the 5mm lower bar mounts from the 2017 YZ450F.6. Air filter. The filter should not lie on top of the backfire screen. Why not? The pulsing engine sucks the filter oil downward and dirt follows it. A Twin Air air filter Band Aids the issue.7. Noise. With the airbox mounted where the gas tank would normally go, there is a lot of noise that wasn’t there when that space was just gasoline. 

When it comes to rear brakes, there are big losers. Suzuki and Kawasaki have very finicky rear pedal adjustments. If you get them wrong, the rear brake will overheat, squeal and lock up. Worse yet, Kawasaki decided that the 2019 KX450 needed a more powerful rear brake. This is seriously flawed logic, because most rear brakes are already too easy to lock up. What they needed was a more progressive feel, not more clamping pressure. Kawasaki’s all-new, jumbo-sized, 250mm rear rotor is the same size as many front rotors were a few years ago (and 30mm larger than the 2019 KTM 450SXF’s 220mm rear rotor). The result is a disaster. The rear of the Kawasaki cannot be modulated. It grabbed, locked up and skidded in every hard-pack corner. It got hot from locking up and began chirping. It is a terrible rear brake. Our backyard fix was to grind the brake pads down on their ends so that the pads could contact the spinning rotors with a less harsh interface.

The lower trims offer the 4.3-liter V6 or the 5.3-liter engine with Chevrolet’s old active fuel management (AFM) cylinder deactivation system, which simply turns off one of the V8’s cylinder banks. That works, but the dynamic fuel management is better. The 2.7-liter engine has the least towing capacity of all of the options at 7,200 pounds, compared to 8,000 pounds with the V6. The 5.3-liter with the old AFM can tow 11,000 pounds or 11,600 pounds with DFM, The mighty 6.2-liter tows up to 12,200 pounds.

A while ago, Jalopnik readers advised me to thin my herd of junkers. When I didn’t heed that advice, it bit me in the ass, leaving me stranded. Now I’m finally doing it: I’m selling two of my cars. But first, I have to do a couple of quick fixes. Here’s how I did the clutch master cylinder on the world’s most unreliable Honda.

Harley-Davidson is recalling nearly 178,000 motorcycles in the U.S. due to the risk that they might get stuck in gear thanks to a potential defect within the clutch.

Many people live in places where a windshield replacement is a rare occurrence. For those of us where it can sometimes be an annual occurrence (re Alberta) that’s a high price to pay for “standard” safety.

With fresh Edelbrock gaskets, the new polished 2×4 intake dropped right into place with a set of polished stainless ARP intake bolts. This was followed by dropping in a standard MSD ready-to-run distributor and plug wires.

The 2019 Colorado represents the fifth model year of the second-generation model and it’s bringing a packed list of new features ahead of an expected 2020 Colorado facelift. One of those features is ultrasonic rear park assist, which is now available for some Colorado trim levels.

Named the QAS5, end users will see a 20% smaller footprint than comparable models on the market, along with reduced engine emissions, faster plug-and-play paralleling and a lower total cost of ownership, the company said.