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I have had a few competing job offers for highly technical remote roles. The recruiter in the earliest offer was seemingly personable at first during the initial screening call. The process moved a little slow and when the recruiter's client sent a calendar invite for the call to technically vet me, the job title was wrong from the role discussed in the screening call. I sent the recruiter an email asking if this was correct and if she had time for a call to discuss. Her response was, "I am positively swamped today with other calls, but what can I do for you?" I thought I was misreading tone, so I let it slide.

I went through the technical vetting and talked with the company's C-level. Exce

So my 2017 Mustang GT is in the shop for a tick I had been noticing since ~4,000 miles. Did some research and made some phone calls initially, and came to the conclusion that the Coyote is just a noisy bastard. Fast forward to the second oil change at ~9,700 miles--following the oil change, the ticking is back again and worse. So I decide that it's time to definitely get it in the hands of the service department. Service picks it up and by the end of the day, I hear back thatit needs an engine replacement (shortblock). Greaaaaaat. Apparently cylinders 7 and 8 are warped, also the carbon buildup on the passenger side was insane, intake valves also on the passenger side were covered in oil

I've seen the news that the 2.0T in the Accord is similar or "is" the engine from the Civic Type-R. However, the 2018 Accord's version of this engine is detuned to 252HP. In this same news, I've seen that the 2.0T is available with a 6-speed in a sedan. Does anyone here know whether the Accord's version is detuned mechanically or electronically?

I own a 9th generation Si. I'm probably going to keep it, but I am planning my next car purchase. Ideally I would want a CTR, but I am not paying $40k+ for a Civic.

My fiancee has a 2011 Ford Fiesta with the infamous 6-speed DCT that has been plagued with problems. It has been a great car thus far, no complaints with the exception of the transmission. This DCT was designed by Satan himself with the engineering spec written using a Ouija board. It has been the bane of my fiancee's existence since she bought the car used with 13,000 miles in 2012.

In late 2013, the car was taken to the first Ford dealership for transmission shuddering (still under bumper-to-bumper warranty). They replaced the clutch assembly/ies, replaced input shaft seals, and reset the transmission control module. We had to fight with the service department on 3 separate occasions a fe