Felder Rushing, MPB's Gestalt Gardner, is our guest.

Felder has a garden in the back of his pickup. Allison has a mobile repair shop in her Prius. We hear how listeners use their car and take vehicle repair questions on Auto Correct.

On this episode:

• maintance
• AFS
• tick in engine
• knock sensor
• air conditioners
• traction control
• psi
• oil change
• steering column rattle

Recalls:  2017 - 2019 Ferrari Cars; 2019 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, Camry Hybrid; 2018 Audi A3, RS3    You can find out if your car has a past recall by going to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s website: https://nhtsa.gov/recalls and inputting your VIN number.

Please consider reading up on the reliability of the Saturn Outlook model years 2008-2009 before purchasing it as a used car, suggests Consumer Reports.   https://consumerreports.org/used-cars/used-cars-to-avoid-buying/     http://carcomplaints.com is another resource for unreliable car lists.

If you’re interested in reviews of new cars Casey Williams is the automotive correspondent for WFYI, a public radio station in Indianapolis. He has reviewed cars and covered the auto industry for 25 years. His review this week is on the _2019 Mazda Miata RF  http://wfyi.org/news/authors/casey-williams

Passengers in modern pickup trucks are at higher risk of injury or death than the drivers, according to new research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.    A majority of two-row pickups “struggled to maintain their structure” in a new round of crash tests designed to gauge what happens when the front-right corner of the vehicle smashes something, IIHS said.  usatoday.com/Olive/ODN/USATSample/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=USA%2F2019%2F03%2F21&entity=Ar00901&sk=142847E4&mode=text

Have Garden Will Travel - video about Felder's Truck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyiYxOPppsQ

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