Q: My car is jerking when going uphill, and sometimes speeding up.
I get an oil change every two months for the most part and I just got new tires and my sway bar fixed. My car runs hot now and it jerks as I go uphill and when speeding up. Another thing, I just started putting plus gas in my car because I was told it's better than unleaded. Is that what could be causing the jerking too?
My car has 176645 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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