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Denis Flierl

Denis Flierl

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Denis Flierl: Senior Reporter & Industry Insider

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Denis has served as a Senior Reporter for Torque News since 2012, leveraging over three decades of automotive industry expertise. His career began in consulting, where he worked directly with major automotive brands, before transitioning to freelance journalism. Years of test-driving new vehicles have equipped him with a wealth of insider knowledge. Today, Denis specializes in breaking news, exclusive owner perspectives, and in-depth analysis to keep consumers fully informed. 

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Tesla Cybertruck Owner Warns, “If You Go To Tesla Service For a Tire Rotation, Take Your Wheel Covers Off and Leave Them At Home, They Broke Two Of Mine” 0
2020 GMC Sierra Owner Says, “I Wish I Would Have Bought a Chevy Silverado, or Previous-Gen Sierra, These Fenders Are Weirdly Shaped and Have Big Gaps” 1
The Mazda Dealer Tried to Charge Me $75 for a $10 Air Filter on My Wife's 2024 CX-5, I Told Them Not To Do It. He Said “It’s Already In,” I Said Take It Out 4
I Watched In Horror As the Ford Tech Forgot the Oil Filter on My 2024 F-150, and Ran It Without Oil For Who Knows How Long, I’m Worried About Catastrophic Damage 0
I Have 250K Miles On My 2021 Tesla Model 3, and You Won’t Believe the Battery Health - This Will Silence All the Tesla Naysayers 0
I Dumped My Chevy Silverado Money Pit for This 2023 Toyota Tundra. Now, Two Weeks Later My New Tundra is Recalled and It’s Getting a New Engine 0
Tesla Took My Cybertruck FSD Away, Said My Driving Data Was "Too Risky," But Here's My Bizarre Fix - The Sandwich Test 0
I Bought a $65K 2026 Chevy Silverado Z71. Then the Dealer Hit Me With a Shocking $100 Fee For the Worst Possible Item 2
My 2020 Ford F-150 5.0L Engine Replaced 10K Miles Ago Is Eating Oil: It’s Already Down a Quart in 1,800 Miles, But I Can't Afford a New Payment 3
My 2024 Toyota Tundra Is a LEMON: This Week I Hit the 30-Day 'Service' Death Sentence, These Trucks Will Have No Value In 2 Years 2
As a GMC Sierra Guy, It Hurts to Say It, But I'm Done with GM, and Now I'm Conflicted Between the Ford F-150, Ram 1500, and Toyota Tundra 55
I Took My 2020 Highlander In For Its Free 5K Oil Change, and Toyota Came Back With $2,584 In “Recommended Services” - No Way Will I Accept Any of Them 0
After I Put On New Shocks and Springs, My Toyota Tacoma Driver’s Side Rides 1.5 Inches Lower, and It Looks Super Goofy, Now I Have the Dreaded Taco Lean 0
My 2026 Chevy Silverado 5K Miles In, Touchscreen Went Dark, Entire Truck Is Dead, Zero Power, Keyless Entry Won’t Even Work, Now, It’s a Tow to the Dealer 2
I’m 36, Single, Travel Full Time In My 2023 Toyota Tacoma, and I Spend $1,305 Per Month, I’ve Never Looked Back, But I Have One Regret 0
I Went From a 2017 Ford F-250 With 35s To This 2025 F-150, It’s So Low That It Feels Like I’m In a Car, Now I Have To Lift It 3 Inches and Run 33s 0
I Just Finished My Ford F-150 Plow Install, Now I’m Getting Grief From All You F-250, and F-350 Guys For Running a Plow on My Half Ton 0
My New 2025 Toyota RAV4 2 Months In, Has a Sunroof Leak Every Time It Rains, So, I Take It To the Dealer and They Claim It’s Normal 1
Tesla Tried To Give Me Someone’s Cybertruck Reject With 4 Major Flaws, So I Turned It Down, Then They Quickly Switched It For A Different Truck With No Issues 0
I Just Traded My 2025 Ram 10K In With Major Electrical Issues, For This 2023 Ford F-150 With 38K Miles, I Think the Older F-150 Is a More Reliable Truck 0
I Got a Great Deal On a 2016 Honda CR-V, 33K Miles, Elderly Couple, Garage Kept, But Now I Find Out It’s a Ticking Time Bomb Because It Was Rarely Driven 1
My 2022 Chevy Silverado Passed the L87 Recall With Flying Red, White and Blues, But, I'm Afraid We’re All On Borrowed Time 4
My 2024 Toyota Tundra 27K In Is Getting a Short Block and New Turbos, But the Strange Thing Is, They Removed the Cab To Do It 0
I Figured I Would Come and Upset Some of You With My Ford F-150 With a Carolina Squat 0
I Walked Into My Toyota Dealer To Check Out a 2025 Tacoma, and Found This Crazy Toyota Tax Markup Nonsense  5