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Car Care & Repair
Updated: October 24th, 2009
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If the "check engine" (or "service engine soon") light comes on, your car's computer (On board Diagnostics, or OBD) is probably trying to alert you to a problem or fault, typically with the emissions control system. It's not immediately urgent - you can continue to drive the car - but you should get it looked at (or check it yourself) as soon as po...
Here's a secret: Most of what makes a modern car so superior to an old car in terms of everyday drivability and reliability can be easily and relatively inexpensively adapted to old cars. You can enjoy all the important perks of a modern car - without the modern car's increasingly obnoxious high cost, over-the-top electronic nannyism and (more and ...
People who lived through the original Great Depression learned how to squeeze every last drop of value out of every penny they had - and never wasted anything. It looks like this generation is going to have to relearn those lessons... double-time quick. The best way to save money, of course, is to avoid having to spend it in the firs...
To cheap out - or not cheap out?
People are understandably creeped out by the ugly turn the economy's taken - and trying to avoid unnecessary expenses. When it comes to your vehicle, there are some things you can "cheap out" on to save a few bucks - and other things you should never neglect. Let's look at some of both: CHEAP OUT * Regular unleaded vs. premium - S...
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If you're not a mechanic - or mechanically inclined - when your car starts doing something "funny" it can be pretty scary. Sometimes, it's something to worry about - but maybe not. How to know the...
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If you mess around with cars long enough, you'll figure out ways of doing things that make the job easier. Here are five tips that have worked well for me over the years:  * Hot water c...
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Cars are an important part of our culture.  In fact, you'd probably be hard-pressed to find an adult who doesn't own a car - let alone one who doesn't have a driver's license. Of course, with all...
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Ever do something you shouldn't have - with a car, that is? Here are some of the best "Don't Do's" I've come across - and a few I've even done myself. Read, laugh... and learn! * Using regular...
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Life in the Slow Lane....

I think the Flouride in the water is doing its thing...  Almost every time I go out, I come up on a car - or an SmooVee - that's doing either just barely the limit and often several MPH below it. The typical offender also likes to slow down and speed up for no apparent reason; the concept of maintaining a flow is beyond them. They'll wander across the double yellow - and not just in the curves. Then jerk the wheel to recover their lane.  And of course the limit itself is already ridiculous. On most roads, it is well below what a competent, alert driver can safely handle. So these slo' mo's doing 3-5 mph below what's posted are actually running (if that's the right word) 10-20 mph below a reasonable cruising along speed.  The main road through my county in rural Virginia is US 221. This is a broad, two-lane...

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