How to Find a Good Body Shop
Your car's got a wrinkled fender - who are you going to get to fix it? If it's not done right, the car will look wrong - and then you won't be...
Odds and Ends
Ever wonder why muscle cars - and RWD performance cars generally - suck in the snow? It's not the rear-wheel-drive so much that leaves you spinning your wheels.
It's the tires.
They're wide...
Sit Back And Enjoy The Ride?
I know that the PDK automated manual in the Porsche 911 GT3 (and other PDK-equipped Porsches like the Cayman S I reviewed recently; see here) delivers quicker - and consistently quicker - acceleration; that...
On Selling Your Old Car…
There's typically 10-20 percent difference between what a dealer will give you for your old vehicle as a trade-in vs. its retail market value - i.e., what you could probably sell...
Five Winter Car Essentials
What's the best car for winter driving?
It's one of those questions with no one size-fits-all answer. But I'll tell you what I think makes for a good winter car:
* It's older...
Roll-up windows work just fine for me!
I have two "modern" vehicles - a '98 and a 2002 Nissan Frontier pick-up. Both basically identical except one is 4WD (manual control, part-time) and one (the '02) has intermittent wipers.
The...
So Your Car’s A Lemon… What Can You Do?
This won't be easy.
In the first place, it takes a lot for a car to be officially acknowledged as a "lemon" insofar as the law is concerned. You usually have to...
Reader Question: Diesel Hybrids?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Chris asks: I've often wondered why no one has ever put together a diesel hybrid. Wouldn't this result in a car that averaged...
Try Not To Get All Fired Up . . .
Forget about the American Express card - there are more important things the classic car owner should never leave home without.
A portable fire extinguisher. Do you have one for your antique/special...
Even If You Don’t Change Your Own Oil…
What if you don't do your own oil and filter changes? Is there anything you ought to know about beyond how much will it cost - and how soon can they...