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...
Is Your Car Cop Bait?
Racial profiling is a law-enforcement no-no, but "automotive profiling" is a going concern in every state across the land.
Drive a bright-colored car, or an obviously sporty/performance car, and you dramatically increase...
How to Change Oil & Filter
Here's a nice little vide that shows you the basics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwJ0A...layer_embedded
Here are a couple of things not discussed:
* If you don't have access to a lift, you will probably need a floor...
They Keep Making Cars Safer…
But what about us?
Air bags and crumple zones make a car more crashworthy. But they don't make it less likely we'll crash the car.
That's still up to us, to a great...
Can You Read a Sidewall?
What do all those numbers (and letters) really mean?
Here's a short primer on tire-related terminology that should help you get to know your four friends a bit better:
* Contact Patch -
As...
New Cop Cars Blend Into The Crowd
For decades, it has been pretty easy to visually pick out cop cars from the crowd.
Even without a radar detector, alert drivers knew to slow down when they saw a Ford...
Which Matters More: Reputation or Warranty Coverage?
Two of the factors most people consider when shopping for a new car are its overall reputation for quality and reliability (as well as that of the company which built it)...
How Technology Killed Toyota
Toyota's troubles with run-amok cars is apparently related somehow to the drive-by-wire throttle control used in models like the Prius hybrid.
With drive-by-wire, there is no physical connection between the gas pedal...
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...
The Extinction of Affordable Tires
Have you noticed how expensive tires - even basic tires - have become?
Your run-of-the-mill radial now runs close to $100 (less mounting, tire stems and all that). It's easy to drop...