The weather always has an effect on your car, and summer is no exception. You would much rather be worrying about your tan rather than your tires, but as the temperature outside warms up, you will have a change in your tire pressure, so it’s important to occasionally check it. Your owner's manual or the [...]
Steve J. is a former professional detailer who is passionate about cleaning cars and driving in style. In this 4-minute video clip, Steve quickly and enthusiastically tells you how you can wash your car like the professionals do, but in ONLY an hour’s time! To wash your car like the experts, Steve says you will [...]
It is not often that you find someone whose trusted mechanic is associated with an auto dealership. The person you usually trust your vehicle maintenance to is the mechanic from the local garage, the same garage you're father and grandfather took their cars to. Even if trust wasn't the issue, price would be. Dealerships tend [...]
The 2012 NASCAR season features a major change that you will probably never notice. For the first time in NASCAR's history, car will be outfitted with fuel-injected rather than carbureted engines. This move was made to bring stock cars more inline with production vehicles. While both carburetors and fuel injectors have been around for a [...]
Since the auto bailout, there has been a lot of talk and worry about purchasing a car made in Detroit. Should consumers be worried about buying an car from a company that was on the verge of bankruptcy? Would the quality of GM's or Chrysler's suffer due to their restructuring? Most importantly, if you bought [...]
Long gone are the days when you had to hand crank your windows, manually adjust your seats, or rely on only one side-view mirror. Cars now come packed with technology that even a decade ago would have seemed only possible in science fiction. We now have cars that brake for us, that warn us if [...]
Quality service contracts prove valuable when unforeseen automobile breakdowns leave drivers with repair bills that tear holes through their budgets. Just as a health insurance provider allows a policy-holder to pay monthly fees in return for coverage against unmanageable hospital bills; auto warranty companies let drivers make small investments that will ensure that they won't [...]
New or used? This is often the most important decision you can make when buying a vehicle. You love the fact that a new vehicle comes with the protection of a factory warranty. But, you also know that you can get an excellent pre-owned vehicle for a fraction of the price. This decision becomes even [...]
It seems like every purchase you make comes with the opportunity to add an extended warranty. Your cell phone can have an extended warranty. Your washer/dryer can have an extended warranty. Heck, even your toaster or coffee grinder comes with one. But are any of these extended warranties worth their cost? Does it make sense [...]
In the winter, especially if you live in a cold-weather climate, it is of utmost importance to keep your vehicle's anti-freeze at the proper levels. If it is not, you run the risk of water freezing in your engine and causing catastrophic damage. The same logic then would seem to apply to your windshield washer [...]
