Car Care Articles

Spring weather has increased the number of motorcyclists on California's roadways. For visitors to the state, that means taking...

Buildings fall into disrepair when they aren't used. Same goes for a car that's rarely driven.

They say you can't take it all with you. "They" must have never heard of a trailer hitch.

You’re driving behind a gravel truck and suddenly hear the startling crack of stone on glass. A quarter-sized fracture appears...

Nothing beats a vehicle for the privacy of listening to your favorite music. Delightful sounds and rhythms can carry you for miles...

Sure, you can have a summer camping trip without a cast iron skillet, but why? The humble skillet is more than a cooking vessel--it's...

Daily drivers continue to learn what police have known for years: Dashboard-mounted video cameras are incredibly helpful.

You have to respect a device that has remained largely unchanged over the centuries. Binoculars are more precise and durable than...

Drunken driving arrests and crashes plummeted in recent years. But that doesn’t mean there’s fewer impaired motorists on the...

Remember paper road maps? They always came along for the ride, tucked into the open compartment on the inside of the car door....

Back in the days when gas station attendants filled our tanks for us, all car wax was basically the same. It was thick and pasty...

A casual acquaintance might reasonably ask Cindy Lovell how a Gator-state professor ended up in the riverfront town of Hannibal,...

Julius Caesar was lucky--he only had to worry about ONE day in March. Us drivers deal with the month's unpredictable weather patterns...

Allergy sufferers who dread the yellow onslaught of spring may not realize that their vehicle is conspiring with the enemy. Pollen...

You've put away the winter sports gear, yet you want to enjoy those mountains a bit longer. Spring and summer mountain biking...

You're driving to a special event on the first hot day of spring and switch on the air conditioner. Instead of the expected cool,...

Who ever really thinks about engine belts and hoses when they're driving?Yet, it is those critical but forgotten parts that can...

Stepping on the brake pedal engages a symphony of complex components with the brake line conducting. Brake lines enable that panicked...

Perhaps you’ve become accustomed to the shudders, squeaks and vibrations inside your vehicle. But that doesn’t mean you have...

There are people who would never skydive or whitewater raft because of the inherent danger, yet they routinely court disaster...