You think it’s hard on you when it’s 10 degrees outside? Think about your car. You may feel cold. Your car is cold. If it’s 10 degrees outside, that’s the temperature of your car. Its engine. The oil in the engine. Everything else, too. Now imagine being subjected to sudden extremes of pressure, friction...
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Are older drivers by definition bad drivers? I doubt it. In all likelihood, today’s “bad old drivers” were also bad middle aged (and young) drivers. They didn’t become bad drivers because they got old; they were never good drivers to begin with. Old age just made them worse. And because the population has roughly...
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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 … and it’s paid for - Driving on ice/snow – and among Clovers who don’t know how to – is a...
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Electronic stability control will be a mandatory feature on all new cars by 2012. Unlike seat belts, padded dashboards and air bags – which are so-called “passive” safety features that are there to prevent or at least reduce injury when a crash happens – electronic stability control is an “active” system designed to help...
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