Ethanol Assault
Remember those '80s-era PSAs that warned, "this is your brain on drugs" - cue video of an egg frying in a pan? Well, here's your old car's engine on ethanol.
I...
Never Get in Trouble Trying to Fix Your Car
Probably the main reason many people don't dare do it themselves is they're afraid of not doing it right. More to the point, they're afraid of doing it wrong - breaking...
When New Cars Get Old
All cars become old cars, eventually.
But the aging process is different for modern cars - by which is meant cars built since (roughly) the latter-half of the '80s, when computer controlled...
Toyota Announces $1 billion Settlement
The Justice Department is set to announce as soon as Wednesday a billion-dollar agreement with Toyota to settle a federal probe of the automaker's handling of customer complaints related to unintended...
Porsche Problems
Porsche to Replace Engines of Current 911 GT3 Models
Sports car manufacturer Porsche will be replacing the engines of all 2014 model year 911 GT3 vehicles. This is the corrective action derived...
It’s Easy to Buy a New Car
Assuming you have the money, buying a new car has never been easier - or less stressful. If, that is, you aren't still buying cars the way people did back in...
New Things to Know About New Cars
You've heard of Moore's Law? Applied to computers, it states that processing power doubles - roughly - every two years.
A similar law - not yet named - arguably applies to new...
Dodge Dart Belly Flop . . . Canary in the Coal Mine for Chrysler?
Will Fiat pull the plug on Chrysler?
Just the other day, it was announced that sales of the Dodge Dart - one of the first post-bankruptcy new-design Chrysler products - are down...
Did You Know . . . ?
As with software (and hardware) every now and again, it's necessary to do an update. Same goes for automotive knowledge. Maybe a better term would be conventional wisdom. Things change -...
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...