A dead battery is annoying in any parking space. It becomes considerably more awkward when the car is nose-first inside a garage and the tow truck needs it in Neutral. The brake pedal feels normal.
There was a time when checking automatic transmission fluid involved a dipstick, a rag, and five minutes under the hood. Now the dipstick has vanished. The filler may be buried beneath the car, the fl
Set the cruise control to 70 mph and glance at the navigation screen. It may insist the car is traveling at 67. Increase the cruise setting to 71. GPS grudgingly moves to 68. The two displays can sp
A used car with gleaming paint, freshly shampooed carpets, and half a dozen pine-scented air fresheners may look beautifully prepared for sale. Or it may be trying much too hard. Flood-damaged
Park on a slope, move the shifter to P, take a foot off the brake, and most automatic cars will perform a small, familiar shuffle. The body rolls a fraction of an inch, stops with a muted clunk, then
A lot of drivers know the badge on the back of their car. AWD. 4WD. Maybe nothing at all, which usually means front-wheel drive and a salesperson who did not have much to brag about. But
Car accidents are strange. One second you’re thinking about dinner or traffic or whether you remembered to answer that email, and the next there’s crunching metal, airbags, smoke ma
There is a certain kind of car expense that annoys people more than almost anything else. Not the repair itself, but paying just to be told what might be wrong. That is why a cheap OBD-II scanner has
The Automotive Hall of Fame is mostly filled with combustion engines. But as the industry shifts toward electric, the question comes up: will any EVs eventually earn a spot among the greats? Last year
Race car drivers know what they're signing up for. But the people watching from the stands? They're just there for a good time. June 11, 1955 at Le Mans was a bloodbath. A crash killed 83 p