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Reverse Gear Grinds Even With the Clutch Down? Count to Three Before Blaming the Gearbox

There are few sounds more effective at making a driver feel guilty than the crunch of a manual gearbox going into reverse. The clutch is buried in the carpet. The car is standing still. Everything see

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Your Automatic Car Moves Without the Accelerator, and It Is Usually Doing Exactly What It Should

Shift an automatic car into Drive, release the brake and it begins moving without a touch of the accelerator. The movement is usually gentle. Just enough to edge forward in traffic, ease into a par

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The “B” on Your Hybrid Shifter Does Not Mean Battery, Boost or Better Economy

Park, Reverse, Neutral and Drive need little introduction. Then there is B. It sits on the shifter of many hybrids looking important but refusing to explain itself. Battery seems like the obvious

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“Sealed for Life” Does Not Mean Your Transmission Fluid Is Immortal

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

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That Little Lurch After Selecting Park Is Your Car Asking for the Parking Brake

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

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Car Transmissions: 8 Weird Facts Most Drivers Don't Know

Nobody really thinks about transmissions until something goes wrong. You just get in, hit drive, and go. But there's some seriously weird stuff happening in there that most people have no clue abo

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How to Push Start a Car: A Guide to Bump Starting a Dead Battery

Nothing beats that special moment when someone turns the key and gets absolutely nothing. Dead silence. Maybe a pathetic little click if they're lucky. Most of the time it's just a dead bat

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10 Dumb Car Myths That Refuse to Die

Car culture is packed with weird superstitions and outdated advice that somehow keep circulating despite having zero basis in reality. When drivers were asked about the dumbest automotive myths they&#

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Icon Thriftmaster's New School Edition Pickup Packs 440 HP

Restomods for Ford Bronco and Toyota Land Cruiser are available from Icon 4x4, as is the Thriftmaster pickup for those who like something a little more traditional. New School Edition is a term used b

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Dongfeng Warrior M50: A Civilian Version Of Dongfeng Mengshi EQ2050 Military Truck

The first Humvee military truck was introduced in 1984, and the consumer variant was made in a total of 11,818 vehicles between 1992 and 2006. Even though it has been several years after its colla

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