A slow turn into a parking space should not feel dramatic. The car is barely moving, the steering wheel is wound around and there is little opportunity for anything exciting to happen. Then a front
The car drifts gently toward the shoulder, and suspicion immediately falls on the alignment. That is understandable. A car should travel where it is pointed, and anything that seems to tug at the s
The tires were set perfectly that morning. Then, after a long stretch of highway, the pressure display shows every one of them sitting several pounds higher. Out comes the gauge. Sure enough, the d
The tire-pressure warning light is not one of the dashboard’s more mysterious creations. It looks like a sagging tire with an exclamation mark inside, which is a fairly direct way of saying, &ld
The sticker inside the driver’s door says 35 PSI. After an hour on the highway, the dashboard says 39. Four extra pounds of pressure sounds like a problem. The tires were set correctly that morn
A car can sit unused for several days without concern. Stretch that pause into several weeks, however, and the first signs of neglect may begin to appear. The battery loses charge, the tires remai
Most people do not think about their tires until one of them does something rude. A warning light comes on. The car starts feeling strange. A road trip gets interrupted. Something looks low.
Nothing spikes your stress level faster than a random warning light appearing out of nowhere while you're driving. You’re halfway onto the highway, coffee in one hand, mentally late f
Your car hates summer more than you think. You feel it the second you open the door after it’s been sitting in the sun. That little blast of oven air. The seatbelt buckle that wants to br
You can do all the little fuel-saving tricks people love to talk about. Drive gently. Avoid hard stops. Coast downhill when nobody is behind you judging. Maybe even pick the cheaper gas station across