New tires arrive covered in information. Numbers identify their size, load capacity, speed rating and date of manufacture. Then, among all that serious molded lettering, someone appears to have atta
The key slides into the ignition normally, but refuses to turn. The steering wheel feels almost solid. Trying harder only makes the key flex in a way no piece of metal that small should ever flex.
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
There is no graceful way to discover how ABS feels for the first time. Something enters the road. The brake pedal goes down hard. Then, at precisely the moment when calm would be useful, the pedal beg
Here is a mildly alarming experiment: open the trunk of your car and lift the floor. There may be a spare tire under there. There may also be a little black compressor, a bottle of sealant, and a
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.
A lot of motorcycle advice gets passed around in a way that makes it sound simpler than it really is. The 70/30 brake rule is a perfect example. People hear it and think, okay, easy, seventy pe
Every hurricane season, every major flood event, something predictable happens in the used car market. Thousands of damaged vehicles get cleaned up, retitled in different states, and quietly put back
Quick question. You walk out to your car on a 95 degree afternoon, check your tires with a gauge, and see they're reading 4 PSI over what the door sticker says. What do you do? If your first in