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Your Brake Pedal Started Fighting Back, but It May Be Trying to Help

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

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Your Brake Pedal Turned Rock Hard With the Engine Off. Here Is What Happened

The engine is off. You push the brake pedal once, then again. Each push feels a little firmer than the last. After several presses, the pedal barely wants to move. That sensation can make it s

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Low Brake Fluid? Put the Bottle Down Until You Know Where It Went

The reservoir under the hood is sitting close to the minimum line. There is a bottle of brake fluid on the shelf. The obvious response seems to be pouring in enough fluid to bring the level back to &l

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The Worst Food To Eat While Driving Isn’t What Most People Think

Everybody has a “car food.” That one thing you grab at a gas station before a road trip because your brain convinces you it’ll somehow be clean, convenient, and easy to eat at

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If Your Car Keeps Pulling to One Side, Don’t Blame the Road Too Fast

You know the feeling. You’re on a straight stretch of road, hand barely resting on the wheel, and the car starts doing its own little thing. Not dramatic. Just a soft tug to the right. Or left.

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Miata vs GR86: Has Mazda Lost the Value Crown to Toyota’s Performance Package?

Mazda's not a volume giant compared to other Japanese automakers but enthusiasts respect the brand. For decades if you wanted a rewarding rear-wheel drive sports car, the MX-5 Miata was probably y

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Where Did the Parking Brake Lever Go? Why New Cars Switched to Electronic Brakes

For decades, the parking brake was as simple as it gets: a metal lever (or a floor pedal) yanking on a pair of cables to keep the rear wheels locked in place. It didn’t matter if the car was a s

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