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
Fresh motor oil is reassuring stuff. It pours from the bottle in a clear amber stream, looking clean enough to belong in a kitchen rather than an engine. A few hundred miles later, the dipstick can
Winter rubber mats are excellent at catching snow, salt and the gray slush that somehow finds its way into every corner of a car. The temptation is to place them directly over the carpet mats alrea
The car looked spotless when it was parked. Then it rained overnight, or perhaps the wheels received an enthusiastic blast at the car wash. By morning, the shiny brake rotors had turned orange. Not sl
I was eighteen the first time I heard someone brag that their Toyota cracked 300,000 miles. It sounded like folklore: the Loch Ness Camry. Two decades and six very different cars later, I’ve
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
The Suzuki Landy has always been a bit of an oddball. Suzuki doesn’t really have its own minivan program, so the company basically borrows one from Toyota, changes a few details, and sends it ba
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
Car batteries don’t just wake up one morning and decide, “you know what, I’m done.” Well… okay, sometimes they do. But most of the time? It’s more like a slow,
A lot of bad car advice survives because somebody said it with confidence. Maybe it was a dad, an uncle, a neighbor, or the guy at the quick-lube place who slapped a sticker on the windshield and t