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New car tech not a winner with every driver
Up till today, the trend among automakers has been bigger and better whistles in each new car model. The assumption is that drivers are used to...
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Best Selling Cars of All Time Ford, Toyota or VW?
Time for some bits of fun trivia. Ever since the introduction of the Benz Patent Motorwagon in 1886 (widely regarded as the first automobile –...
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How to Make your Car Smart
Lots of people we know now own these new devices called Fitbits – little wearable computers that track how much activity they do, how they sleep,...
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Low Engine Power and Poor Performance - James on Engines #4
The Common Problem: Low Engine Power & Poor Performance Checking the computer for diagnostic codes If you suspect that there’s an internal problem...
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Out With 10-and-2, In With 9-and-3 (Steering Wheel Hand Position)
For decades, those of us who took Driver’s Ed were taught that the proper position for best and safe driving was to have your hands at “10 and 2” –...
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Recognizing fuel problems in cars and light trucks
Cars and trucks operating properly and running on good in-spec fuel should give you great performance with a minimum of problems (most of the time)....
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Breaking in a new car - has the old thinking changed?
Back in the day, if you bought a new car, you figured you had to "break it in" - follow certain driving patterns for the first x number of miles of...
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Computers to put a man on the moon and get you around town
These days, drivers are used to having vehicles that seem almost like a home away from home. Powerful systems like indash navigation, wifi internet...
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Electric cars pass 1 billion kilometers
Earlier this year (December 2014), Nissan announced that its top flagship electric car model Nissan Leaf has become the first electric car model to...
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Greatest car of the 20th century?
With the end of the year coming, we tend to get a little nostalgic. What is the highest selling automobile of all time? If you said the Model T, you...