Car maintenance has come a long way, baby, since the days when your pop unscrewed the nut to release the air filter, held the filter up to the light, and smacked it on the side of his leg to knock out dust.

Back then, just about every time you filled up your gas tank, you checked your oil level. In fact, gas station employees did that for you, cheerfully, right after they pumped your gas and just before they washed down your windshield.

Things have changed, with maintenance schedules easing up over recent decades for two reasons. First, cars stand up to more wear and tear these days. And also, the products we put into them are better made.  Read more...

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There’s nothing more magnificent than the look of that shiny new car brought home to sit in your driveway!

It doesn’t matter if you’re a six-foot-six guy wearing a wife beater or a little old lady with blue hair—when you’re gazing out at that sweet, beautiful piece of machinery, you feel positively glamorous.

So how do you choose the car that’s safest for you?

Before you even arrive at the showroom, you’ve watched seductive television ads. You’ve researched your car on the internet and viewed it in all its pristine glory. At the showroom, the salesman tells you everything you want to hear: He’s not selling you a car; he’s matching you up with a lifestyle!  Read more...

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