10 Essential Car Emergency Kit Items for Parents
Sometimes being a parent is a lot like being a taxi driver, without the added perk of a salary or tips to compensate you for your troubles. What’s even worse, there are precautions you have to take to ensure the safety of your children that no bona fide taxi driver would ever have to consider […]
How to Change Your Car's Headlight
These days, headlight bulbs are lasting longer and longer. But that’s no guarantee that you won’t someday find yourself with a burned out headlight. When this happens, it’s imperative that you get it taken care of quickly – being on the road with only one headlight isn’t only dangerous, but it can also cost you […]
How to Jump a Car Battery – Get it Running in 8 Easy Steps
If you’ve never done it before, figuring out how to jump a car battery can be a bit intimidating. First, there are those incredibly scary looking cables with clamps on the end that look a lot like torture devices. Second, there’s the car battery itself, which doesn’t exactly look like your average harmless D-cell. But as it […]
How to Change the Oil in Your Car
Changing your engine oil is the single most important thing you need to do to ensure your car keeps running. Neglecting to do this can cause your existing oil to turn to sludge, eventually choking and locking up your engine. Oil changes are simple procedures that you can pay to get done in a relatively quick […]
5 Common Car Repair Myths: Busted
Buying into long held car repair myths won’t necessarily hurt your wallet. Whoever lost a fortune believing in the Loch Ness Monster or the Abominable Snowman? Cryptozoology enthusiasts who have sunk their fortunes into trying to prove the existence of these fabled creatures need not answer that question. However, there is one class of myth […]
7 Ways to Become a Gas Saver
You’re probably not aware of it, but every time you hit the streets you’re participating in behaviors that waste gas and drain your wallet. Forget all that talk about hunting down the cheapest gas prices in town – even if gas were dirt cheap (which it most assuredly is not, and never will be again), […]
What is a Car Repair Warranty?
Have you ever had to take your car back to a mechanic for a to fix a repair, only to be stuck with a new bill for services? You’re not alone. We see complaints all the time from vehicle owners whose repair jobs failed – and to make matters worse, the mechanic refused to cover the entire […]
