Advice for car owners
Tire Buying Do's and Don'ts
Buying tires is a confusing experience -- but the tires are the single most important safety feature on your car. These do's and don'ts will give you the foundation to make smart choices about your tires.
Buying tires is a confusing experience -- but the tires are the single most important safety feature on your car. These do's and don'ts will give you the foundation to make smart choices about your tires.
Snow Tire Q&A
How are snow tires different from other tires? Do you need snow tires, or are all-season tires good enough? This article answers five common questions about snow and winter tires. From Aaron Gold, your Guide to Cars at About.com.
How are snow tires different from other tires? Do you need snow tires, or are all-season tires good enough? This article answers five common questions about snow and winter tires. From Aaron Gold, your Guide to Cars at About.com.
Tire safety tips
Tires are vital to our cars' safety; they are literally the only thing that attaches our car to the road. These safety tips on tire inflation, tire balance, tire tread wear and tire maintenance will help ensure your car's safety.
Tires are vital to our cars' safety; they are literally the only thing that attaches our car to the road. These safety tips on tire inflation, tire balance, tire tread wear and tire maintenance will help ensure your car's safety.
How to assemble a winter car emergency kit
An accident or breakdown is never a good thing; harsh winter weather brings additional problems and perils. Carry these lightweight and inexpensive items in your car to increase safety and relieve misery.
An accident or breakdown is never a good thing; harsh winter weather brings additional problems and perils. Carry these lightweight and inexpensive items in your car to increase safety and relieve misery.
How to winterize your car
Winters used to be tough on cars, but today's vehicles are designed to run in a variety of temperatures. By and large, a thorough winterization is no longer necessary -- but if you live where it snows, there are a few things you can do to prepare your car for winter.
Winters used to be tough on cars, but today's vehicles are designed to run in a variety of temperatures. By and large, a thorough winterization is no longer necessary -- but if you live where it snows, there are a few things you can do to prepare your car for winter.
Fight rust!
Rust prevention is vital for both your car's appearance and your safety. Rust not only looks bad, it eats away at your car's structural strength and can affect its performance in an accident. Follow this season-by-season schedule to fight rust and help keep your car rust-free!
Rust prevention is vital for both your car's appearance and your safety. Rust not only looks bad, it eats away at your car's structural strength and can affect its performance in an accident. Follow this season-by-season schedule to fight rust and help keep your car rust-free!
Increase your car's resale value
Want your car to be worth more at trade-in time? If you only plan to keep your car a few years, then it's in your best interest to keep its resale value as high as possible -- after all, that's more money to put down on your next new car. These five tips will put your car well ahead of the pack and help to maximize its resale value.
Want your car to be worth more at trade-in time? If you only plan to keep your car a few years, then it's in your best interest to keep its resale value as high as possible -- after all, that's more money to put down on your next new car. These five tips will put your car well ahead of the pack and help to maximize its resale value.
How to prepare your car for a road trip
Getting ready to take a trip? Car trouble is the last thing you need. Follow these tips to eliminate some common car-related vacation headaches.
Getting ready to take a trip? Car trouble is the last thing you need. Follow these tips to eliminate some common car-related vacation headaches.
How to live past 150,000 (miles, that is)
Improvements in technology, build quality and metallurgy mean that cars are living longer and longer, even in the Rust Belt. And it's not just Japanese cars, either -- domestics and Europeans are giving reliable service up to, and well past, 150,000 miles.[p] With proper care and feeding, virtually any car can be kept running as long as the owner keeps it. Here are twelve guidelines to keeping your car well into six-figure territory.
Improvements in technology, build quality and metallurgy mean that cars are living longer and longer, even in the Rust Belt. And it's not just Japanese cars, either -- domestics and Europeans are giving reliable service up to, and well past, 150,000 miles.[p] With proper care and feeding, virtually any car can be kept running as long as the owner keeps it. Here are twelve guidelines to keeping your car well into six-figure territory.