Safety features are designed to help you drive better. If they don’t drive you nuts. They beep. They buzz. They light up and flash. They take some of the weight off the driver when it comes to safety features in cars and sometimes they jump right in and take the wheel. Advanced safety technologies are…
A Girl’s Guide to Car Safety
We often forget that we live in such a crazy world when it comes to driving. When was the last time you actually looked around before heading to your car? Did you have your keys in your hand or wait until you got to the car to start fumbling around your purse for them? Did…
Don’t Buy New Tires Until You Read This: Tire Rack Tire Review
This is how to know which new tires to buy. When it comes to tow & haul, I can talk your ear off about most of the technical aspects. As an RV’ing family I’ve done my research, gotten hands-on, and honestly know way more than I’d like to admit. Have questions about weight distribution hitches?…
Driving Etiquette: Tips for Less Stressful Driving
Just because you have your license, doesn’t mean that you are a good driver. Some people might read the title of this article and automatically think it doesn’t pertain to them because they have their license already but that’s not the case. You may have picked up some bad habits over the years. Aggressive driving…
Why Correct Driving Position Matters: Driving Safety Lessons From Fiat and Skip Barber Racing School
Forget everything you know about 10 and 2. You know you’ve heard it a hundred times. “Keep both hands on the wheel. 10 and 2.” You’ve probably even drilled this into your kids’ heads as you’ve taught them to drive. But according to the professionals, this is not the correct driving position. But where your…
6 Driving Mistakes You’re Making — and 6 Minutes to Being a Better Driver
Now there’s no excuse for being a bad driver. You’ve driven behind this car: it seems as if it wants to curse all it its path, making wide turns, drifting in and out of the lanes, speeding and slowing randomly. I was behind a car like this recently and I had to get away from…
Tirescanner Review: On-Line Tire Buying, Affordably Priced With the Most Convenient Installation Possible
Tires. Every car has them and at some point, will need to have them replaced. It’s also one the few experiences that can drive (and has driven) me to tears. But those negative experiences can be left in the past, especially since Covid-19 has changed the way that people show up, shop, drive and interact…
7 Summer Car Care Tips to Help You (and Your Car) Keep Cool
Welcome to the height of summer. While hot summer temperatures can have an advantage, such as killing viruses and germs that may make their way into your car–Ford engineered a heat-driven germ-killing process to sanitize police cars during the Covid-19 pandemic– those temps can do a number on humans in cars. We know not to…
Is Your Car Road Trip Ready? Easy Checks Anyone Can Do – and What a Mechanic Should Look at – Before You Hit the Road
Our 12-point checklist offers peace of mind on the road this summer. Ah. The Great American Road Trip. Who doesn’t doesn’t need this more than ever these days? It’s worth cramming everyone and everything into your car for a trip to the lake or the beach and suffering yet another game of license plate bingo…
Oh, the Joy of New Tires. Seriously. All Season Continental Tire Review
It’s not what I dream of spending time and money on, but wow, do these feel good. It’s that feeling in the pit of your stomach every time you hit the brakes… the fearful voice in your head asking, “Am I going to hit that car in front of me?” Seriously, if you get this…