If you did not hear about the collapse of the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky just a few years ago, here is what happened. In the early hours of February 12, 2014, the floor under museum’s main display dome collapsed and eight very special corvettes fell into a …
Holiday Driving Tips Are you a holiday road warrior? Join the club. Every federal holiday finds millions of Americans hitting the road — whether that means heading across state lines to relatives’ houses, zipping across town to friends’ barbecues, jetting off into the hills for rustic family getaways, or something …
Seat Belt Recent statistics from the National Transportation Safety Board show that 82 percent of all Americans consistently use the seat belts in their cars. This is up from 58 percent in 1994. According to Len Stoler Hyundai of Ownings Mills, MD, wearing a seat belt is the single most …
Some urban legends die hard and the ones about automotive motor oil may be the worst. Perhaps the most popular is the necessity of oil changes every 3000 miles but there are many others. You have undoubtedly heard many of them. In this article we will look at the top …
BMW’s latest build of iDrive with ConnectedDrive and new touch capability is out and its “techtastic”. Highlights include a new touch-pad input option, high-res graphics and internet-connected features. Overall, iDrive has grown into a real top-shelf system and one that most other manufacturers struggle to match. In fact, only Audi …
Most people know that automobiles come with two basic transmission types. First there are manual transmissions which require that drivers change gears by depressing a clutch pedal and using a stick shift and second there are automatics which do all of the shifting work using a torque convertor and complex …
Many cars today are being made today with continuously variable transmissions (CVTs). A CVT is a type of automatic transmission but it operates differently than older automatics. Conventional automatic transmissions use sets of gears inside that provide different gear ratios or speeds. Control units sense speeds and shift the transmission’s …
Subaru looks out for your safety with the new EyeSight. The EyeSight is Two cameras mounted by the rearview mirror to react to conditions even before you do and monitor traffic. It sees the problems and takes action to help avoid the trouble. Eyesight will also flash a visual warning …
Ford has always been a company that provides motors for the masses, across an astonishing range of price brackets and persuasions. For the high rollers, there are the Mustangs groaning with muscle, roaring with juice; for the soccer moms all across the globe there’s their range of Explorer SUVS. But …