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- What Makes A Car Fuel Efficient?
- What Are The Most Fuel Efficient Cars?
- Are Cars Bad For The Environment?
- How To Drive A Stick Shift: The Basics
- SEMA: The Top 5 Things You Should Know
- How Does My Car's Transmission Work?
- How To Get The Lowest Car Payment
- How To Detail Your Car
- The 5 Best Auto Theft Prevention Technologies for 2013
- How To Detect Transmission Problems
| What Makes A Car Fuel Efficient? Posted: 12 Nov 2013 03:50 PM PST  Fuel efficiency in any vehicle depends on many factors. Most of them are fixed by the choice of vehicle and body style: Not surprisingly, smaller, lighter, sleeker cars use less energy to move around than larger, heavier, blockier vehicles. A study of increases in auto efficiency found that from 1980 to about 2010, most of the improvements went... |
| What Are The Most Fuel Efficient Cars? Posted: 12 Nov 2013 03:30 PM PST If you're talking about cars that run on gasoline or diesel fuel, the most efficient car sold in the U.S. for several years now has been the Toyota Prius hybrid. Since 2010, the Prius liftback model has been rated by the EPA at 50 miles per gallon on its combined city and highway test cycle--and the only other cars to equal that are members of... |
| Are Cars Bad For The Environment? Posted: 12 Nov 2013 03:00 PM PST  Cars affect the environment in a number of ways. In modern cars, tailpipe emissions of smog-forming chemicals--particular carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, and unburned hydrocarbons--are now less than 1 percent of what they were before the first catalytic converters were fitted in 1975. Now public attention has turned to cars' emissions of... |
| How To Drive A Stick Shift: The Basics Posted: 12 Nov 2013 01:28 PM PST  You might think driving a car with a manual transmission, also known as a stick shift, is difficult. Really, it's not, despite the nervousness and fear it inspires in learning drivers (and even experienced drivers who have never had to learn). Driving a manual transmission car involves a simple series of motions that, once learned, become so... |
| SEMA: The Top 5 Things You Should Know Posted: 12 Nov 2013 01:08 PM PST  Each year, some of the best automotive tuners and modifiers come together in one place to show off their wares, see what others are doing, and, incidentally, to conduct some actual business. It's called SEMA, short for the organization's name: Specialty Equipment Market Association. With all of the awesomely, incredibly, sometimes inexplicably... |
| How Does My Car's Transmission Work? Posted: 12 Nov 2013 04:41 AM PST  There are many parts to any car, thousands in fact, but some of the systems that control what your car does and how it does it can be more important than others. The transmission is one of the most important, as without it, the power from the engine could never reach the wheels, and your car wouldn't be much use. There are two major types of... |
| How To Get The Lowest Car Payment Posted: 12 Nov 2013 04:31 AM PST  If you want to buy a new car, but are afraid the monthly payments are going to be out of reach for the vehicle you want, you need a strategy. There are several approaches to take to get the lowest car payment, any one of which may work in your situation. Maintain good credit. Finance experts say that the best interest rates are offered to people... |
| Posted: 12 Nov 2013 04:28 AM PST  Detailing your car is an easy and even relaxing way to maintain your investment. When you have proper shade (or for those in cold winter climates, appropriate shelter) and can begin with cool work surfaces, you’ll find a little effort gives great-looking returns. Of course, each of the following steps could justify an article of its own, so... |
| The 5 Best Auto Theft Prevention Technologies for 2013 Posted: 12 Nov 2013 03:30 AM PST  The FBI reports hundreds of thousands of vehicles are stolen nationwide every year. And when you dig into statistics, you see that everyday cars are popular targets, not just high-end rides. You can reduce the risk of it happening, and these are the five best technologies currently available. Alarms. Remember the last time you took notice of a car... |
| How To Detect Transmission Problems Posted: 11 Nov 2013 06:35 PM PST  Transmissions are complex, expensive devices that most of us know very little about. So how do you tell when your car is having issues with its transmission, and how to separate those issues from other possible problems? It's a difficult field, and one that many mechanics have spent a lifetime learning the intricacies of, but with a little bit of... |
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