The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb happens every June in Colorado, sending cars from the base of Pikes Peak up to its top in an arduous climb to a 14,000 feet elevation. The speeds gained are not spectacular by today’s racing standards, but the climb itself is a mixture of …
Honda entered the “lifestyle pickup” market in 2005 with its car-based Ridgeline pickup truck. It was designed to appeal to a growing segment of the population that had tired of minivans and confining crossovers and wanted something that blended the family-friendly comfort of a crossover-SUV with the carrying flexibility of …
A decade ago, the Xterra was one of the most popular offroad vehicles you could find. Now, sales figures are so abysmal that Nissan, after having left it unchanged for years, has decided to kill off the model in favor of crossovers and trucks. Read more at TorqueNews.com.
A relatively common “side-effect” of replacing a battery and/or alternator in a car is to have the voltage (battery) warning light come on. This is especially true in late-model vehicles with their more sophisticated internal diagnostic systems. It’s an issue that was mentioned in our forum last August by user …
It is not unusual for a vehicle to experience problems after a repair has been made. Sometimes, it is because the repair did not address the real issue, but only a symptom. Other times it is because the mechanic did not do his or her job right or missed a …
One of the worst things a DIY mechanic wants to deal with is a problem that arises after they’ve fixed another one – especially if the first problem was routine, in this case worn brake pads. Brake pad replacements are an easy, basic thing for most do-it-yourselfers. They’re routine maintenance …
We do tune ups to our cars to keep them running strong, so when we do one and the vehicle runs worse than ever, it’s a little exasperating. This happened to Slackerbob recently in our forums after he did an “old school” tune up to his 1999 Ford Contour. The …
