Without so much as a tap on the brakes, my aunt whizzed through another stop sign. “What are you doing?” I shrieked. “That was a stop sign.” “Oh,” she replied rather offhandedly, “they just put those there so you’ll look before you go into an intersection.” That was the day I stopped riding with my aunt but not the day she stopped driving. From then on, I had visions...

1 October 2005The current oil shock should be making manufacturers thinkcarefully about alternative fuels, and once again the makers ofSubaru seem to be at the forefront of development.. Subaru is maintaining its innovative technological edge bydeveloping environmentally friendly alternative vehicle powersources. The makers of Subaru announce in August 2005 that theywere developing Turbo Hybrid Parallel (THP), which...

1. – Gas Savings – Hybrid cars can get up to 60 mpg (miles pergallon), due to their advanced aerodynamics, engine efficiency,tire technology (which is so different to the standard cars)just to mention some of its characteristics.2. – Environmental Issues – Reduced gas emissions equals lessair pollution because a hybrid car has an electric motor andbatteries to rely on when the gasoline engine is...

For most beginners, they dont have enough clues on optimizingwith the basic gears required to become a motorcyclist. Somebeginners think they need to purchase their bikes only andtheyre off to their riding spree. In riding motorcycles, eitherbeginners or experts, the need for motorcycle gears is a mustand is very essential. There are specific gears for differenttypes of usage and purposes. If you run your motorcycles...

Rather than luck, getting the best rate on your auto loan is askill that can be learnt, where knowing how to negotiate is thecrucial component to getting the best deal for yourself. Thebest way to dispel nerves while negotiating is by rememberingthat you are trying to save yourself money, and without thesenerves, you will easily find the courage to drive down the ratethey are offering you. The following suggestions will...

For those of you that have a Honda Accord and are just not happywith the performance with it check out accordperformance.com Youcan get a ported and polished cylinder head with the big borethrottle bodie and high performance camshaft which is called thehead package. It adds around 50 hp to the wheels and is perfectfor the daily driver. You actually get better gas milage with itsince you are making the car run more efficiently.

For ages the Holy Grail of luxury-car recipes has been tosomehow blend sumptuous richness with sleek high-tech sport. Butrarely are the fruits of such compromise anything close toperfect. For instance, when attempting this blend, really sportyluxury cars tend to look thinly contrived when they try to beolde-world traditional at the same time. Likewise for plushquasi limos that attempt any sort of athletic sportiness.One...

Introduced in December of the year 1985 as a 1986 model, theFord Taurus is a midsize car sold by the Ford Motor Company inNorth America. There are about seven million Ford Tauruses thatwere sold since is production. During the years 1992 and 1996,it entered and maintained in the top slot for the best sellingcar in the United States. The 2006 Ford Taurus has been made available as a sedan or awagon. It makes its attraction...

I can remember when I was growing up in the 70s. It wasimportant that I had a certain type of shoe or trousers to fitin at school. The Eighties weren’t much better, with strange andwonderful haircuts, music and YUPPIES. Well now in the 21stcentury it seems things have changed a bit, having your ownidentity seems to be more in fashion that being like everyoneelse. Walk into your local DIY store and you will see thousandsof...

Being the Car Wash Guy is not easy, often you feel more like the Shell Answer man doing such a column. Indeed we get some crazy questions. Here is on question, which takes the cake as the most bizarre question of the month. A reader writes in to ask: I had a vehicle cleaned in a car wash in Scottsdale Arizona and it was said that they put a tablet as a fresher on the carpet on the drivers side of my car. Well, as it...