Chefs know a helpful hack to keep spaghetti from falling out of an opened bag, and the same idea happens to work perfectly for zip ties. Give it a try next time you have a pack of zip ties that doesn’t have a resealable closure.
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A hole in your vehicle’s roof, no matter what you call it, is a great way to introduce new problems and complexities to the automobile.
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DRLs can have the strange, unintended effect of hurting visibility overall.
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We curated all the best songs about cars and driving, creating the definitive playlist for when you’re working on automobiles or driving in them.
An auto repair shop in Georgia went viral for paying a former employee in hundreds of oily pennies. Then the Department of Labor stepped in.
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The in-dash cup holder on certain late ’90s to early 2000s F-150s, Expeditions and Navigators tends to break, but it’s easy to repair.
One man’s tragic death led to a device that transformed the automobile from a luxury fascination to something everyone could own and use regularly.
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I learned a trick from an old racer that works real well to bleed that rarely leaves me repeating my work.
Bleeding brakes is one of those jobs most of us know how to do, but when a hard-to-bleed system pops up, experienced techs have a few additional tricks up their sleeves to help get the job done.
Vehicle diagnosis is no walk in the park. Proper diagnosis is critical and difficult, and it shouldn’t be done without doing the work.
Installing an old-fashioned filter on a modern vehicle because that’s what’s in stock may not be the best course of action.
Hordes of man-bunned millennials and newly-minted softroaders probably just picked up their pitchforks and are calling for my blood.
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