A brief overview of those codes on your tires and what they mean. In addition, there are tips on maintaining your tires to increase safety, economy and comfort.
Tag: Automotive
Did you know that onions have a multitude of uses away from the dining room table? Onions can be used for removing rust, deodorizing unpleasant smells, training pets, reviving the unconscious and improving vision.
When the overdrive button on an automatic gear shift is not depressed, or in the on position, which it where it should be 99% of the time, it is saving you money in gas by lowering the revolutions per minute (RPM) of your engine. Because the transmission is essentially in full control of deciding the optimal gear the car should be in during any particularly everyday kind of driving condition, the overdrive button acts to save on wear and tear in the gear system, which will also save you money.
Find a place inside the hotel room and identify it immediately as the site where you will deposit your keys. Just to make sure you don’t get lazy and forget, place a card with the word KEYS written on it in big black letters in front of this site.
I was going about 75 mph and was nearly past him when the unthinkable happened. Without any warning, the driver of the 18 wheeler had decided to get into my lane, apparently unaware or not caring that I was there. I’m inclined to believe it was the latter in light of what took place over the next few seconds.
The sounds that a car makes when something has gone wrong is pretty much the…
A vehicle that has become untuned can lose as much as 4% of its fuel efficiency. Of course, you can gain back 3% of that mileage merely by keeping your tires properly inflated. Regular oil changes that include the grade of oil recommended by the manufacturer also improves gas efficiency.
Regardless of what kind of vehicle you have or the status of the vehicle in…
E85 ethanol is one of the next big things for protecting the environment from the…
Essentially, then, if you already own a gas hybrid vehicle you already own a car that get 100 miles to the gallon. If you don’t things get more complicated because it still remains difficult to get your hands on a hybrid, but don’t go jumping for joy just yet if you are one of the lucky ones. Transforming that gas hybrid engine your car came with into one that net you those spectacular mileage figures isn’t easy and doesn’t come cheap.
