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Why Do Car Engines Lose Power Over Time?

Besides 0-60 times, one of the most common ways you can compare two cars’ performance is horsepower. And owners often install mods like performance exhausts and turbochargers in an effort to give their engine more power. However, not only is your engine’s quoted horsepower not always accurate, but it’s also not static. Over time, no …
Miami, Little Havana, men working at car wash.

It Takes Just 1 Hour for a Sprinkler to Ruin Your Car

Unless you park in a garage or don’t have a sprinkler system, chances are your car paint looks a little rough. While many people don’t think twice about parking their car in the driveway, if you aren’t careful, that sprinkler could damage your car’s paint in as little as one hour. You might not notice …
The Airstream Basecamp travel trailer is parked by a campfire.

You Need These Upgrades For Your RV

If you use your RV to any great degree, you will start to notice things that could be better made for comfort, safety, or communication. Some of those things can be easily be updated in your RV eventually. But, there are other things that you will find are more of an immediate need than a …
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Taking Care of an RV is Different Than a Car

Regular maintenance of a car is something most drivers are familiar with. Things like changing the oil and rotating the tires is not an odd thing to hear about in connection with keeping a car running well. But, many people also own an RV. Those need regular maintenance as well. RV maintenance, however, is not …
Car wash extras

Should You Pressure Wash Your Car?

There are so many ways to wash your car. On top of that, there are so many products like soaps, waxes, and polishes that line the shelves, and it can be hard to know what products are worth your time and money. Washing your car can seem easy, but you could actually be doing a …
Piant protection is often presented to those car shopping as an add-on.

Does Ceramic Spray Wax Actually Work?

Keeping your car clean and shiny can be an arduous task, especially if you can’t park your car in a garage. And while regular washes and wax applications can help keep your car looking practically new for a couple of weeks and up to a month, there’s nothing better than having a ceramic coating professionally …
close up of shift and handbrake of 2021 Ford Bronco

The Worst Things You Can Do To Your Manual Transmission

Driving a manual transmission may seem like a thing of the past, but true driving enthusiasts know better. While the new mid-engine Corvette might have ditched the option for a stick shift, there are still plenty of sports cars that still offer them. Whether you are buying a newer car or an older classic, there …
A pair of roadside emergency kit jumper cables are attached to battery terminals.

How to Jump-Start Your Car Without Jumper Cables

If you’ve ever witnessed someone pushing a Toyota MR2 Spyder down the side of a parking lot trying to get it to start itself…that could have been me. We’ve all been guilty of leaving ourselves stranded without jumper cables at some point in time or trying to help someone when they don’t have them. A …
Stacks of car radiators with their grilles on a factor floor

It’s Probably Time You Changed Your Car’s Radiator

Coolant is just as important as oil when it comes to car maintenance. But so is where the coolant resides—the radiator. Compared to moving wear items like timing belts, brake pads, and clutches, your car’s radiator is fairly long-lived. But nothing on or in your vehicle lasts forever, not even the radiator. Air-cooling vs. liquid-cooling …
Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained holds a carburetor in his right hand and an electronic fuel injector in his left hand

Your Fuel Injectors Really Do Need to Be Cleaned

Oil and coolant aren’t the only fluids involved in car and motorcycle maintenance. But even if you change your transmission fluid, if your vehicle isn’t electric, it’s not going to run without gasoline or diesel. Or rather, it won’t run unless the fuel makes its way into the combustion chamber. Which, in modern vehicles, is …
A driver uses an emergency roadside kit to repair his car.

Inexpensive Emergency Tools to Keep in Your Car

On our day-to-day drive, we don’t always plan for all of the possible emergencies. It’s hard to know what you should keep packed in your car, or it seems like keep your car stocked with emergency tools is too expensive. Being prepared for an emergency can help you, and it can also make you more …
Bottles of different coolant colors on shelves, along with oil and other automotive fluids

Does the Color of Your Coolant Matter?

Even outside of oil, a significant part of vehicle maintenance involves taking care of fluids. And while EVs don’t have motor oil, they do still need coolant. However, just like it’s easy to be overwhelmed by oil grades, it can be challenging to know what coolant to pick. Especially when it’s available in such a …
Samples of motor oil displayed on a table with Russian labels

What Do Oil Grades Really Mean for Your Engine?

Whether you own a car or a motorcycle, one of the most important maintenance items is changing your oil. Compared to replacing a clutch or a timing belt, changing your engine oil is relatively straight-forward. However, not only does modern motor oil come in many different varieties, there are a lot of oil grades available. …
wrecked twin-engine corvette

5 Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Car

Sometimes it’s tough to know when it’s time to replace your car because letting go is tough After all, we end up spending a lot of time and money on our vehicles, and we create some of our most fun memories in them too. Here are five signs that it’s time to replace your car. …