of giving credit where credit is due the Click and Clack award for Priorities in Engineering this week goes to our good friends at General Motors TOM Japan may make cars that don't fall apart They may make engines that...
always on the forefront of trends Especially when it comes to buying cars Let me show you what I mean In he bought a Dodge Caravan RAY Right I knew that the mini-van craze was coming Actually credit here goes...
I purchased a full size Chevrolet Blazer X with heavy duty suspension and quad front shocks The problem is that the vehicle bounces all over the road and if you don't hold the wheel firmly who knows what might happen...
We have a Mercury Grand Marquis The engine seems to accelerate all by itself at slow speeds I have to be very careful parking the car or I will run into something I've heard about unintended acceleration Is that my...
My husband and I have a Audi which we like very much Last year my husband replaced a set of front wheel brake pads Now when you brake the car you hear a clunk from the region of the front...
I own a Ford Pick up I have an intermittent problem that has mystified several good mechanics Sometimes after starting my truck driving three miles to town and turning it off it refuses to re-start It sounds as though the...
I've noticed the new ads for certain American cars are using words like longer than last year heavier rear-wheel drive and horror of horrors powerful V- engine I thought the Japanese had taught us a lesson in the Seventies that...
I have a Oldsmobile When I back out of my garage I have to turn right and then left to avoid hitting the house Since Christmas these turns have been hard to do Also when I leave the car parked...
Each time I get my oil changed the mechanic suggests I change the transmission fluid too He says it should be done every miles at a cost of dollars Do you agree with his advice and is the price reasonable...
A few years ago we purchased a Dodge Colt Vista We like the three rows of seats the four doors the hatch and the great gas mileage We'd like to get another car just like this one EXCEPT we'd like...
this week our sources tell us that Ford has made a breakthrough in the study of automobile aging It seems that they've constructed a special test chamber at their research center in Essex England that can subject a car to...
A friend of mine told me that he had ruined his car engine while driving very fast on a country road He claims he blew a rod and the motor was worthless after that In more technical terms could you...
I have a Buick LeSabre with a little less than miles on it A white object has partially covered the odometer and I cannot read the mileage I have checked with our mechanic He has no explanation for it and...
How about a column on all these letters on the back of cars I've seen LX LXS LE LES DX LXI DL GL VL LS GT GTS GTI SE SX XLT GSE SLE RS CRX EX just to name a...
I recently took my Ford Van back to a dealership for a minor tune-up I was presented with a bill of for labor and for eight spark plugs Two blocks away from the dealership an auto parts store sells identical...
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