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Reasons Not to Leave Personal Items in Your Car.

Reasons Not to Leave Personal Items in Your Car.

We've all been careless about leaving valuables in the car but criminals are getting even more clever at opening locked vehicles. It's more important than ever to stay vigilant about protecting your valuables. Do You ...
Vinyl Body Decal Instructions

Vinyl Body Decal Instructions

Vinyl decals help decorate the body of any vehicle, whether you want to advertise for a business or just want to give your vehicle a customized look. Although you can apply decals using the dry method, the wet method allows you to reposition the decal once you put it on the vehicle and so is best fo
How To Avoid A Traffic Ticket

How To Avoid A Traffic Ticket

Okay, we've all been there, or at least those of us with lead in our socks have, tooling down the highway, minding our own business, and secure in the knowledge that the road does in ...
Simple Tips to Overcome low visibility when driving

Simple Tips to Overcome low visibility when driving

Safety Tips While Driving in Fog Fog is produced when air gets saturated and invisible water vapours condense to form suspended droplets. Fog can result in poor visibility that creates dangerous conditions for driving. Following ...
How Does a Driver's Test Keep Bad Drivers Off the Road?

How Does a Driver's Test Keep Bad Drivers Off the Road?

Exhibition of SkillsA driver's test to obtain a license varies from state to state, but even so, the majority of these states divide this into three categories that must be passed. The three categories are the visual, written, and driving portions. People who may be partially blind or who...
How To Prepare For The Commercial Drivers License Test

How To Prepare For The Commercial Drivers License Test

Commercial driver's license lets the person to drive any kinds of commercial vehicles. This undoubtedly incorporates cars, trucks, Suvs, buses and so forth. Although CDL is required in every states however the traffic rules and ...
Common Mistakes in Driving

Common Mistakes in Driving

In lectures about driving, safety on the road is a topic which must not be disregarded. Because in driving, no one knows when an accident of misfortune would happen so it is better to follow ...
How do I Open the Trunk of a Chevrolet HHR With Dead Battery?

How do I Open the Trunk of a Chevrolet HHR With Dead Battery?

The Chevrolet HHR (Heritage High Roof) comes standard with full power accessories including all doors and windows, but that can be a problem if you are trying to open your trunk with a dead battery. The HHR design includes a touch pad on the trunk handle for opening the unlocked trunk. If the batter
Deaths Due to Not Wearing Seat Belt

Deaths Due to Not Wearing Seat Belt

Safety belts help prevent deaths by keeping people inside their vehicles during crashes, preventing fatal blows within the vehicle and reducing the risks of internal injuries. While myths exist suggesting some negative aspects of seat belt use, national safety officials say those are largely misconc
1967 Olds 442 Identification

1967 Olds 442 Identification

Entering its third year of production in 1967, Oldsmobile's muscle car, the 442, competed directly with Pontiac's Tempest GTO. Identifying a true from-the-factory 442 can prove difficult; with a little knowledge, however, you can distinguish this iconic automobile.
Reasons Why a Car Will Not Start

Reasons Why a Car Will Not Start

For a car to start, its electrical and fuel systems have to work together to provide a steady supply of both fuel and electricity to a car's engine. What follows is a brief list of the most common reasons a car won't start.
How to Become a State Certified Driving Instructor

How to Become a State Certified Driving Instructor

It takes far more than driving around the block a few times to learn how to manage a vehicle on city streets and state highways. Driving instructors are trained to teach others what they need to know to drive safely and obey traffic laws. Before a driving instructor is allowed to teach, he must beco
Which Glasses Are Best for Driving?

Which Glasses Are Best for Driving?

Transitions XTRActiveTransitions XTRActive lenses are the latest in the range of photochromic lenses available for spectacle wearers. Manufacturers of lenses that react to brightness have been working hard to continue the development of the technology ...
How to Use the 4WD in a Honda Pilot

How to Use the 4WD in a Honda Pilot

The four-wheel-drive system in your Honda Pilot is useful for driving off-road or in inclement weather. Honda labels this system as the VTM-4, or Variable Torque Management 4WD system. The VTM-4 system transfers power to each of the rear wheels to help stabilize the vehicle's traction system. The sy
How to be a Defensive Driver

How to be a Defensive Driver

When people are driving they used both physical and mental skills to operate their vehicle. It does not only require coordination of these skills but also a good judgment. Most of automakers produce cars that ...
Car Wreck: How to Get a Car Fixed

Car Wreck: How to Get a Car Fixed

Have you recently damaged your vehicle in an accident and are unsure how or where to get it repaired? Knowing where you should go, who you should contact and how much it will cost will lessen the stress associated with repairing a wrecked vehicle.
How Do I Tell the Difference Between 1955 & 1956 Chevrolet?

How Do I Tell the Difference Between 1955 & 1956 Chevrolet?

Distinguishing a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air from a 1956 might seem an impossible task at first glance. Both are of the "second generation" Bel Air, produced from 1955 to 1957, and both are classics in the world of cars. Chevrolet introduced a new sleek style in 1955 that included two-tone colors and ge
Troubleshooting the Tailgate Latch on an '85 Blazer

Troubleshooting the Tailgate Latch on an '85 Blazer

The rear of the 1985 Blazer features a rear hatch and tailgate combination. This means that you need to first open the hatch before lowering the tailgate. A bar on the inside of the tailgate will release the lock when you pull up on the handle. If the lock does not disengage when pulling up on the h
How to Change a Tailgate Cable

How to Change a Tailgate Cable

Replacing the tailgate cables is necessary when the cables are showing signs of wear. The purpose of the cables is to ensure the tailgate is level with the truck when it is opened. In the absence of the cables, the tailgate will hit the bumper and possibly damage the tailgate. Replacing the cables w
What Is a Posi-Track Rear End?

What Is a Posi-Track Rear End?

A posi-track rear end is another name for a limited-slip differential. Different car makers have their own names for them. General Motor's Positraction is the most well known.