Holiday check of your Car

Before you go on holiday we strongly recommend that you get your car checked for defects that might give you a break-down during your holiday. Before you start your well-earned holiday we have some good advice to you and we have also made a list of things we recommend you to bring on your holiday.

Selling Your Present Car

A car maintained in good condition will bring a higher price when sold. If you’re reading this, it’s pretty safe to assume that you’re in the market for a car, probably a previously owned car. It’s also pretty safe to assume that you want to get every dollar you can out of it–including when you [...]

Radiator

The radiator is a device designed to dissipate the heat which the coolant has absorbed from the engine. It is constructed to hold a large amount of water in tubes or passages which provide a large area in contact with the atmosphere. It consists of a radiator core, which has water-carrying tubes and a large [...]

Introduction: Automotive Repair Vehicles today have become very sophisticated with many new features and capabilities. Fortunately, they are much more reliable than vehicles from the 1970′s. That is great, but when something does go wrong, this complexity can make repairing and trouble-shooting problems very difficult. Being able to repair any system is tough, as the [...]

This page is a collection of lists. Some of them don’t have ten items, so don’t write to tell me that. I know. Some of them change on a regular basis, and some are cast in stone. If you have a suggestion for an addition to one of the lists, or for a new list, [...]

  

You May Never Know the Difference, But Then Again . . .

You probably didn’t notice the difference when manufacturers began putting fluoride in your toothpaste or flame retardant in your kids’ pajamas. Still, those were great ideas. Gas-electric hybrid (GEH) cars are another great idea, but chances are you won’t notice the difference between them and a conventional vehicle unless you’re in the driver’s seat or [...]

Brake Requirements? They Don’t Exist!

There are standards today for just about everything in our society.   But, believe it or not, there are no standards when you replace your automobile brakes. Given that the brake system is the most critical element of car safety, it’s hard to imagine that 50 million cars on the road today have brakes with potential [...]

Seeking a New Repair Shop Not As Easy As It May Seem

You have moved to a new town and will have to find a new automotive repair facility. This decision is more important than shopping for an appliance or shoes. It’s closer to choosing a new doctor or banker. What qualifications are you looking for? Rich Davis, Director of the Car Care Council Certified Inspection program [...]

Checklist Helps Ensure Troublefree Vacation

Ask any tow truck operator along an Interstate highway or in a resort area and he’ll agree, “Year after year, car trouble forces vacationers back home ahead of schedule with their carefully prepared budgets blown sky high.” Car trouble usually means more than just a repair bill, reminds the Car Care Council. It can involve [...]