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I never really planned it this way, but despite being a proud American, I’ve been driving on a sort of regular basis right-hand drive cars for over 10 years now. I started with my lovely (if currently forlorn) Reliant Scimitar, and now I also have an imported Nissan Pao from Japan. I’ve been driving on the wrong side…

Winter is officially here and that means it’s time for winter tires. It might seem like a great expense—if the tires on my car weren’t made for all seasons, why do they call them all season tires?—but trust us, they’re worth it. Really. Not sure which kind is best? Here’s what you need to know before buying some.

“Is engine braking with a manual transmission bad?” you might ask your disinterested friends at lunch. Well, Engineering Explained has an answer for you! In his newest video, Jason Fenske goes over not only what engine braking is, but also whether or not it’s bad for your car.

Hey nerds! A total solar eclipse is headed our way on Aug. 21. Get ready for some sacrificial offerings made to unknown gods and general witchcraft afoot. And if you’re planning on driving around during the big event, here are some tips that’ll help you avoid any mishaps.

Cats love warm places to lay—like your arms, hint hint—but not all of them have those to lay in. So, they sometimes end up finding warmth under the hood of your car, or wherever your engine happens to be. That can mean bad things if you don’t check to see if they’re in there before you start it up.

As I was wrestling with a 27-inch mosquito during yesterday’s sunset, I realized that summer is here and there’s not a damn thing I can do about it. After the mosquito finally collapsed thanks to my high blood-alcohol level, I dispatched it with a crowbar and then immediately set to writing these crucial summer…

Look, this is a little uncomfortable for me to just come right out and say, but I seem to rather frequently perspire on the palms when I drive around, and it makes me uncomfortable. Anybody else? Is there an easy fix for this?

The Weather Channel just pulled off some weird 3D magic trick right there on the computer screen to prove how important it is to clear the snow and ice completely off of your car before driving. The future is informative and weird.

If you live in the northeastern U.S., get ready. Old Man Winter has unleashed Winter Storm Niko, and Niko has just filled up a sock with snowballs with rocks at the center and is about to give the whole upper right corner of America a brutal, protracted beating. But that doesn’t mean you and your car have to just take…

Michigan is cold as hell. It’s colder than hell. Michigan is where icy, frozen hell goes to cool off. So it’s easy to empathize with the plight of 24-year-old Nick Taylor, a poor Roseville, Michigan jamoke who received a $128 ticket from a soulless cop for literally warming his car up in the driveway.

If you’re like me, you’ve noticed that the dew on your outdoor sleeping litter has been getting more and more frozen in the mornings, and your daily claims of hypothermia have been getting more and more accurate. That’s because winter is coming, and with the coming of winter comes every freaking car website publishing…

The nanny state has added one more criteria to their driver licensing tests: Eco-friendly driving skills. The Telegraph reports that the new testing is being implemented to comply with EU regulations, with government officials stating that motorists practicing the eco-friendly driving techniques could see savings of…

With wintry weather a real possibility for those traveling tomorrow, we thought we'd share some safe winter driving tips. Those of you in the north are probably better prepared for snowy conditions, but the chance of snow and slush in Texas can only mean a lot more of this. Anybody have any special tricks?

Countless dollars and time spent making one's car faster and/or better can cloud sensible judgement as to a far cheaper and more effective investment in velocity. Learning how to drive better. The crew over at 4Cars have put together a no nonsense top ten list of common sense driving tips for the laterally challenged.…

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