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How to avoid rear-ending someone (and getting rear-ended)

Few things are as much of a royal headache as being involved in a car accident - even a minor fender-bender. I’ve compiled a few short tips on how to (hopefully) avoid both being on the giving and receiving end a rear-end accident.

Always leave a car length between you and the person in front of [...]

Lower your stress AND save on gas

I’ve noticed a weird phenomenon amongst highway drivers in Utah: they’re driving the speed limit, 65 mph. For those of you outside Utah, this is quite amazing as normally one has to go about 80 mph to keep from feeling like you’re going to be run off the road.
In an effort to save on [...]

Spend less time wandering in parking garages: an easy way to find your car

It’s amazing how easy it is to forget where you parked. I’ve spent more time wandering around in a parking garage looking for my car than I’d care to admit. There was even an entire Seinfeld episode that took place in a mall parking garage. (If you’re not familiar with it, click here. Start at [...]

Better than flipping a coin: figure out which side the gas tank is on from inside the car - UPDATED: Not really.

UPDATED: As it turns out, this just flat-out isn’t accurate. Even Snopes has debunked it (although I admit it would never have occurred to me to check Snopes for something so trivial). Who’da thought my mother in-law could have been so wrong when her daughter turned out so right? :) Thanks for keeping me on [...]

Car maintenance on the cheap: find out why your check engine light is on for free

A while back my check engine light came on. Actually, it wasn’t the red check engine light that makes one’s stomach lurch at the thought of some impending, and inevitably expensive, repair. It was the amber colored, and much less threatening “service engine soon” light.”
I called the local dealership and asked what they could do [...]