Are you still fuming about the Carolina Panthers loss in Super Bowl 50? If so, getting behind the wheel and enduring Raleigh traffic probably isn’t helping. Don’t stress, though – we’re here to help you relax behind the wheel. What is road rage? If you’re a human with a driver’s license, you already know. For […]
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The Closest Thing America Has to an Autobahn
What if we told you that there’s a road in America where you can satiate your need to accelerate? Would you drive all the way out to Texas to visit it? Because that’s what you’d have to do. The American autobahn Just about 15 miles outside of San Antonio, Texas, lies State Highway 130. Highway […]
Doing Your Own Car Maintenance Can Cost You
For anyone who knows what they’re doing under the hood of a car, maintenance is a real breeze. For the rest of us, it’s a mystical wardrobe of Narnia we’d rather avoid. Sure, we’ll pop the hood, check the oil, and act like we know what we’re doing, but when disaster strikes we hand the […]
Why Your Windshield Cracks When It’s Cold Out
Your windshield is a delicate combination of sand, sodium carbonate (soda ash), and calcium carbonate (limestone). It’s beautiful, but also incredibly fragile – especially in the winter. Here’s why some windshields crack during the cold weather, and how important it is to have those cracks fixed. Cold weather and glass The cold is hard on […]
What are Your Noisy Brakes Trying to Tell You?
Noisy Brakes? Brakes can be noisy for lots of reasons, and some are more serious than others. We’re going to break these noises down into three Categories: the squeak, squeal, and grind – Sounds like a Broadway play where a family of struggling sewer mice open their own coffee shop. “These are aRATica beans people!” […]