Car Care 101

15 Ways to Lower Your Car Insurance Quote

Howard — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:57:46 +0000

1. Shop around The difference in price between various companies can be significant. What one company may consider a high risk factor another company may not view as so important. Insurance companies arrive at a price for your car insurance by adding or discounting money after each answer you give to the questions they ask you. Each company has [...]

Avoiding Costly Auto Air Conditioning Repairs

Howard — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:30:37 +0000

Avoiding Costly Auto Air Conditioning Repairs – Some Small Tips That Can Save You Cash! By Steve Knowles Auto air conditioning repair seems to be getting more and more difficult. There are a handful of individuals with the skill and know-how to take on this task but they seem to be a dying breed. Auto air conditioning [...]

Car Care Tools For Your Battery

Howard — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:19:06 +0000

With just a bit more effort and not much more expense, you can keep your car’s battery in tiptop shape with a few tools. The lure of adding the battery to the easy tasks of keeping things tight is that you may be able to avoid being stranded because the heart of your electrical system [...]

A Cars Four-Stroke Cycle

Howard — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:54:10 +0000

Although modern manufacturing has remove any piston valve tinkering from the list of DIY car care, I’ll outline here how the auto’s four-stroke cycle solves the problems of internal combustion. At the top of the cylinder is a pair of valves. The valve that lets the fuel in is called the ‘intake’ valve. The one [...]

Why Use Newspapers To Clean Windows?

Howard — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:06:57 +0000

Newspaper is terrific for car windows. It really does help prevent streaking. But watch where you set down the wet newspaper, since the wet ink will come off. The wet ink on the newspapers is actually what pulls all the dirt from glass surfaces. More »