Category: Automotive

In 1950: Nash introduced the first compact car. The Rambler has a 100-inch wheelbase. Nash also offered seat belts as an option. Total vehicle production in the United States was 8,007,000. The top speed for new cars was 105 mph; gasoline fuel efficiency was 15 miles per gallon. 1951: Buick introduced tinted glass. Incoming search…

If you plan on driving your classic car farther than a mile or two down the road, make sure you have a full arsenal of tools and spare parts to help you avoid a potential classic car catastrophe. For should you be zipping along in your fire engine red 1967 Fiat 850 Spyder on a…

The history of the automobile begins in 1769: Nicholas Cugnot, a French artillery officer, was the world’s first motorist. His three-wheeled “vehicle” was steam-driven, with a wooden frame and a two-cylinder engine that turned the front, solid, iron, single wheel. Cugnot claimed his contraption could carry four people at a speed of just under two…

Last week I found myself shelling out money for new tires for my vintage Mercedes. This week I forked over some more cash for wheel alignment. Do cars really need wheel alignment? Yes! Alignment is an important service that your car really needs no matter what the age. You should have your alignment checked whenever:…

There is nothing worse than buying tires. You know you’re going to pay a lot and you know you’re going to have to sit and wait. You watch some stranger drive your car into a bay of a garage, usually the bay farthest away from where you are seated, and then you sit and wait…