5 Quick Tips For Repairing Your Own Car Millions of drivers aspire to repair their own cars. For many smaller repairs, it’s a reasonable goal. Replacing a battery, headlight, or even a fuel filter is a low-maintenance task and can be performed quickly. However, a lot of drivers overestimate their knowledge and abilities. They’ll either [...]
Q & A #88 With The Auto Specialist Welcome back to the Auto Specialist. In a surprise move, Consumer Reports gave two thumbs down to the 2012 Honda Civic LX. The watchdog magazine revealed that the vehicle had “scored too low to be recommended.” This was unexpected since the Civic has traditionally been thought of [...]
Q & A #86 With The Auto Specialist Welcome back to the Auto Specialist. Auto sales numbers for last month are still coming in, but it appears that Ford Motor Company was the pack leader. While the industry, on average, enjoyed brisk sales and an increase in volume over the previous month, Ford managed to [...]
Q & A #84 With The Auto Specialist Welcome back to the Auto Specialist, where we focus on car problems that can often be fixed without the help of a mechanic. U.S. auto sales had started strong this year, showing healthy month-by-month gains when compared to the same periods last year. Unfortunately, the momentum has [...]
Q & A #83 With The Auto Specialist Thanks for joining me for another installment of the Auto Specialist. CNNMoney recently reported that the average U.S. household now spends $368.09 a month on fuel. All signs suggest this number will be increasing for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., the National Highway Traffic Safety [...]
Q & A #80 With The Auto Specialist Welcome back to the Auto Specialist. I’ve been going through recent auto sales reports. With a few exceptions, most makes and model have enjoyed a surge in sales during the latest quarter. Aggregate U.S. sales volume rose over 17 percent from the previous quarter. The data imply [...]
Q & A #79 With The Auto Specialist Thanks for joining me for another installment of the Auto Specialist. Cars obviously develop problems that must be diagnosed and resolved in order to keep them on the road. That’s the goal of this column. But it’s easy to forget the role that customer service plays at [...]
Thanks for joining me for another installment of the Auto Specialist. One of the biggest news items in the automotive industry involves Toyota. Back in 2009, a dealer had installed a floor mat into a Lexus sedan that was taken from an SUV. The sedan’s accelerator became stuck, resulting in the death of the driver. [...]
Infiniti Infiniti is the luxury car brand created in 1989 by Nissan for the North American market. Since entering the US, the brand has been exported to 15 other countries including Mexico, the Middle East, Russia and China. Initially the brand was not successful and faced closure by 2000 as Nissan, the parent also struggled. [...]
Lexus Lexus has a reputation of producing refined luxury vehicles. Their vehicles are known for being powerful and plush with nearly silent engines. Lexus was launched by Toyota in 1989 and was the company’s goal to have a world class luxury car brand. The first models of Lexus were launched in 1989 and received favorable [...]
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