Honda has built an incredible reputation for itself over the years. They make dependable, affordable, and long-lasting vehicles that are also attractive and easy to maintain. Their vehicles are the first car for many peoples’ children, the hand-me-down car for teenagers headed off to college, and the car you’ve urged your elderly parents to downsize into. So what happens when a major and life-saving part of their cars is found to be defective? Recall notices go out to millions of vehicle owners, Honda loses money, and Honda’s safety features are doubted; that’s what happens.
Big Ol’ Truck
Rising up between California and Nevada is the Sierra mountain range. Nearly four hundred miles long and seventy miles wide, the Sierra range is famous for containing a handful of national parks, two monuments, and vacation hotspot Lake Tahoe. With a multitude of travel spots on the tourist circuit, the Sierra mountain range is certainly one of the more famous ranges in the United States. However, the mountain range isn’t the only Sierra that is making a name for itself; GMC’s full sized pick-up, the Sierra is also climbing to new heights on a regular basis.
Can the Semi Underride Guards Help You?
Imagine you’re driving down the road and you see a car hit the side of a trailer being pulled by a semi-truck; is the driver going to survive the crash? That’s the question the IIHS has been presented with recently and with two extremely different versions of the same type of item that’s added to some trailers the goal was to learn if this item is built to help save lives or it’s an item that is meant for a completely different aspect of working for the trailer and not meant for safety at all.
Which Luxury Sedan is the Right One for You: TLX or A4?
When you have a daily need to drive and you spend more than a few hours each week inside your vehicle you might want to move up the lineup and choose one of the luxury sedans that you can drive and enjoy. The decision to have more features than you would on a mainstream model and enjoy the higher quality of everything that’s included in a luxury ride means you want something better. Two great luxury sedan choices you can decide between are the Acura TLX and the Audi A4 which both offer you the qualities you’re looking for.
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Volkswagen is Making Good
The trust you had in the Volkswagen brand may have disappeared once you learned of the cheating scandal that was allowing VW models to emit as much as forty times the allowable limit of NOx into the air. NOx is a pollutant that has been linked as a cause of cancer and is easily something we don’t want in the atmosphere. Although the numbers have varied since Volkswagen agreed to buy back or fix the offending models, they are said to be spending as much as $25 billion between current vehicle owners, regulators, states and dealers to try and make good on this problem.
Are Navigation Systems Making us Dumber?
Are you guilty of what seems to be a trend in our lives? You get into your vehicle to go somewhere you’ve never been or to take a road trip to a destination you don’t normally go to and you immediately turn on the GPS either on your vehicle, the one you’ve purchased separately or on your smartphone. This GPS navigation system is certainly helpful and makes it easier to get where you need to go, especially when you’re unsure of the directions to where you need to go, but is this system making you dumber over time?
Affordable Driving Excitement
A car that can drive fast or has an active suspension to keep you planted in the corners is an absolute joy to drive. Not everyone can afford the latest tech on the market or the supercar that’s being built by the top names in the business, but everyone can enjoy some speed and the fun of driving an exciting car. For those of us that need to spend $10,000 or less to have the car with the power we want it’s not that hard to find a great car to drive for this price if you spend a little time searching for the right car. Here are some great examples of cars that provide you the speed you want:
Road Trips Are Coming; Be Prepared
The months are ticking away and we’re approaching the summer months when more of us hit the road on vacation to see what this beautiful country has for us to enjoy. The folks at Toyota would love for you to drive in one of their vehicles or stop by a dealership for a new or used model, but even if you don’t drive one of their vehicles you can benefit from the fun games that can be played on the road. Keep your kids entertained with some of these fun games that you can play.
The Toyota Investment in the Hoosier State
For many of the decades before the turn of the century, it felt like the automotive industry was at odds with itself. The foreign vehicles that were being shipped in were thought to be ways for outside companies to swoop in and take over the sales and profits from the US without any actual investment into the country they were being sold in. As the industry has progressed, we’ve seen the proof that what was once a divide is now becoming a cohesive existence with Toyota leading the way toward building jobs and offering community involvement in the US.
When Should I Change My Oil?
There is a lot of confusion around engine oil and when you drive a vehicle that doesn’t have an engine oil life indicator included it can be extremely confusing to try and understand how long your engine oil can last. As one of the fluids of your vehicle that you change on a regular basis, it’s important to fully understand what this part of your vehicle offers and why you need to change it and how often. The different types of oil offered today make it more difficult to understand when to change your engine oil.