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5 Things to Never Do to a Car, According to a Mechanic
Taking care of your car can be tricky. Proper maintenance can help your vehicle last longer and result in saving money by not having to cough up big bucks for repairs or a new car altogether. Not everyone understands the inner workings of a car, though, and some of us can’t tell a piston from a pizza. Audra Fordin, a fourth generation mechanic and owner of Great Bear Auto Repair in Queens, New York, created the nonprofit Women Auto Know to empower women when it comes to taking care of their cars. If you’re looking to find ways to help your ride last longer, Fordin has some, ahem, engine-ious ways…
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Junkyard Gem: 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep, then part of the American Motors Corporation, introduced the unibody XJ Cherokee for the 1984 model year, and suddenly there was a tough-looking truck that drove like a car and got much better fuel economy than the rest of the truck world. Ford responded with the Explorer SUV for 1991, and suddenly commuter trucks were everywhere. Even before Chrysler bought AMC in 1987, a snazzier successor to the Cherokee was being cooked up in Kenosha; it debuted in the 1993 model year and was an instant sales success. Here’s one of those first-year Grand Cherokees, found in a Colorado wrecking yard last fall. The Grand Cherokee had a wheelbase…
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Fontana start time, TV, live stream, lineup
Prepare to get a little nostalgic. Sunday marks the last NASCAR race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, until at least 2025. And when (or if) the series does return, the facility will look dramatically different. Plans had been in place to transform the 2-mile oval located in California’s Inland Empire into a short track though the timetable has been delayed. New reports surfaced this week that NASCAR has closed on a major real-estate sale of dozens of acres of land on the site. The only certainty is that next year there will be no race at the track formerly known as California Speedway for the first time since it…
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Ask Nathan: Modular EV Truck, Using Tires for Disaster Recovery, and Wrenching on Our Own Cars?
Images: XBUS In this week’s Ask Nathan: Will this cool, modular EV truck come to the United States? Can we used recycled tires for disaster recovery? Why don’t you do videos like engine teardowns? The first question comes from a fan who spotted a modular EV truck called the XBUS, and wants to know if it will sell here. Q: (Via: AskNathan@TFLcar.com) RE: Modular EV truck “XBUS.” Okay Nathan I have one more question! I came across this totally modular EV truck and I think its called the Xbus when I was looking at other EV pickup trucks. This thing is so cool because it can be configured a ton of…
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This 2023 Toyota Sports 800 Concept Brings Back The Soul In Sports Cars
Toyota has given us some of the most iconic JDM sports cars ever made. From the beautiful 2000GT to the legendary Mk4 Supra and the humble hoot in the GR86. But there is one car without which all of these icons wouldn’t exist – Toyota Sports 800. The 1960s S800 was Toyota’s first-ever sports car. It was a Kei car confined to Japan, and so the rest of the world didn’t get to enjoy this gem. But, Timothy Adry Emmanuel has created a HotCars Exclusive 2023 Toyota Sports 800 to remind us of Toyota’s sports car roots. The modern Sports 800 has a lightweight construction, a flexible powertrain package, and…
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Canadian Tire ‘bullish’ on auto parts and service as consumers focus on essentials
Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. capped its centennial year with strong growth in its automotive business as demand for auto parts and service helped offset softer spending on non-essential items, the company said Thursday. The standout performance of its auto division underscored a broader consumer focus on essential goods and services across the company’s banners as inflation erodes discretionary incomes in Canada. Canadian Tire, which includes its namesake Canadian Tire stores, PartSource, Mark’s and SportChek, said its consolidated comparable sales rose slightly in its fourth quarter, up 0.3 per cent compared against hefty gains posted in the same period a year ago. At its Canadian Tire chain, comparable sales were flat…
