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Your neighbor's truck has been idling in the driveway for ten minutes. Your dad swore by it. Your owner's manual says so...
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A dead battery almost never picks a convenient moment. You walk out, turn the key, and get that slow, sad click instead...
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The temperature gauge is climbing past the middle. Maybe steam is curling out from under the hood, or you smell somethin...
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Your car makes a noise you have never heard before, the steering goes heavy, or the dashboard lights up like a Christmas...
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Most emergency car kits are a flashlight with dead batteries and a blanket that smells like a wet dog. That is not a kit...
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A smell in a car is rarely just a smell. It is almost always a source: spilled milk under a seat, mold in the vents, a d...
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Most of this costs less than a single tow. Put together a decent emergency kit and you will spend roughly $60 to $150 to...
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I dropped a full cup of coffee in the driver's footwell on a Tuesday morning. Not a sip. The whole thing, lid off, right...
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Your car feels a little vague on the highway. Maybe the steering wanders, or there's a faint thrumming you can't quite p...
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Checking your tire pressure takes about ten minutes once you know what you are doing, and it is the single cheapest piec...
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Your tires are the only four things connecting two tons of metal to the road, and they quietly decide how much fuel you...
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The light came on at 6:42 on a Tuesday morning, halfway through a left turn onto the highway ramp, and I did what everyo...
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You can check your own tires in about 15 minutes with a coin, a pressure gauge and a flashlight. By the end of this guid...
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You turn the key or push the button, and nothing. Or worse, that awful click-click-click. Your stomach drops because you...
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Your coffee is sitting in the cupholder, and it looks like it's trying to escape. Maybe the steering wheel vibrates at h...
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Your car talks to you constantly. Most of the time it's mumbling, and you tune it out like a radio ad. Then one day it s...