No one likes to think about the possibility of getting into a car crash, but it happens. Getting into a car accident close to home is bad enough — but having that happen far from home can be nightmare fuel.

We’ve come a long way from stone wheels and wooden hoops we used on carts and wagons in the past. Now, you have hundreds of types of tires to choose from when you go to the shop to pick up a new set for your car.

Cars are meant to take us from point A to point B, but many people like to travel in something that expresses their personality. A person’s car reflects who they are and the kind of life they live. A great way to make a car stand out is to upgrade its parts.

Hitting the road for college soon? You better not leave in mom’s minivan. No, no, no! As spacious and roomy as it may be, no one wants to see a cool college kid in a soccer mom car.

Every kid has a dream car, but exactly what that car is can change often over the years. Some kids dream of Corvettes and grow up to like pickups. Others are enamored with sleek imports as children, but love American muscle as adults. Personally, I’ve had quite a few dream cars over the years.

High school shouldn’t be about labels. Unfortunately, when you’re 16 and going to class with the same people every day, labels are what high school is all about. Don’t worry: They all disintegrate when you get your diploma, anyway.

In the past 20 years, emissions laws have tightened the strings a little on performance models.

Troubleshooting a car power window may be carried out in different ways but the basics are all the matching. All power windows employ a reversible DC (direct current), motor and a breaker.

Many of the car repairs we used to take for granted as do-it-yourself tasks have mushroomed into something akin to brain surgery thanks to computerization, emissions equipment and the increasingly complicated way modern cars are built.

To continue working similar to other parts of a vehicle, automotive batteries also require to be maintained frequently. In this way so-called “maintenance-free” battery has to be charged at expected intervals as well, which is usually finished with the habitual use of a vehicle.