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A bag of kitty-litter, stored above your drive wheels, can add weight and traction to your vehicle in the winter. More importantly, if you do get stuck, you can rip open that bag, and spread the litter under your tires.

What else can you do to prepare?

1. Keep a winter kit in your back seat. Always keep a shovel and snow scraper. Pack an emergency blanket and first-aid kit. Bring jumper cables. Make sure that your spare tire is in good working order.
2. Pre-season maintenance. Before the snow starts falling in earnest, check your vehicle for any problems you may…

"Flying cars" exist, there's no denying that. What technically counts as a flying car, however, and what we want out of a flying car, may be two entirely separate things.

Okay, so the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean took place in 1919. Then, 50 years later men were flying in rockets to the moon. With this break-neck advancement in flight technology, it seemed sensible to everyone that by 2015, personal aircraft would be the norm.

So what happened?

Unfortunately, hovering silently in mid-air is not something easy to achieve if you're a multi-thousand pound vehicle.

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Okay, you've known for a while now that Toyota makes green vehicles. Toyota created the Prius-- the hybrid that took the nation by storm, and paved the way for others to follow.

Toyota even has a whole environmental department, and often does projects with the National Parks Service. They're creating hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

They're awesome. Okay.

You may not have realized what a champion of green driving

Oil is a vital fluid in your engine. You follow your owner's manual and get it changed at the prescribed intervals, but what does it really do? Without oil, the whole system falls apart, and here's why.

You measure oil level, and refill it from the sump tank-- or "oil pan" as it is commonly called-- but that is not where it does its work.

When you're not monitoring it, oil is rushing through every part of your engine. Flip the ignition and drive around the block, and your oil will be sucked up from the sump…

Arguably, the best off-roading SUV available is the Jeep Wrangler. It has been for at least 20 years. In 1995, the new Jeep Wrangler YJ was cutting-edge, and could rock crawl, and handle mud and snow like nothing else.

Today, the 2015 Wrangler holds that position of honor. How does this new model compare with itself from 20 years ago?

With its disconnecting front sway bar, improved suspension, and other modern goodies, the 2015 model far surpasses the Wrangler of the mid-'90s. However, which is more fun to drive is a matter of opinion.

The driver of the modern…

Toyota vehicles have a strong reputation for reliability. In fact, some might call them indestructible.

But no one is going to claim something as ambitious as indestructability without Top Gear's audacious hosts testing it by every extraordinary means possible.

Perhaps Toyota meant their cars were indestructible under typical driving conditions.

Not good enough.

Top Gear tests a Toyota truck by dropping it from a crane, hitting it with a wrecking ball, crashing it into a tree, parking it in the ocean, lighting it on fire, driving it through a shed, and dropping a trailer on top of it.

 

Hey, you're a frugal car owner. Who wouldn't be? You don't exactly want to be wasting money by having your car looked at every time you hear a noise. Yet, certain repairs are vital, not only to your car, but to your safety, and the safety of all your passengers as well. One part you don't want to break is your brakes. How can you tell if your brakes are in good working order? Here's some 30-second advice from a Chevrolet expert. Most brakes feature built-in noise makers called squealers that,

We admit it. Here in Augusta, the summers are short and the winters long. But for those few sunny months of the year, what do you do to keep your vehicle cool? You can roll the windows down and bask in that natural fresh air, feeling the wind against your skin. But some experts say no: the wind-drag caused by rolled down windows is enormous. It's better to roll them up tight, and enjoy the crisp, cool blast of air conditioning instead. So what should you do? The Mythbusters may already have a