It is probably one of the most mis-named parts of your car. The glove compartment. How many people actually store their gloves in the glove compartment? My money is on "not many". But what do people keep in their, ahem, glove compartment?
What's your favorite car color? During the "Frog Days of Fall", we are still washing our cars, but come winter my car will be so dirty, I won't be able to tell what color it is! As for me, I buy used cars most of the time, so I don't always get the color I prefer. Now, there's a study that indicates today's most popular car colors.
When choosing a new car most people consider price, gas mileage and reliability. Consumer Reports has released its list of most reliable cars and Japanese and Korean manufacturers are at the top of the list. Here is a list of the most and least reliable cars.
Kids always look forward to trick-or-treating on Halloween, but a new study from the Centers for Disease and Prevention may give some parents pause.
The CDC reports children are four times more likely to be hit by cars on October 31 than on any other day of the year — probably not terribly surprising, given the increase in the number of kids who are out and about on Halloween.
It's been quite a run for silver. No, not The Lone Ranger's trusty steed but the color silver which has been the number one car color for the past decade. According to PPG Industries, a paint manufacturing company, white has taken over as the number one color of new cars.
We've all been in a situation where a problem or solution needed to be thought out. According to a new survey by Lemelson-MIT the best place to come up with ideas is your car. Over 20% of the respondents said that being in their car taking a drive was most conducive to coming up with ideas or answers. There were several other options mentioned in the survey.
How many times do you double-check to make sure your car doors are locked? For me, I click the lock button on the keypad on my key chain about five or six times. And, that little extra precaution to double-double-check your doors might not be a bad idea, especially if the vehicle you are driving has made it on the Hot Wheels report. The report is a list of the most stolen vehicles in the United States in 2010 compiled by the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
If you're heading to the West Coast, you might want to double-check that your car doors are locked. Why? According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, that's where a large number of auto thefts happen.
So before you roll your eyes on this one, look at your car's eyes...I mean headlights. A new study shows that the design of your car may resemble a face, and if it has a face, that says something about it's personality.
