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Six Ways to Best Protect Yourself from Keyless Car Theft (For Now)

Car thieves are getting smart. You need to be smarter.

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Square drive: make or buy before you need ‘em

Female metric square drive plugs were new to me. They might be to you, too.

Customer states truck was vandalized… Do you know what happened here? (VIDEO)

Each line item confirms it—cheating doesn’t pay.

Watch this video on the invention of the Ford V-8 engine

Ford made a V-8 engine affordable to the mass market consumer for the first time.

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Should You Lubricate Spark Plugs Before Installing Them? (VIDEO)

Do you lubricate the threads on spark plugs before installing them? Should you? Pete Meier explains the finer points of spark plug lube application for best results and OE service procedure compliance.

Catalytic converters are the coolest car parts that get no respect

Despite being fascinating, breakthrough innovations, they were hated when first introduced, and are now routinely stolen for scrap.

Car designer Brooks Stevens: the man behind the first Jeep Wagoneer, planned obsolescence, an iconic Harley-Davidson, and more

His lofty intentions were misconstrued into a shopworn excuse for building crummy cars

A review of the last grease coupler you’ll ever need, the LockNLube

A strong endorsement, I know—but it’s that good.

Is perseverance in the service bay a feature or a bug?

The flat-rate system doesn’t reward tenacity.

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