Flipboard 2025 Car Tips

You arrived expecting something close to the trade-in estimate you’d already been given, only for the dealer to knock thousands off after the inspection. What now?

Apartment garages sometimes ban Level 1 EV charging from regular outlets. Learn whether these rules address genuine electrical safety risks, building capacity, electricity costs, or property management concerns for renters.

The price was settled. The money was sitting in the bank. All that remained was handing over a check and driving home. Instead, the dealer rejected the payment and started pushing a loan nobody had asked for. That may be perfectly normal—or the moment this deal stopped smelling right.

A dark shadow stretches across the pavement, the road ahead is clear, and suddenly the car hits the brakes hard enough to make your stomach jump. Moments like that can turn a reassuring safety feature into something that feels unnervingly unpredictable. Reports of unexpected braking are real, but so are the crashes these systems prevent, which makes the question of whether modern driver-assistance technology is actually safe more complicated than it first appears.

Electric cars can wear tires faster than gas vehicles. Learn why EV weight and instant torque matter, plus simple ways to make your tires last longer.

When a salvage-title car shows up at half the price of a similar clean-title model, it can feel like a loophole in the used-car market. For a parent helping a daughter shop on a budget, that discount is hard to ignore. The catch is that the low sticker price often reflects a serious past event, not just a lucky deal.

Can your city ticket an electric truck that blocks part of the sidewalk while charging in your driveway? Learn how sidewalk parking rules, public rights-of-way, accessibility concerns, charging cables, and local bylaws can affect EV owners.

My condo building finally installed EV chargers, which sounded like progress until I learned the catch: they are attached to premium parking spaces. In other words, buying an electric car would not be enough. I would also have to pay for the privilege of parking close enough to plug it in, and that raises an uncomfortable question about who actually gets to enjoy the cheapest and easiest version of EV ownership.

You expected a few saved radio stations. Instead, the infotainment screen shows three driver names, old destinations, paired phones, and maybe even somebody’s home address.

Modern cars have become surprisingly chatty. Between dashboard lights, infotainment messages, emails, and manufacturer apps, your vehicle can now tell you about maintenance in several different places. So when your phone warns you first, it is reasonable to wonder which screen deserves your attention. In many cases, the app is receiving legitimate information from the vehicle itself—but that does not make the dashboard obsolete. Here is how to handle the situation without ignoring something important or booking an unnecessary repair.