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Some cars use a timing belt in their engine instead of a chain. We look at the pros and cons of each.

Automakers have crafted extraordinary machines that pushed boundaries yet never reached production. Be it the high-speed marvels or avant-garde designs, these forgotten legends remain dreams that never touched the streets.

You sold your car, then out of nowhere, the bank calls and tells you the cashier’s check bounced. It's a nightmare situation. The good news is you’re not completely out of options.

The motorcycle wave might seem random at first, but it’s actually one of the oldest and most meaningful traditions in motorcycling.

Cars are supposed to be carefully engineered, thoroughly tested machines. Before they ever hit the road, they go through endless checks to make sure they’re safe. But every now and then, something slips through—and when it does, the results can be shocking.

For a sport obsessed with speed, racing has always been oddly slow when it comes to giving credit where it’s due. The spotlight tends to hover over a familiar handful of names, but behind the scenes—and often ahead of the pack—women have been reshaping motorsports for decades. These aren’t the stories you hear every day, but they’re the ones that quietly changed everything.

Got fined for driving on a suspended license but never received notice? Here’s how to check your record, gather proof, challenge the fine, and get back on the road legally.

Your registration expired, you missed the renewal notice, and now you have a costly ticket. Here’s when you may have a defense, what courts usually care about, and how to reduce the damage fast.

The most overbuilt engines in the world have stuck around for decades.

You ordered a car months ago, you waited out the delays, and you finally get the call to pick it up. Then the finance office slides over a worksheet with a $2,000 “market adjustment” you never agreed to. It feels like a bait-and-switch, and in some cases it can be.

You agree on a price, show up ready to sign, and suddenly the dealer says that number was before “mandatory add-ons.” It feels like a bait-and-switch because, in many cases, that is exactly what regulators have accused some dealers of doing. The short answer is yes, this is a common enough trick that federal and state agencies have warned buyers about it for years.

If a dealership tells you every car battery must be replaced every three years, that’s too broad to be fully accurate. Battery life depends on climate, driving habits, the type of battery, and how the vehicle is used. Many 12-volt car batteries do start to weaken somewhere around the three- to five-year mark, which is why the advice gets repeated so often. But “replace no matter what” is not the same thing as following the actual condition of your battery.