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Your HOA may object if you park an older car in your driveway. We look at what you can do.

Do you lose your state residency if you move into an RV full-time? Here’s how domicile works and what determines your legal home base.

Can an HOA stop you from parking your RV in your own driveway? Here’s what the rules actually say and when they’re enforceable.

There was a brief, glorious moment when Infiniti decided subtlety was overrated. Instead of playing it safe in the luxury sedan sandbox, it dropped a V8 into a midsize four-door and let it flex. The result was the Infiniti M45—a car that blended muscle car attitude with executive polish, then somehow slipped through the cracks of history.

Here is the uncomfortable truth. Brake wear often creeps up slowly enough that many drivers do not notice a dramatic change in feel. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says brake problems can show up as longer stopping distances, pulling, vibration, noise, or warning lights, but a car can also seem normal before the wear gets severe.

If you grew up hearing that every car needs 15 minutes of idling on a freezing morning, you are not alone. It was common advice for older carbureted cars, especially before electronic fuel injection became the norm. But for most modern cars, that long warm-up is no longer necessary, and several experts say it can actually be counterproductive.

Days after arriving at your new home, the HOA notice shows up on your windshield. It says your work van is a banned “commercial vehicle,” and it will be towed if you continue parking it in your own driveway. Well, believe it or not, homeowners associations really can control what you park in plain view.

You hit a parked car, but couldn't find the owner. Unfortunately, you can't leave the scene or you can be charged with hit-and-run.

They say that rules are made to be broken—and that's kind of how it feels for Boomers whenever they get in the passenger seat with a younger driver. Rules they grew up with—and have followed for decades—seem to be forgotten or, even worse, ignored by those upstart Millennials.

You've got a street parking permit and you drive it once a week, but your worst neighbor keeps reporting your car as "abandoned." The annoying part is that a complaint by itself usually does not let a private citizen get your car towed.

You see “Certified Pre-Owned” on a windshield and it sounds reassuring. Obviously, it suggests the car was checked over carefully and comes with extra protection. But if you bought a certified used car and now it has problems all over the place, the hard truth is this: “Certified” does not mean flawless.

Discover why Generation X experienced the golden age of driving, with iconic cars like the Fox Body Mustang, Supra, Miata, and Viper delivering raw performance, tuning potential, and true driver connection.