What To Do After A Car Accident
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | No Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist If you get into an accident -- especially a relatively minor, "fender bender" type of accident where there are no major injuries involved, just some bent metal -- how do you proceed? The following checklist might be ...
Do You Make These Mistakes With Your Car?
Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 7 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Ever do something you shouldn't have -- with a car, that is? Here are some of the best "Don't Do's" I've come across -- and a few I've even done myself. Read, laugh... and learn! 1) Using ...
5 Things You Should Never Tell A Car Salesman
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 7 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Some things you should never tell the guy trying to sell you a car. Such as? 1) How Much You Like The Car Never show emotion; it's the surest way to paying too much. It lets the ...
5 Little Things You Can Do To Save Gas
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 18 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Saving gas is really about saving money -- so it's not necessarily a smart move to sell whatever you're driving now (even if it's a big SUV) in order to buy a more "efficient" car. You ...
How To Prepare Your Vehicle For Summer Driving
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 2 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Warm weather is just around the corner. Is your car ready? Like winter, the summer driving months have their own unique challenges. While you might not curse a non-working heater, you'll surely be just as unhappy about ...
It’s Traffic Ticket Season!
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 19 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President When it’s 30 degrees below zero you can drive through a school zone at 60 MPH in relative confidence, even if Officer Jones is spraying the street with radar beams. He isn’t about to exit that ...
What To Look For (And Maybe Avoid) In Your Next New Car
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 7 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist There's an engineering principle worth bearing in mind when shopping for a car -- used or new. It is that the greater the complexity of any system, the greater the odds of a failure of some ...
Are You A Cop Car Magnet?
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 70 Comments »By Farley James There is a subset of the population who are cop car magnets. They barely turn the ignition key on and the red and blue lights are flashing in the rear view mirror. Is it their race, their color, their ...
How To Adjust Your Side-View Mirrors
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 10 Comments »By Steve Carrellas, NMA New Jersey State Chapter Coordinator When do we rely on our mirrors the most? Probably when we are changing lanes. Our objective is to change position without getting in another driver's way or cutting him/her off. The positioning ...
6 Unusual But Essential Tools For Car Guys (And Girls)
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 2 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist A basic socket set and pair of screwdrivers will get you through most basic backyard jobs -- oil and plug changes, replacing a headlight. But if you go deeper -- or work on cars long ...
