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Any time gas gets expensive, you’re guaranteed to see a flood of articles promising a long list of ways to save money on gas. Actually click on them, though, and a lot of it is the same recycled advice that’s about as basic as advice gets. Did you know that if you drive really fast…

Some level of inflation is inevitable in any modern economy, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t suck to watch everything you buy get more and more expensive. Especially now that it’s so rare to get a real raise or an actual promotion at work. With gas prices way higher than they were before Trump started…

This week Nissan held an event in Japan where it laid out world-spanning plans for new product to try and turn around the company’s fortunes, not only for Nissan but Infiniti as well. The company will be slimming its global product offerings down from 61 to just 45, but at the same time it’ll be…

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Rivian has a massive battery, four electric motors, and more than 800 horsepower on tap. As we all know, however, with great power comes great responsibility, so let’s decide just how responsible the seller has been in setting this truck’s price. Have you ever heard Anthrax’s cover of America’s…

As anyone into luxury would want to do, Sir Henry Royce spent his winters in the French Riviera, eventually buying a villa named La Mimosa in 1911 after a particularly stressful time setting up Rolls-Royce’s factory on Nightingale Road, Derby. Nestled in the hills above Le Canadel, the villa was so spectacular that Royce built two…

Through its history of building sports cars, Porsche has imbued its range-topping 911 with a wide variety of different aerodynamic treatments in the name of speed. When the body shape of a car stays relatively the same for over 50 years, the easiest way to differentiate a performance model is to equip it with a big…

A modern car will most likely have two types of air filters. They essentially do the same thing, but for different purposes. Under the hood is the engine air filter that prevents dirt and grit from damaging parts like turbochargers, valves, pistons, and cylinder liners. And then there’s the cabin air filter, which cleans the air you…

Soaring fuel prices have made the comparison between regular and premium gas more timely than ever. At the time of writing, AAA has monitored national average gas prices at $4.166 for regular and $5.041 for premium. The $0.875 difference may seem negligible, but the savings suddenly make sense in the long run. In publicized testing…

In a world of Spotify, Tidal, and countless other audio streaming services, who listens to terrestrial radio in their car anymore? It’s basically nobody, right? Well, there are more radio listeners than you may think, according to a recent study by Edison Research. Its Q1 2026 Share of Ear data reveals that 55% of Americans’ in-car audio time…

So your mechanic said your balance shaft gear is starting to wear out, and it got you thinking: What even is a balance shaft, and why do I need one? Do I need one? Is that even a real car part, or is someone trying to scam me? Yes, balance shafts are real — not just a snake-oil term made up…