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Study: The safest passenger vehicles

Jan 31
A 2008 GMC Sierra 2500HD Crew Cab.

A recent study by auto insurance website Insure.com analyzed rates for personal injury protection and medical payments coverage. Insure determined that lower rates tended to correspond to the safest passenger  Read More

What makes a vehicle street legal?

Nov 26
Street-legal monster trucks on Lada/Chevy Niva (left) and UAZ Patriot (right) platforms.

What makes a vehicle street legal? In most cases, if you’re buying a functional vehicle from a reputable dealer, you won’t have to worry about this. But if you’re more  Read More

Driving tips for extra credit

Nov 21
An “Accident Area” road sign from Singapore, in which a human skull is depicted to indicate peril.

Driving or being struck by a car is a popular way to die, most of the time unintentionally. Blame human beings for those dangerous roadways, because the cars are safer  Read More

Eight steps to being a bad driver

Nov 9
road hogs

Being a bad driver isn’t hard. It’s mostly a combined effort of not paying attention, being easily distracted and not caring at all about anybody else on the road. By  Read More

How to put on tire chains this winter

Nov 7
Close-up of tire chains on a car.

If you plan to drive through steep mountainous areas this winter, you’ll need snow chains. While they don’t guarantee that even the largest four-wheel-drive vehicle will conquer winter’s worst, chains  Read More

How to siphon gas

Nov 5
A man preparing to siphon gas.

We at Car Deal Expert would never encourage anyone to steal. So let’s say that you need to cut your grass before it starts to rain. There isn’t enough gas  Read More

How to choose good winter floor mats

Oct 29
Carpet floor mats in a Cadillac.

Have you ever noticed how dirty your shoes and boots get during winter? If you live in a snow-laden climate, the frozen precipitation, road oil and ice-melting chemical salts stick  Read More