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Popular Mechanics
June 2004
Bob Freudenberg |
Curing Steering Wander What to check when you have steering issues with your car.   |
Popular Mechanics
January 2009 |
How To Tell When a Wheel, Not a Tire, is Leaking Why some of today's alloy wheels leak air... Why passenger-side mirrors heat up more slowly than the driver's side... Why you should avoid downshifting unnecessarily... |
Popular Mechanics
July 2, 2009
Mike Allen |
Are Consumer-Friendly, Fuel-Economy-Focused Tire Labels Finally Here?: Analysis The NHTSA hasn't finalized the content or form of the label yet, but they should give consumers an apples-to-apples comparison for shopping. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2009
Mike Allen |
How to Install a Tire-Pressure Monitoring System When this warning lamp illuminates on your instrument panel, at least one of your tires is 25 percent below its correct pressure. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2009
Ben Stewart |
3 Ways to Build a 4WD Vehicle Here are several smart modifications you can make to ratchet up the capability of any 4x4. |
U.S. CPSC
July 1, 2005 |
HiPer Technology Inc. Recall of ATV Wheels The aluminum center section of the 9-inch wheel can come apart causing the tire and rim to unexpectedly separate from the ATV, posing a risk of serious injury if the rider loses control of the vehicle. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2007
Mike Allen |
Alloy Rims Corrode, Too: Auto Clinic Car Care Tip Unfortunately, when alloys go bad, they aren't always as easy to fix as steel wheels. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2009
Mike Allen |
Is Nitrogen Better than Air in Car Tires? Inflating your tires with pure nitrogen offers several advantages for your car. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2002
Mike Allen |
Changing A Tire It's time to knuckle down and put on the spare. Here's how to do it. |
Car and Driver
December 2006
Larry Webster |
Tech Stuff: A tire for all seasons? - Features Not only is there a slew of brands and models out there, but tires are further divided along performance and weather lines. So which will work best for you? |
BusinessWeek
August 16, 2004
Carol Matlack |
Michelin: New Rubber Hits The Road The French tiremaker's PAX tire runs a long way when punctured, but can it dominate the $70 billion-a-year tire market? |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Where the Rubber Meets the (Virtual) Road Here's a look at a few players that stand to benefit from trends in the automotive compact performance segment: video game publishers and tire manufacturers. This also illustrates that the average investor can dig up ideas just by exploring his or her areas of interest. |
Popular Mechanics
March 5, 2008
Chuck Tannert |
10 Road Rules to Drive Through Disaster and Save Your Life Expert skills you should master to improve your driving and your chances of avoiding a deadly crash. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2007
Willie D. Jones |
Putting Electricity Where The Rubber Meets the Road In-wheel motors improve fuel economy and safety. Though cars with wheel-hub motors won't roll off assembly lines any time soon, companies like GM and Siemens VDO say electric wheels are the future of automotive propulsion. |
Popular Mechanics
February 2008
Mike Allen |
Why New Front Tires on Your Back Wheels Are a Good Idea When tire companies insist on moving your old tires to the front of your car and replacing your rear tires with new ones -- let them. |
Popular Mechanics
August 2006
Ben Stewart |
Why Not One Hundred MPG? Where's the magic carburetor? Where's the car that runs on water? Those are just fantasies but listen up: A four-person car that gets 100 mpg really is possible with current technology. Here's how. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2002
Paul Weissler |
Tire Maintenance Any kind of tire failure -- even a simple flat -- is a huge hassle. But this can be avoided with careful tire maintenance... |
Popular Mechanics
November 2006
Mike Allen |
Saturday Mechanic: Changing a Tire You know how to fix a flat, right? But now might be a good time to try it on your current car, with the tools supplied -- just in case |
Popular Mechanics
August 7, 2008
Mike Allen |
Obama's Call for Tire Inflation to Beat Gas Crunch: Reality Check A single tire that's underinflated by 10 psi costs about 3.3 percent of your fuel economy. |
Wired
March 2000 |
Wheel, Reinvented ...But cycling innovators have a new strategy for eliminating buyer's remorse: Think small. By working on the tiny details - aluminum spokes, cableless derailleurs - manufacturers are addressing big issues like ease of use and reliability... |
Car and Driver
June 2004
Larry Webster |
Porsche Carrera GT It is an incredible car, with a plethora of juicy technical details and glorious thrust from a mid-mounted aluminum V-10 engine. We learned about both during a day of testing and driving at Italy's Adria International Raceway. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2006
Ken Juran |
Replacing a Sealed Wheel Bearing All vehicles have wheel bearings. And sooner or later, those bearings will have to be replaced. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2007
Mike Allen |
Don't Shred Your Tires With a Pressure Washer: Car Care Tip Clean freaks beware! Car and tire manufacturers recommend against using pressure washers to clean the sidewalls of car or truck tires. |
Popular Mechanics
November 6, 2008
Mike Allen |
The 10 Ugliest Cars in Las Vegas at SEMA 2008 Dodge Charger... Hummer H2... 4WD Caddy... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2007
Ken Juran |
Saturday Mechanic: Servicing Tapered Wheel Bearings Unlike sealed wheel bearings, the front wheel bearings found on a typical rear-wheel-drive car or truck employ two-piece caged bearing assemblies. How to clean and repack these bearings in this step-by-step slide show. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2010 |
Cheap Speed Showdown: 6 Sport Car Comparison Test The cognitive man-machine mashup isn't the exclusive domain of the six-figure sports car. There are plenty of inexpensive rides that deliver a hardcore mission -- with little fluff. |
Popular Mechanics
September 17, 2008
Mike Allen |
6 Ways to Stay Safe in Your Garage: Saturday Mechanic A busted knuckle is a badge of honor, and real injuries are easily prevented. Here's the right way to work on your car without getting hurt. |
Car and Driver
June 2006
Tony Quiroga |
Road Test Review: 2006 Chevrolet Impala SS Powerful impulses from a car with a split personality. |
U.S. CPSC
December 6, 2004 |
LG Sourcing and Lowe's Recall of GardenPlus Industrial Garden Carts Over-inflation of the tires can break the metal tire rim, causing users and bystanders to be struck with pieces of metal. |
Car and Driver
May 2005
Dave Vanderwerp |
Long-Term Test: Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Our fastest long-term car ever. |
High on Adventure
April 2008
Rosen Giordano |
smart fortwo The smart for two is an ATV-sized car made to be towed with all four wheels on the ground. And there's a lot more to this "cute" car than looks. |
Wired
March 24, 2008
John Voelcker |
The Latest Trend in Microcars Positions the Engine as Backseat Driver Auto manufacturers are shifting car engines to the back for their smaller vehicles. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2006
Rich Duprey |
Goodyear Shreds Private-Label Brands Continuing its plan to focus on only the most profitable parts of its core business, the tire maker drops one-third of its private-label tire market. Investors, take note. |
Car and Driver
May 2006
Tony Quiroga |
Short Take Review: Porsche 911 Carrera 4S The only sacrifice is in the price. |
Car and Driver
June 2004
John Phillips |
GMC Canyon SLE Crew Cab 4WD Z71 Maybe not one of the world's seven wonders, but certainly a grand Canyon. |
Outside
July 2007
Grayson Schaffer |
Fix a Flat A man doesn't like to admit he's never changed a bike tire. But there's shame, and then there's hiking ten miles when you could be riding. Let us help you avoid both indignities. |
Fast Company
February 13, 2012
Tania Karas |
Progress Report - Reinvent The Wheel Flat tires generate more than 3 million AAA calls each year, and blowouts can easily cause auto accidents. But what if tires didn't need air? |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2005
Willie D. Jones |
Easy Ride Bose Corp. uses speaker technology to give cars adaptive suspension. |
Car and Driver
May 2004
Csaba Csere |
Golden Oldies Racing Vintage racing offers an excellent way to explore the driving challenges posed by such geriatric machines, as I learned last November behind the wheel of a race-prepped Jaguar E-type at the Palm Beach Sports Car Classic at Moroso Motorsports Park in Florida. |
Popular Mechanics
December 20, 2006
Ben Stewart |
Dodge Charger Police Package: Doing Donuts (Instead of Eating Them) The Hemi-powered 2007 Dodge Charger Police Package lets old Smokey burn rubber. |
Health
May 2008
Dana Sullivan Kilroy |
How Safe Is Your Car? Here's a look at some of the safety features your next vehicle should have or that you can install on the wheels you're driving today. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Goodyear Skids Not only has Goodyear's stock been skidding, the company was recently lapped by Japan's Bridgestone as the top wheel seller in North America. |
Car and Driver
September 2003 |
Superfour Challenge Once again, we gather a group of souped-up cars for an annual thrashfest, but this year we give the little guys a chance. |
Outside
May 2000 |
Biking In the following pages, Armstrong and his coach reveal the surprising fitness strategy that got Lance ready for last year's Tour---a plan that can put you at the head of the pack, too. After that, we celebrate the distinctive regional styles of bicycling in the U.S.A. |
Popular Mechanics
April 24, 2008
Mike Allen |
Why You're Driving Slower Than You Think--and How to Fix It: Mechanic's Diary Recalibrate your motorcycle's speedometer. |
Science News
April 3, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Riding on Square Wheels Stan Wagon, a mathematician at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., has a bicycle with square wheels. It's a weird contraption, but he can ride it perfectly smoothly. His secret is the shape of the road over which the wheels roll. |
U.S. CPSC
April 16, 2002 |
Ames True Temper Recall of Wheelbarrows The plastic wheel assemblies on these wheelbarrows, manufactured by a predecessor company, can break when being inflated with high-pressure air hoses. This can result in plastic pieces exploding from the rims of the wheels, possibly hitting nearby consumers... |
AskMen.com
January 17, 2003
Bob Plunkett |
2003 Honda Element Best described as a "mobile dorm room," it's a basic vehicle with a cavernous wash-and-wear cabin that's flexible and convertible in a design that accommodates up to four riders and all sorts of packed gear. |
Popular Mechanics
August 20, 2008
Mike Allen |
ZR1 Drive Reflects Tech Evolution on the Road: Mechanic's Diary The most shocking aspect of the new Corvette ZR1 isn't the 638-hp supercharged V8, it's the way Chevrolet manages to get all that power to the ground in a safe, controllable manner. |
U.S. CPSC
August 17, 2005 |
Torelli Imports Recall of Bicycle Tires The tire can separate from the wheel, resulting in a flat tire. This can cause the rider to lose control and fall. |
