News, reviews and articles about cars and car accessories.
REVIEW – Our phones are indispensable when driving, often providing directions, music, audiobooks and more. But, did you know that at least 24 states here in the US ban the use of a hand-held cell phone while driving? That doesn’t mean you can’t use your phone for directions, but it does mean that you need […]
REVIEW – Vroooom! Sputter sputter! Tick tick tick! Clunk! For those of us that what to know the reasons our cars whir and tink along, and are even more curious what to do when our beloved 4-wheel conveyances STOP making the sounds, the Launch 129i OBD2 Automotive Scan Tool comes to the rescue! What is
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REVIEW – One of the best things about newer cars is how quick and easy it is to pair your phone with your car audio. But what about vehicles that were made before Bluetooth was a thing? DESFLOW has you covered with their Bluetooth FM Transmitter Adapter. What is it? The DESFLOW Bluetooth FM Transmitter
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REVIEW – About 20 years ago, I had one of those older lead-acid jump start battery packs. It was very heavy, but it saved the day more than once. It even had an air compressor on board! Newer jump start battery packs are much smaller with lithium batteries. Today I get to try one with
REVIEW – The FineVU GX30 dashcam puts all its features in a package that fits neatly behind the rearview mirror, plus just a smidgen of widget in the back window. Thankfully, no cars were damaged during the evaluation of this dashcam, but if it happened, I could have shown you the pictures! What is it
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REVIEW -Back in September of last year I had a car back into the front of my car as we were waiting in line to leave a parking lot. I am guessing the car pulled too far forward, panicked, and threw their car in reverse without doing a thorough check behind them. It seemed to
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REVIEW – Spring is here and allergy season has begun! This time, I’ve got a new weapon in my aresenal: A portable , USB powered air purifier from Scosche called the FrescheAir that fits into a cup holder. What is it? The Scosche FrescheAir is a compact air purifier with a 3 stage HEPA filter
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ARTICLE – For years I had this idea to decorate my garage with all the tail lights of all the cars I’ve owned. Not the originals, of course, but junkyard specials, eBay finds, etc. I finally had some free time over the holidays so I finally assembled my collection and wired it up for some
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NEWS – I’ve been hauling bikes and snowboards on my cars for decades and during that time there’s been numerous advances that have made things easier; I have stories for another time. Yakima has been my go to brand for a lot of reasons and so I always keep an eye on what they’re cooking
Yakima’s new EXO System is like a bunk bed for your trailer hitch Read More
NEWS – You’ve seen sensors that plug into the OBD2 socket under your car’s dash that tell you information about your vehicle’s diagnostic codes right? If you’ve wanted one of these sensors in the past but didn’t want to spend the money to buy one, today is your very lucky day because you can score
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REVIEW – For some time now, I have thought about adding a dash cam to my car. Fortunately, I only had one incident where I could have used the recorded footage from a dash cam. While stopped at a red light, a car in the right lane next to me decided to jump in front
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NEWS – To borrow a line from a great tv show, “Winter is coming,” and with it plenty of snow and ice. The Scrape-A-Round windshield ice scraper is a different way to remove ice, frost, and snow from your windshield. The cone-shaped design of the Scrape-a-Round conforms to the curvature of a window and allows
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REVIEW – Designed for do-it-yourselfers, Blue Eclipse’s BluCare Auto app promises to make you the “Go-To” expert in your car’s maintenance, and record-keeping, and even remembers where you put it! What is it? The BluCare Auto app is a software package that provides vehicle location, maintenance records and reminders, trip information, and easy access to
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REVIEW – Do you have a dash cam in your vehicle yet? A dash cam is a type of gadget that you install and then forget about it. The hope is that you’ll never need it unless it’s to review some fun footage that it captured instead of accident footage. Choosing a dash cam can
Nextbase 622GW 4K dash cam review – it has every feature you’d ever want in a dash cam Read More
REVIEW – In June of 2019, I reviewed Lanmodo’s Night Vision Safe Driving Assistant. I was impressed with its performance and capabilities. Lanmodo has released an updated version with some great features. Let’s have a look to see what surprises Lanmodo has packed into their new powerhouse Vast Pro camera that makes seeing in the
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CROWDFUNDING REVIEW – In the last six months, I’ve had to jump-start 4 or 5 vehicles. When the Hulkman Alpha 85S Jump Starter review offer came along, I thought it could be the answer to making that task much easier. What is it? The Hulkman Alpha 85S Jump Starter is a multi-purpose device whose primary
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REVIEW – Today’s newer vehicles have those spiffy rear cameras that you can use when backing up. Some vehicles also have review mirrors that are display screens, showing realtime video from a read-facing camera instead of a reflection. Auto-Vox has combined both of those features with a forward-facing camera and recording capabilities and created the
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REVIEW – Recently, Indiana passed a stricter hands-free law making it illegal to hold your cell phone while driving. Knowing that although I am very safe when it comes to not using my phone while driving, there are times when I’m using GPS or other apps that I do hold my phone. To remove the temptation of
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REVIEW – Living in a big city like New York City, one would assume that we have cell towers on just about every few blocks and that the cell signal here should be fantastic. However, this is not the case and even in well-populated areas I seem to drive through many zones where the cell
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NEWS – At 7 pm EDT on August 6, 2020, Cadillac presented a look into General Motor’s dive into electrification. Cadillac introduced the LYRIQ – its first all-electric vehicle. It is GM’s first vehicle built on its next-generation modular electrification platform based on its new Ultium battery technology. These batteries use a new NCMA (nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum)
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