Is Premium Gas Worth the Price?
With gas prices hitting new highs and expected to continue climbing, many consumers are starting to wonder if they really need to put premium-grade gasoline in their car. The answer …
Car Repair Shops Luring Customers Into Predatory Loans
A Utah bank is helping car repair shops lure customers into loans that can carry annual interest rates as high as 189%, even though such loans are illegal in many …
Tesla Insurance Claims Experience Will be a ‘Dream,’ Musk Pledges
Billionaire multitasker Elon Musk has been in the news for his takeover of Twitter, a little utility that is perhaps nice to have but not exactly necessary. Car insurance, on …
How Well Do Drivers Understand New Driver-Assistance Systems?
Human behavior has a way of thwarting safety technology, especially when it comes to the driver-assistance systems now becoming common in new cars, a AAA study finds. “You can’t fake …
Chicago Breaks the Limit for Speed Camera Tickets
Faster than a drag racer, Chicago has blazed a new trail in speeding violations, issuing 2.8 million speeding tickets in 2021. That’s more residents than live in all of Chicago …
Turning SUVs, Pickups More Likely to Hit Pedestrians
It’s not news that SUVs, pickups and other large vehicles cause more severe injuries than sedans when they hit pedestrians. Now a study finds that they’re also more likely to …
No Steering Wheel, No Problem: New Car Safety Rule
Someday there will probably be cars that don’t need drivers. So why should they have to have steering wheels, driver’s seats and so forth? A new federal rules says they …
Electric Cars More Trouble-Prone than Gas: UK Survey
Most consumers assume that electric cars are more reliable than their gas-powered ancestors. They have fewer moving parts, after all. Yes, but they also rely on complex and relatively new …
Feds Target Rogue Repossessions
The used-car market is blazing hot, thanks to supply problems that have made new cars hard to come by. So, like anything that suddenly grows in value, cars are prime …
‘Extended Warranty’ Promoters Bilked Consumers Out of $6 Million, Feds Charge
Just about everyone with a phone is hounded constantly by people hawking “extended auto warranties” despite the efforts of the Federal Trade Commission and other federal, state and local regulators …