One of the most fundamental choices when choosing a car is deciding whether you want to go with a manual transmission or an automatic . Most drivers simply default to choosing an automatic because they don’t know how to handle a manually-operated transmission. It’s true: there is some time that needs to be invested in…
Horsepower and torque are two words that get thrown around a lot by gear heads. While they may seem like two different factors, they’re very closely related. In fact, horsepower is very reliant on an engine’s torque output, though high-torque doesn’t necessarily mean lots of horsepower, particularly on electrically powered models. Torque is the turning…
Nothing beats a good day at the beach. Growing up, the perfect bookend to the day was always our drive home from a beach near Sarasota, at sunset, in our big Chevy. In a stupor induced by too much swimming, sand castle building, and seaside rough-housing, my brothers and sisters and I would shuffle into…
Car culture can be a tough shell to break through. It’s full of unique vocabulary that doesn’t seem to pop up in other places. The key to feeling more closely connected with your ride, the car shopping process, and vehicles in general is to learn what some of these terms mean. Let’s go over a…
