Category: Auto

By Sharon Peters CTW Features Q: Two years ago, when gas prices were high, I was definitely thinking of buying a hybrid for my next car. I had no formula or scientific rationale, I just assumed that with time I’d wind up saving money. Now, with gas prices so low, I’m pretty sure it would…

Steering You Right with Sharon Peters Q: Here’s another battle that I hope you can declare a victor on. My husband always marks the tires with chalk when I go to have them rotated. That ensures it really gets done. He got into a little argument last week when he picked up the car, saying…

It seems motorists are their own worst enemies behind the wheel By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Statistics suggest that 94 percent of all vehicular crashes occur because of human error. Sure, accidents can and will happen, but the results of a recent study found that a whopping 87 percent of motorists engage — and do…

Steering You Right with Sharon Peters Q: You write about trends in vehicle features and equipment sometimes, and like you I have noticed that most carmakers are trying to cram as many cup holders as possible into vehicles. I know such things proliferate because of consumer demand. So why can’t carmakers do anything to meet…

While the number of licensed teenage drivers began to drop sharply a decade ago — a statistic that’s been attributed to anything from the pervasiveness of the Internet and smartphones to just plain indifference — an increasing number of them are again getting behind the wheel. That’s according to an analysis conducted by the Highway…

While a few automakers already offer park-assist systems that can automatically steer a vehicle into a parallel or perpendicular space while a motorist shifts gears and modulates the brake pedal, BMW has been given permission to sell its flagship 7 Series sedan with an advanced version that takes the driver out of the equation altogether.…

Steering You Right With Sharon Peters Q: My mother is visiting for a couple of weeks this summer and, there’s really no other way to say this: She has become so overweight I’m pretty sure the seatbelt in our minivan isn’t going to go around her. I know that she did some sort of special…

Steering You Right with Sharon Peters Q: We regularly buy one- or two-year-old vehicles to use for our business, and you’d be amazed how many of them don’t have owner’s manuals. With all the information available on the Internet, it seems like this ought to be something I can find there, but so far have…