If you are old enough to have driven or ridden in cars from the 60s and 70s, you may remember the signs that a car battery was getting weaker. Instead of starting the car right away, you would hear the starter turning more slowly for several seconds, and sometimes that was enough to start the car. It…
As he recounted in his autobiography, it was during a sales meeting in 1909 that Henry Ford said, “Any color the customer wants, as long as it’s black,” about his plans for the assembly line-built Model T. Indeed, as his famous assembly line started up, Model Ts were only in black from 1914 until one hundred years…
With budgets tight and wallets stretched to the limit, we have to find a vehicle that will keep us on the road. Something that we can easily afford. Not just the price of the vehicle, but also the cost of fuel, maintenance, insurance, and other upkeep costs. The question is whether there is a vehicle you can get that is reliable and easy on…
If you are a truck owner who may have thought about replacing your truck with a new one, chances are the new truck prices have given you pause. Perhaps you will try to keep your current truck a bit longer, or if that is not a viable option, get a used truck, which, of course,…
In the past, your vehicle may have started to feel its age when the odometer hit 100,000 miles. Thanks to improved engineering, build quality, and technology, your vehicle can now last longer. Do not be surprised if your vehicle hits 250,000 miles on the odometer. How does a vehicle make it 250,000 miles? There are plenty of factors that will keep a vehicle on the road to meet…
As summer warms up in Indiana, a reliable air conditioning system becomes more than just a nice feature. It helps keep every drive more comfortable, whether you are heading to work, running errands, or planning a weekend road trip. The problem is that many drivers do not realize there is an issue with their A/C until the…
TopSpeed.com published an article listing its picks for the most comfortable SUVs for a long road trip. It divided the list into five luxury and five non-luxury models. Last month, an Alderman Automotive blog post covered the non-luxury models. This month, we follow up with TopSpeed.com’s list of luxury models. Comfort comes more easily to these luxury models, as their higher price…
Whether you’re looking to buy a luxury, performance, or comfortable gas sipper for an SUV, tons of great options have been produced over the past decade. MotorTrend recently detailed ten of the best for car shoppers. Let’s take a look. Chevrolet Trailblazer The magazine said the 2022 Chevrolet Trailblazer is one of the best used SUVs to buy because it offers a great-looking vehicle with plenty of technology,…
Most buyers don’t purchase a vehicle to be their forever car. Instead, you buy a car, truck, SUV, or van that is great within your price range, with the thought that you will probably trade it in or sell it within five years or so. And while you may not be thinking about it now, it is important to keep in mind…
People often say that tires are the most important safety feature on your vehicle. They are, after all, the only part of your car that touches the world around it (unless something goes wrong). Yet, many of us know very little about tires. They all look like black rubber donuts, and aside from size and tread patterns,…
