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Observations from behind the camera and the reporter’s notebook for showing a classic car at a show.

Buying a collector car at a live auction can be exciting, but you have a lot of work to do before the bidding begins.

Learn how paint protection film can be used for more than just painted surfaces.

Yes, it is possible to remove those tiny scratches from the interior platic surfaces of your car.

Forget the Lincoln penny test, but don’t forget to use a tire pressure gauge, or to check your tires’ born-on dates.

Seriously, do not pass Go and do not collect $200 until you’ve considered the time and the cost and the labor involved.

Detailing your car encompasses cleaning it with a clay bar, buffing and correcting the clear coat, then polishing it to make it shine like new.

Spring is the time to get your classic cars out of storage. Here's what to check before you drive it.

Washing a car requires more than a bucket and a hose. Here’s how to do it right.

When storing a classic vehicle during the winter for three, four months or more, the question often arises: should I periodically start my car or just leave it be until spring finally comes around? Like many maintenance issues in the car world, there are opposing schools of thought on this issue...

You're coming hot. The corner is looming large out the front glass and you need to get this vehicle slowed down quickly. If you stomp on that brake pedal, you're likely to lock up the wheels and blow right through the corner. If you don't use enough brakes, you're also going through the corner...

Most performance vehicle buyers don't use their vehicles as intended, or don't even know how. For that very reason many automakers now offer their own schools to teach buyers to take advantage of the capabilities of their vehicles. Then there's Ford Performance Racing School, and while it's similar...

Left-foot braking. It's a tool performance drivers can add to their skill sets, but does it really make a difference? The folks at Team O'Neil Rally School have made a video to answer that question, at least when it comes to rally driving. To find out if right- or left-foot braking is better when...

Heel-and toe shifting is a pretty cool trick that you can pull out to try to impress your car guy buddies on the street. If you get it right, maybe they'll be impressed. If that passenger is your wife, boss, any other non-car person, odds are they won't even know what you are talking about, and...

Drivers dread the moment they effectively "run out of talent." That sinking feeling in the bottom of your stomach when a turn goes pear-shaped and the car goes sideways isn't exactly thrilling. For some, talent runs out on the day's last lap, when tires are hot and tensions are hotter. For others...

Most auto enthusiasts have been there. Your classic car needs a part or accessory, and the hunt begins. Where do you start? Maybe I can help. This week I was tasked with finding a new car cover for one of my family's three blue-on-blue Z32 300ZX 2+2s. (Yes, we have a problem.) Sure, I could have...

It's a site that sends out a siren call to many auto enthusiasts. It's called Bring A Trailer (BaT) and many of us spend too much time looking at it on a daily basis. It's a gearhead's utopia of rare, vintage, and unique vehicles for sale all in one location. While the site features Craigslist...

New cars are like playgrounds for adults. There are many exciting places to explore and crawl around, but like a hot slide in July, not all of them are great. No matter the price, some cars just don't come standard with common sense. Here's a short list of things we could do without in our new...

There are times in life when it's not so easy being a gearhead. Like, most of the time. But there are ways you can make it easier. These lifehacks will help anyone with a taste for cars and the turning of wrenches get on with things and still have time for all of that annoying non-car stuff your...

Even though it seems like it should be impossible, almost every year the car industry brings forth new and impressive feats of engineering, packaging, and value. Faster, more efficient, more feature-filled, and better-looking--just as it appears the end is in sight (cf. the "horsepower wars"), one...