Category: Roadway Questions

  • How to Recondition A Car Battery-8 Simple Steps

    I think sometimes we take our car batteries for granted.  They have no moving parts and remain largely unseen until something inevitably goes wrong.  That one time we go to start our car and it doesn’t want to do it.  Then the battery becomes the focus of our attention. Our first inclination is to run…

  • When Does A Car Battery Charge? You’ll Be Surprised

    When Does A Car Battery Charge? You’ll Be Surprised

    When Does a Car Battery Charge? We ask a lot of our car batteries, don’t we?  I mean we depend on them to get our car started and sometimes we depend on them to charge our ever-important devices.  Now, we have discussed at length what to do when a car battery dies.  But with all…

  • How Many Ways Will My Car Battery Die? And How To Handle It

    How Many Ways Will My Car Battery Die? And How To Handle It

    For many of us, our cars are our lifeline.  Our cars get us to work, school, vacation, or any number of other functions in our daily lives.  However, like some people in our lives, our cars prove to be undependable and fail us.  Our cars take a beating, they age, they wear down; if we…

  • Can My Car Battery Get Wet? 4 Things You Didn’t Know

    Can My Car Battery Get Wet? 4 Things You Didn’t Know

    Can My Car Battery Get Wet? This is a reasonable question.  Afterall your car battery is kept warm and dry under the hood; so you may be concerned about introducing water to your car battery.  More than likely though, if your car battery gets wet you are more concerned about electrocuting yourself or causing catastrophic…

  • The Donut Spare Tire-Everything You Need to Know

    The Donut Spare Tire-Everything You Need to Know

    At one point or another in your driving life, you will have the unfortunate experience of having to change a flat tire. Now, you can try to fix the tire yourself or you can replace the flat with a spare tire.  Most people think of the funny looking wheel when you think of a spare…

  • Can Windshield Wipers Freeze?

    Can Windshield Wipers Freeze?

    Ah, wintertime. A beautiful time of year for some, but a potential nightmare for others.  Your car gets no exemption from wintertime. In fact, your car and its ‘extremities’ take a huge beating during the winter. Windshield wipers may take some of the most brutal punishment of all. So, can your windshield wipers freeze?  Yes,…