Ten degrees of overnight cooling takes about a pound out of every tire, so the first cold mornings light the dashboard with no leak anywhere. How to tell the weather from a nail, and why the station air hose sets the wrong number.
A bike has no park position and nothing to stand on, so it rides on a deck rather than behind a truck. What the straps actually hold, where they belong on the fork, and what a bad tie-down bends.
Federal figures put EV range about 41 percent lower in the cold, and most of that goes to the cabin heater. What the canyons take on top of it, and why a flat pack needs a flatbed rather than a jump.
It is clear, not black, and it picks the same spots every winter: bridge decks, the curb lane and the shaded run toward the canyon mouths. Plus what to do in the two seconds after the back of the car steps out.
A long descent turns brakes into heaters, and the pedal warns you before it quits. How to pick the gear at the top of SR-210 and SR-190, and what to do once the pedal has gone long.
Four things in order: get clear of the travel lane while the car still rolls, make it visible, stay with it, and have fuel brought out. Plus why the canyons are the worst place for this.
Four checks before you pull back into traffic, the difference between a bulging sidewall and a bent rim, and whether the claim goes to Sandy City or to UDOT.
A child or pet inside changes the call from a lockout to 911. What a coat hanger really costs, what a dead fob actually needs, and which number to dial in Sandy.
A jump proves the engine runs. It does not prove the battery holds a charge. Five myths that put drivers back on the shoulder a week later, corrected.
