The drawer of dead phones. The laptop that hasn’t booted since 2022. The shoebox of charging cables for devices you no longer own. Most of it is worth more moving through a recycling stream than sitting in a junk drawer — and a surprising amount of it is worth actual cash. Here’s the full, no-nonsense … Read more
Cars change slowly enough that you don’t notice a feature is gone until you reach for it and it isn’t there — the spare tire that’s now a can of goo, the CD slot that became a blank panel, the little vent window your grandfather swore by. Some of these car features that disappeared were … Read more
Regular cab — no back seat, no second row, just two doors and the longest bed your truck offers — used to be the default way to buy a pickup. Today it’s nearly extinct at retail, and for 2026 the list of holdouts got shorter again: Ram no longer offers a regular cab 1500 at … Read more
Car incentives in 2026 are running hotter than they have in years — national incentive spending has climbed past 20% year over year, landing around $3,300 per vehicle on average. But that average hides the real story, because the money is wildly lopsided: some segments are practically being given away with stacked 0% financing and … Read more
Hyundai’s anti-theft software update is supposed to end the USB-cable thefts that plagued its cars for years — and mostly, it works. But a patched Hyundai Tucson was stolen anyway this year, in about two minutes, the same way thousands of Hyundai and Kia thefts have happened since 2022. It’s a reminder that even a … Read more
Fresh rubber doesn’t grip the way it will after a few hundred miles — and most drivers have no idea. Straight off the shelf, a new tire wears a thin film of mold-release compound left over from manufacturing, and its tread blocks haven’t yet worn into their final full-contact shape. Treat a new set like … Read more
Brake fluid never gets the attention engine oil does, which is backwards — it’s the one fluid standing between your foot and a wall. It’s the hydraulic medium that turns pedal pressure into clamping force at all four wheels, and when it fails, it fails at the worst possible moment: mid-stop. The good news is … Read more
A flat tire always seems to happen at the worst possible time — dark, raining, or the one day you’re already late. The good news: changing one is a genuinely simple job you can learn in a driveway on a sunny afternoon, so that roadside version never catches you helpless. Here’s how to change a … Read more
The Slate electric truck preorder window opened June 24, and the response has been the loudest signal yet that a genuinely cheap, genuinely basic new vehicle is what a big slice of the market has been waiting for: more than 180,000 reservations for the Bezos-backed startup’s stripped-down pickup. Now that pricing, specs, and the production … Read more
Subaru’s manual transmission 2027 lineup is now official — and it’s the most contrarian product announcement in the industry this year. While manuals hover around 1% of overall new-car sales and most automakers quietly delete the option with every redesign, Subaru stood up at the 2026 Fuji 24 Hours endurance race, showed three cars under … Read more