You may have heard the term active safety. This term is also sometimes known as active safety systems or driver assistance systems. As you may have guessed we are talking about the opposite of passive safety. In reality, active safety technologies are becoming more and more omnipresent on modern vehicles. In simple terms, active safety systems are capable of preventing ...

Buying a first car is an important step for anyone. Often the purchase is made after we receive our driver’s license, but sometimes it’s later, perhaps when we leave the city for a place where public transportation is not as well established as we would like. Whatever the reason, buying our first car can be a scary step. After all, ...

Have you ever started your vehicle without putting your foot on the brake? You probably noticed a bunch of lights on the dashboard. Then, when you start the car correctly, they go away. That’s a good thing in most cases, as some of those warning lights can signal a problem that needs to be adressed quickly. To get a better ...

It’s the warning light we are all desperately trying to avoid, the dreaded check engine light. Scary when we first see it, especially if we have never seen it on our vehicle before, the check engine light is not as bad as it seems. Your car will not fall apart at the scene nor will it catch fire. So the ...