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In snow, snow chains are the ideal tool to defy the weather conditions. The most common questions have been compiled and answered here. Snow chains on the rear, front axle, or both? If you want to buy snow chains for the first time, you will be wondering whether they will come with ...

Everyone knows it: you go where you think you have parked your car and it's gone. At first a shock, until it occurs to you that it is somewhere else. Everything went well again. But not that luck ...

Without engine oil, sooner or later the engine will no longer be functional. Probably sooner rather than later. And that also applies to the use of the wrong engine oil. And the engine oil requires constant control to ensure that there is still enough and ...

There are numerous reasons why drivers ignore the flashing reserve tank light and continue their journey: high gas prices at motorway service stations, the incorrect assumption that the lighter the car, the lower the fuel consumption, etc. Almost all of these reasons are with the ...

Gearbox damage is a costly affair with both automatic and manual gearboxes and usually causes costs in the four-digit range, unless you have a suitable replacement gearbox ready and, in the best case, can still install it yourself. But as a rule there are ...

After the alloy wheel specialists from Barracuda Racing Wheels presented their 2021 new product "Dragoon" last week, they are now rolling the next highlight of their Ultralight Series manufactured using the flow forming process into the limelight: the recently unveiled "Summa" is the designation LEICHTmetallrad ...

The CUPRA family has grown by one member: a warm welcome, Daniel Abt! Most recently active in the FIA ​​Formula E, the 28-year-old from Allgäu can look back on a motorsport career spanning more than two decades, ten of them on the international stage. He will ...

Hardly any other topic is addressed as often as rims. After all, it's the part of the car that makes a huge contribution to the first impression and is noticeable very quickly. So it's no wonder that, as in every area, extreme and extraordinary products ...

Where is my car? Almost everyone has asked themselves this question before, whether on a large, confusing parking lot, after sightseeing in a foreign city or when changing parking spaces in their own residential area. This is confirmed by a new representative study by ...

Cool thing! Marc Philipp Gemballa has reached an agreement with the Porsche specialists from Ruf Automobile from Pfaffenhausen. In view of the small series of the Gemballa-2 for the terrain, which has been planned for 40 years and limited to 992 copies. Ten vehicles from ...

Who does not know the nonsensical things, tools, etc., which mostly apprentices or trainees in the first year of training have to bring for the "friendly" work colleagues. Often the "fun" is only resolved after some back and forth and the trainee realizes that he has ...

If you want to determine the correct engine performance on the roller dynamometer, you first and foremost need realistic and reproducible information. However, different variables must be included in this calculation. Therefore it is necessary to consider various aspects and to skilfully avoid possible sources of error. On what ...

Every driver is confronted again after a few hundred kilometers: refueling. At least if it's a conventional combustion engine and not something an electric car. Of course, you take the right petrol pump and refill your car with fuel to continue driving. But …

Interested readers keep asking us which road-legal sports tires are currently in fashion and what their names are. If you do not know the exact name, it is often not easy to find out the properties of the desired tire. Reason enough, …