Letting your car idle in the garage “just for a minute” feels harmless, especially on a freezing morning or when you are juggling kids, groceries, and work. In reality, that quick warmup can fill the ...

That old habit of letting your car idle for five or ten minutes in the driveway on a cold morning feels caring, but modern engines don’t see it that way. Thanks to fuel injection and thin synthetic ...

Once upon a time, it was considered good practice to warm up your engine by letting it idle for a little while before setting off. These days, however, people tend to just jump in the car and go. Is ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The cold weather drains your car battery. It can leave you stranded. In fact, it happened to our expert from CARFAX. "I have a 2020 Kia. Our battery is 4, almost 4.5 years old. We ...

When you were first learning how to drive a car, did you receive a particular warning from your instructor, or perhaps a friend or familiar member? Specifically, did they warn you not to leave your ...

As winter rolls in, plenty of American drivers still think they need to let their engines idle before hitting the road—but modern car experts say that’s a myth. According to Auto Care Plus, a top U.S.

A truck idles when its engine runs without moving the vehicle. Trucks idle regularly throughout the course of a haul, and more than one million long-haul heavy-duty trucks idle during rest periods ...

As colder mornings return, many Georgia drivers start their day the same way: turning on the car, letting it idle, and waiting for the heat to kick in. The good news for anyone who relies on that warm ...