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What to check before you hand a stranger cash for a car

A private sale can save you thousands or cost you a transmission. The difference is about ninety minutes of work and the willingness to walk away.

GuideAutosDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

What it really takes to get a car past 250,000 miles

Most cars die of neglected fluids and small leaks, not worn-out engines. The schedule that prevents it's shorter than you think.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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StoryDadsSam Ortiz7 Oct 20266 min

She packs the car backward, and she's right every time

Six hundred miles, two kids, one cooler. On a road trip, my wife's system beats my Tetris skills, and her rules work for any family car.

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BRO Seniors6 min read

The moon doesn't follow the car, and other things I looked up later

The grandkids assume you know why the sky is blue and how to change a tire. By the end of this, you actually will.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideFamilyCal Brennan6 Oct 20266 min

Let your kids fail while it still costs twenty dollars

First job, first car, first apartment. Hand over the adult jobs early, while a mistake costs a late fee, not a lease.

StoryDadsSam Ortiz7 Oct 20267 min

How the car goes, where wind comes from, and other bluffs

Eight questions from the back seat I couldn't answer, plus the real answers you can give your kids tonight.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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StoryHistoryDean Shaw3 Oct 20266 min

Farmers Invented the Pickup and Detroit Caught Up Later

Before Ford built a single pickup, men were sawing the backs off their cars. The truck has been shaped by its owners ever since.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

Build your car kit for the ninety-minute wait, not the photo

Most roadside kits are packed for the picture on the box. This one's packed for a dead battery, a flat tire, and a long, cold wait for the tow truck.

GuideMomsNina Castellan30 Sept 20267 min

Run Sports Season From the Trunk, Not the Kitchen Counter

The season goes wrong at 7:40 on a Saturday morning. Stock one bin, set a few rules, and the scramble stops. The car is your real headquarters.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideDadsSam Ortiz28 Sept 20265 min

The no-questions ride home is harder to keep than to make

Any hour, any place, no questions in the car. Saying it takes a minute. Keeping it at 2 a.m. is where kids find out if you meant it.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

The dashboard lights that mean stop the car now

Red, amber and green aren't decoration. Learn which lights give you a week and which give you thirty seconds.

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Change a tire in the dark and the rain without getting hit

The order matters more than the muscle. Loosen before you lift, and never put a body part under a car held up by a scissor jack.

GuideLifeCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

One page on the fridge beats a four-hour drive

Set this up while nothing's wrong, and the next 11 p.m. phone call doesn't turn into a panic and a rental car.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

The tire pressure light is a late warning

By the time that little horseshoe lights up, a tire's already 25 percent low. A gauge, a quarter and two minutes a month get you ahead of it.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Old School6 min

How To Keep A Car Twenty Years The Way My Grandfather Did

Young Men6 min

Your first car should be boring, and that's a compliment

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

Red on dead, and the black clamp nobody gets right

Four clamps, one order, and the last connection that keeps a jump-start from becoming a spark next to a battery. Learn it once.

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City Bro5 min read

When living without a car in the city actually works

Run the arithmetic before you sell the truck, because the math changes the day a second kid shows up or your job gets a job site.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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