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Your First Overnight Backpacking Trip and What to Leave Home

Pick a camp four miles from the car, carry under 30 pounds, and know where the water is. Everything else is negotiable.

GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

What a Classic Car Actually Costs You Every Year

The purchase price is the cheap part. Insurance, storage and the stuff nobody warns you about is where the money actually goes.

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GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Buy the memory card before you buy the dash cam

The camera is the easy part. Mounting, power and what happens to the footage are where most people get it wrong.

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Dads6 min read

Your car seat is probably loose, and three other mistakes

Go out to the driveway, grab the seat at the belt path, and pull. If it moves more than an inch, you've got a problem worth ten minutes.

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GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Pull Your Own Check Engine Code in Ten Minutes

A twenty-dollar scanner and a parking space is all it takes to find out whether that light means a loose gas cap or a tow truck.

GuideGearWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The car kit that matters when the kids are in the back

Two failures cause most roadside stops. Buy for those first, spend about $250, and skip the pre-packed duffel bag entirely.

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Raising kids outdoors when you live on the sixth floor

No garden, no car, forty minutes before dinner. What actually gets city kids outside on a wet Tuesday, and what just sits in the hall.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Replacing a Car Battery Without Waking Every Warning Light

The swap takes twenty minutes. The part nobody tells you about is what your car forgets the second the power goes away.

GuideDatingMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

What her father is actually trying to find out

Leave your phone in the car, answer the money question straight, and stay behind to help with the dishes. The rest is easier than you think.

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Why Your Car Won't Start, Worked Out In Order

Listen to the sound it makes, check one number on the battery, and you'll know whether this is a ten-minute fix or a tow.

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GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Headlights, Wipers and the Cabin Filter in One Afternoon

Three jobs a shop charges real money for, all doable in your driveway with a 10mm socket, a pair of gloves and about an hour.

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GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Bringing a rusty Stanley No. 4 back to work

A car boot plane, a sheet of 80 grit and an evening at the bench will out-cut most of what's sold new in the shops.

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Changing your own oil without making a mess of it

The order to do it in, the two mistakes that dump five quarts on your driveway, and the parts nobody tells you to buy.

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GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

What the hammer price at a car auction doesn't include

The bid is the cheapest part. Fees, titles, tow bills and a two-minute inspection window are where people lose money.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

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Never speak badly of their mother, and what to say instead

Skills6 min

Changing a tire at the roadside without getting hurt

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GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

What to Do and Photograph in the First Ten Minutes After a Crash

Adrenaline makes you stupid for about five minutes. Have a plan so your hands know what to do while your brain catches up.

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Dads6 min read

Grandfather is a support role, and that's the whole trick

Nobody hands you authority the second time around. What they hand you is a car seat, a schedule, and the chance to be the most reliable adult in the room.

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