Children's Museum at Holyoke. The Children’s Museum in Holyoke, Massachusetts is creating future gearheads with an awesome new exhibit designed to teach kids about cars. It’s called the Automotive TECHnician Center and it not only teaches young kids about cars, it allows them to get hands-on with a real car, see how it works,...

There’s never a shortage of creativity when it comes to people trying to skirt carpool lane rules. Since you aren’t allowed to drive in high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes by yourself, many drivers will create fake passengers to ride along with them. We’ve seen people use mannequins, dummies, and even an inflatable Grinch. However, according to the California...

Toyota Toyota is most well-known for making reliable cars, but the Japanese auto giant puts an emphasis on the actual process of making cars and that involves squishy human workers who are prone to accidents on the factory floor—especially while working with heavy automated machinery. No matter how efficient the famous Toyota...

Facebook Marketplace, The Drive To some, this expandable Craftsman trailer with a 2000s-era gadget emblazoned large on the side will draw some questions. To whoever’s asking them, I’d say they probably weren’t paying attention back when the PlayStation Portable dropped on the scene and forever changed on-the-go gaming for us kids...

Andrew P. Collins Cars hate sitting static. Well, OK, they don’t feel emotions per se but machinery does degrade over time even when it’s not used. In fact, a car can break down quickly because it’s not being used. You’ve probably noticed that brake rotors tend to turn brown with surface rust if you’ve parked in the rain...

Toyota The Toyota Starlet may not be as famous today as it once was, but to the old heads, the Starlet may as well be synonymous with motorsport. The lightweight, sometimes rear-wheel-drive hatch was a lively little thing when you threw any power at all at it, and it’s still respected around the world. The Starlet may soon return...