Rust isn’t just “bad luck”—it’s chemistry plus design, climate, and maintenance. These seven reasons explain why some cars ...

Winter road crews save your life and slowly kill your car. The same salt that keeps a mountain pass open will chew into brake lines, suspension arms, and frame rails if you let it sit. The fix isn’t ...

WD-40 isn't just for squeaks. In winter conditions, it can help protect certain car parts, but only if you know how to use it ...

Mid-January in America's rust belt always looks pretty much the same: The sky is grey with clouds, the roads are grey with a disgusting slurry of slushy goop, and our cars turn grey with a light coat ...

Some cars seem to dissolve into brown flakes while others stay solid for decades. I want to unpack why that happens, because rust is not just ugly, it quietly destroys structure and value. By tracing ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Over 44 million pounds of salt hit Louisville's roads—capable of rusting cars. At the ImportDoktor on Lexington Road, owner David George knows what ends up on the outside of a car ...

The “Galveston itch” has struck again. A Yankee transplant (her word, not ours) to the island recently discovered the Ford SUV she bought brand-new four years ago and had only driven for 26,000 miles ...

Dear Tom and Ray: I live in Vermont, where we get lots of ice and snow in the winter, and roads get a lot of salt spread on them. At any given time during the winter, a person's car might be encrusted ...

Cast iron cookware can easily rust if not cared for properly. Luckily, it’s easy to clean rust off cast iron so it’s back to tip-top shape.