Differences Between Buying and Leasing The main difference between buying and leasing an automobile is when you buy an auto, you own it and get to keep the vehicle once the contract is fulfilled. When you lease an automobile, you are borrowing the vehicle and must return it once the lease has expire...

I have a confession to make: I can sing 'this little piggy' in rap, operatic, and country style.  OK, so I'm fully aware that I will never make the X-Factor with my bizarre renditions; but I reckon an in-car-entertainment company would be mad not to snap me up and cash in on such talents!  Yes, I ...

Most people spend their time at home after working. Spending time with family after working hard in the day is what they choose to spend. Watching television is what they mostly do. Unfortunately only a few of television programs that can be seen by both parents and children. Besides only a few TV p...

This is another in a series of posts I'm writing about my search for a new car to replace my current leased Volvo, which I have to give up in June. Catch up with the entire series here. One of the standout low-mileage models at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November was the hybrid version of the Satu...

Each year at the Chicago Auto Show, Bridgestone brings out the winners of its annual Safety Scholars Video contest, to introduce them and share the stories of the safety videos each student has produced. This popular teen safety program is an integral part of Bridgestone's driver safety education in...

Opinions abound as to who was the original Valentine, with the most popular theory that he was a clergyman who was executed for secretly marrying couples in ancient Rome in spite of Emperor Claudius II, who felt that marriage weakened his soldiers. In any event, in A.D. 496, Pope Gelasius I declared...

by Laura SillermanWell, we may be beyond the leak in the dike stage in this economy, but we’re not beyond the point where individuals can stem leaks in order to keep the flood from carrying our neighbors away.Being grown women we have a way to not only plug a leak, but to stop new ones from develo...

"My Rosa Parks Moment" Jill Nelson, 56, had thought herself incapable of being swept away by fuss like inaugural balls. She's written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Essence, as well as two memoirs. Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience, about her experience writing for t...

I just had a phone conversation with a friend of mine in SF who had returned from viewing the exhibit of "lost Treasures of Afghanistan".  He used to live in Kabul in the late 70's and mentioned how painful it was to see some of those amazing pieces and how they were lumped together in a small room...

Severe weather can be both frightening and dangerous for automobile travel. Extreme cold temperatures make vehicles more likely to breakdown if proper maintenance has not been performed, and heavy snow falls and icy road conditions can lead to vehicles sliding off the road and becoming stuck in the ...