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* EARLIER: What Do You Know About Plug-in Hybrids?

Popular Mechanics — By The Editors Published on: February 1, 2009More…
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Popular Mechanics — The capable Icon makes short work of Imogene Pass. The trusty companion took us on a four-day adventure in Colorado's Rockies. If you've got five days to spend in a single state, and you want to experience the best roads, the best views and the .. ...More…
CONTINUED: High-Speed Rail, Roads and Bridges >>>

Popular Mechanics — In addition to roads and bridges, initiatives such as smart electric grids and high-speed rail received funding-along with attention from politicians and pundits quick to seize on a new set of buzzwords. There's just one problem: While the law ...More…
Essential DIY Skills Quiz: Get Your Popular Mechanics Score!

Popular Mechanics — By Harry Sawyers Published on: September 8, 2008More…
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Popular Mechanics — In addition to being the funniest guy in the bunch, Grundy is also the one with the most DIY know-how. Some advice, Grundy-style: When toenailing, "Just don't hit your toe!" Grundy also says that, while cellphones aren't dangerous to use ...More…
DIY Skills Interactive Chat

Popular Mechanics — Published on: September 18, 2008More…
Handle a blowout

Popular Mechanics — Use snow tires on all four corners. (On nondriving wheels, they maintain traction and prevent spinouts during braking or steering.) Tall, narrow tires have more contact pressure than wide ones do, so they're better at cutting through snow down to ...More…
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Popular Mechanics — Technically, there's nothing wrong with standard fire extinguishers. But they happen to be eyesores, and eyesores end up hidden, shoved in a closet or otherwise out of reach when a grease fire ignites. The new HomeHero Kitchen Fire Extinguisher ...More…
Next Skill: Protect Your Computer >>>

Popular Mechanics — Steam hissing from a ruptured radiator hose? Here's a relatively easy, temporary fix with duct tape. Wait for the engine to cool off. Open the hood and locate the source of the steam-i.e., the rupture Wrap 2 to 3 in. of duct tape around the hose ...More…
How to Install a New Hard Drive: Tech Clinic

Popular Mechanics — Define "easy." It shouldn't be too difficult since you're putting the new drive back in the same machine. That means your settings, drivers and applications won't need to be reconfigured and can be copied onto the new drive. The ...More…
How to Absolutely, Positively Destroy Your Data: DIY Tech

Popular Mechanics — If you are giving your computer to someone else, you don't neces-sarily want to eliminate all the valuable software along with your private data. Dumping individual files in the ordinary way doesn't make them unrecoverable; it only makes the ...More…
How to Cool Down Your Computer: Tech Clinic

Popular Mechanics — Q: A computer-enthusiast friend of mine operates his PC with the case open. He claims that it helps cool the computer. Is he right? A: An open case can make things a lot cooler if you put a full-size box fan right next to it. Otherwise, your ...More…

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