It’s funny how even video games follow trends in the automotive world. Back when import tuning became popular due mostly to the movie Fast and the Furious, games such as Need for Speed: Underground became insanely popular with the new tuning crowd.

Video games since then have evolved quite a bit, and appeal to a much wider range of car (and game) enthusiast. The new Midnight Club: Los Angeles, for example, has a wide range of available cars - tuners, muscle cars, exotics, luxury cars, and motorcycles - and all of them are customizable to your heart’s extent, if you so choose.

Being a racing game fan, I got a copy of Midnight Club: Los Angeles and have been playing the hell out of it so I could let you know if it’s worth picking up… Continue Reading…

Nobody likes it when their check engine light comes on. Panic sometimes sets in, wondering what could possibly be wrong on your car. Was it a repair you just made, or are you using a different type of gasoline? Could just be that the gas cap wasn’t screwed on tightly enough.

When it happens to most people, they either head to a mechanic to get it looked at (sometimes costing upwards of $100 for a diagnostic scan,) or ignore the light, possibly causing more issues than before. A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive discovered than up to 10% of drivers are currently driving with their Check Engine light on, and half of those drivers have had the light on for more than 3 months.

CarMD is a hand-held device, no larger than a standard cordless phone that plugs into your (1996 or newer) vehicle’s OBDII (On-Board Diagnostics) port, usually located below the car’s dashboard. The device will scan the car’s computer for error codes and possible problems, then report back to you any potential problems, even if the check engine light isn’t on yet. You then plug the device into your computer and after creating an account on CarMD.com, it will give you a full report on the problem including an estimated repair cost. Continue reading for our review: Continue Reading…