Transmission dipsticks used to be a basic tool of car ownership, as familiar as the fuel gauge or the hood latch. Now, more new vehicles arrive in driveways with sealed gearboxes and no obvious way ...

Car enthusiasts are really no different from open source programmers or home DIYers. All of them like to pop the hood on their respective toys, root around to figure out what's wrong, and then fix it ...

According to the owner's manual and the Lexus dealer, my 2015 LS 460L has a sealed transmission which will never require service or a fluid/filter change. I typically drive 100,000 highway kilometres ...

Rear derailleurs are problematic, particularly on mountain bikes. They get bent, they get gunked up, and they're exposed to the elements. While sealed hub transmissions lack these problems, not all of ...