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Dear Dub, My check engine light has come on and gone off a couple of times now. Any idea what  it might be? The car seems to be running OK, but right now would be a bad time for an expensive repair...

Amid partisan rancor, intelligent life finds other open lanes. That would seem to be the case as Bill Gates appears before a Congressional committee today to outline his solution for GM to avoid bankruptcy. A Microsoft spokesman, speaking on condition of anonimity, said the plan involves an unusual angle of attack...

Well, it's karaoke night again tonight and I think I have a shot to win with this little ditty. (sung to the tune of Drive My Car by The Beatles) Asked Wagoner what he wanted to be He said, Well Dub, can't you see? I wanna be famous on the car scene But folks can do something in between Please will you buy GM cars Bailouts will not take us far The Volt just has to be a star Then maybe they'll love me Beep beep beep beep yea!..

Dear Dub, I bought a new Lexus SUV last year and it's great. Plenty of power, stops on a dime, although it doesn't quite get the mileage I would would like. But the big problem is tires...

Dear Dub, Have you done any testing on these HHO kit things? I'm sort of curious about them because it would really be great to get that kind of mileage improvement. Born Yesterday Dear BY, Here's a short list of things that need to happen before there's even the remotest possibility of the concept of HHO working...

Dear Dub, Has the slowdown in the auto industry hurt the auto repair buisness as well? Neil C. It's been about a wash Neil...

I'm not sure what's funnier, the story itself or the fact that the media has to reach this far. An enterprising reporter at The Detroit News.com has dug up who drives what on the Obama administration's auto team. Among the eight members named Friday to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry and the 10 senior policy aides who will assist them in their work, two own American models...

Dear Dub, I think I'm getting ripped off on service on my truck. My truck is great!! It hauls you-know-what, I can load it up with anything and haul it into the mountains and it doesn't complain, and it never uses oil...

Dear Dub, I can hardly wait until it starts!! Do you know what I'm talking about?? Bubba J You bet I do Bubba...

Dear Dub, I'm tired of snow, I'm tired of filling the windshield washer fluid, I'm tired of dodging the SUVs and 4x4s that blast around in poor driving conditions, and now that %#&! groundhog in Punxsutawney says 6 more weeks of winter. Help!..