On a cold winter morning, it’s satisfying to step inside your toasty and warm car. In addition to using the heater, you can also use your seat warmers to increase your comfort. While seat warmers were once a luxury feature in higher-end vehicles, more cars are now coming with this feature as standard. In order to find out more about whether or not seat covers can be used on heated seats, read on. 

How Does a Heated Seat Work?

To know more about seat covers and heated seats, it helps to know how a heated seat works. The technology is similar to an electric blanket. The heating mechanism is inside the seat to keep your legs and back warm while in the car. The mechanism is made of three different components: the thermostat, relay, and resistor. The resistor is the heating coil and it’s a long strip where …

The midsize SUV – ever-popular and gradually taking over as the new traditional family car.

With key elements such as elevation (more commanding visibility), space, functionality and affordability, together with a cool exterior aesthetic, growth in popularity is hardly surprising.

They’ve come a long way, and some manufacturers have been more successful than others. It’s also a segment where value can vary enormously, especially in the face of increasing competition, as car makers from all over fight for a place in this growing market.

Let’s take a look at some of the best models on the market today.

Toyota RAV4

Consistently amongst the top sellers in this market, the RAV4 continues to impress and has managed to hold its ground.

The RAV4 is extremely practical with loads of passenger and boot space.

It’s not the best equipped crossover on the market, but Toyota has done a good job of keeping …

The Pros and Cons of Power Steering

If you’ve driven a car with hydraulic power steering you’ll know the struggles of manoeuvring it around, well… anything. Thanks to technology, we’ve come a long way since the early cars of the 20th century, but it wasn’t always so smooth riding.

In this article, we’ll take a look at what different types of power steering are available these days and find out how the Subaru BRZ brings both old and new together. Let’s go.

What is power steering?

Before the 1950s when carmaker Chrysler introduced the first widely available power steering system into their Imperial, the world mainly relied on primitive steering systems that involved a lot of strenuous arm-work to guide the car into parking places and around corners.

The power-steering system was a well-thought-out and revolutionary way of reducing the effort needed to steer a heavy car while moving. Both …