Many people think headrests are for comfort.
Actually, they can help you avoid serious neck and back injury in both fender benders and serious crashes. The headrest prevents your head from being thrown back, which can cause serious injury. So don't be unsafe and take the headrest off. Maintenance costs are the highest in a decade, while the cost of fuel is at a new low, when measured as a percent of the total automotive dollar, according to the latest analysis of vehicle costs by Runzheimer International, the Rochester, Wisconsin-based management consulting firm. In 1998, maintenance costs climbed to eight percent of the total auto dollar, topping the previous high of 7.7 percent in 1996.