Cars Simplified is designed to help people understand cars with as little background knowledge as possible. Any time a part, concept, or term is mentioned for the first time on each page, the word itself will be a link to the page about that part, concept, or term. The site will use images and videos whenever possible to provide the best possible understanding of the concepts.
Staff
The site is currently only staffed by one person. Stephen Brand built the site, wrote all the articles, and was the administrator of the forum when there was one. Steve has years of DIY repair experience and graduated at the top of his class in tech school. You can learn more about Steve here.
Information Sources
You may have noticed a lot of our pages don't list sources. The writer uses a combination of basic knowledge and original testing (checking claims by working on an actual car) for the basis of these articles. However, some articles will have sources when the writer can't use their own knowledge and experience to write a great (and simple) article. While some subjects are full of different opinions and corporate secrecy (example: motor oil), we do our best to cover the topics well and with minimal controversey.
YouTube Sources
YouTube's embedded videos have a button on them which will link you to the video's main page, where the author will be credited. So far, only Engineering Explained has a large number of videos on this site. When looking for videos, we tend to choose based on how likely they are to not be taken down, not just quality alone.
We hunt down the best videos on the Internet on each subject so you don't have to!
Fun fact: Before there was a Cars Simplified YouTube Channel, the web site was Steve's business start-up pursuit. After struggling to find quality content on specific subjects, the idea to make original content arose, and now the YouTube channel is by far the most successful segment of Cars Simplified!
Preferred Browser
This site is coded using HTML5, the latest version of HTML which old browsers (especially Internet Explorer) might not handle properly. For best viewing, we recommend updating your current browser, or switching to the latest version of the Opera Web Browser.
Advertisements
In order to keep the site going, we've placed ads on it. In the future, if donations start coming in, we may remove the current ads entirely.