It happens to us all eventually. We go to turn the key and we're met only with the sound of a dying starter. Some of us get lucky and it has just enough life left to linger on for a bit until we can ...

The first thing to let go on my 1990 Corvette Z51 after buying it used with 69,000-plus miles on the clock was the starter, but it didn’t happen all at once. That would have made it too easy to ...