Backing up a trailer can feel like trying to thread a needle with your eyes closed. It’s tricky, frustrating, and if you’re not careful, you’ll end up jackknifed in a ditch or, worse, with your buddy ...

From the front seat of my brother’s SUV, I smelled the faintest whiff of scorched metal but paid little heed—until, that is, we reached the launch-ramp parking lot, got out, and saw the sizzling-hot ...