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When did we Become Communists? 2008-09-10 03:00:47 The last time I checked Wikipedia I think it still had America listed as a capitalist economy, but I am having my doubts and my end up going in and changing our moniker. A little prologue to my comment comes from The Wall Street Journal online which is reporting that:
Executives at Detroit’s Big [...] Read more:Become
India’s Tata Problem 2008-09-09 03:00:34 India is in a bit of a frenzy over the Nano car factory. The Nano is the worlds cheapest car made by Tata motors in India. The following are some high notes about the car from www.tatapeoplescar.com:
- Designed with a family in mind, the Nano has a roomy passenger compartment with generous leg space and [...] Read more:India
, Problem
To Infiniti…and Beyond! 2008-09-08 03:00:49 Infiniti has released new photos of its G37 convertible. The car is set to debut later this year in LA, but Infiniti has decided to post pictures in advance of this official release. The G37 is currently available as a coup with a base price around $35-36,000. The car looks great as a converable. Its [...] Read more:Infiniti
Your Lot in Life 2008-09-05 03:00:21 Why is it that parking always seems to be such a chore? Among my laundry list of irritations is the impossibility of finding a spot to park your car, the risk of dents, and other people’s poor manners. By the latter I mean that chivalry is totally dead in a parking lot. When you do [...]
Be the Emily Post of the Highways Pt.II 2008-09-04 03:00:24 …and now for the exciting second part of yesterday’s driving list. For additional driving pointers you can check out roadetiquette.com.
Use Your Mirrors… Yes, the mirrors are there for a purpose. Be aware of what’s going on around you. Think about it [...] Read more:Emily
Be the Emily Post of the Highways [Pt.1] 2008-09-03 03:00:32 The word of the day is etiquette. Most people have eschewed it in their day-to-day life, so why might we expect anything different on the roads? Well, the short answer is: We don’t. I, more or less, expect the worst from people on the road. If someone allows me to back [...] Read more:Emily
For the Man who Needs to Drive Something Tank-like 2008-09-02 03:00:58 GM is in the midst of all sorts of turmoil at the moment. They are working on new cars that will, in all likelihood, replace numerous models in upcoming years, and they are undoubtedly feeling an economic pinch as stocks are down. GM has indeed started a new program of “employee discounts” for [...] Read more:Needs
The Green Machine 2008-09-01 03:00:56 No I’m not talking about Australian boxer Danny Green
, but rather the line of vehicles to be produced by Ford with their EcoBoost engine. The engine is a V6 which Edmonds describes as being comprise of:
Four- and six-cylinder variants. A 2.0-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost engine, earmarked for the Explorer America Concept and other products, will [...] Read more:Machine
Rims…What’s the Big Deal? 2008-08-29 03:00:26 Who was it that came up with the idea of putting $5,000 rims on cars that only a grandmother would drive? I have always been fascinated by the types of cars that end up with some of the gaudiest wheels imaginable. The fact that a cottage industry has formed surrounding the wheel is [...]
Top 10 List of Favorite Foreign Classic Cars 2008-08-28 03:00:52 My personal favorite foreign car is the MGB. Something about its lines, its class, and most importantly, it’s charm, has always won me over. I was looking at Buy Classic
Cars and found my favorite came in at #9 on their list of the Top 10 classic foreign cars.
The list contained the following [...] Read more:Favorite
, Foreign
Is That Small Car Going to End Up Costing You Big Bucks? 2008-09-26 03:00:33 Small cars are making a comeback, and rightly so, but they are also a massive cost liability in low speed collisions. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is reporting that several small cars can rack up some big costs in little accidents. The cars that performed the worst in the low speed crash tests are [...] Read more:Going
, Small
How Car Companies Plan to Take Your Hard Earned Money 2008-09-25 03:00:26 If you follow this blog at all you realize by now that I have a bone to pick with the U.S. auto industry. They are inefficient, poorly managed, produce horrid products, and suck money out of our economy to boot. In the latest turn of events Chrysler vice chairman Jim Press stated that [...] Read more:Companies
, Money
Europe Looks to Improve Auto Safety 2008-09-25 03:00:13 Things are looking bright in Europe
, especially since the EU has introduced legislation that will require automakers to install daytime running lights in cars by 2011. The idea is to cut down on the number of accidents taking place abroad. “The introduction of daytime running lights for cars, trucks and buses makes them more [...] Read more:Improve
, Looks
, Safety
Which State Just Banned Texting While Driving? 2008-09-24 03:00:48 Listen up Jewel. Alaska just banned all texting while operating a motor vehicle. So if you are doing any type of auto transport in Alaska, you are going to have to wait to send that text…so you don’t have to make a phone call…and make human contact. The law reads as follows according to drivinglaws.org:
1. [...] Read more:Banned
, Driving
, State
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16 Year-olds Should Not be Allowed to Drive…and Here’s Why. 2008-09-23 03:00:39 A recent plea by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety asks that states raise the minimum driving age from 16 to 17. The argument comes from studies that suggest, well, to put it bluntly:16 year-olds kill themselves a lot while driving. The study highlighted the mortality rates of 16 and 17 year-old drivers in [...]
Drunk Driving in the Hispanic Community Addressed 2008-09-22 03:00:41 From first hand experience I can tell you that Hispanic
s make up a disproportionately large quantity of drunk drivers. In my time as a Police Officer, almost every DWI I encountered was a Hispanic, but why? MADD has recently attempted to address this issue. The Dallas News is reporting:
Statistics show about 47 [...] Read more:Driving
, Drunk Driving
Urban Sprawl…the Bane of my Existence 2008-09-19 03:00:11 I don’t know about you, but I live in an area with lots of urban sprawl. It seems like no one lives in the city they work in anymore. This doesn’t seem like much of an issue, but when you have hundreds of thousands of people clogging the same two roads into the city in [...] Read more:Existence
, Urban
Tax Breaks for Electric Vehicles? 2008-09-18 03:00:53 Chrysler is fighting to have a tax credit given for a line of low speed, all electric, autos. Apparently their is some debate over whether the vehicles that Chrysler is working towards getting the tax breaks for are new-enough technology. According to CNN:
David Friedman, research director at the Union of Concerned Scientists Clean Vehicles
[...] Read more:Electric
Is the Smart Car a Death-Trap? 2008-09-17 03:00:34 Yesterday we talked about the smart car and how well it has been selling. Today I’d like to talk about it’s safety. In the course of my investigations I came across a really interesting video on You Tube that shows a smart car crashing into a concrete wall at 70 mph. The interesting thing is [...] Read more:Smart
Ike…Kicking Your Butt at the Pumps 2008-09-16 03:00:13 Is it the 1970s again? Remember when Jimmy Carter (for those of you too young to remember, Jimmy Carter was the biggest “do nothing” president, perhaps ever) was stupid enough to meddle with the gas prices…and they doubled? Well we have a new Jimmy Carter, lets call him “Ike.” No, not Dwight [...] Read more:Kicking
Criminals Break Into Cars During Cancer Fundraiser 2008-10-15 03:00:58 Well this one raises the bar, or lowers it I suppose, in terms of thoughtless criminals. While a record 18,000 showed up for the Evansville Indiana Race for the Cure, the cars of the participants cars were being broken into. The event, which was held in the parking lot of the Eastland Mall was a [...] Read more:Break
, Cancer
, Criminals
, Fundraiser
A Little Media Bias in Detroit? Maybe Just a Little 2008-10-13 03:00:57 Well, with all that is going on in the world what should the big topic be right now? The economy? The War in Iraq? The fact that medicare and social security are going to cost us billions and leave generation Xers with nothing? No, our media would rather focus on what John McCain is driving. [...] Read more:Detroit
, Maybe
Britney Spears…Driving to Court? 2008-10-10 03:00:31 First off, I apologize for the size this photo…but I really wanted to leave it this large because, well…I think it is hilarious.
Oh, Brit-Brit, how your past is coming back to haunt you. If you haven’t heard, BritneySpears
is likely to be on her way to trial for the long past charge of driving [...] Read more:Britney Spears
, Court
, Driving
Fuel Efficiency on the Rise 2008-10-09 03:00:42 Some good news regarding the roads. Fuel economy for 2008 may be the highest it has been in 15 years. The change is, of course, due to the massive up turn in gas prices, which as in turn lead to a greater array of fuel efficient cars hitting the roads. Car shipping companies have their [...] Read more:Efficiency
100 Massachusetts Toll Collectors to be Fired 2008-10-08 03:00:25 Well if you haven’t heard of the “Big Dig”, it is a large driving tunnel that is under the city of Boston. It’s two claims to fame are: going over budget by 12 billion dollars (yes, billion with a b…thank you Ted Kennedy), and for crushing a woman to death under 12 tons of [...] Read more:Fired
, Massachusetts
The Best Car/Technology News I Have Heard in Years 2008-10-07 03:00:00 This is the car news I have been waiting for. Audi is working on technology along with their home city of Ingolstadt, Germany to do something that will bring an almost sexual gratification to every single driver on the face of the earth who hears about it: Never having to stop at a traffic light [...] Read more:Heard
, Technology
, Years
Houston’s Major Traffic Crisis 2008-10-06 03:00:24 Well if you think driving your city is a nightmare, at least it’s not Houston
. According to the Houston Chronicle Hurricane Ike caused some major havoc on the highways. The Chronicle spoke with Jeff Weatherford, Houston’s assistant director of traffic operations who said:
Q: How many traffic signals does the city have, and how many were [...] Read more:Crisis
, Major
How Will the Chevy Volt do in the Market? 2008-10-03 03:00:56 General Motors stock has seen a decline over the last year which might not come as much of a surprise for the company who’s most notably associated with the Hummer and the Cadillac Escalade. As the consumer market increasingly turns towards smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles, GM is hoping to corner a piece of the [...] Read more:Chevy
, Market
How Much Will Electric Cars Cost? 2008-10-02 03:00:14 According to a Sept 18th article, Reuters is speculating that for most Americans, the electric car is only a pipe dream that we won’t see on the trailers of auto transporters anytime soon. The problem is with the expense of these new vehicles. The lithium-ion battery costs nearly $10,000, and that is just the battery! [...] Read more:Electric
“Prestigious” Car Show Comes to an End 2008-10-01 03:00:59 Well if ever there was a topic to be posted on an auto shipping web site, it is this as reported by the LaCrosse Tribune:
For some it was a walk down memory lane, while others used it as a chance to see almost 200 vehicles from a by-gone era up close.
The 63rd annual AAA [...] Read more:Car Show
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