"cars" Articles & Blogs:
A Mother’s Day Stick Shift: What Mom’s Cars Say About Her
| Many members of the tribe of the auto-obsessed can trace their compulsion back to parental indoctrination—a sort of vehicular Munchausen-by-proxy, in which the implanted toxin is a father’s fascination with a rusty Austin-Healy 3000 or a mother’s pr...[Read on] |
Car Allowance Rebate System - On and Off, and On Again!
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When the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) program was finally officially enacted last week, car shoppers swarmed automotive dealerships to take advantage of the $3500 or $4500 rebates offered when trading in their less-efficient clunkers for more fuel-...[Read on] |
Enter to Win a $100 Gas Card from Plastics Make It Possible
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Ever wonder why your car gets the gas mileage it does? Or how it’s achieved the safety rating it has? As automotive engineering advances – car companies are creating faster, smarter, more durable and safer cars achieving a higher level of performance...[Read on] |
Car Business Language & Lingo-Epilogue
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“Using All The Terms In One Short Story”
I was going into work one day and my thoughts were focused on selling a car. I had a couple of bad days where it seemed like everything went wrong. The “Up” I had turned out to be a “Bogue” that was a...[Read on] |
CARS or Cash for Clunkers: A Personal Car-Buying Experience
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How could I resist? The government is going to buy my poor old van and I can get a new vehicle at a drastic savings. So the process begins. Because I have experience in the car business I thought this would be a snap. I checked on line to be sure...[Read on] |
EarthGarage: 62 MPG by 2025?
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Is it possible that we could see mileages as impressive as 62 mpg in as little as 14 years? According to the green-minded gang (and frequent askpatty.com contributors) at earthgarage.com, it's entirely possible. Here's the scoop:
You may not know this...[Read on] |
Saudi Women Arrested for DWF - Driving While Female
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"We did not break the law. We were not driving on the road,” one Saudi woman said after being arrested for practicing her driving skills. Today five women were arrested for driving in three cars in an empty lot in the Hettein district in...[Read on] |
How car insurance affects Cash for Clunkers
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The government’s Cash for Clunkers program is back on track and many Americans are heading to car dealers to swap their older cars for new ones. What many people may not realize is that to trade-in an older car, it has to have had car insurance for at l...[Read on] |
Are Flying Cars In Store for Us? Kiplinger Thinks So.
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Meet George Jetson! Buzzing around in his bubble-top family saucer... whether it's the Jetsons or the flying cars in the Back to the Future films, our idea of the future of travel has always included aviating autmobiles, impractical though they may be....[Read on] |
Car Business Language & Lingo-Part I
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Now the car business is very unique when it comes to having its own language. I remember when I first got in the retail side of the business back in the mid 80′s, and I thought everyone was speaking a different language in the car dealership I was w...[Read on] |
Bike to Work Day: On the Right Track
| It’s not a revolution, not yet anyway, but clearly more people are commuting by bicycle. Friday is national Bike-to-Work Day, drawing even more attention to the trend.
There are more bicycles on the road than there were a year ago, more than even a cou...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Adrienne Billiau: Young woman changing the auto industry
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Purse? Check. Lipstick? Check. Job at GM? Yup.
Say hello to Adrienne Billiau, a young woman changing the auto industry forever. Fresh out of college, she is working in the Battery Systems Lab as a VOLTec Test Engineer at General Motors. That’s right: G...[Read on] |
Ralph Lauren, Cars, Fashion, and a Real Automotive Woman Pioneer
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Ralph Lauren is an American icon, indisputably. The most recognizable US fashion designer has a passion beyond the runway, though, and that's his cars. He has a fabled collection of classic, rare, and exotic automobiles that is the envy of many an af...[Read on] |
Drivers are interested in intelligent vehicle sensing features despite limited familiarity
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As automotive technology increases with new innovations like Ford’s Curve Control, consumers have a growing interest in several other new technologies geared toward safety and accident prevention. A study entitled AutoTECHCAST, conducted by Harris Int...[Read on] |
US Government Fleet To Get A Little Greener
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More than 17,600 American-made, fuel-efficient cars and hybrids will soon be entering the government fleet, thanks to President Barack Obama. Putting his money (or more aptly, your money) where his mouth is, the president plans to use $285 million in Fed...[Read on] |
Happy to Introduce: Smart Jumper Cables!
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Today's cars are very complex. If the battery of your car dies - you want to be very careful that you do the right thing! Here are four different ways you can charge the battery to get your car rolling down the road again.
1. Slowly charge the bat...[Read on] |
From Cars to Motorbikes: The “Tuk Tuk” Phenomenon
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The automobile has been one of the world’s greatest inventions, giving people an affordable and convenient method of personal travel. Although the versatility and usefulness of cars still reign in many parts of the world, in Southeast Asia motorcycles...[Read on] |
Valentine gifts to make your heart go "vroom...."
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What is an ideal Valentine's Day gift? Chocolate? Champagne? Flowers? Fine Dining? All are wonderful ways to say "You are important to me." But if you're looking for a unique gift for someone who also appreciates carburetors and fuel inject...[Read on] |
Addressing Post-Bankruptcy Car Warranty Worries
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Many drivers of Chrysler and General Motors vehicles may be wondering about their recourse if they require warranty work, or if their car exhibits defects that may qualify it as a "lemon."
There's plenty of good news here, but also some bad.
For insta...[Read on] |
Get your car washed by an elephant. Really!
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It seems as if everybody is familiar with the Elephant Car Wash chain. They've got ten locations on the west coast, and Elephant Car Wash's iconic neon elephant sign has been a Seattle landmark since 1951.
Of course, for the attendees at these Elephant ...[Read on] |
Kelly Williams wants ladies to pay attention to their cars
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Kelly Williams may never have received as many accolades as Danica Patrick when she was competing, but that doesn't lessen her achievements.
In 1994, Williams became the first female driver to win a race in CASCAR (Canadian Association for Stock Car Au...[Read on] |
Today's dramatic duo: Chrysler joins Fiat AND declares bankruptcy!
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We've been following the "carpocalyse" for months now, watching to see what would happen with automotive giants General Motors and Chrysler. Today's big news came with twice the jaw-dropping effect, as Chrysler announced that it will merge with Italian au...[Read on] |
2010 Green Car of the Year to be awarded at Los Angeles Auto Show
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Now in its fifth year, the Green Car of the Year(R) award honors environmental leadership in the automobile field and recognizes vehicles that are readily available to consumers during the award year. The prestigious award will be announced on Thursday, ...[Read on] |
Out of bankruptcy in a flash, the new General Motors shares its plan for future success
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Emerging from bankruptcy just 40 days after filing, the new General Motors Company began operations on Friday touting a new corporate structure, a stronger balance sheet, and a renewed commitment to make the customer the center of everything the new GM d...[Read on] |
Newsflash: The Summer of 2011 Movies Will Have No Women Leads
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Here’s another sign that we still haven’t moved the dial forward in relation to blockbuster films.
Director John Favreau told the LA Times that next summer will be crazy in terms of the amount of product that will be released and that not e...[Read on] |
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