Car Talk: Easy fix for washer fluid mix-up
Dear Tom and Ray: My aunt called me the other day and said she had trouble trying to find the place where you put more windshield-washer fluid. She told me the only cover she found was one that said "Coolant." You guessed it - she put the windshield-washer fluid in the coolant reservoir. She then told me that she used a bottle of Windex instead of the diluted blue stuff you buy for car ...
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Smart Car has its own blog
Rae Osenbaugh has a Smart Car that is so smart ... It writes its own blog. The Smart Car is the newest member of the Osenbaugh family in Grand Island, living on East 14th Street. It was bought in March, after Osenbaugh's husband, John, convinced her to buy it as the next family vehicle.
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New, used car sales holding their own in Lucas County
By LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE BLADE BUSINESS WRITER New and used vehicle sales in Lucas County are on track this year to at least match last year's sales levels even without the benefit of a "Cash for Clunkers" program, according to sales figures from the Lucas County Clerk of Courts. However, in a shift of local buying habits, vehicles built by Ford Motor Co. replaced longtime Toledo favorite ...
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Live: Which car to buy? Here's expert advice
Auto chat with experts in the fields of cars, economics, finance, loans, automobile, infrastructure, education, consulting, infotech, stock markets, research, etc.
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Car pools decline after toll begins
The Bay Bridge isn’t the region’s only iconic span experiencing a mass exodus of car poolers. A day after Bay Bridge officials released statistics showing a 30 percent drop in car poolers since a $2.50 toll was enacted July 1, the Golden Gate Bridge transit district unveiled numbers that revealed a...
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New Cars For Less Money Than Used
More shoppers plan to buy used cars than new cars over the next six months, even though in some cases new cars are cheaper. About 67 percent of car shoppers surveyed by Kelley Blue Book plan to buy a used car, while only 33 percent plan to buy a new car. In short, the used car business is back in business. "We just finished up a quarter in May and our sales were up 9 percent over last year ...
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الحكومة البريطانية تدعم صناعة السيارات الكهربائية
British drivers are to receive up to six thousand euros each from next year if they buy a low-carbon car. The UK’s coalition government is to put 50 million euros towards subsidising the uptake of electric vehicles.
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In car buying, new sometimes a better deal than used
By Gregory Karp, Chicago Tribune Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Used-car prices in the United States are soaring, creating a wacky situation for many models in which buying new costs about the same or even cheaper than buying used. • Credit the prolonged recession with prompting more Americans to buy used, sending the average price of a 3-year-old car up 11.1 percent from last year and triple the ...
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Car Talk
Q. I am interested in purchasing a vintage/classic ice-cream truck such as the Divco for a new, gourmet-ice-cream truck venture. I have found rusted, inoperable trucks for $2,000 and restored trucks for as much as $25,000. My first question is, Is this a reasonable truck to actually put back into service, and at what price?
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The Real Recovery
The most irritating call or e-mail I get is usually from someone saying, "I can never buy another car from General Motors or Chrysler, because the government bailed out those firms." In many cases comments follow involving President Obama and "Government Motors." (Ford, which didn't need any taxpayer funds to keep its financial recovery on track, has benefited from this mindset.)
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Want to buy a Volt? You'll have to wait
Lehigh Valley car shoppers hoping to buy the Chevy Volt electric vehicle will have to wait, or drive to New Jersey Hoping to buy one of the country's first mass-produced extended-range electric cars?
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How To Prepare Your Car for College
Sending a child off to college sometimes means turning over one of the family vehicles as well. The car may not need a meal plan or $500 worth of books, but whether it's a new 2010 Kia Soul or something a little more used, it's going to take some planning to make sure its trip to college is a round-trip one. You have to estimate what the demands...
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Buick car club to visit Clarinda Aug. 2-3
Wouldn’t you really rather have a Buick? For the approximately 15 drivers who will be visiting Clarinda on Aug. 2-3 as part of the Buick Driving Enthusiasts After Tour, the answer is unquestionably yes.
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Car collector finds Lynchburg prize: the Piedmont
ROANOKE Tom Cox is not a man who gives up easily. Evidence of that will be on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation sometime in early August one of the last Piedmont automobiles produced in Lynchburg during the early 1920s.
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