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What You Don’t Know About Cars
Cars have long been men’s best friend and a necessity in our everyday life. It is needed to travel from point A to point B everyday, but what do we really know about cars, except that it has 4 wheels, an engine and are able to bring us to places we want to go. It is common that drives do not have any knowledge about who built the car, where is it built, when is it manufactured and how it was invented. Therefore I have gathered several random facts about cars that might enlightened you.
“What is the first car?”
The Best Ways to Clean Your Car
Yes, I know most of you know how to clean a car, but what is the best way to clean it? We all know that it is necessary to clean it because any nice looking car will appear rough when it is all dirty. Therefore, I have compiled some tips in this car cleaning process. But bear in mind, do not clean your car under a bright hot sunny day. Reason is because the water stain can be visible when you are done, which leaves you in vain as you need to redo the whole process again. Hence, remember to only start your cleaning process during evening.
Interesting Facts About Used Cars in US
When you are to purchase a used car, it may seem like a simple job. But think clearly, being faced with approximately 3.3 million vehicles to choose from at a go? It can be tedious and stressful. When this happens, the insides of driver’s preference will emerge which can be a rather interesting scene to look at.
According to the director of marketing of Vista.com, Krista Glotzbach, a San Francisco based company that provides vehicle search engine for AOL Autos, the transformation in the used car business is everlasting. But, potential buyers should not be turned off by this, because with the help of several features of the search engine such as search filter, vehicle fashion statement where you can select the preference color and budget range can assist you in filtering and showing you only those cars of your preference. This will then allows buyer to have a pleasant shopping experience on used cars. Besides, with the program used by Vast.com called a web ‘crawls’, which is a automated Internet search on information about the vehicle enables buyers to have extra knowledge on the desired vehicle.
How to Prolong Your Car’s Life?
Cars are not something that we change everyday, therefore, to maintain its longevity it’s a crucial task. By doing so, we will not only save on the maintenance and servicing, we can also save more bucks as we do not need to replace the existing one with a new car. So here are a few steps to help prolong the life span of your car.
Firstly, be sure to pump at a reputable gas station, it might be troublesome but then it is a good habit to ask whether the gas you purchase is it filtered or does the petrol station have a policy in changing their pump filters frequently. The reason is because petrol station that does not have filter tend to sell dirty gasoline in which can damage your car’s engine part in a long run. Besides, some petrol station might have improper mixture of alcohol and fuel, worst of all is when they add in water in their mixture which can immediately deteriorate your car’s engine. Therefore it is crucial to find a trustable petrol station and stick to it!
SLS AMG Gullwing: A new roadster in town
Before the debut of the long awaited SLS AMG Gullwing, Mercedes Benz had pull the legs of many automobile enthusiasts by giving out bits and pieces of information about this new creation of theirs, somewhat like an exotic dancer detaching bits and pieces of her clothing. Arousing the automobile enthusiasts’ attention, the best look on the vehicle is the spy shots taken. Such had given many the idea of what kind of beauty everyone had been anticipating.
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Holden Monaro: New Young Blood
Bob Lutz, the GM of North America, had made his intention known in the New York auto show in April in which he will be importing a new range of Pontiac GTO into the American market. So what exactly is Lutz’s choice? It is Australian made and goes by the name Holden Monaro. His interest on the car grew during his last visit to Australian. Being the most popular V8 model there (also available in V6 version), Lutz took the car for a spin in a local track in the western city of Perth. What came to his amaze was that the handling of the vehicle fairly contradicts with the older generation of GTOs.
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The Return of the Cadillac
What comes into mind when someone utters Cadillac? Is it an old traditional car that is boring and dull? If you have such perception, then you are wrong! The new and improved version of Cadillac was born and is now making its way to the market with a given name, the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe. This new creations will definitely blow your mind away. As a two door caddy, its supercharged V8 heart is able to produce 556 horsepower, being tuned at the world renowned Nurburgring, it has excellent handling and is seated with the finest and most exquisite fashioned cushion by Recaro. Capturing the essence of the old generation of Cadillac, this creation will certainly become a head turner, as you can never find any car as elegant and flamboyant as this.
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Chrysler Comes Third in Average Union Pay
Compared in 2006 where every average employee of Chrysler is paid more than $75 an hour, the staggering amount of hourly rate received by the Chrysler’s employees has dropped a much lower rate of just $49 an hour last year, according to the numbers that Chrysler Group posted on its official website this week. The $49 figure has benefits and wages included, and it gives Chrysler an edge over its own Detroit rivals: General Motors and Ford. Ford announced this week that its workers are paid for an hourly rate of $58 an hour.
Meanwhile, General Motors is paying its workers about $60 an hour, according to a General Motors spokesman as quoted by The Wall Street Journal. Chrysler even revealed this week that it has done some ‘trimmings’ in the work force by at least two-thirds during the last decade. In 2000, Chrysler had employed 75,489 hourly and salaried workers. That number had eventually dropped to just 25,549 in 2010. While the number of hourly workers had plunged from 69,058 in 2000 to 22,789, Chrysler had also shut down about 16 of its plants during the period.
With Chrysler’s dropping number of hourly workers, its salaried workers are not spared as well, with the Chrysler’s salaried head count dropped from 6,431 in 2000 to a much lower 2,580 in 2009, which is the year of Chrysler’s government-supported bankruptcy. As Chrysler was struggling with declining sales during the onset of global recession back in 2007-2009, the auto company offered large numbers of its salaried staffer buyout packages. As Chrysler began hiring again under Fiat management, the salaried staff rose slightly to 2,760 in 2010. Chrysler has a four-year contract with the UAW which expires on September 14th 2011.
Tips for Extending Your Car Life
To ensure that your car can be at a top notch condition at all times, and in order to keep your vehicle as novel as possible, there are some things you have to bare in mind once you rolled out of the dealer’s office.
Firstly, please be patient during break in period. Break in period usually refers to the first 1,000 miles or 1,600 km. while cruising within this period, be sure that your vehicle speed is no more then 55mph or 88km/h or any recommended speed by your car’s producer. Also, circumvent any heavy load such as loading on to the roof rack with heavily construction materials or metal pieces. Moreover, do no leave you car idle for too long, reason is because during breaking period, the oil pressure produced might not be send throughout the entire engine, thus hindering the longevity of the engine. To add on to the comfort of the car, if possible, do not accelerate above 3,000rpm for the first few hours while driving, light and medium acceleration is recommended.
Jaguar C-Type: Bringing Tradition Back
A tragedy struck the racing world fifty years ago, when a tire of the Ferrari 335S sports car that was driven by a Spanish nobleman Marquis Alfonso de Partago were blown, near the Mantova in northern Italy on the last lap of the tedious Mille Miglia race, where drivers race from Brescia to Rome and back again. In this accident, De Portago, his co-driver Ed Nelsons and 11 audiences’ life was taken away from them; hence, ending the life span of the race that was running since 1927.
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