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From Hacker To Car Jacker: How Smart Cars Enable Smart Criminals
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. –Albert Einstein Einstein, contrary to what he himself may have believed, was indeed smart. But perhaps what he missed in his quote was that beyond being able to stay with his problems, he was...
read moreHow to Maintain Your Car's Transmission – INFOGRAPHIC
A car's transmission is what converts power and torque to the vehicle in a controlled and efficient manner. The transmission converts different speeds by way of the gear shift. Through every day travel, the transmission can take the brunt of aggressive driving such as...
read moreTransmission Problems and Repair
The mechanical engine of a car transmission often gets noisy when something is wrong with it. Don’t ignore weird sounds hoping they will go away, especially if it continues more than a day. The older or harder we work our transmissions, the quicker it breaks down and...
read moreKids Dying in Hot Cars
As crazy as it sounds, kids are still getting left behind in hot cars and suffering from heatstroke or dying as a result. An average of 38 kids per year dies in hot cars in the US because their parents forgot they were in there (Source: Kidsandcars.org). Last year...
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Gas vs. Hybrid vs. Electric Cars – INFOGRAPHIC
The Internal Combustion Engine Briefly Explained Since the birth of automobiles in 1886, cars have since utilized the internal combustion engine to move. Thanks to the internal combustion engine, we have significantly improved on developing more powerful and efficient...
read moreHow to Check Your Tire Pressure
Checking your tire pressure is important for maintaining good working tires, improve mileage and fuel efficiency, and have even tread wear. In case you’re not handy with changing tires, it also helps to avoid tire blowouts. Ideally, you should check your tire pressure...
read moreToyota is Looking into Hover Cars and Flying Cars
When many people are asked to envision the future, often they involve flying cars and hover cars jetting around thanks to The Fifth Element, The Jetsons, Oblivion, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Back to the Future. Hiroyoshi Yoshiki, Toyota managing officer, revealed at...
read moreKeeping Cool The Wild Way: How Animals Fend Off The Heat
Summer is here and the heat is on. While Colorado travel brochures show off snow-capped peaks, lush forests, and raging rivers, you can thank Al Gore for the forest fires and triple-digit heat of late. Nature is great and all, but it is time to roll up the windows and...
read moreUltimate Top 10 Worst Car Commercials
One of the things we look toward advertisers to do is to provide us with entertaining commercials that feature new products. In fact, most of us expect them to convince us that we want that product. Often, the commercials that tell a story, make us chuckle, or speak...
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