“I live my life a quarter mile at a time” and if I was driving the 1994 Toyota Supra from The Fast and the Furious it would be one hell of a quarter mile. The Fast and the Furious was released in 2001 and was loosely based on a magazine article titled “Racer X”. Street racer Dominic Toretto and his crew are under suspicion  for hijacking tractor trailers and stealing expensive electronic equipment.
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Who are you going to call? Ghostbusters! Yeah that is right, this week’s iconic movie car is the 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Hearse that was featured in the movie and the Ghostbusters main mode of transportation it was also known as Ecto-1. The car would hold their proton packs, Ecto Goggles, P.K.E. Meters and a bunch of traps to capture ghosts.
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Welcome back to another week of Iconic movie cars! This week we are going back to 1982 and talking about the 1982 Pontiac Trans Am know as Kitt from Knight Rider. The premise of the TV show is that self-made billionaire Wilton Knight rescues police Detective Lieutenant Michael Arthur Long after a near fatal shooting to the face, giving him a new identity via plastic surgery and of course a new name know as Michael Knight.
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If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire The A-Team. That’s right, this week’s movie car is 1983 G-Series van from The A-Team. I grew up watching this show and what a great show it was! As the opening narration starts:
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The Chicago auto show won’t only be debuting cars this year; there is a new Pinball machine by Stern that will be debuted. Stern Pinball has made a Ford Mustang themed pinball table. Stern got together with Ford to make this table to celebrate the 50 years of the Ford Mustang. It will debut today February 6th and will go on sale in March.
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With summer just around the corner here is a list of a few helpful things to keep in your car. No doubt you will be running from the playground to little league practice and everywhere in between, why not be prepared for what summer might unexpectedly throw at you.
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The details for the latest set are as follows:
1,339,355 2009-2014 Buick Enclave, Chevy Traverse & GMC Acadia and 2009-2010 Saturn Outlooks.  This recall is for a cable that connects the seat belt to the seat, over time the cable can wear causing separation from the seat.  If this occurs during a crash it may increase the possibility of injury as the seat belt will no longer work properly.
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Tires play a major roll in how your vehicle handles but all too often people ignore their bald tires and just drive on.  Continental tires may have come up with a solution for this problem.  The company is using a pressure monitoring system with new software which keeps track of the wear pattern of your tires.  Once the system reads a change in tread pattern it will warn the driver of the change and notify the driver to check their tires.
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