In my free time searching around the net for more car information to fill the mushy little noodle in my head with I came across Chevy’s beloved Volt. I started reading into it and I wanted to know why the Volt was so much more different from the rest of the Hybrid cars on the market; I soon found out why. The volt is a zero emission out of the tail pipe vehicle with a battery that will last about 35 miles.
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So I have been mulling over the idea of getting a more fuel efficient car. I drive a 2010 Nissan Murano right now and driving back and forth to work everyday is starting to put a damper on my wallet. Every time I fill up its about 70 smackers right to the face and wallet. Don’t get me wrong though I love the Murano and on long trips it is a very comfortable car to be driving it’s just the wallet that suffers.
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New York city is adding another electric hybrid to there fleet, the Chevy Volt. This is a portion of there 70 car order. This will save the city a lot of money in the long run when it comes to rising gas prices. The only problem I see happening is the cars 35 mile battery range and the New York stop and go traffic. This really doesn’t give the car enough time to fire up the gasoline engine so I wonder what the real mileage range will be of these cars in the traffic conditions.
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General Motors has delivered 23 2011 Caprice cop cars to the US. These are Australian built cars built by GM’s Holden brand and shipped to the states. The 23 delivered so far are non pursuit detective models with no word on how many more will be brought over or where they’ll be going. GM did confirm that pursuit models will far out weight the detective models in the very close future.
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This week marked the first 2011 car show at Marks Auto Parts in East Granby CT. Marks Classic Cruise night takes place on Monday’s and brings in a tremendous amount of cars. 650 high quality classic cars showed up Monday for the show.
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I’m personally undecided about how well Fiat may or may not do coming back to the US. I look at the Fiat 500 and think for me at 6’2, it would appear a little small. On the other hand I’m really interested in the performance of the car. The car only packs 100hp but the car itself weighs half the of a mid 90’s honda civic which had only a few pony’s more.
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Well car guys and girls, the time has come for the end of the world Saturday May 21st 2011. I’m sure you’ve been procrastinating it a little. If your like me, life usually gets in the way of the apocalypse. Don’t panic though, theres still time left to get your vehicle ready for the end.
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Tom’s foreign got a chance to visit the 2011 IT Show this year that was hosted at LaPoint Discount Auto Parts. The Annual IT show is put on by Bill Weaver and is hosted at salvage yards around the country. Each year the show is hosted at a different Automotive Recycling facility. Those from the recycling industry that attend are able to see a different salvage yard every year.
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