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Parts and Autos: Mufflers: A Basic Guide To Your Vehicle’s Muzzle
Mufflers: A Basic Guide To Your Vehicle’s Muzzle Have you ever heard a relatively tame looking station wagon driving down the street that sounds like 500 lawnmowers running in unison? Well, chances are, that station wagon is not modified, it just ha...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 5:36pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: Understanding How Car Tires Are Made
Understanding How Car Tires Are Made Of the myriad components and systems that comprise your vehicle, the wheels are the only car part that touch the ground (hopefully). Besides keeping an eye on the air pressure and the wear of the treads, most drivers d...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 6:21pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: What Is Power Steering?
What Is Power Steering? Prior to the early 1950′s, you couldn’t buy a vehicle with power steering. Although the convenience of the option was very popular, some folks didn’t like the additional expense and chose to drive cheaper vehicles that di...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 5:21pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: Reasons For Buying Car Seat Covers
Reasons For Buying Car Seat Covers When you buy a new vehicle, the interior looks immaculate. The dashboard is clean, the floors are spotless, and the seats are untainted by dirt, grime, or damage. Over time, if left unprotected, you can count on your car...
Dateline: 2013-05-14 5:22pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: Can You And Your Car Survive A Collision?
Can You And Your Car Survive A Collision? You’ve probably seen the commercials that show a couple of poor dummies (the fake variety) buckled into a vehicle that is destined for the scrap heap. Auto manufacturers spend enormous amounts of time and mo...
Dateline: 2013-05-11 5:36pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: 4 Step Plan To Making Your Car Last Almost Forever
4 Step Plan To Making Your Car Last (Almost) Forever Unfortunately, there’s no way to guarantee that your vehicle will last forever (though my father owned a few cars that I futilely hoped would die). Parts wear out, engines begin to stutter, and tr...
Dateline: 2013-05-08 5:52pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: Understanding Your Car’s Radiator
Understanding Your Car’s Radiator Your body has a natural cooling system that keeps the temperature at 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. It might fluctuate up and down a few degrees, but never very far. If you spike to 150 degrees, you’ll die (actually...
Dateline: 2013-05-05 7:51pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: What Does Fuel Injection Mean?
What Does Fuel Injection Mean? Long ago, cars depended upon carburetors to transfer fuel to the engine. While there are still vehicles on the road that use carburetors, 1990 was the last year new models were sold with them. Since then, fuel injection syst...
Dateline: 2013-05-02 8:21pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: Automatic Transmissions 101
Automatic Transmissions 101 Most drivers operate cars that use automatic transmissions rather than manual. Both do the same basic job, but each approaches the task differently. The main differences between an automatic and manual are that the former doesn...
Dateline: 2013-04-29 6:06pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: How To Replace Your Car’s Windshield Wipers
How To Replace Your Car’s Windshield Wipers If you don’t change your car’s windshield wipers occasionally, they will eventually become ineffective. The rubber that rests upon the glass will start wearing away and the wiper will begin lea...
Dateline: 2013-04-26 6:36pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: Q & A #89 With The Auto Specialist
Q & A #89 With The Auto Specialist Thanks for joining me for another installment of the Auto Specialist. Two recent news stories in the auto industry were particularly notable. The first involves Mexico’s latest foray into car manufacturing. The cou...
Dateline: 2013-04-02 5:37pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: Q & A #88 With The Auto Specialist
Q & A #88 With The Auto Specialist Welcome back to the Auto Specialist. In a surprise move, Consumer Reports gave two thumbs down to the 2012 Honda Civic LX. The watchdog magazine revealed that the vehicle had “scored too low to be recommended.̶...
Dateline: 2013-03-30 5:36pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: Q & A #87 With The Auto Specialist
Q & A #87 With The Auto Specialist Thanks for joining me for another installment of the Auto Specialist. Perhaps due to uncertainty regarding the direction of fuel prices, consumers seem to be leery of buying large pickup trucks. Reuters is reporting that...
Dateline: 2013-03-27 6:52pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: Q & A #86 With The Auto Specialist
Q & A #86 With The Auto Specialist Welcome back to the Auto Specialist. Auto sales numbers for last month are still coming in, but it appears that Ford Motor Company was the pack leader. While the industry, on average, enjoyed brisk sales and an increase ...
Dateline: 2013-03-24 5:51pm -07:00T (56 words)
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Parts and Autos: Q & A #85 With The Auto Specialist
Thanks for joining me for another installment of the Auto Specialist. There’s good news on the horizon for automakers. A statement released by the National Automobile Dealers Association (NASD) predicted that car and truck sales in the U.S. will ris...
Dateline: 2013-03-21 6:21pm -07:00T (56 words)
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