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Top 10 Best Sports Cars Of The Last 25 Years
Competition is inherent to the automotive industry. As Henry Ford once said, “Auto racing began five minutes after the second car was built”, and that really tells you all you need to know about the world of sports cars. But what does a car need to have in order to be dubbed “best sports car”? Is it exclusivity, craftsmanship, significance, or style? We like to believe it’s all of those and more. Pinpointing a single vehicle is difficult although many enthusiasts have their personal favorite. With that said, the automotive industry changed significantly over the last 25 years and as it so happens, that period produced some of the most…
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Revisiting the Vegas Grand Prix 16 years later
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — In seven months, the Las Vegas Strip will echo with the sounds of Formula 1 when grand prix racing returns to the valley. Organizing, managing and pulling off a race like this is a major challenge, but it’s not the first time Las Vegas valley streets have been turned into a race track. This is not about the F1 races at Caesars Palace. This was the Champ Car World Series that raced around downtown and what’s now called the Arts District. The 2007 Vegas Grand Prix for the Champ Car series happened was April 6, 2007 — 16 years ago. Champ Car driver Will Power drives during…
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The Jeep Cherokee Discontinued After 49 Years
2023 Jeep® Cherokee Trailhawk This may sting the hearts of many Jeep lovers, but it’s official: the Jeep Cherokee is being discontinued. After 49 years of serving as a staple in Jeep’s lineup, as well as the foundation for many modern SUVs, the Cherokee is dead. This comes as a big surprise to many Jeep fans because not only was it a popular model among enthusiasts, but it was also a contender in the very competitive mid-size SUV market. While the automaker is aware of what this means for its presence in SUV sales, it shouldn’t suggest that it won’t be leaving this customer demographic anytime soon. Why is the…
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Tires should be replaced every 6 to 10 years
So, if these Corvette tires were kept in a cool, dark garage — instead of, say, outdoors in Tucson — you might be OK at the latter end of that time frame. But you’re already one bar-mitzvah past the maximum limit, so don’t mess around. Replace these tires. The same is probably true of the belts and hoses. Although the garage storage helps, they’re also probably degraded and unreliable. I’d also have a mechanic check all the other rubberized parts of the car, like suspension bushings and dust covers for the tie rod ends and ball joints. That stuff may be fine, but it should be looked at. Same with…
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Report: Auto repair costs increased by 40{12dec99aef6f119e349308ab81c83b123ba77cd3d9c980ff09eaac1f958a2724} in 5 years
The cost to repair a vehicle increased 40{12dec99aef6f119e349308ab81c83b123ba77cd3d9c980ff09eaac1f958a2724} from 2018 to 2022, according to a UK-based warranty and insurance provider. Intelligent Mooring said it analyzed more than 12,000 warranty claims filed throughout the past five years and discovered “higher prices for repairs are here to stay for the foreseeable future.” The study, released this week, revealed that repair costs began spiking following the UK’s Brexit referendum in 2016, with warranty claims costs rising 19{12dec99aef6f119e349308ab81c83b123ba77cd3d9c980ff09eaac1f958a2724} from 2018 to 2019, and another 10{12dec99aef6f119e349308ab81c83b123ba77cd3d9c980ff09eaac1f958a2724} from 2020-2021. Repair fees continued to skyrocket as the pandemic and other geopolitical events triggered supply chain issues and skyrocketing energy prices, the company said. “Without doubt the majority…
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Jason’s Auto Repair, 9 years in business and counting | Local News
Jason Campbell, owner of Jason’s Automobile Maintenance, positioned at 334 Crossroads Drive, Mountain Town, TN 37683, behind McDonald’s, has been in business enterprise because October 2014. Open up Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jason’s Automotive is a entire-company restore shop sans transmission and bodywork. Campbell started working for Levi’s business right out of higher school. About a calendar year prior to they closed, the personnel experienced fashioned a union, Campbell recalls. In 1999 they shut their facility down, but not with no supplying their personnel an prospect to much better them selves. Levi’s gave the staff they were laying off the alternative of heading to a trade…
