Cars Blog November Archive

A Guide to a Trouble-Free Car

11/29/08 21:52

The innovation of transportation technology through the invention and continuous development of cars and similar terrain vehicle has made traveling convenient for anyone. Cars can be an asset or a liability basing on how things work out with you and your car? A car can be a liability once maintenance or fixing it costs a lot which spells trouble for a common family under these times of economic crisis. To avoid this, read the rest here for a trouble-free car:

Link: How to keep your car trouble-free - CNN.com

Recession Blows To The Auto-Making Industry

The recession has finally caught up with the leading countries and industries globally. Forecasts of bankruptcy and lose of sale has been issued by large corporations. These early forecast will inform various industries and the government that they are in need of bailout package or contingency aids for the possible results of recession. Will the government help them? find out more here:

Link: Breaking News

How is Your Car Repossessed

Fortunately for some, quality cars may end up in the auction house at a price greatly lower than its real market value. Unfortunately for some, however, they end up losing their cars due to unmade payments.

How do exactly cars repossessed go down to its new owner? Who are the hands involved in this kind of activity? We'll tackle that detail by detail here at CNN.

Link: How a car repossession goes down - CNN.com

Hybrid Cars : Detroit Killer?

Beside the threat of the US economic recession, What really killing Detroit is they were blind or not open to the opportunities offered by hybrid cars although these cars only represent a small but growing and not very profitable segment of car industry market.

Hybrid cars like Toyota Prius, represents only about 2.6 percent of all U.S. vehicles, about 22,000 hybrids are on the streets according to R.L. and HybridCars.com's data.

Link: What's really killing Detroit - Lack of hybrids (4) - CNNMoney.com

Decline of the Tremendous Gas Prices

I just need to get this off my chest. I went to the gas station the other day and guess how much money it took to fill up my Cavalier? $22.72 was the price I paid and you bet I was thrilled. You know what this means though? This could be the sole factor for many people on what they do this Holiday season.

You want to drive to the grandparents' house for Thanksgiving, but their house is 3 hours away? Well, with the gas prices dipping below two dollars, that trip seems all the more reasonable.

Many people speculated that the price of gas was only going down because of the election. But those people also thought it would sky rocket back up after the whole ordeal. Never could anyone have seen that gas is below $2 right now.

Maybe times are getting better for all of us.

Get Your Car Ready For The Winter

Just I couple reminders I would like to mention to all readers before the snow season comes in full effect. Now is a good time to do a couple routine safety checks on your car.

You should buy some new windshield wiper blades that are specialized for ice and snow. Make sure your washer fluid reservoir is full. If you prefer washer fluid that is made for ice and snow, put it in.

Also a thing you need to remember in the freezing temperatures. Never keep your car will very little gas. If you do the pipes can freeze.

Check your heat to make sure your thermostat is working correctly. Always give yourself enough time to get to work and school to avoid a rush on the icy roads.

GM loses $4.2 B in third quarter

It's worse than what the people from Wall Street expected. GM actually lost $4.2 billion last third quarter. Without government or any other kind of intervention, the company may end up getting bankrupt.

Dropping customer sales amid a credit crunch is pointed as the reason for the large loss. This might put the possible Chrysler acquisition at the backseat.

Link: GM's Crippling Burn Rate - BusinessWeek

2009 Dodge Ram

Have you seen the new 2009 Dodge Ram? They are amazing!! The models they have available are: 1500 Quad Laramie or the 1500 sport Quad. And of course you can get just the regular cab or crew cab, but any of them are a great choice.

Read more: 2009 Dodge Ram [click]