Here comes the hangover from the cash for clunkers program. Recall that last month, the seasonally adjusted rate of car sales was 14.1 million vehicles. That was a banner month considering that sales rates for most months this year were around 10 million cars. For most of the decade, Americans were buying easily 16 million cars and trucks a year. But the economy tanked last year and we only bought 13.5 million. So the cash for clunkers program was a welcome boost for carmakers, parts companies and dealers.
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What a great guy! Darren Law took a few minutes out of his busy day Friday during practice for the Petit LeMans to talk about slot racing and a bit about real racing too. He’s a fan of Milan’s slot cars and even though he doesn’t race slots as much as he’d like, I have a feeling that when he’s racing slots… he’s hardcore! Read the rest of this entry »
As part of an exhausting 18 page article, Motor Trend put the latest and greatest cars head to head in several categories which include speed, braking performance, lateral acceleration, and more’ The results from their tests are astounding, placing the Chevrolet Camaro SS in last place among all the vehicles, The Corvette ZR1 second to the Shelby GT500 and others inbetween, one of which was a Mazda MX-5 which finished higher’ How is this possible? I guess print really does need an excuse to sell some magazines’ [ Motor Trend ]
The stock battery that you get with your vehicle is fine for a stock vehicle’ However if you’re planning to upgrade the audio system to something that requires more power then you need more juice’ The best solution available on the market is an Optima Batteries’ Yellow Top Battery ‘
