Archive for September, 2009
WEST LAFAYETTE — When Glenn Emslie took off on his Harley Davidson in 1947, 25 cents filled up his tank.
As he traveled across the country to California, 35 cents got him a meal and for as low as $1.75 he rented a hotel room for a night.
These are the little details Emslie began to share about his cross-country trip that peaked freelance writer Rob Dile’s interest, so much so that Dile wrote Emslie’s story for print.
By: Brenda Williams
There are many reasons that one could make the choice to sell their vehicle. Many people choose to sell their vehicle so they can upgrade the vehicle, others decide to sell the vehicle because it has become too much of an expense to own the vehicle. Sometimes the cost of gas or monthly payments for the vehicle becomes too expensive, forcing the vehicle owner to sell their car.
Regardless of the reason that you are selling your vehicle, what steps should you take to prepare it for the sale? First, when selling a vehicle it is important to gather the information for the vehicle including warranty, any repair work that has been completed on the vehicle as well as any purchase information that will be relevant to the new owner. As an added selling point, many people take the vehicle to a local mechanic or to the dealership to obtain a statement about the condition of the vehicle, as well as any repairs that are required. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Brenda Williams
Many events in automotive history can be attributed to the creative dream and obsession of a single man to realize his dreams. The Ford and the Jaguar were examples of this. The Indianapolis 500 also began as one man s dream. Carl Fisher of Indianapolis, Indiana conceived the idea of building a racetrack for car manufacturers to test their equipment against that of other manufacturers. And he believed that the general public would be willing to pay to watch these events.
Carl had some friends who were also interested in his dream. Together they searched for and found land, which they were able to buy for $72,000. They then incorporated under the name of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Company.
Although scheduled to open on June 5, 1909, there were several construction delays so the first race was not held until August 19, 1909. Unfortunately, this event was marked by tragedy. Three competitors and two spectators were killed while several other people were injured.
Following these sad occurrences, Fisher announced that the track would be made safer. After paving the track, and installing guardrails, Fisher re opened the track on December 17, 1909. Many successful events were now held and plans were soon in the works for a new, bigger and better track, which was completed in 1911. Read the rest of this entry »
By: shijina
Transporting vehicles from one place to another is considered to be the important requirement and more number of customer are availing the services provided throughout the world. When a vehicle is to be transmitted to another destination, adequate shipping services is required for the client. Different modes of shipping are available in the market and the client can choose the better carriage within their requirement. The pint of destination for carrying vehicle differs and generally, when a vehicle is carried in any modes of transport then such kind of transportation is referred as vehicle shipment.
The origin of car carriage services started from old ages itself and slowly it was developed a lot. During the past days, for transmission people used some kind of modes to carry on the requirement successfully. Today, trend has been totally changed and advancement of technology with regards to shipping has increased a lot. Large number of carriage companies is emerging nowadays considering the need and demand of transit. Most of the exotic car moving company offers the services in different types and they offer the transit in all types and sizes. More number of companies is offering the transit, but still the necessity of vehicle moving services is required in wide numbers. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Blair Stephens
Are you on the road again? From shorter family road-trips to retired folks who roam the U.S. in their RV’s, more and more people want to stay hooked in with their laptops on the road. Depending on the age of your laptop and its capabilities (many used laptops and refurbished laptops may need upgrades to be wireless for instance) you should be able to easily power your laptop from your car or RV and you can probably find tons of locations with Wireless internet access, both paid services and free!
To use your laptop in the car and pull power from the car battery, you will need a power inverter. In some cases, your laptop manufacturer will offer an auto adaptor, but the power inverter, which has a universal power plug could prove far more versatile and worth the money. The power inverter will convert the DC auto battery power into the right AC power your laptop needs. The power inverter will plug directly into your cigarette lighter and then will have an adaptor end which will let you plug your power cord directly to your vehicle. Read the rest of this entry »
By: Tom OLeary
So you’re finally going to sell that old car…the one that’s given you years of good service. The one that’s taken you to work, the kids to soccer, t-ball practice and back and forth from the grocery store.
Good for you. You put a small ad in the newspaper and hang a “For Sale” sign in the window.
You end up selling your car to a nice young guy for just under the asking price and you think to yourself…that was easier than expected.
A month and a half later, the door bell rings. Standing on your doorstep is a rugged looking guy in a jacket and tie. He introduces himself as an investigator with the State Police, flashes his badge and begins to ask questions about the car you sold not so long ago. It turns out that he’s investigating a case of odometer fraud – also known as “rolling back the odometer”.
He’s trying to establish two things. One, when did the odometer fraud take place. And two, who did it. Read the rest of this entry »