Month: August 2019

Replace Brake Pads

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Your safety while driving depends on several factors but regarding brakes it all depends on equipment: saving few bucks on brake pads isn’t worth!

There’s no need to go to the mechanic to replace your brake pads, you can easily do it yourself.

If it’s the first time you do it allow it some hours, it’s not difficult but it will require some time if you’re not experienced.

Attention: after driving the car brake pads and brake discs are hot.

Avoid any possible risk working in a safe area.

  • Make sure your car will not move at all, set the handbrake and park in a plain area.
  • Loosen the lug nuts before jacking the car up.
  • Jack the car up
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Repairing Windshield Cracks

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Windshield cracks and blemishes can be troublesome. You can never really guess what is going to happen; they almost always start small and end up spider webbing across the remaining windshield. Some rock blemishes only leave chunk of glass missing. If not treated correctly it can turn into a large crack as well.

Taking care of small chunks or blemishes is the easiest fix for a windshield. There are professional companies that will come out to your vehicle and use a resin mixture to fill the star or crack that is existing. By filling the mark the crack is aesthetically more pleasing, and more importantly the resin prevents the crack from spreading further. This method is great for prolonging the … Read the rest

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Cosmopolitan SUV

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The American Revolution wishes everyone to know that you belong because you are a proud owner of a Chevy Tracker. Fuel efficiency is now a demand all automobile users have been wishing, yet most Americans could not abandon their traditional preference for powerful engines. Dressing your key with a Chevy Tracker Keychain means you have not forgotten the American taste in your car preference, even if Japanese fuel-efficiency has become your primary concern.

The Tracker comes in many names. It was originally marketed under the Geo small cars and SUV product lines by General Motors as the Tracker, and then it was sold by Chevrolet under the same name. Suzuki calls it own version as the Escudo. Asüna and Pontiac … Read the rest

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Negotiate Car Repairs

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Car repairs can be negotiated just like anything else, more so even. Your mechanic or service manager at the dealer, knows for a fact that you are being over charged, that means that all you have to do is ask for a discount. If your mechanic is worth his salt he calls you before he does any work on your car, that is when the negotiation should start. When your mechanic tells you that you need a new “flex capacitor” and it cost around $800, your first reaction should be “Can you give me a better price?”
Or better yet “Can you do it for $700” . You need to make it clear from the very beginning that you want … Read the rest

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Technology Road

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Ford explained that no one company or industry would be able to solve the mobility issue alone. And, the effectiveness of any plan would be contingent on customer acceptance of new technologies.

Ford predicted, “If we do nothing, we face the prospect of ‘global gridlock’, a never-ending traffic jam that wastes time, energy and resources and even compromises the flow of commerce and healthcare.” He continued, “The cooperation needed between the automotive and telecommunications industries will be greater than ever as we prepare for and manage the future. We will need to develop new technologies, as well as new ways of looking at the world.”

With the fast-paced increase in in-vehicle technologies, we can see that the telecommunications industry is … Read the rest

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Mazda Performance Parts

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The automobile is one of the greatest luxuries of life. After all, who really wants to use two feet when they can use four wheels and save the stress son their tender legs. With that said, a number of different car brands design fabulous cars that catch the eyes of numerous car enthusiasts. Among one of the better vehicle manufactures include Mazda. Mazda automobiles are known for their super classy style and cool little sports cars. The Mazda Miata is a one if the top little cars that Mazda makes and that people all over the world love. The ideal thing about Mazda is that they make great performance parts that can be used to make these already zippy cars … Read the rest

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Power Given To Land Rover SUVs

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One of the brands that offer sport utility vehicles in the auto market is the luxury brand Land Rover. And aside from being known as the manufacturer of SUVs, this vehicle brand is also much known for the type of SUVs that it offers the market. Sure, the products under the Land Rover brand are not just any kind of SUV. They are actually remarkable and very luxurious SUVs that their products become the first choice of people who are out to purchase such a type of vehicle. And for those who would like to journey to locations far and distant, most would rather use their Land Rover SUVs for these offer them great comfort – during on road travels … Read the rest

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Get Good SUV Deals At Auctions

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These vehicles are usually SUV’s that have been repossessed by banks because the previous owners may have defaulted on their car payments. And as these repossessed vehicles pile up in storage facilities, the only way to get rid of them and possibly for the banks to get some return on such investments is by holding public repossessed SUV auctions.

If ever you hear of some repossessed SUV auctions being held in your area, it would be a good idea for you to go there. But as with most auctions, you will need to look hard for good quality deals even in repossessed SUV auctions.

To give you an idea, an auction is usually a public sale where items are being … Read the rest

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Technology in Tyres

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Advances in Pneumatic Tyres

Pneumatic tyres are the industry standard for all consumer vehicles. Early rubber tyres were solid, however, ever since John Dunlop designed the first pneumatic tyre in 1888, the world embraced this form of tyre, in spite of the durability of solid rubber, they were downright uncomfortable.

In approximately 455 factories around the world over 1 billion tyres are produced every year containing the same basic ingredients; rubber, carbon black and various chemicals.

Tyres are constructed on a drum and cured in a press under heat and pressure. The heat creates a polymerization reaction that links the rubber monomers and creates long elastic molecules. This allows the tyres to compress where the rubber meets the road and … Read the rest

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