Archive for the 'cars mileage' Category

What We Avoid When Car Shopping

While many say that the price of gas will once again skyrocket once the holidays and election honeymoon are over, others are expressing that same fear with their wallets.  The sixth annual avoidance study conducted by JD Powers & Associates shows that new vehicle buyers are increasingly likely to avoid specific models due to price [...]

Gas Mileage EPA Ratings for 2009 Models

The EPA and the Department of Energy have released the 2009 Fuel Economy Guide.  For the first time, the release is available for mobile download as well (www.fueleconomy.gov/m).
“With the new Fuel Economy Guide in hand, Americans now have the information they need to buy greener and cleaner cars and trucks,” said EPA Administrator Stephen L. [...]

Will Your Car Die Today?

Do you ever feel that you have too much to manage? That you don’t have a spare brain cell to try to remember one more thing? You’re not alone. Unfortunately, what you don’t remember to do, or don’t have time to do today, could be the one little maintenance chore that your car desperately [...]

Setting Cars Mileage Record on a Cross Country Tour

John and Helen Taylor set out from Herndon, VA on September 3rd on a road trip.  There goal is to visit all 48 contiguous United States in 24 days.  So far it’s not that unusual a story, but this isn’t just a once in a lifetime siteseeing trip.
The couple is attempting to set the world [...]

Dropping Gas Prices Won't Last

Gas prices are down allowing many of us to breathe a small sigh of relief at the thought that our labor day weekend travel plans may not be axed the way our Memorial Day plans were.  “Staycations” are no one’s idea of fun.
As a blog editor, I have to ask how we all got so [...]