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Ford survey finds teens more aware of driving risks;

Apr 27

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A study has found that teenagers are more aware of their own driving shortcomings than their parents. Ford conducted the study, and found that teenagers are more realistic about their driving abilities. Models sold at Honda Dealer Salisbury are equipped with the latest safety features, but poor driving skills and habits can result in an accident no matter how safe a vehicle is, and teen driving is a topic that is of particular concern because of the high rate of accidents among teen drivers. Honda Dealership Washington and other dealerships have released models that are safer for teenagers to drive with new safety features, but it is important for teens to have adequate training and experience before driving on their own.

It is also important for parents to have their teenagers’ vehicles serviced at a VA Service Dealership regularly to make sure that the vehicles are safe to drive. Statistics show that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teens in the United States. Issues that have become a common concern for teen drivers include driving distractions from cell phones. The vast majority of parents believed their teens to be safe drivers with the majority of teenagers reported seeing their parents as unsafe drivers.

Three out of four teenagers rely on their parents for driving advice. Parents can help teenagers with their driving by discussing safe driving habits and helping their children drive. There are safe driving programs being offered to teenagers outside of traditional driver’s education. There have been cutbacks in programs by schools but private organizations and automakers have been offering more of these driving programs to help reduce accident rates in the teenage demographic. The future of teenage driving success depends heavily on these types of programs which educate teens on safe driving habits and practices.

Keep This In Mind To Avoid Expensive Repairs.

Feb 28

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Quite often, a visit to the car repair shop can be even more painful than a visit to your dentist. Perhaps physical pain it’s involved, but some car repairs can leave your wallet feeling pretty empty and you with a bad taste in your mouth. The best way to avoid costly repairs is to take preventative steps that will keep your car in the best condition possible.

The first thing to do is to follow the maintenance schedule as outlined in your owner’s manual. The best one is always that recommended by the manufacturer and if you fail to follow those guidelines, your warranty may be voided for future repairs. Always be sure to change fluids, filters and spark plugs as the car’s manufacturer recommends. Upgrade your motor oil to a high performance synthetic oil, which can help to prevent certain problems and can also improve your car’s performance. Some dealers have it to where you can only take it to them and that is not a necessarily bad thing, just expensive. California BMW Dealer puts high performance oil in their vehicles to maintain the integrity of the engine.

Always be sure that your tires are properly inflated. This is especially important because tires with too little air, or too much, can result in excessive wear and may cause a blow out. It is often recommended that tire pressure be checked during every visit to the gas pump. While this may seem like a lot, you won’t be sorry that you have kept your tires in the best shape possible. For reasons of both safety and the expense of new tires, this exercise is well worth it. Dealers like Chrysler Dealer Tennessee might give the option of Nitrogen in your tires. It still is like oxygen but not as bad. It absorbs heat and cold better without leaking. All though you will still have some leakage, it is inevitable.

If you notice unusual noises on your car, check with your owner’s manual for information. Quite often, noises are perfectly normal and there is no need for concern. Your owner’s manual will let you know whether or not a visit to the car repair shop is necessary. Most times, woman rather take it in even if it is fine. Then if something does go wrong then they can say I told you so. Chrysler Dealership Manassas knows all too well their female consumers, and how paranoid SOMETIMES, they can be.

If you do have to take your car in for repairs, be sure that you are dealing with a reputable company. Check with the local Better Business Bureau and ask your family or friends for recommendations.

When it comes time to begin the repairs, get an estimate in writing. A quality repair shop will be able to provide this information and should also be able to assure you that the repairs will not exceed 10% of a specific dollar amount as outlined in the estimate.

The aforementioned steps will help to keep your car running smoothly and may also keep some extra bucks in your wallet. With the cost of gasoline prices these days, a few extra dollars can go along way.

How to buy a safe car;

Feb 26

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You should be sure to investigate a car’s safety features when you are shopping for a model from a Nissan Dealership Worcester or other car dealership. Although many of the more recent vehicles have several included standard safety features, some of the models that you are browsing may not be equipped with the features that you need for your vehicle. Features like antilock brakes and blind spot warning which can be found on models sold at Toyota Dealership Salt Lake City are preferable if they can be fit into your budget.

Hartford Nissan Dealership also sells high quality safe Nissan models with several standard safety features. Some features you should look for include front air bags. and dual stage front air bags. Front air bags rely on sensors to detect a frontal collision and then the bags are triggered. The bags are inflated very quickly to cushion the front seat occupants during the crash and then they are deflated quickly. There are dual stage front airbags which are more adaptive based on other variables like how severe the crash is and whether or not the seat belt is fastened. These airbags automatically adjust to the crash and come with some of the more recent models.

Antilock brakes reduce the amount of sliding on ice and also prevent wheels from locking which maintains steering control in icy conditions. The system uses a computer to reduce or minimize brake locking. Brake assist is also a new feature that improves brake pressure in panic circumstances and engages ABS as well automatically. This is useful to prevent rear end collisions or other unexpected accidents and this feature is not found on every model. Seat belts of course are required to be on every model, but some of the latest seat belts are designed to minimize force by distributing the force more evenly throughout the belt.

Where to Find the Safest Drivers

Jan 24

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Driving Bright Lights 300x199 Where to Find the Safest Drivers According to organizations that tabulate tons of statistics about the vehicles from Chevrolet Dealers Orlando and how safe they are, there has been a steady decrease in the amount of fatal motor vehicle accidents. This great event can’t be attributed to one solitary reason, but there have been a huge amount of factors that are making it safer to be on the roads. One that is easiest to notice is the increase of safety features from auto makers like Georgia Dodge Dealership. By 2014 it will be required that all vehicles sold in the United States come equipped with electronic stability control, a key feature in protecting drivers in smaller passenger cars. Plus, Chevrolet Dealerships Michigan have to remain competitive with other brands, so all of the auto brands are in a die-hard competition to produce the safest vehicle possible.

Allstate Insurance did some research and determined some of the safest cities across the country to live in based on driving habits and the likelihood of having an accident. For four years in a row, Sioux Falls, South Dakota took first prize with an estimated chance of having an accident only once every 13.5 years. The most unsafe places to drive tend to be heavily populated cities, such as Washington, D.C., where it is possible to have an accident once every five years.

Seatbelt 300x225 Where to Find the Safest Drivers The chances of having an accident anywhere in the country has gone down by 5.6% and the vehicles produced right now are the safest that have ever been manufactured. Some analysts give the recession and high unemployment rates partial credit for the declining accident rates; if people aren’t driving to and from work every day then the roads are not nearly as crowded! The top ten safest cities to be in right now are: Sioux Falls, SD; Fort Collins, CO; Chattanooga, TN; Cedar Rapids, IA; Knoxville, TN; Ford Wayne, IN; Lexington-Fayette, KY; Eugene, OR; Boise, ID; and Colorado Springs, CO.

Tips to Ship Your Ride

Jan 7

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Car Movin 300x225 Tips to Ship Your Ride If you were financially smart and decided to take advantage of the great prices over at St. Petersburg FL Used Car Dealer, then kudos to you. However, like thousands of Americans every year, you might end up being forced to relocate for your job or for one of many other reasons. If you find that you need to travel from the east coast to Certified Golf Phoenix all the way on the west coast, you need to prepare yourself for the big move. There are plenty of resources available to help make your long-distance move as smooth as possible. You might want to consider shipping your Ford Cincinnati vehicle rather than taking a week to drive to your new location.

Moving Boxes1 199x300 Tips to Ship Your Ride Having a company ship your vehicle can save you a lot of time but it likely won’t save you any money. It can be expensive, especially depending on how many miles you need your vehicle shipped and how quickly you need it to arrive. You will want to research several companies to see which one is going to best meet your needs. Visit the Better Business Bureau to check out their reputation and also read online reviews and complaints from prior customers. Once you decide on a company, they will usually come and inspect your vehicle with you present and then it will be inspected again upon delivery. Ask the company about how their insurance works and if your vehicle will be covered under their policy or yours should the transport truck be in an accident.

Now that your vehicle is safely in the same state as you, you will need to get in touch with your new DMV or DOL. They will require you to make an official change of address and it usually helps to change your address with your previous state of residence as well. Next, make sure your whole family gets updated ID cards and driver’s licenses. Lastly, register your vehicle and relax because you’re home!

3 Tips to Survive Winter

Dec 28

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Winter Collision 3 Tips to Survive Winter

Making sure that your vehicle from Mercedes-Benz Dealership MD is in good working order is always important. You will want to make sure that the safety features on your vehicle are up to speed at any given time, but when you are driving in winter there are a few extra precautions you will want to take. The snow and ice make your Certified Porsche Kitchner work harder than normal to deliver the performance you are accustomed to. We are going to give you three tips to help protect you this winter, and help prolong the life of your vehicle from Mercedes-Benz of Salisbury or wherever else you might have purchased your vehicle from.

1. Make sure your heater and defroster are performing at their peak level. We all rely on the defroster to get rid of the morning ice on our windshields and to help prevent our cars from fogging up while we drive. If you are short on time one morning, use the air conditioner at the same time as the defrost function to speed up the process. This is a good time to check your fluids, especially your antifreeze/coolant levels and your windshield washer fluid that you’ll use to remove bits of ice.

2. You will want to look through your owner’s manual to see if your vehicle requires a low-viscosity oil during the winter months. As it gets colder outside, your oil will become thicker or have a higher viscosity. The thicker oil can’t do its job as well and your engine will not be properly lubricated. Your owner’s manual will list out the types of oil your vehicle needs based on climate and temperature ranges.

3. Take your car to the mechanic and ask them to give your vehicle a thorough inspection. Tell them to pay special attention to your belts and hoses, which we tend to neglect at our oil changes to help cut down on maintenance costs. The colder weather of winter will speed up the deterioration process of your belts and hoses, especially if they are already in bad shape.

Why Drive when You Can Be On Auto-Pliot

Nov 17

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Just imagine that you can go to the grocery store, and to doctors office and never having to sit behind your vehicle to drive. Well Google has invented an new vehicle that drives itself. And the only purpose for this new technology is because the world’s biggest search engine decide that they was tried of all the automobile accidents in America. With an average of 1.2 million lives lost annually due to traffic accidents, Goggle might not have a bad ideal. T hey plan on using what is called software engineer that will use video cameras, radar senors,and laser range finder to see other traffic. The vehicle will use maps from Google data centers to find quick and easy routes to your destination.Now for those who are still old-school and prefer driving their own car, then Knoxville Ford and Memphis Ford Dealers would be excellent places for you to grab an good old-fashion car or truck. Toyota is helping Google with this cause, they already fully equipped an Toyota Pruis for an test drive in from San Francisco and Los Angeles. With this new technology an artificial- intelligence software, something like using an robot to do the driving. You can get an older model of the Toyota Pruis at Pittsburgh Used Cars but it would not have the artificial -intelligence technology. self driving google car1 300x197 Why Drive when You Can Be On Auto Pliot

Google said that their car has options to program itself to different driving modes-from cautious to aggressive and their technology would help vehicles to be driven more safely and also reduce fuel consumption and pollution. Many people who are close to these developments are saying that Goggle did this the right way, by using the best of the best. Using some of the brilliant minds from Standford University and Berkley. The only problem that some see is while it has driven well around the streets and highways, one not to sure how it would respond to an drunk driver or even children dashing in the streets. If this new technology is going to keep us safer then Google must find way the vehicle to react to these occurs that happen everyday. And what price it does not do any good for a safe car be for sell if no one can afford it. So Google still has a way to good before we consumer can get excited about the that can car drives itself.

Let’s Talk About Safety!!

Nov 2

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There are many different things that you should look for in buying a new vehicle. My main two things that I like to check out are the safety features and the reliability of a vehicle. Most vehicles, like the ones sold at Peoria Volkswagen and Rocky Mount Ford, have many safety features. Even most cars that have been worked on at Chevrolet Service Center, still carry some/most of these safety features. Ones to look for are;

*Driver and Front Passenger Airbags-They provide effective protection for the head and upper torso area preventing contact with the steering wheel and dash.

*Driver and Passenger Side Airbags-These are designed to help protect your head and chest in a crash involving the side of the vehicle.

*Side Curtain Airbags-These are used to protect your head from hitting the window or frame pillar in a side impact collision.

*Anti-Lock Brakes-It is a safety system that prevents the wheels on a vehicle from locking up while braking.

*Electronic Stability Control-This a computerized technology that improves the safety of a vehicle by detecting and minimizing skids. It will also detect the loss of steering control which will in turn make the vehicle automatically apply the brakes to help steer the driver where they are intending to go. Some systems also reduce the engine power until the driver gets the vehicle back under control.

*Engine Brake Assist-In the event of sharp braking, it allows extra assistance which amplifies the braking pressure and reduces the stopping distance to a minimum.

*Electronic Brakeforce Distribution-This is an automobile brake technology that automatically varies the amount of force applied to each of a vehicles brakes based on the road conditions and speed. It can apply more or less braking pressure to each wheel in order to maximize stopping power while maintaining control.

As for reliability, most vehicles offer the same perks, unless your buying a really pricey vehicle. Many manufacturers offer three year/36,000 bumper-bumper warranty and a five year/60,000 mile powertrain limited warranty. Some will offer corrosion protection for five years or 60,000 miles. Now a more pricier vehicle, lets say a Cadillac, they will offer a more elaborate variety of warranties. I know on the 2011 Cadillac CTS, they offer four year/50,000 mile basic warranty , five year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty along with roadside assistance. They have a Premium Care Maintenance package that will cover scheduled oil changes, tire rotations, replacement of engine and cabin air filters along with a multi-point vehicle inspection after 4 years of 50,000 miles. Which all of that is wonderful if you can afford it.

It isn’t easy to pick out a new car that will suit you in every way, but these are just a few things that you should check out before making that big purchase.

Equinox Vs. Beetle on Safety.

Oct 28

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The Chevy Equinox at Chevrolet D Chevy Equinox 11 Equinox Vs. Beetle on Safety. ealer Bradenton, the safety of this vehicle has advance technologies to help you avoid collisions including the stabilitrak electronic stability control system with traction control and roll over mitigation, available all wheel drive and four wheel anti lock brakes with electronic brake force distribution. For protection during a collision the Equinox has features like the steel safety cage, six airbags (ten with roll over sensors), and the LATCH system. The equinox comes standard for the first six months with OnStar. In a crash, built in sensors can automatically alert OnStar even if you can’t respond. You can also find this Equinox at Chevrolet Dealer Rome. Volkswagen Beetle Equinox Vs. Beetle on Safety.

The 2011 VW Beetle of Peoria Volkswagen Dealer now has some of the best safety features than most in its class. The Beetle automatically locks once you reach about 8 miles per hour. This keeps passengers safe inside the cabin. Just pull the handle twice to unlock the doors or press the unlock button. With this VWs Iconic round shape, it gives you a stronger feeling of strength and ridgidity for safety. Almost like the Ford Fiesta‘s rounded shape. The new advanced airbag features includes side airbags in front along with head airbags as well. The VW Beetle comes standard with signal mirrors. The signal mirrows have blinkers built right into them. This helps vehicles to the left or right of you know when you’re turning or changing lanes much more easily. As an added bonus, its easier to spot when you’ve left your blinker on.To help prevent other injuries, this car comes with the deformable steering column which is designed to actually collapse upon impact. With the immobilizer 3, part of the theft deterrent system, this system will allow the vehicle to start only if a key with the appropriate coding is inserted into the ignition. Some other standard features are the daytime running lights, truck release, electronic stability control, 4-wheel ABS, and a tire pressure monitor.

Up to Date Safety Info you Should Know.

Oct 25

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The 2011 VW Jetta at Phoenix Up to Date Safety Info you Should Know. certified Volkswagen, now has some of the latest safety features. It comes with the anti lock braking system (ABS), hydraulic brake assist (HBA), electronic stability control (ESC), anti intrusion side impact door beams, and daytime running lights. It comes standard with driver and front passenger airbags. Driver and front passenger side thorax airbags, and driver and front passenger side curtain airbags. For safety to fit all passengers of any size, it has the 3 point safety belts in all seating positions with emergency lock retractors, front and rear out board pretension with load limiters, front height adjustment, and rear center safety belt interlock. For child safety, it comes with the rear seat Lower Anchors and Tethers for children, also known as the LATCH system. The VW Jetta also comes with child safety rear door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, collapsible steering column, a trunk escape handle, and dual note horn. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration hasn’t released crash test scores for the 2011 Jetta, but the NHTSA gave the 2010 Jetta four out of five stars for driver and passenger protection in frontal crash tests and five stars in side crash tests. It also received a four-star rollover score, which means it has only a 12 percent risk of rollover in a single vehicle crash. With these changes done to the Jetta for 2011, these ratings could change, and have a good chance of increasing.

The new 2011 Chevy Equinox has a nice rounded exterior shape. You can find this Chevy at places like Orland o Chevrolet Dealers.The Equinox was given much thought when it came to its comfortableness and quietness. It has more rear seat leg room than the newer Honda Pilots and is rated higher than any other compact crossover for its comfort and leg room. This SUV now comes with other comfort and convenience features such as standard power driver seat height and weight adjuster, quiet interior through its use of acoustic laminated glass and sound deadening materials. Ten storage areas plus 637 cu. ft. of storage space also comes standard in this cross over. While the Equinox geta 27 city miles per gallon and 32 highway miles per gallon its beats the Toyota Sequoia by a long shot. As for your budget, the Equinox starts at about $22,745. Not too bad for a compact crossover. But if that price is still too high, Sarasota Used Car Dealer always has quite a few payment plans to choose from. This crossover has a 2.4 liter v-6 engine and has 264 horsepower. The 2.4 liter engine features an ECO button that allows you to switch to fuel saving mode, which can increase your vehicles fuel economy when compared to normal operation.

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