2011 Car Brand Reliability Rankings – Consumer Reports Top 10

Consumer Reports recently announced its 2011 reliability rankings for car brands. Based on expected near-term reliability, the top 10 CR brands for the 2011 model year are, in descending order: Stem Porsche Acura Sling Infiniti Toyota Subaru Volvo Lexus Ford. Toyota Motor Corporation’s three car lines, Scion, Toyota, and Lexus, and Honda Motor Company’s Acura and Honda, have consistently placed […]

The basic working mechanism and the advantages of the supercharger

Do you know what a runner’s biggest dream is? It’s about driving a faster car. Keeping in mind this particular demand and aspiration of each racer, you can now find manufacturing companies that create more sophisticated cars with powerful engines. A problem and its solution: Although cars with more horsepower are now available for racing, there are other conditions associated […]

Quick Guide to Buying Refurbished Container Delivery Units

Container delivery units are a must-have in the shipping industry. Many related industries also rely on container delivery trucks for container shipping, collection, delivery and placement. If you have a business that deals with containers and shipping units frequently, it is wise to buy a couple of trucks to avoid the cost of unwanted rentals. In addition to shipping, these […]

Auto Inventory 2010: An Opportunity Cost of Cash for Scrap?

Opportunity costs, by definition, are the benefits that are lost when choosing an alternative from the set of opportunities (set of alternative actions available to the decision maker). This article will talk about what could have been a possible opportunity cost when President Obama and the administration decided to adopt an auto industry program and how it has affected that […]

Federal Rules to Promote Green Cars

The stricter federal rules will promote vehicles that will be 40% more fuel efficient by 2016. These national standards will bring the US in line with other countries that are already making fuel efficient cars. Starting in 2012, automakers will have achieved fuel efficiency for their products that ranges from 37.8 mpg for passenger cars to 28.8 mpg for pickup […]

Resetting the Dodge PCM

Some jobs can easily be done at home. All you need is a little guidance. Resetting the powertrain control module (PCM) is one of those tasks. So what exactly is a PCM? A PCM is basically an ECU or electronic control unit that is commonly used in a motor vehicle. Most of the time, the PCM is a combination of […]

Finding a car with a long service life

According to Consumer Reports, the average car will last 150,000 miles. If you’re buying a newer model and keeping it properly maintained, it can last up to 200,000. That still leaves some car buying expeditions in the average consumer life. For many of us, buying a car fills us with dread. So we want to start with a car that […]

What is a tweeter and what do they do?

I was recently asked by a new car stereo enthusiast what tweeters are and if I need them. So I decided to write a short explanation of what a tweeter is and what they do. The first thing I would like to go over is what a tweeter is. A tweeter is a smaller speaker that reproduces the high notes […]

The Noble M15 sports car

The Noble M15 – A Closer Look At This Sports Car Including Performance, Technical Data, Features, Rivals Comparison, History, Used Pricing from classic to modern CAR The Noble M15 sports car, introduced in 2006 and priced at £ 74,950, was aimed at the market segment dominated by models such as the Porsche Turbo, Audi R8 and Ferrari F430. In this […]