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Car Trivia of the Day: The Importance of Your
Windshield

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 09 September 2008 10:44:37 PM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

Structural Integrity - The windshield is an important part of a vehicle’s energy management systems, which directs crash energy around the occupant compartment. If the windshield is improperly installed, the vehicle may crumple differently than the manufacturer intended, which may jeopardize occupants.Rollover Strength - In a rollover accident, the windshield provides strength by helping [...]

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The Truth About Irans CNG Vehicles (T-Boning T.
Boone)

post from The Truth About Cars on 09 September 2008 10:06:45 PM. © The Truth About Cars

In T. Boone Pickens’ latest TV campaign, the aspiring compressed natural gas kingpin patriotic oil addiction interventionist points out that most Iranian autos run on CNG. According to T., that’s because they save the oil for export to saps like us. It is a shameless, outrageous manipulation of the facts. The former Texas oilman forgets [...]

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New, Cleaner Catalytic Converters Using Gold
Nanoclusters - And Size Does Matter

post from Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility on 09 September 2008 09:11:08 PM. © Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility

Catalytic converters are pretty expensive, owing to the platinum, palladium, or rhodium they use as catalysts. Those catalysts turn the harmful fumes into not-so-harmful gas. But researchers think they may have a better, less expensive way, and ironically, it involves gold.The new method uses gold in nanocrystal (gold atoms bound together in [...]

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Bailout Watch 34: Wheres Theres A Pelosi, Theres
A Way

post from The Truth About Cars on 09 September 2008 08:06:33 PM. © The Truth About Cars

All this low-interest federal loans to Detroit (a.k.a. bailout) misegos started as a proviso of last year’s Energy Bill. That little codicil tabled $25b worth of loans for retooling automaking factories that were/are twenty-years or older (not-so-coincidentally all but two of which belong to Motown’s mavens). From there, the number under discussion suddenly zoomed to [...]

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Audi Q7 V12 TDI

post from GTSPIRIT - Daily supercar news, car event coverage & more! on 09 September 2008 08:06:05 PM. © GTSPIRIT - Daily supercar news, car event coverage & more!

At the Paris Motorshow next month, Audi will show the final production ready V12 TDI Q7. The car was already shown at the 2008 Geneva Show at the begining of the year, but back then we didn’t know that sales will start in October at a price of ?130,600 ($184,120 or £105,276). There are no [...]

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Toyota Plug-In Hybrid Launched

post from PistonHeads (Motoring News) on 09 September 2008 08:00:00 PM. © PistonHeads (Motoring News)

Taking the phrase 'plug and play' to a new level.

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PH Fleet- MINI Cooper S

post from PistonHeads (Motoring News) on 09 September 2008 08:00:00 PM. © PistonHeads (Motoring News)

It's faster, more discreet and a lot dirtier

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New Drivers To Get 'Greener'

Eco-Driving education to be included in driving test.

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Motorists Face Fuel Price Misery

If you thought that pump prices were about to fall, then think again.

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