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Piston Slap: Take These Broken Wings Edition

post from The Truth About Cars on 24 June 2009 02:06:15 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Frequent Piston Slap contributor Theodore writes:I just put my 1992 Ford Thunderbird (V-6, stripper, ex-rental car) on craigslist, but I don’t know if I can really bring myself to part with it.The automatic transmission is dying for the second time. Leaking badly, hesitates before going into gear, tries to downshift from fourth to third at 50-55mph, [...]

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Hammer Time: Oil Get You for This!

post from The Truth About Cars on 24 June 2009 02:06:15 PM. © The Truth About Cars

The oil in the Honda Insight’s engine was overfilled by nearly half the length of the dipstick by the new car dealer. I was 40 miles away from there with a well deserved vacation on the horizon. So, I did what anyone in my neck of the woods would do and fixed the problem myself. [...]

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Half Of Fords Suppliers Bite The Dust

post from The Truth About Cars on 24 June 2009 02:06:15 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Ford had 1,683 suppliers last year. By the end of this year, that number will be down to 850. This is what Tony Brown, Ford’s group vice president of global purchasing, told reporters, one of them from Reuters. Ford is worried about disruptions by supplier bankruptcies, which are a daily occurrence. Triage time: Ford wants [...]

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New Buick LaCrosse Gets Four-Cylinder Engine

post from The Truth About Cars on 24 June 2009 02:06:14 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Can someone please straighten me out here? What is a Buick? I mean, what’s the point? I’m serious. I don’t get it. And Susan Docherty [via AutoWeek] is no bloody help at all. “We’re working hard to change the perception of the brand and to let people know Buick may not be what they think it is.” [...]

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Tweets on Cars: With all that's happened...

post from Karl on Cars on 24 June 2009 01:47:48 PM. © Karl on Cars

With all that's happened over the past 6 months GM has learned from its rebadging mistakes, right? Maybe not. Link

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Cashforguzzlers.net Cleans-Up Its Site

post from The Truth About Cars on 24 June 2009 01:06:20 PM. © The Truth About Cars

Robert,Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. Our website www.cashguzzlers.net has been following the story for months and of course we were concerned when our site was referenced along side of a website that looks like a phishing scam. Our website was created to provide information and clarity to consumers and also to [...]

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Hammer Time: Oil Get You For This!

post from The Truth About Cars on 24 June 2009 01:06:19 PM. © The Truth About Cars

The oil was overfilled by nearly half the length of the dipstick by the new car dealer. I was 40 miles away from there with a well deserved vacation on the horizon. So, I did what anyone in my neck of the woods would do and fixed the problem myself. Except the problem didn’t get [...]

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GM White Collar Cull Revealed

One of our Best and Brightest forwarded GM letter to the white collar workers targeted for elimination (by October), along with a pdf of the Retirement Package [download here]:Dear U.S. Classified Salaried Employees:On June 1, Fritz Henderson shared the company?s plans to reduce an additional 4,000 salaried employees from our U.S. workforce. This news was [...]

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Daily Podcast: Extended Range

Will Chevrolet’s Volt ever be test-driven in range-extended mode? With pre-production underway, one hopes that the “we don’t want people to hear the engine turn on” excuse won’t be long for this world. Meanwhile, see if you can tell where in the podcast Farago and Niedermeyer switch into their own range-extended mode.

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E-types top the charts at Barons classic cars
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post from Classic cars, Vintage Racing, Classic Rally on 24 June 2009 12:55:16 PM. © Classic cars, Vintage Racing, Classic Rally

Two E-types topped the results at Barons? Jaguar Heritage sale at Sandown Park on June 16th. While they may both have been E-type roadsters, they were from two different decades and finished to different standards. The superb 1974 S3 roadster was generally described, by all that viewed it, as being the best they had ever seen. This truly outstanding car sold for a UK record price of £69,699. In second place was a glamorous bright red 1966 S1 LHD roadster (£32,346).

The top-selling MKII was a 1962 MK11 3.4 automatic, which sold for £20,000, despite having little or no history. The pre 1960 models were represented, in the results, by a lovely MKIX, which had been equipped with a modern, 4-speed automatic transmission. At £14,285, it looked like excellent value, even with the modern gearbox.

?Our annual Jaguar Heritage sale always attracts a good entry, and a good crowd,? said Barons? MD, Laurence Sayers-Gillan.

?Jaguar is one of those marques whose appeal never seems to fade and, of course, the E-type and the MK11 are the most collectable and affordable of the classic Jaguars. Good examples always prove popular, but we were pleased to have achieved almost £70,000 for the Series 3 E-Type, which we believe to be a UK auction record for a non-commemorative car.

Barons is now accepting entries for its summer sale at Sandown, on July 28th, early entries for which already include another two E-types (a 1973 roadster and a 1970 fhc) and MK11 Jaguar (a 1968 example), along with two magnificent 1920?s Rolls-Royce Landaulet limousines. For further information or to consign a car to the sale, please visit www.barons-auctions.com, email info@barons-auctions.com or call 08445 30 60 60.

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