Consumer Reports has named it’s most economical vehicles for 2009. In a sad note for US automakers, they are not represented be even a single car on the list. That’s 0 for 41 for those of you counting. Not to break off into a different subject, but this could be part of the reason that [...]
Here’s a story that you can bet the insurance companies are taking some interest in. It appears that a leaky faucet at a nearby house has spilled out onto the street literally freezing cars to the road. According to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ car owners feel helpless and have no real recourse at the moment:
“NewsChannel5’s Detroit sister station, city crews [...]
For the life of me I don’t know what is getting into kids these days. Recently we reported on a story involving a young boy who decided to drive himself to school by stealing his parents car, eventually wrecking out before he could get the school breakfast he was so eager to consume. That child [...]
Something is on fire in New York Cities Central Park? You don’t say! Well this time instead of the fire coming from homeless people standing around a 60 gallon oil drum warming their hands, the source is instead cars that have been set ablaze. According to http://www.nytimes.com/ they aren’t even sure if the fires are related:
“Four [...]
Aptera is a little known auto producer that is looking to make a big splash in the electric car market with their new design. The car looks a little something like a space ship or, failing that, it at least looks like it could take off and fly you to your destination. Aptera is banking [...]
I remember hearing years ago that certain high end performance cars, like the Ferrari, for whatever reason had little or no options on the inside. Rumors of string used to open doors abounded and certainly nothing to be said for cup holders. Whether there is any validity to this claim I cannot say as Ferrari’s [...]
It seems that Tesla motor company will, or perhaps I should say “might”, be building a new car factory in California to produce electric cars and batteries. I say”might” because the new factory is dependant upon a 450 million dollar “loan” from the United States government. The “loan” would be part of the new energy [...]
A man by the name of (as best I can tell) Mustafa Mustafa hailing from Chicago lead Los Angeles police on a three hour chase commited suicide when the chase came to a conclusion. Mustafa was driving a white Bently and had owned a business renting out luxury cars to wealthy customers, but Mustafa’s business [...]
Rodney Settles held the position of chairman of the trustee board of First Corinthian Baptist Church in Philadelphia. Now he holds the position of inmate. The reason for the switch is directly tied to Mr. Settles alleged use of church funds to make a few unauthorized purchases. Mr. Settles allegedly opened up several accounts in the churches name without [...]
Perhaps I am a sick person for taking some enjoyment out of the following story, but I can’t help it…I really got a kick out of this. It seems that Mary Feeney, 80, was leaving a hair salon (no word on whether it was a “blue hair” salon *rimshot) when she hit 6 cars and [...]
