http://greasy.com/Automotive.htm Featured articles and news topics about cars and cycles. en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:32:14 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/omgwtfbbq/1226956501.html kljlkjkljkljklj Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:15:01 GMT http://greasy.com/panthurdreams/amazing_driving_skills.html Mon, 3 Nov 2008 19:49:44 GMT http://greasy.com/troutbend/close_call.html When I started the truck to go to the post office this afternoon it wouldn't idle. The instant I took my foot off the gas the engine died. I thought maybe I'd have to drive it with a rock on the gas pedal and limp up to the repair shop in Estes Park, but thinking about it, that wouldn't work, because any time I had to slow for traffic or even go around curves the engine would die. I got it rolled out of the garage and the hood up. There was my bright-shiny brand-new Interstate battery from ... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:52:42 GMT http://greasy.com/nittineedles/car_insurance.html Have you ever noticed how the amount you pay for car insurance is linked to how much your car is worth? Wanna know how much my hunk-a-junk is worth? $502.00! That's not per month nor for six months. That's a full year's coverage. I wonder if the insurance would pay me anything if the car got totaled? Well, I'd better get off my butt and go pay my $502.00 to ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia)so I can still drive it tomorrow. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:01:27 GMT http://greasy.com/haddox101/lesson_running_empty-_truck.html If my Ford could talk about our travels since 2002 - it would truly be a great book! We have been through alot together. We have had so many narrow escapes...avoiding animals or birds or stopping to pick up turtles to get them safely across the road. Let alone the close calls with other vehicles! We also have been "running on empty" many times! I've watched her gauge go into the scary zone as I simultaneously was hungry and thirsty and several miles away from a gas station...but we have al ... Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:10:44 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/killed_electric_car.html Who Killed the Electric Car? Auto Industry Committed Suicide Big Oil Owned EPA Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:08:38 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/energy_drill.html The Energy Drill Gale Collins, NYTimes This was at a biker rally in South Dakota where McCain was wooing the crowd by demanding that Congress return to Washington and do something about the energy crisis. Demanding that Congress come back from vacation to do something is a time-honored political gambit. But is it the best line of attack for a senator who last showed up for a vote himself back in early spring? Perhaps not. Also, there was the problem of tone. McCain has sometimes been charg ... Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:42:59 GMT http://greasy.com/nittineedles/update_update_broken.html $600.00 friggin' bucks to fix the hunk-a-junk car windows! It's gonna be a long, hot summer. :o{ Wed, 6 Aug 2008 01:18:28 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/gas_price_reduction_30_cents_gallon.html Maxine Waters Our Champion to Nationalize Oil Production Your post inspired me to look up how far America has progressed in oil company nationalization. Maxine Waters [D-CA] asked a Shell Oil exec. "If we open the offshore areas to exploration, can you guarantee lower prices?" The exec gave her the runaround. Then, she suggested socialization [she had a block]. He answered that Hugo Chavez had done that. Everyone seemed to mock her. Since she hadn't read your article, she didn't mention 12 ... Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:45:19 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/hyundai_qarmaq_good_karma.html Hyundai Qarmaq Good Karma FirstPost.co.uk Building eco-friendly models is at the top of most car makers' hit lists these days. But Hyundai is working on combining fuel saving with technology to help reduce injuries to pedestrians in collisions. The theory behind the QarmaQ, a sporty 4x4 it describes as a "crossover utility vehicle", is to reduce fuel consumption by saving weight. It uses recycled plastic for the body panels and polycarbonate instead of glass, and tips the scales at 1,700kg ... Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:28:01 GMT http://greasy.com/mellowdee/thems_breaks.html For the last week n' a half our car has had really squeaky breaks on the right side. Even though J said the breaks seem to be working just fine, I encouraged him to call the dealership to have them check it out. Our car is still under warranty until December, so if something was faulty, there's a chance it might be covered. Unfortunately, the dealership couldn't take us in until August, and we didn't want to take our chances sitting around waiting for our breaks to suddenly fail, so J made ... Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:39:43 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/needs_limousine_liberals.html Limousine Liberals The voters hate candidates who insist Czechoslovakia does not exist. They despise elitists who can read a Middle East map. Only a cut and run artist would leave Iraqi oil in Iraqi hands. Who needs Europe? They only sip wine and eat stinky cheese. The First Lady of France sings about her thirty lovers in forty years. Only an aristocrat would view a movie with subtitles. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:34:38 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/cars_women.html Used Cars and Used Women Tracey Clark-Flory, Salon.com Copyranter alerted us to a print advertisement featuring a beautiful young woman -- presumably naked and lying in bed -- wearing a come-hither look and a crown of blond curls. In small print scrawled across her bare shoulder, it reads: "You know you're not the first." As your eyes drift to the bottom of the advertisement -- and the top of her chest -- you learn that it's an advertisement for BMW's premium selection of used cars. Used c ... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:38:34 GMT http://greasy.com/liseboipelo/design_wolverhampton.html Web Design Wolverhampton Pixbyte is more than just a web site design and hosting resource. Europe's human rights court ruled Tuesday that Britain breached the rights of serving a life sentence and his wife by. Saturday evening brought out the movers and shakers in Thailand's real estate sector for a glitzy Academy Awards-like show at the Royal Orchid Sheraton. In spite of the enormous economic growth and productivity gains enabled by software, persistent complaints about the quality of sof ... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:05:48 GMT http://greasy.com/nenah/alas_alas_woe_me_again.html The AAA people finally got here about 12 noon and jumped my battery. Told me to just let it run about 10 minutes and it would be okay. WELL, I let it run more than than, backed it out of the garage and started down the drive way. Then it quit running and rolled out into the street, blocking one lane. Can you beat that? Called AAA again and they sent a wrecker this time - got here 30 minutes later, and took me to the dealership. My car is still over there and I have not heard a word from th ... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:28:03 GMT http://greasy.com/redwolftimes/escalade_commerciallol.html I was watching TV the other day when they played a commercial or the Cadillac Escalade. They were touting all of the features, everything it came with. Then the guy who was driving it at the end of the commercial says.."if it had a bathroom I could live in it". Considering gas prices and the housing market that could be a possibility. Sat, 24 May 2008 11:20:22 GMT http://greasy.com/shesaidwhat/dealership.html A few years back I had a fairly new Pontiac Grand Prix lease, about one year old. We got a brochure in the mail from a Chevy dealership offering to pay off our current Pontiac lease and put us in a new Chevy lease. The brochure also said, "We'll give you $5.00 bucks just for stopping in". We were skeptical that they could pay off our current lease because we had only had the car a little over a year of the three year lease. But we figured, if they can pay off this lease and put us in a new ... Sat, 24 May 2008 11:09:56 GMT http://greasy.com/merchandiser50/car_anyway.html Here's an odd but true tale. My wife and I came home to our home in Queens, NY after picking up our daughter from Binghamton as her freshman year is over. We live in an attached townhouse. I told our next door neighbor we were picking up our daughter but we have a neighbor across the street take in our mail. Our next door neighbors are not reliable as we have learned from experience when it comes to taking in our mail. Anyway-We came home on a saturday afternoon. We left on a thursday. My ... Tue, 20 May 2008 01:24:58 GMT http://greasy.com/solitaire/stay_tuned.html Hi all. I've just returned from Canyonlands NP (Utah), and am eager to catch up on all the happenings from my blogger friends. I've missed you. When I get settled and have more time, I'll write about my trip. It had its ups and downs. Gas prices--whew!!!! Later. Tue, 13 May 2008 21:29:43 GMT http://greasy.com/elderjane/cocoon.html It is seldom that I venture out of my warm and soft cocoon to address serious issues. Here goes: Why don't people react to the terrible problems with car emissions? We desperately need a good, nationwide, mass transit system from the suburbs to metropolitan areas. Why don't more people that work the same hours in the same general area, car pool and keep some of the cars off the streets. If it is within walking distance why not walk or bike. You would be killing too birds with one stone...e ... Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:42:36 GMT