It Pays to Be Nice to Your Car When the Weather Gets Nasty
Nov 22, 2004
FAIRFAX, Va.--Nov. 22, 2004--Nasty weather, fluctuating temperatures and winter storms aren't nice to cars and can make winter driving dangerous. "Cars function differently in cold weather," says Tom Olszewski, automotive technical advisor, ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties. "In the winter months, all sorts of vehicl ... Continue reading
Ford Sends Holiday Homecoming Message to Consumers with 'American Dreams' Collaboration
Nov 21, 2004
* Ford will sponsor the Sunday, Nov. 21 broadcast of NBC's hit drama "American Dreams" from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. EST without commercial interruption. * Collaboration with "American Dreams" will conclude with a five-minute holiday "Homecoming" video message targeted directly at consumers, members of the armed forces and the ... Continue reading
Florida Court Overturns $8.2 Million Verdict Against General Motors Given to Paralyzed Man
Nov 20, 2004
TAMPA, Fla. November 19, 2004; The AP reported that a state appeals court overturned Friday a $8.2 million verdict against the automaking giant General Motors Corp. awarded to a paralyzed man who claimed his seat belt failed during a traffic accident. The 2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland ruled the judge in the ... Continue reading
Freedom on Two Wheels ... For Less than your Monthly Cellphone Bill
Nov 19, 2004
Piaggio(R) Will Never Charge Riders for Roaming LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 -- Imagine having the freedom to get where you need to go, and for less than the cost of most cell phone plans. Turns out your imagination doesn't have to stretch very far. Piaggio USA, Inc., manufacturer of the world-famous Vespa motor scooter, will ... Continue reading
Don't be a Turkey on the Road-Experts Relay Winter Driving Tips for SUV Drivers
Nov 19, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Media Center (877) 201-2373 DON'T BE A TURKEY ON THE ROAD Experts Relay Winter Driving Tips for SUV Drivers BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. (Nov. 19, 2004) - Are four-wheel drive SUVs better equipped to handle winter driving conditions? Maybe, but SUV drivers - like all drivers on the road - need to b ... Continue reading
AAA Chicago Says Monthly Gas-Price Decline Is Just in Time for Holiday Travel
Nov 19, 2004
AURORA, Ill., Nov. 19 -- Just in time for Thanksgiving, one of the busiest auto travel seasons of the year, regular unleaded gasoline finally dipped below the $2 mark in Illinois, commanding an average of $1.97 per gallon. This according to AAA Chicago's most recent AAA Fuel Gauge Report. Illinois' current monthly aver ... Continue reading
AAA Chicago Highlights Thanksgiving Travel Milestone: Levels Above Pre-9/11
Nov 19, 2004
AURORA, Ill., Nov. 19 -- Thanksgiving Holiday travel is expected to hit pre-September 11th levels for the first time since 9/11 according to AAA Chicago. Some 37 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving. That's 3 percent more than last year. Roughly 82 percent, or 31 million, of travel ... Continue reading
More Thanksgiving Travelers Will Take to the Roads and Skies Next Weekend, Predicts AAA
Nov 19, 2004
HOUSTON--Nov. 19, 2004--About 3.25 million Texans are expected to make Thanksgiving getaways next weekend - a 1.6 percent increase over last year, according to AAA Texas. Almost 2.8 million residents statewide are projected to travel by car to their destinations - a 1.3 percent increase over last year - while more than ... Continue reading
LA Auto Club: Gas Prices Continue Falling
Nov 19, 2004
LOS ANGELES--Nov. 19, 2004--For the fourth consecutive week, gasoline prices in the Southland declined as crude oil futures continued pulling back from record highs set last month, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch. The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los An ... Continue reading
AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Pump Prices Drop for Thanksgiving
Nov 19, 2004
IRVING, Texas--Nov. 19, 2004--Fuel prices drop for the third straight week as motorists prepare to head out for the Thanksgiving holiday, according to AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch. The Texas average for a gallon of regular self-serve gasoline decreased nearly three cents to $1.847. Last year, the statewide average was ... Continue reading
Time to Enter 12th Annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Contest
Nov 19, 2004
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 18 -- The December 1 deadline is fast approaching for Michigan auto tech students to enter the competition for more than $7 million in scholarships and prizes in the 12th annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills National Quality Care Challenge. On March 3, 2005, teams from technical centers and high sc ... Continue reading
Nov 19, 2004
DALLAS, Nov. 18 -- Rachel Clemens wants everyone to know her two-year-old daughter, Adrianna, would be alive today if their SUV had back-up car sensors. "We were celebrating our seven-year-old son's birthday last month, when my husband backed out of the garage," the grieving mother recalls tearfully. "In a matter of se ... Continue reading
Chrysler Group Will Equip More than 750,000 SUVs with Electronic Stability
Nov 18, 2004
Electronic Stability Will Become Standard Equipment AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 18 -- DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group announced today that it will make its Electronic Stability Program (ESP) standard on all of its SUVs in 2006 in the United States, including several models as early as 2005. "We at the Chrysler Group des ... Continue reading
Prepare Your Car and Yourself for Winter Driving
Nov 18, 2004
Cars.com Senior Editor Joe Wiesenfelder Gives Advice for Winter-Weather Travelers CHICAGO, Nov. 18 -- Before you hit the roads this winter, prepare your car and yourself for the extreme weather ahead. "Aside from the obvious items such as a snowbrush, windshield scraper and perhaps a small shovel, consider the followin ... Continue reading
Technical Museum in Vienna : Sweeping the Bend: Motorcycles 1945-2005
Nov 18, 2004
VIENNA, Austria, November 18 -- An exhibition entitled "Sweeping the bend: Motorcycles 1945-2005" will be on display at the Technical Museum in Vienna, Austria from November 17, 2004-April 3, 2005. The show recounts the history of motorbikes, starting from their humble beginnings during the post-war period as an inexpe ... Continue reading
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