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Winter Weather Driving Tips from Pep Boys

Winter Weather Driving Tips from Pep Boys

PHILADELPHIA--The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack , the nation’s leading automotive aftermarket retail and service chain, reminds motorists to be ready for winter, which officially begins on December 22. Winter driving conditions can take a toll on your car, affecting performance and safe operation. Pep Boys rec ... Continue reading

CVSA Symposium Targets Brake Safety

CVSA Symposium Targets Brake Safety

Multi-Disciplinary Forum Brings Together Experts to Help Save Lives WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- During a three-day CMV Brake Safety Symposium in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 5-7, 2006, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) will bring together the industry's foremost experts and educational resources to provide ... Continue reading

Identifix Releases Supercharged Search: a Highly Tuned Web-Based Automotive Search Engine for Technicians

Identifix Releases Supercharged Search: a Highly Tuned Web-Based Automotive Search Engine for Technicians

ST. PAUL, Minn.--Identifix, one of the nation’s premier sources of online diagnostic and fix information, today announced the launch of a powerful new search engine called Supercharged Search™ on its award winning website, Direct-Hit. Supercharged Search™ is an extremely powerful web-based automotive sea ... Continue reading

Tire Pressure Monitoring Technology Can Save Your Life - If You Know How To Use It

Tire Pressure Monitoring Technology Can Save Your Life - If You Know How To Use It

DETROIT November 27, 2006; Four little wheel sensors in a growing number of vehicles can help save lives by alerting motorists to low tire pressure, a potentially dangerous driving situation. GM Goodwrench is encouraging motorists to take a few minutes this fall to learn how to use a tire pressure monitoring system (TP ... Continue reading

Happy Thanksgiving From San Diego Auto Swap!

Happy Thanksgiving From San Diego Auto Swap!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks For Your Support... I want to Thank You for supporting the San Diego Auto Swap over the last 16 years. I really do appreciate it. I also want to Thank our Military, who are away from home and loved ones, in the service of our country. I hope they ... Continue reading

NHTSA Announces 4 Separate Recalls of Some Volvo, Chrysler, Ford Vehicles

NHTSA Announces 4 Separate Recalls of Some Volvo, Chrysler, Ford Vehicles

DETROIT November 24, 2006; The AP reported that NHTSA yesterday announced four separate auto recalls affecting about 300,600 vehicles. More than half of the vehicles being recalled -- 170,099 -- are Volvo passenger cars, station wagons and sport utility vehicles from the 1999-2002 model years, the National Highway Traf ... Continue reading

Pep Boys Offers Customers Affected By Recent Cooper Tire Recall Assistance Obtaining Free Replacement Tires

Pep Boys Offers Customers Affected By Recent Cooper Tire Recall Assistance Obtaining Free Replacement Tires

PHILADELPHIA--The Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has announced a recall of 8,583 tires produced by Cooper Tire for Pep Boys between August 8 and August 19, 2006. Of these tires, over 3,400 have already been accounted for and removed from Pep Boys’ inventory. The affected tires are listed below. Product Name Size DOT ... Continue reading

HotShot Makes Ice Scrapers Obsolete

HotShot Makes Ice Scrapers Obsolete

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dean Draznin Communications, Inc. Dean Draznin 641/472-2257 dean@drazninpr.com Elizabeth Grace 561/989-9855 elizabeth@drazninpr.com HOTSHOT MAKES ICE SCRAPERS OBSOLETE 500,000 throughout world now have heated washer fluid on car Farmington Hills, MI, November 22, 2006 – More than 500 ... Continue reading

IndyCar Series Sensation Danica Patrick Provides Tips for Getting Your Car Ready for Winter

IndyCar Series Sensation Danica Patrick Provides Tips for Getting Your Car Ready for Winter

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Nov. 21, 2006; A recent survey commissioned by the Car Care Council found 70 percent of people admitted to not winterizing their vehicle. In fact, AAA estimates vehicle breakdowns top 5 million during the winter holiday season alone. Winter is right around the corner which may mean snow, ice and dange ... Continue reading

Auto Dealers Seek Insurers' Help in Keeping Flood Damaged Cars off the Street

Auto Dealers Seek Insurers' Help in Keeping Flood Damaged Cars off the Street

Insurance Company Voluntarily Discloses Flood Damage Info WASHINGTON, DC November 17, 2006; In a major new development, PEMCO, a Seattle-based insurance company, announced this week that it will voluntarily disclose vehicle flood damage information to the public (see Editor's Note below). The recent flooding in the Pac ... Continue reading

Scot Manna Wins ACDelco Technician Of The Millennium IV Competition

Scot Manna Wins ACDelco Technician Of The Millennium IV Competition

GRAND BLANC, MICH. November 16, 2006; Scot Manna, owner of MB Automotive, Inc. in Des Plaines, Ill., won the ACDelco Technician of the Millennium IV competition at the ACDelco National Convention held recently in Las Vegas. Manna, the U.S. North Central Region champion, prevailed over seven other U.S. and Canadian auto ... Continue reading

Bakersfield California 1-800 Radiator Warehouses Opens

Bakersfield California 1-800 Radiator Warehouses Opens

BAKERSFIELD, CA Nov 16, 2006; Last Monday auto parts distributor 1-800 Radiator officially opened their twenty-ninth California outlet for business. Local owners Tanya and Ken Gacs manage the warehouse, located in Bakersfield. By teaming up with entrepreneurs like the Gacs 1-800 Radiator continues to expand into new st ... Continue reading

Afton Chemical Announces Launch of BioTEC; Performance Additive Solutions

Afton Chemical Announces Launch of BioTEC; Performance Additive Solutions

RICHMOND, Va.--Global fuel and lubricant additive supplier Afton Chemical Corporation announced today the launch of BioTEC™ Performance Additive Solutions, a new family of products for ethanol and biodiesel applications. The use of ethanol and biodiesel based fuels is growing at an accelerating pace around the wor ... Continue reading

Daytonabrands, Inc. Announces Founder and Former CEO of Armor All Corporation to Head Marketing

Daytonabrands, Inc. Announces Founder and Former CEO of Armor All Corporation to Head Marketing

Legendary Entrepreneur and Marketing Guru, Alan Rypinski, Heading the Marketing of Daytonabrands' Products IRVINE, Calif. and ORANGE CITY, Fla., Nov. 16 -- Daytonabrands, Inc. , a manufacturer and marketer of innovative automotive products, announced today that it has signed a marketing agreement with Focus Sales & Mar ... Continue reading

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