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Excerpts From TACH New Car Chat Room- My Boxter is smelly, and other great reading!

Excerpts From TACH New Car Chat Room- My Boxter is smelly, and other great reading!

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ camden@64.105.137.46 on Mon 2002-04-22 21:42:11 EDT BOXSTER OWNERS--I have a '99 Boxster with severe quality problems. Electrical system fails regularly, oil leaks often, AC defect created water leakage so now the car smells of mildew. An ... Continue reading

U.S. regulators investigate Ford adjustable pedals

U.S. regulators investigate Ford adjustable pedals

DETROIT, April 22 Reutershas reported that U.S. federal safety regulators have opened an investigation into adjustable brake and accelerator pedals on more than 400,000 Ford Motor Co. sedans after complaints that the pedals were built too close together. The probe adds to a raft of recalls and quality problems at the w ... Continue reading

Designing the Extreme Automotive Dream

Designing the Extreme Automotive Dream

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Rosemarie Kitchin, rosemariek@sema.org SEMA 909/396-0289, ext.104 Nicole Girkey, ngirkey@jmprpublicrelations.com JMPR, Inc., 818/992-4353 DESIGNING THE EXTREME AUTOMOTIVE DREAM The Faces Behind the Hottest Customized Imports At the International Auto Salon - April 19-21, 2002 LONG ... Continue reading

World's First Motor Vehicle 'Black Box' Standard Underway At IEEE

World's First Motor Vehicle 'Black Box' Standard Underway At IEEE

PISCATAWAY, N.J.--April 15, 2002--Driven by the lack of uniform scientific crash data needed to make vehicle and highway transportation safer and reduce fatalities, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA) has begun working to create the first universal standard for motor ve ... Continue reading

Super Sunday Notre Dame Automotive Swap Meet, and Car Sale

Super Sunday Notre Dame Automotive Swap Meet, and Car Sale

SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 11 -- April 21, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM at the Joyce Center, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. 21st Annual Giant Indoor Swap Meet. Over 500 Spaces indoors -- always a sell out. General admission $5, children under 12 FREE. Swap Space $40, Car Sale Space $20. ... Continue reading

Kmart and Penske Auto Centers Reach Agreement For An Orderly Shutdown of Auto Service Centers

Kmart and Penske Auto Centers Reach Agreement For An Orderly Shutdown of Auto Service Centers

TROY, Mich., April 9 -- Kmart Corporation and Penske Corporation, Penske Auto Centers, Inc., and Penske Auto Centers, LLC (collectively ``Penske'') today announced that they have reached an agreement whereby Penske and Kmart will work together to achieve an orderly wind-down of operations at auto service centers at mor ... Continue reading

Record Number of Auto Manufacturers Exhibiting at 2002 International Auto Salon

Record Number of Auto Manufacturers Exhibiting at 2002 International Auto Salon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Rosemarie Kitchin, rosemariek@sema.org SEMA, 909/396-0289, ext.104 Kim Milman, kmilman@jmprpublicrelations.com JMPR, Inc., 818/992-4353 RECORD NUMBER OF AUTO MANUFACTURERS EXHIBITING AT 2002 INTERNATIONAL AUTO SALON Tuned, Tweaked, Customized and Hot Concept Sport Compacts On Displ ... Continue reading

Penske Auto Centers Calls Kmart Press Release Misleading

Penske Auto Centers Calls Kmart Press Release Misleading

TROY, Mich., April 6 -- Senior officials of Penske Auto Centers, LLC (PAC) including Richard J. Peters, Chairman, Jim Wheat, President, and Roger S. Penske, Director announced today that the April 6, 2002, press release regarding Penske Auto Centers issued by Kmart Corporation was misleading. PAC, which is owned 64% by ... Continue reading

Court Orders Penske Auto Centers to Continue Operating Auto Service Centers at 550 Kmart Stores Nationwide

Court Orders Penske Auto Centers to Continue Operating Auto Service Centers at 550 Kmart Stores Nationwide

TROY, Mich., April 6 Kmart Corporation said today that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois has issued a temporary restraining order against Penske Auto Centers, Inc., and Penske Auto Centers, LLC (``Penske'') requiring them to continue operating auto service centers at more than 550 ... Continue reading

Penske Auto Centers Discontinues Operations

Penske Auto Centers Discontinues Operations

TROY, Mich., April 6 -- Penske Auto Centers, LLC (``PAC''), announced today that it has discontinued operations of all of its automotive service centers. The company, which purchased the automotive service business from Kmart Corporation in November 1995, had operated at 563 Kmart locations in 44 states. Jim Wheat, Pre ... Continue reading

TBC Reports Successful Completion of Mueller Tire & Brake Acquisition

TBC Reports Successful Completion of Mueller Tire & Brake Acquisition

MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 4 -- TBC Corporation, one of the nation's leading marketers of automotive replacement tires, today reported the successful completion of its acquisition of Mueller Tire & Brake, one of the largest independent tire retailers in Ohio. Exact terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mueller operat ... Continue reading

Firestone faces trial on tire rollover

Firestone faces trial on tire rollover

BAY CITY, Texas, April 3 Reuters has reported that Bridgestone Corp.'s Firestone unit will stand trial on Thursday in a Texas courtroom for a 1999 rollover accident that critically injured a college student and hurt two others. Attorneys will be seeking more than $70 million in damages from Firestone, according to cour ... Continue reading

Toyota broadens engine fix for 3.3 million vehicles

Toyota broadens engine fix for 3.3 million vehicles

DETROIT, April 3 Reuters reported that Toyota Motor Corp. said on Wednesday it was broadening a warranty for potential damage from oil gelling in engines on 3.3 million vehicles, aiming to mollify customers upset with the automaker renowned for quality. Toyota maintained the problem was caused by customers neglecting t ... Continue reading

Four-Wheeled Style at the 2002 SEMA International Auto Salon

Four-Wheeled Style at the 2002 SEMA International Auto Salon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Rosemarie Kitchin, rosemariek@sema.org SEMA 909/396-0289, ext.104 Nicole Girkey, ngirkey@jmprpublicrelations.com JMPR, Inc., 818/992-4353 DEVELOPING A SENSE OF FOUR-WHEELED STYLE AT THE 2002 SEMA INTERNATIONAL AUTO SALON Accessory Choices Make Our Vehicles Rolling Fashion Statement ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Extends Powertrain Protection Pledge

Chrysler Group Extends Powertrain Protection Pledge

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 28 - Chrysler Group announced today the extension of its powertrain protection pledge, which provides -- at no charge -- seven-year/100,000-mile powertrain coverage on any new 2001 and 2002 Chrysler, Jeep® or Dodge vehicle purchased through May 31, 2002. ``The powertrain protection pledge ha ... Continue reading

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