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Believe it or not, their fuel economy improved 30 percent
Q: I drive a 2010 Mazda 3 that has 47,000 miles. When I fill up I always reset the trip odometer and have typically gotten 300 +/- miles per tank and usually refill when the light comes on. The last 30 days without any other observable difference I am...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Ethanol, Toyota, Travel, Honda
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2013 Nissan Altima's 'Easy-Fill Tire Alert' Video
KickingTiresBesides being stylish, fuel-efficient and agile, the new 2013 Nissan Altima sedan also has plenty of clever features. One innovation, called "Easy-Fill Tire Alert," aims to maintain proper tire pressure in the Altima, Cars.com Editor Mike Hanley explains....Tags: Car Guides and Reviews, Passenger Cars
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Importance Of Monitoring Tire Pressure Rises In The Summer
The push for tire pressure monitoring systems, required on all new cars and light trucks since 2008, can be traced to the Ford Firestone tire controversy in 2000. That's when the failures of the Explorer's Firestone tires first came to the public's...Tags: Marketing, Car Tires, Tire Rotation and Alignment, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Passenger Cars
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When "New And Improved" Really Is Just That
We're not even halfway through 2012 but automakers are already introducing and selling 2013 models. Some interesting trends are emerging, as well as some clever new ideas, including several on the 2013 Nissan Altima. Start with the Easy-Fill tire...Tags: Marketing, Lexus, Auto Trends, Toyota, NASA
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Accurate tire gauge
If someone told you your car wasn’t safe to drive, you wouldn’t keep driving it, would
you? Yet one in four cars has a significantly underinflated tire—a serious safety risk.
Underinflated tires contribute to thousands of crash-related...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Consumers, Car Tires, Passenger Cars
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Recall Alert: 2012 Chrysler 300 SRT8, Dodge Charger SRT8
KickingTiresDodge is recalling certain versions of its performance-oriented SRT8 sedans because of a glitch in the tire pressure monitoring system, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The systems in 303 SRT8 versions of the 2012...Tags: Music, Entertainment, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Concerts, Chrysler Group LLC
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Tire 411
Keeping tires properly inflated is vital to maintaining the right performance, safety and fuel economy guidelines for your car. It’s ironic, then, that something so important is often left to the driver’s discretion.
The new mandatory tire...Tags: Car Tires, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Passenger Cars, The New York Times
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Gauging accuracy: How accurate is that gauge?
Whether it's the bathroom scale or the car's gas gauge, we tend to believe what we see. Like it or not.
And more than 99 percent of the time, the gauges in our cars and trucks are accurate. They should be. Automotive gauges must meet strict standards set...Tags: Transportation, Electronics, Consumers, Naperville, Technology
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Ten things your automaker isn't telling you
You've done your research. You've test-driven the vehicles you're considering. You think you're a well-informed consumer, right? Well, there are things automakers necessarily aren't telling you, including doing away with a spare tire. But it's not...Tags: Toyota, Honda, SUVs and Crossovers, Vehicles, Automotive Equipment
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Safety tips for winter driving in warm-weather states
Money & CompanyEdmunds.com offers winter driving tips for sun belt drivers.... -
Recall Alert: 2012 Chevrolet Equinox and 2012 GMC Terrain
KickingTiresGM is recalling 33,964 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain SUVs from the 2012 model year because the tire pressure monitoring system doesn???t meet federal standards, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The recall affects...Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, SUVs and Crossovers, GMC, Chevrolet
Sep 18, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Aug 1, 2012
|Blog| Cars.com
Jun 6, 2012
|Column| Hartford Courant
Jun 13, 2012
|Column| Hartford Courant
Jan 31, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 9, 2012
|Story| KWCH
Jan 16, 2012
|Blog| Cars.com
Sep 14, 2011
|Column| ctnow.com
Oct 22, 2011
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 23, 2011
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Oct 20, 2011
| Los Angeles Times
Oct 26, 2011
|Blog| Cars.com
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