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Auction of entire museum of muscle carsJanuary 13, 2021 at 10:57 AM Next week, Rick Treworgy's Muscle Car City—located in a former Walmart in Punta Gorda, Florida—will close forever. Treworgy was planning to retire, although COVID-19 accelerated his plans, and he's sending his collection of more than 200 cars to the auction block. — Read the restTags: Post, Video, News, Cars, Walmart, Auctions, Automobiles, Rick Treworgy, PUNTA GORDA Florida, Treworgy, COVID 133 people like this. Like Tesla Knocks Facebook Off List of Top Five U.S. Companies by Market CapJanuary 8, 2021 at 4:52 PM Elon Musk’s march towards either overseeing one of the biggest stock market bubble pops in recent history or being the guy who opens a solar-powered portal to Hell on Mars continues unabated: Tesla is now one of the country’s top five companies by market cap.Read more...Tags: Auto, Transportation, Facebook, Spacex, Elon Musk, Science, Technology, Finance, Tesla, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Mars, Automobiles, Electric Cars, Self Driving Cars, Stonks 78 people like this. Like Uber Kicks Its Self-Driving Car Unit Out the Side DoorDecember 7, 2020 at 6:19 PM Uber is bailing on its self-driving car unit, the Uber Advanced Technologies Group, and will sell it off to driverless trucking-focused startup Aurora in a deal that could create a combined firm valued at $10 billion, the companies announced on Monday.Read more...Tags: Transportation, Uber, Apps, Science, Technology, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Driverless Cars, Automobiles, Self Driving Cars, Aurora, Uber Advanced Technologies Group 129 people like this. Like Driver pulled over for sitting in a lawn chair behind the wheelDecember 2, 2020 at 12:45 PM Ontario, Canada police pulled over a vehicle after noticing that the driver appeared to be sitting in a lawn chair behind the wheel. According to a tweet by the Halton Regional Police Service Burlington District, they impounded the vehicle and "the driver [was] summonsed to court for Unsafe Vehicle and Seatbelt Inoperative." — Read the restTags: Post, News, Cars, Automobiles, Ontario Canada, Halton Regional Police Service 127 people like this. Like Can You Save By Pausing Your Car Insurance?November 11, 2020 at 1:30 PM With many companies extending work-from-home policies through to next summer, you might no longer need your car for the commute. As the average household has nearly two cars, could you keep one in storage, and save money by cancelling the car insurance until you need it again? Read more...Tags: Storage, Insurance, Vehicles, Lifehacks, Automobiles, Auto Insurance, Pandemic Life 78 people like this. Like How to Sell Your Leased Car for ProfitOctober 23, 2020 at 5:00 PM With used vehicles sales soaring 15% in the last quarter, your leased vehicle could be worth more on the open market than the cost of buying it out. With some finesse, you could pocket the difference and make some money. Here’s what you need to know.Read more...Tags: Selling, Used Cars, Lifehacks, Automobiles, Dealerships, Lease, Car Lease 51 people like this. Like How to Winterize Your CarOctober 21, 2020 at 11:30 AM As the weather starts getting cooler, it’s a good idea to prepare your car for winter. Even if you don’t switch to snow tires, there are a few proactive steps you can take to make sure you, your passengers and your vehicle as as safe as possible. Here are some tips for winterizing your car.Read more...Tags: Safety, Cars, Repair, Winterize, Lifehacks, Automobiles 68 people like this. Like How to Sell Your Car SafelyOctober 16, 2020 at 5:00 PM It’s a good time to sell your car. As the pandemic stretches on, a combination of a weaker economy, a lack of new cars from auto plants, and diminished use of public transportation has led to a boom in used car sales. But what do you need to do to ensure the sale is conducted safely?Read more...Tags: Used Cars, Lifehacks, Automobiles, Shopping Online, Covid 19 78 people like this. Like Poster of every Motor Trend "Car of the Year" from 1949 to 2020September 11, 2020 at 5:40 PM The Australian insurance company Budget Direct created this nifty graphic of every Motor Trend "Car of the Year" winner in the United States. After the Plymouth Volare (1976), my eyes glazed and interest waned.
They created similar graphics for awards in Australia and the UK.
"Award-winning cars: Every Car of the Year Winner" (Budget Direct)Tags: Post, UK, Design, News, Australia, Cars, United States, Vehicles, Automobiles, Budget Direct 8 people like this. Like Steering Wheels’ Past, Present and (Autonomous) FutureAugust 20, 2020 at 6:00 AM Today, they’re wired and heated, laden with controls. Soon, they could be reserved only for classic cars.Tags: News, General Motors, Automobiles, Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles, Cruise LLC 44 people like this. Like Uber and Lyft Consider Franchise-Like Model in CaliforniaAugust 18, 2020 at 5:46 AM Under pressure to classify their freelance drivers as full-time employees, the ride-hailing companies are discussing another option.Tags: Freelancing, News, California, Automobiles, Zimmer, Dara, Uber Technologies Inc, Lyft Inc, Car Services and Livery Cabs, Computers and the Internet, Franchises, Wages and Salaries, Mobile Applications, State Legislatures, Labor and Jobs, Khosrowshahi 7 people like this. Like Daimler to Settle U.S. Emissions Charges for $2.2 BillionAugust 13, 2020 at 2:52 PM The agreement is a small fraction of the sum that Volkswagen paid after admitting to emissions cheating in 2015.Tags: News, Germany, Volkswagen, Automobiles, Mercedes-benz, Daimler, Volkswagen AG, Daimler AG, Fines (Penalties, Fuel Emissions (Transportation, Stuttgart (Germany, Settle U S Emissions Charges 15 people like this. Like Retail Chains and Small Businesses Are Struggling in N.Y.C.August 13, 2020 at 5:17 AM Since March, more than 2,800 businesses in the city have permanently closed, and others are barely holding on. Even national chains are leaving.Tags: News, Small Business, New York City, Bill, Automobiles, Ny, De Blasio, Shopping and Retail, Bryant Park Grill, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV, Coronavirus Reopenings, Bank Street Bookstore (Manhattan 31 people like this. Like Buying Cars — and Parking Cars — in New York CityAugust 12, 2020 at 11:22 AM New Yorkers have historically been lukewarm on car ownership. Then came the you-know-what.Tags: News, New York City, Used Cars, Automobiles, Quarantine (Life and Culture 31 people like this. Like New York, Where Many Chose Not to Drive Ever, is Suddenly Motor CityAugust 12, 2020 at 5:00 AM New Yorkers have historically been lukewarm on car ownership. Then came the you-know-what.Tags: News, New York City, Used Cars, Automobiles, Quarantine (Life and Culture 8 people like this. Like Are More Car-Free Streets in N.Y.C.’s Future?August 11, 2020 at 5:16 AM The tension between "those who see cars as evil and those who see cars as essential" intensifies as social distancing puts a premium on space.Tags: News, Restaurants, New York City, Lander, Native Americans, Automobiles, Telemedicine, Brad, Kayden, Indian Health Service, Bicycles and Bicycling, Roads and Traffic, Coronavirus Reopenings, Jerold S 22 people like this. Like What if Your Home Could Be Mobile, but Also You Could Park It?August 7, 2020 at 1:46 PM A start-up rethinks a little about how to live.Tags: News, Automobiles, Mercedes-benz, Burning Man Festival, Vans, Your-feed-selfcare A Formula 1 Season Like No OtherAugust 7, 2020 at 10:44 AM The pandemic has forced the sport to patch together a schedule with new races and new tracks, with more to come. What’s the same is Mercedes, which is still on top.Tags: England, News, Formula One, Automobiles, Ross, Automobile Racing, International Automobile Federation, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV, Brawn ‘Motorcycle of Tomorrow’ Is Heavy on Flair and Light on the EnvironmentAugust 6, 2020 at 2:09 PM Pineapple “leather,” flax seed instead of plastic: Tarform, based in Brooklyn, aims to set a standard with its retro-futuristic cafe racer.Tags: News, Brooklyn, Motorcycles, Automobiles, Start-ups, Taras, Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Luxury Goods and Services, Recycling of Waste Materials, Motor Bikes and Motorscooters, Kravtchouk, Tarform Inc Star Technologist Who Crossed Google Sentenced to 18 Months in PrisonAugust 4, 2020 at 8:43 PM Anthony Levandowski, a onetime star Silicon Valley engineer of self-driving cars, had pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets.Tags: News, Silicon Valley, Intellectual Property, Automobiles, Anthony, Google Inc, Uber Technologies Inc, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Computers and the Internet, Waymo, Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles, Anthony Levandowski, Levandowski, Industrial Espionage 19 people like this. Like Driving Across the Globe to Fight Child TraffickingAugust 2, 2020 at 6:00 AM Renée Brinkerhoff has been on a quest, on almost every continent, to use racing “as a platform to do something about” a global scourge. Next stop, Antarctica.Tags: News, Human Trafficking, Automobiles, Philanthropy, Renee, Brinkerhoff, Children and Childhood, Child Abuse And Neglect, Automobile Racing, Renee Brinkerhoff, Driving Across the Globe 31 people like this. Like Florida Man Bought Lamborghini With Coronavirus Aid, U.S. SayJuly 27, 2020 at 9:54 PM David T. Hines, 29, was arrested and charged with three felonies after spending relief money on the $318,497 car, clothes and jewelry, federal prosecutors said.Tags: Florida, News, Automobiles, Frauds and Swindling, Shutdowns (Institutional, David T Hines 1 people like this. Like How to Move During the CoronavirusJuly 24, 2020 at 5:00 AM But you’re scared about doing it during a pandemic. Here’s our F.A.Q. on changing homes (and cities) safely.Tags: News, Automobiles, Travel and Vacations, Moving and Moving Industry, American Automobile Assn, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV, Content Type: Service Road Trips are Great. Except for the Driving.July 24, 2020 at 5:00 AM I wasn’t looking for an exotic vacation, just a temporary reprieve from compulsive news-watching and a dose of in-person fun with family and friends.Tags: News, Road Trips, Connecticut, Automobiles, Interstate 95, Travel and Vacations, Chicago (Ill, Roads and Traffic, Back (Human Body Part, States (US, Catskills (NYS Area, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV, Quarantine (Life and Culture 43 people like this. Like Letting Your Insurer Ride Shotgun, for a Discounted RateJuly 16, 2020 at 6:00 AM Most big car insurers offer apps that monitor your driving, and one start-up requires it. The trade-off in privacy is a premium that could be substantially cheaper for safe drivers.Tags: News, Smartphones, Automobiles, Computers and the Internet, Allstate Corp, Mobile Applications, Farmers Insurance Group, Automobile Insurance and Liability, Geico (Government Employees Insurance Co, Progressive Casualty Insurance Co, State Farm Insurance Cos 26 people like this. Like Automakers Are Making Cars, but Virus Surge Puts That at RiskJuly 14, 2020 at 12:09 PM Some workers are calling on the industry to shut down plants in states where virus cases have increased sharply in recent weeks.Tags: Texas, News, General Motors, Missouri, Automobiles, Ford Motor Co, Toyota Motor Corp, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Organized Labor, Shutdowns (Institutional, United Automobile Workers, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV, Coronavirus Reopenings 12 people like this. Like Black Behind the WheelJuly 14, 2020 at 11:11 AM On a road trip to Detroit, reflections on the car as a symbol of aspiration and adventure. But if you’re Black in America, that lovely machine isn’t always a refuge.Tags: News, America, Missouri, Automobiles, Detroit, Black Lives Matter Movement, Race and Ethnicity, Detroit (Mich, Quarantine (Life and Culture, George Floyd Protests (2020 29 people like this. Like Here Are the U.S. States With Travel RestrictionsJuly 11, 2020 at 7:13 PM A third of states have strict measures in place for visitors, from mandatory testing to quarantine requirements.Tags: Utah, Florida, Texas, News, Mississippi, California, Massachusetts, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Maine, Alaska, Hawaii, Tennessee 23 people like this. Like Thinking of Traveling in the U.S.? These States Have Travel RestrictionsJuly 10, 2020 at 5:35 PM A third of states have strict measures in place for visitors, from mandatory testing to quarantine requirements.Tags: Utah, Florida, Texas, News, Mississippi, California, Massachusetts, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Maine, Alaska, Hawaii, Tennessee 18 people like this. Like Here Are The U.S. States With Travel RestrictionsJuly 10, 2020 at 5:35 PM A third of states have strict measures in place for visitors, from mandatory testing to quarantine requirements.Tags: Utah, Florida, Texas, News, Mississippi, California, Massachusetts, Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Maine, Alaska, Hawaii, Tennessee 50 people like this. Like |