What is your car trying to tell you?
Your dash contains a number of warning lights that will illuminate when something goes wrong or needs attention. But do you know what they all mean? I have a gallery and explanation of them at Sympatico Autos – click here!
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You Cant’s Tell, But this VW Passat CC has 495-Horses Running Under its Hood
The most powerful production version of the Passat CC or its facelift iteration (renamed to CC) that is offered by Volkswagen, is the V6 model motivated by a 3.6-liter unit rated at 280hp in North America and 295hp (300PS) in Europe. If you want more oomph, the only option you have is to check out at what the aftermarket industry has to offer. One of the tuners that has come up with a power package for the Passat CC and specifically, for the range-topping VR6 4Motion (all-wheel drive) model, is German…
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October 2012 Sales: What the Headlines Don’t Tell You
Without argument, Hurricane Sandy was the news story for October, overshadowing even the final weeks of a presidential campaign. We made an early assessment of Sandy’s impact on the auto industry right after the storm passed, and anticipate continued ramifications for the next few months. Before the storm, though, October was a high-volume month, and the sales reflect it. Below, we dig into Honda’s efforts to clear out remaining stock of the 2012 Civic before the heavily face-lifted 2013 arrives a…
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New "communicating" tires tell all!
A new tire system from Michelin will debut on buses at the Olympic Games in London. The tires contain sensors and chips that communicate such information as their identification numbers, tire pressure, age, and temperature wirelessly through a hand-held device, leaving operators more time for visual checks. Read all about it in my Driving Force column in Metro by clicking here.
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Volt owners tell us they use even less gas than we do
Plug-in hybrids, such as the Chevrolet Volt, have potential for saving a lot of gasoline, something their loyal owners love to brag about. That’s what we’ve found among Web users on our own forums, where many are claiming they use even less gas than our formal tests have assumed.
These cars present a unique challenge because their fuel economy varies tremendously depending on how far each driver goes before they are able to return to an electric charger. The variation is much greater than the differen…
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Volt owners tell us they use even less gas than we do
Plug-in hybrids, such as the Chevrolet Volt, have potential for saving a lot of gasoline, something their loyal owners love to brag about. That’s what we’ve found among Web users on our own forums, where many are claiming they use even less gas than our formal tests have assumed.
These cars present a unique challenge because their fuel economy varies tremendously depending on how far each driver goes before they are able to return to an electric charger. The variation is much greater than the differen…
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Trackday Diaries: I can tell you how to win a Lemons race, but you won’t listen.
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The inimitable Ross Bentley likes to say that every driver, at every level of wheel-to-wheel competition, is a team leader. It follows, therefore, that auto racing is a team sport. In any team sport, a good system beats a great talent at least nine times out of ten, usually more. Michael Schumacher won because he built great teams, not because he could do something behind the wheel that others couldn’t. The same is true of Jimmie Johnson in NASCAR, or of the A…
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Is your car trying to tell you something?
Your car might not be able to converse with you in the literal sense, but it does have ways that it "tells" you that it needs repair – odd smells, strange lights, and warning signs among them. I have a list of ten of them that you can find at Sympatico Autos by clicking here.