While I like to just watch video reviews (below) on powerful vehicles like this, you may want to see the actual specs in writing yourself, or read the review instead if you are hard of hearing. If that is the case you can read the full review here.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
2010 BMW 750i xDrive Review
The 2010 BWM 750i xDrive could use a bit of some fat burners on that name IMO, but it certainly doesn't do it under the hood. The 7501 xDrive is meant to compete in the marketplace with the likes of the Mercedes S 4Matic, Lexus LS AWD and Audi A8 quattro.
While I like to just watch video reviews (below) on powerful vehicles like this, you may want to see the actual specs in writing yourself, or read the review instead if you are hard of hearing. If that is the case you can read the full review here.
While I like to just watch video reviews (below) on powerful vehicles like this, you may want to see the actual specs in writing yourself, or read the review instead if you are hard of hearing. If that is the case you can read the full review here.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Cash for Clunkers Senate Bill
Hopefully you don't have your mouth full right now because this bill is certainly going to fill it. I'll try and summarize the main points, but you can read the legal mumbo jumbo here.
The Cash For Clunkers Senate Bill was designed to help people switch to more fuel efficient automobiles by giving them vouchers to help offset the cost. It really isn't as complicated as it looks there, but here are the basics:
1. $3,500 voucher if the new fuel efficient automobile is a passenger automobile and the combined fuel economy value of car is at least 4 miles per gallon higher than the combined fuel economy value of the eligible trade-in vehicle. It must be only 2 MPG better for eligible trucks.
2. You can get $4,500 if your trade in car gets at least 10 MPG less than the new economy fuel vehicle. 5 MPG less if you are trading in a truck.
3. The program lasts from March 30, 2009 until....
"the day that is 1 year after the date on which the regulations promulgated under subsection are implemented."
So...basically you can offset the purchase of a new "eco car" by up to $4500 if you trade in a car with fuel efficiency of 5-10 MPG less than the new vehicle you purchase at participating dealerships. Let's just say that your old car probably just took a mega Solo Slim drop in resale value friends.
The Cash For Clunkers Senate Bill was designed to help people switch to more fuel efficient automobiles by giving them vouchers to help offset the cost. It really isn't as complicated as it looks there, but here are the basics:
1. $3,500 voucher if the new fuel efficient automobile is a passenger automobile and the combined fuel economy value of car is at least 4 miles per gallon higher than the combined fuel economy value of the eligible trade-in vehicle. It must be only 2 MPG better for eligible trucks.
2. You can get $4,500 if your trade in car gets at least 10 MPG less than the new economy fuel vehicle. 5 MPG less if you are trading in a truck.
3. The program lasts from March 30, 2009 until....
"the day that is 1 year after the date on which the regulations promulgated under subsection are implemented."
So...basically you can offset the purchase of a new "eco car" by up to $4500 if you trade in a car with fuel efficiency of 5-10 MPG less than the new vehicle you purchase at participating dealerships. Let's just say that your old car probably just took a mega Solo Slim drop in resale value friends.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
GM to Work on More Efficient Fuel System for Malibu and Aura
General Motors has canceled the mild gas/electric Malibu hybrid and Saturn Aura that they were currently working on. The current early generation gas-electric hybrid engine system the midsize cars aren't selling well because they cost about $4,000 more than base models but only get four more miles per gallon of gasoline. Models equipped with a four-cylinder engine and six-speed automatic transmission, which cost about $900 less than the hybrid, get only one mile less per gallon on the highway and four miles less in the city.
So with that in mind there was little reason to continue the use of the system. Instead engineers are working on a more efficient system rather than settling for the somewhat mediocre results of the current one.
"We've seen a lot of people go for the four-cylinder six-speed," GM spokesman Terry Rhadigan said. "That may have had an impact on why they're (hybrids) plentiful in the marketplace."
He also stated that the "new" version will be available sometime in 2010 and that they will have 14 gas/electric hybrids on the market by 2012.
Although they are taking steps in the right direction they are certainly behind the trend. Their results are like a diet pill compared to their closest competitors.
Earlier this year, Ford came out with the midsize Fusion hybrid sedan, which gets 36 miles per gallon on the highway and 41 in the city. They pushed to get it over 40 MPG to help differentiate them from their competition.
Initially the Fusion hybrid got to 39 miles per gallon, but engineers were challenged to go back and get it over 40, she said.
"There's a big mental difference between 39.999 and 40," Nancy Gioia, Ford's director of hybrid vehicle programs said. "So we went back to the labs again and said there were some things that the team would continue to refine."
So with that in mind there was little reason to continue the use of the system. Instead engineers are working on a more efficient system rather than settling for the somewhat mediocre results of the current one.
"We've seen a lot of people go for the four-cylinder six-speed," GM spokesman Terry Rhadigan said. "That may have had an impact on why they're (hybrids) plentiful in the marketplace."
He also stated that the "new" version will be available sometime in 2010 and that they will have 14 gas/electric hybrids on the market by 2012.
Although they are taking steps in the right direction they are certainly behind the trend. Their results are like a diet pill compared to their closest competitors.
Earlier this year, Ford came out with the midsize Fusion hybrid sedan, which gets 36 miles per gallon on the highway and 41 in the city. They pushed to get it over 40 MPG to help differentiate them from their competition.
Initially the Fusion hybrid got to 39 miles per gallon, but engineers were challenged to go back and get it over 40, she said.
"There's a big mental difference between 39.999 and 40," Nancy Gioia, Ford's director of hybrid vehicle programs said. "So we went back to the labs again and said there were some things that the team would continue to refine."
Monday, June 1, 2009
60% of Drivers Admit to Losing Their Temper on the Roads
Surprised it is that low really. Well...I guess the 40% who don't admit it are the ones driving like idiots...lol
Aggressive driving kills, says AAA Michigan. More than half of fatal car crashes involve some form of aggressive driving--speeding, running another driver off the road, tailgating or yelling obscenities.
While that may be somewhat true, I highly doubt those are accurate assumptions. Alcohol related accidents can involve any number of those characteristics as well.
A 2008 survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 80 percent of respondents consider aggressive drivers to be a serious traffic safety problem. However, many of those same people said they drive aggressively. Relatively minor driving infractions--changing lanes without signaling, following too closely, driving too slowly, honking at other drivers--can easily escalate into potentially deadly altercations (Better buy HGH to put those suckers in their place) Not every incident turns violent, but 60 percent of motorists admit losing their temper while driving--also known as road rage.
Aggressive driving kills, says AAA Michigan. More than half of fatal car crashes involve some form of aggressive driving--speeding, running another driver off the road, tailgating or yelling obscenities.
While that may be somewhat true, I highly doubt those are accurate assumptions. Alcohol related accidents can involve any number of those characteristics as well.
A 2008 survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 80 percent of respondents consider aggressive drivers to be a serious traffic safety problem. However, many of those same people said they drive aggressively. Relatively minor driving infractions--changing lanes without signaling, following too closely, driving too slowly, honking at other drivers--can easily escalate into potentially deadly altercations (Better buy HGH to put those suckers in their place) Not every incident turns violent, but 60 percent of motorists admit losing their temper while driving--also known as road rage.
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