According to an article published by The Philadelphia Inquirer, gasoline prices may be back on the rise:
While pump prices rose an average 2 cents per gallon for the country as a whole – to $2.74 a gallon – the average in Southeastern Pennsylvania rose just a penny, to $2.76 per gallon. In South Jersey, the average rose 3 cents to $2.56, the auto club said. [source]
While this may seem alarming to some people, overall, we shouldn’t really be surprised if we do see gas prices climb back up. After all, it is the summer time, and the economy is not Read the Rest…

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The last time that the ‘check engine’ light came on in my mother’s brand new Honda Accord, she wasted no time bringing it in to have it looked like. After all, if the vehicle you’re driving in shows this type of illuminated sign on the dashboard, then surely something must be wrong with the engine, right?
A couple of hundred dollars later, it turned out that there was absolutely nothing wrong with my mother’s vehicle. It was just an electrical thing- something that we later found out she could’ve fixed very easily. But she’s not the only one who has had Read the Rest…

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Finding a car shipping company is not a difficult thing to do- especially when you look around and see just how many auto transport websites have popped up within the last decade alone. It seems as if more and more people are looking to car shipping companies to help them get their vehicles moved from one part of the country to the other whether this is due to relocations, vacations or online purchases. That said, the following is are a few car shipping tips related to helping you refine and improve your chances of finding the right kind of car Read the Rest…

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Among the various eco-friendly ways to get around these days, the electric bike has certainly begun to make a name for itself. There are many obvious benefits to choosing an electric bike as your primary or even secondary means of transportation. For one, these bikes don’t require any gasoline.
Electric bikes are also easy to maneuver and can get you to where you are going fairly quickly. And according to ecofriend, the following are 20 electric bikes that are guaranteed to ride us into a greener, more environmentally friendly future:

Volkswagen Bik.e
WINORA town:exp
LongRanger Electric Bike
Innovatronix Tronix Ebike Exceed
Lexus HB Concept
M55 EVO-001
Optibike 0B1
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Many of us drive around in our vehicles without really knowing how they function. For instance, if a ‘check engine’ light popped up on your dashboard, would you know what that means? Would you know how to fix it? Sometimes, knowing how your car functions can wind up saving you a bundle of money- money that you might have otherwise spent to have your car looked at by someone else, never realizing that the problem was something you could have easily fixed.
We continue our video coverage of looking at how to troubleshoot issues related to your vehicle, specifically where your Read the Rest…

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In recent news, GM hopes to reverse its string of car flops with the introduction of the Chevrolet Cruze. According to an article published by USA Today,
Cruze’s prospects are supposed to be brighter because GM thinks it has worked out the kinks. No more clanky tranmissions or noisy tires. And it gets 40 miles per gallon now. And now that it has drastically lowered its costs, achieving profitability on a small car may be easier to come by. It can pour a little more value in the car instead of trying to get away on the cheap.[source]

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