Travel can lead you down the road you know or into parts unknown. If you seldom leave your hometown, then a trip down or up state might be considered travel for you. Criss-crossing the country or jetting around the world is travel to another. Travel for the sheer pleasure of it has been affectionately referred to as wanderlust.
Singapore has capitalized on the term by naming one of their newest and most impressive hotels for it. The Wanderlust Hotel promises guests an experience unlike any other hotel stay. From the contemporary look and feel to the state of the art accoutrements Read the Rest…

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Something about being behind the wheel compels some us of us to speed. Just going five miles over the posted speed limit is not enough to make a real difference in our arrival time but it makes us feel better to know we could cruise along at that speed. Now for some, five miles an hour over the speed limit is not enough. Only higher speeds will satisfy their need for speed.
How do these speed demons handle driving without getting numerous tickets and losing their licenses? They follow some urban legends and myths about what will and won’t get them Read the Rest…

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One of the milestones we pass through on our way to adulthood is buying our first car. It doesn’t matter if the car is new or used or how old we are. There is nothing like the first time you complete a transaction of that magnitude for the first time.
You work and save your pennies, your heart longing for that special make and model that you’ve studied in the magazines. You do the research on the engine, the safety statistics, its gas consumption and everything in between and then the day comes. You stroll through the dealer’s doors and come Read the Rest…

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In the following video, Mike Hanley of Cars.com takes us on a guided tour of the 2011 Toyota Corolla S. Competing with the Hyundai Elantra as well as the Honda Civic, the Toyota Corolla S is relatively affordable with a starting MSRP between $16k-$18k.
The Corolla S also boasts pretty decent fuel economy with anywhere between 26-28 mpg for city driving and 34-35 mpg for highway driving. Interested buyers can purchase the Corolla S as a 4-speed automatic with Overdrive and auto-manual, or they can purchase it as a 5-speed manual with Overdrive.
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A tuner is someone who makes modifications to an existing vehicle with an eye on style and performance. These modifications can be structural, operational or cosmetic ion nature. The end result is that he care should look and perform better than it did before the renovations were made. It has become a kind of pop culture craze.
There are even businesses that come up with tuning packages for luxury and sports cars. These packages are then sold to car owners and installed so that their vehicle looks betters and out performs any other factory model. Tuning is a growing business that Read the Rest…

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In the sci-fi world of our future, filmmakers and authors would have us believe that our lives will be run by robots. From gadgets that take over the cooking and cleaning to surrogates who live out various aspects of our lives, the robots are winning.
What about driving? We have cars that can tell what route to take and when to turn. Some models can even back up and park for us. How long will it be until cars can be programmed to do all the driving themselves? Is that a world you want to live in?
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