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How-To: Remove unwanted stick-on badges (featuring the 2010 Nissan Maxima

Published on August 11, 2010 in Fun Stuff and Under the Hood (In Depth). 6 Comments Tags: 2010, advertisement, advertisements, badge, badges, dealer, debadge, debadging, lettering, Maxima, Nissan, remove, removing.

Dealers advertise all the time, even when you’re not looking. Those license plate frames, badges or decals they put on your car when they sell it, those are advertisements. Any time someone sees your car, they’ll also notice where you bought it. Sometimes, such as the case with my 2010 Maxima, Nissan saw fit to put the model name in chrome block letters on the left-hand side of the trunk lid, but nothing on the right-hand side to balance it out. Click past the jump for a painless way of removing unwanted badges. As a demonstration, I will be removing the letters that spell “MAXIMA” on the trunk lid of my own car.

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What do you look for in a car?

Published on July 7, 2010 in Buying a Car, Tips and Under the Hood (In Depth). 0 Comments Tags: adaptive, automatic, buy, Buying, car, cooled, deal, feature, GPS, headlights, heated, look, nav, navigation, option, radio, rain, satellite, seating, wipers.

There are a lot of things to think about when buying a car, and most people focus on the different aspects of the “deal.” This includes the monthly payment, how much they want to finance, how much money they want or can afford to put down on it, or what the best finance rate they can get is. I’m here to talk about some of the other things to look for, such as driving dynamics and the myriad of options available on today’s technology-laden automobiles.

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Premium Fuel Recommended: What do you use?

Published on July 1, 2010 in Tips and Under the Hood (In Depth). 0 Comments Tags: cost, fuel, gasoline, octane, Premium, regular, savings, Starbucks.

Premium fuel is required or at least recommended on a lot of today’s higher-performance cars and trucks, and yet it seems that every week I’m running into someone who puts mid-grade or regular gasoline in their car, even though it specifically says it requires premium. Read on for my thoughts on the subject, and some simple math.

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New Tech: Ford Curve Control

Published on June 29, 2010 in Manufacturer Update and Under the Hood (In Depth). 0 Comments Tags: 2011, control, curve, Explorer, Ford, safety, Technology.

Ford debuted a new safety technology dubbed Curve Control, which works to help the driver control their vehicle in curves. Curve Control helps drivers when they enter a curve too fast, slowing the vehicle up to 10 mph in 1 second, by reducing engine power and using “smart braking” to apply brakes to any or all of the 4 wheels on the vehicle.

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Jay Leno’s Garage: 2011 Ford Mustang GT

Published on May 26, 2010 in Hot Car - In Dealerships and Under the Hood (In Depth). 3 Comments Tags: 2011, Ford, Garage, GT, Jay, Leno, Mustang.

Jay Leno may be known for The Tonight Show, but outside of that, he’s known for his web show, Jay Leno’s Garage. This week, Jay took out a 2011 Ford Mustang GT, and put it through a fairly thorough test drive, including freeways, corners, and even a burnout. He does a walk-around with the car, showing off some of its features, and he harps on the 412-horsepower 5.0-liter V8 engine a lot. Jay Leno has a 65 Mustang GT350, one of the faster variants from the 1960′s, and he apparently loves driving it. After driving the 2011 model, he agrees, and even goes as far as comparing it to pricier cars from BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Click past the jump to see the video.

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Video: MythBusters crash cars for science

Published on May 6, 2010 in Fun Stuff, General and Under the Hood (In Depth). 0 Comments Tags: Adam, car, Discovery, Hyneman, Jamie, MythBusters, Savage, video, wreck.

MythBusters Host Jamie Hyneman

On last night’s MythBusters, hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman wrecked a bunch of cars. Why, you ask? All in the name of science. In a previous episode, Jamie said that two cars hitting each other at 50mph was the same as one car hitting an immovable object at 100mph. Viewers wrote letters to the pair of hosts, complaining that Jamie was incorrect. Read on for the videos and more synopsis.

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