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New Car Care Guide

July 31st, 2006

Car Care Guide Takes Mystery Out of Vehicle Maintenance and Repair
BETHESDA, Md., July 31 — A new Car Care Guide for motorists turns technical automotive jargon into easy-to-understand everyday language, taking the mystery out of vehicle maintenance and repair.

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Latest Kia News

July 31st, 2006

KIA to display teens’ art
MLive.com, MI – Jul 21, 2006Kalamazoo Institute of Arts High School Area Show judge Vicki VanAmeyden said she hopes the teens whose art was selected to grace the walls of the KIA for a …

KIA PLANT MOVES FORWARD
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA – 12 hours agoIt’s not difficult to see work is well under way on a 2,200-acre patch of West Georgia real estate that will become home to Kia Motors Corporation’s first US …

Residents Concerned About Kia Interchange Construction
WTVM, GA – Jul 26, 2006For many of the residents living on Warner Road, the Kia plant and everything associated with it has been a nightmare intruding on their quiet neighborhood. …

Shoppers put Kia first in study of auto websites
Toronto Star, Canada – Jul 29, 2006… By that measure, Korean auto makers Kia and Hyundai ought to be pretty busy. … The top five were Kia, Hyundai, Mazda, Audi and Volvo. …

A little short Kia misses the mark with its new Sedona
Columbus Dispatch, OH – Jul 1, 2006The Kia Sedona minivan is a huge steaming pile of who cares, and I, for one, couldn t be more relieved. I was beginning to worry …

Kia Is Best UK Automotive Franchise Says Institute Of Transport …
Autochannel (press release) – Jul 9, 2006The Kia franchise is the one to have in the automotive business according to England’s transport industry’s leading professional body. …

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Toyota Race News

July 31st, 2006

Race: Toyota, Red Bull
Finishing in the points in Germany… Toyota: Jarno Trulli: “As always, the German Grand Prix brings unexpected results and this weekend has not gone how we had hoped for. It is quite unfortunate that we did not qualify better yesterday.

German GP: Toyota Saturday qaulifying notes
Panasonic Toyota Racing will head into tomorrow’s German Grand Prix with unfortunate results after today’s hour of qualifying at the Hockenheimring.

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How to find a good mechanic

July 28th, 2006

Finding the best repair shop for you…

Sometimes it is not what you know but who you know that makes all the difference in the world. You may not be able to handle all the repair on your vehicle, so finding a repair shop you can trust is vital to the life of your vehicle and wallet. You do not have to be a master mechanic if you have a good repair shop that you trust. Let’s look at a few tips to finding a good repair shop you can trust.

- Ask friends and co-workers for recommendations. Word of mouth can be a great way to find a repair shop. Find out why they like their shop and ask them what kind of work they have had done there. Ask if the work performed was done on time and at the price quoted. Also ask if their vehicle was returned in a clean condition.

- Don’t always assume that a dealership is your best bet for service. Dealerships usually have the highest shop rate around and the newest equipment but that does not always mean the best service. There are plenty of independent repair shops with qualified mechanics and up-to-date equipment. If your car is under warranty, your best bet is to stick with the dealer. If you are not happy with the dealer you bought the car from, there is nothing stopping you from going down the road to another dealer, which has better service. Today’s dealers are selling their new cars at slimmer margins, and are forced to make money of service, so be aware of high prices and unnecessary work.

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The Insiders Guide to Buying a New or Used Car

July 19th, 2006

The Insiders Guide to Buying a New or Used Car (Insider’s Guide to Buying a New Or Used Car)

Customer Review: An excellent resource, ignore ‘sao530′
This book is an excellent resource. Ignore sao530 who doesn’t mention anything about the book, but only has issues with the fact that everyone else loved the book. With the information here, I saved over $5,000 on my used 2002 BMW 530i.

Customer Review: Did anyone notice all previous reader reviews give this 5 stars?
I don’t know, it just seems strange to me that all “reader reviews” of this book give it 5 stars. Doesn’t anyone think this book could be improved, even a little bit?? The previous reviews are so spectacular they almost sound like a SALESMAN might have written them Could it be that the author has left all these other reviews of his own book? Naa, that couldn’t be, could it?