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Monthly Archive: April 2014

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Cuba – Where Everyone Drives “Vintage’’

  • April 30, 2014

President Raul Castro of Cuba does not know what he has done by relaxing car import rules. The vintage classics that are so common on the roads of Havana, and the Havana cigar (pronounced c-gaar) puffing drivers will start disappearing and certainly, Cuba will lose her position in the world[...]

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Indications That Your Car Needs New Alternator

  • April 28, 2014

By instinct, you can tell when your car is about to break down. However, identifying a problematic alternator needs more than instinct. It needs basic mechanical knowledge and/or expertise. Sometimes, it needs experience. Well, in that case, you should be able to read particular signs in a malfunctioning alternator. The[...]

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Is DIY servicing time over?

  • April 24, 2014

There is a lot of campaigning from manufacturers against DIY servicing. There are times that you feel your wallets is lighter than a feather financially and all you can do is give your car that needed service by yourself. This means getting all dirty with the oil change and tightening[...]

Repairing virtually everything.
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Fueling The African Dream – The Jua Kali Sector of Kenya

  • April 23, 2014

Jua Kali is the Swahili name given to the Kenyan informal manufacturing sector. Translated loosely, it means “under the sun” mostly because tradesmen worked under the hot African sun, some still do to rake a living. Today, this is a major employer in Kenya, making up a pretty big portion[...]

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Emergency Flat Tire Repair Kit

  • April 21, 2014

Cars have a tendency of breaking down with little or no notice. Sometimes, you will be cruising on a solitary part of the highway and suddenly, you have a puncture. You may not be in a position to call for road rescue services. Therefore, you will have to repair that[...]

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Leonardo da Vinci – Renaissance Father of the Modern Car

  • April 18, 2014

He was a pacifist, that is, a person who is opposed to war and violence. Going through the list of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions, one is left marveling at the kind of foresight he must have had. These were things he invented, drew pictures of long before their time. Today,[...]

Chevrolet Astro III, designed like a spacecraft.
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Few Cars That Never Came To Be

  • April 16, 2014

It has been something of a norm that car manufacturers develop concepts or car prototypes before committing a concept to full industrial production. This was adopted from the 1950s popularization by General Motors. When a concept is developed, it is presented to potential buyers in a form of a show[...]

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Selling Your Car? How To Sell It Online

  • April 14, 2014

Africans have embraced the internet and have started using it in different ways such as connecting with friends and family over long distances. Internet usage does not stop at connecting people, it is now the new marketplace where people buy and sell different goods and services. The automotive world has[...]

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Here Are the World’s Safest Cars

  • April 11, 2014

How about you drive the world’s safest car every time you are on the road? Well, you can do it. Everybody looks for safety when they are shopping for a car. Everyone wants to drive car that rates the highest crash protection ever. Before a vehicle earns the world’s safest[...]

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Redesign 2014 of the Subaru Forester

  • April 9, 2014

As usual, the Subaru 2014 mesmerizes! However, that is not enough, but many reviewers say that this car is one of the safest on the road today. Do you love a crossover that behaves like a car? You have it in this edition of the Subaru Forester. It is little[...]

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