Autos
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Side air bags deploy with bump in the roadMar 23, 2014 12:01 am - We had a client come in the other day explaining that they thought they hit a pothole, which deployed the side curtain air bags on their 2008 Buick Enclave. Upon detaile...
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Pontiac Ventura's psychedelic days are doneMar 17, 2014 5:45 am - Jim Lindberg's 1967 Pontiac Ventura may look factory fresh now but much of its life has been drastically different. After being assembled in Kansas City, the massive two...
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Goodyear unveils next-generation blimpMar 15, 2014 1:01 am - AKRON, Ohio - The next generation of the well-known Goodyear blimp is getting ready to take flight as the company moves toward replacing its old fleet of airships with a...
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Honda recalling 886,815 Odyssey minivansMar 15, 2014 1:01 am - DETROIT - Honda Motor Co. is recalling 886,815 Odyssey minivans in the U.S. because a fuel pump cover can deteriorate and cause a fuel leak. Odysseys from 2005 through 2...
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Classic car chases film better with classic carsMar 14, 2014 5:45 am - For the past two decades, “Need for Speed” has made a successful name for itself in the digital world on computer and TV screens. For 2014, the video game has been compl...
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GM to offer loaner cars, cash to small-car ownersMar 12, 2014 1:01 am - General Motors is offering free loaner cars to owners of compacts that are being recalled for a deadly ignition switch defect. The company also will offer a $500 cash al...
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1967 Caprice wagon is just what the doctor orderedMar 10, 2014 6:00 am - Doctors have a certain knack for prescribing antidotes that soothe and relieve — both for patients, as well as themselves. In the fall of 1967, a certain Arkansas pediat...
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Old vans are dying, so small businesses are buyingMar 09, 2014 6:03 am - DETROIT - To deliver bouquets in and around Washington, D.C., Karin's Florist has two big vans, two small ones and a boxy little wagon that's clinging to life. After the...
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Car guys can still drive minivansMar 08, 2014 11:01 pm - When our children were little and we were carting them and their friends all over the Northwest suburbs, the need for a minivan was apparent. I was not a minivan kind of...
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GM, Ford, Toyota February sales fall, weather blamedMar 03, 2014 12:01 am - DETROIT - General Motors, Ford and Toyota reported U.S. sales declines last month as frigid temperatures and snowstorms pounded much of the nation. The country's top thr...