Texting, and on the Phone while driving. How Dangerous is it?

Tests have been done to show how dangerous it really is to be texting while you’re driving. When your texting you are more prone to drift out of your lane and into oncoming traffic, also your ability to stay a safe distance away from the car in front of you is reduced. The biggest issue is your reaction time which deteriorats by 35 per cent, people who have drunk the legal ammount of alcohol have reaction times of 12 per cent slower.


Texting keeps your eyes off the road and onto something that’s not even near the road but in your own car. If your concentrating on somthing other then the road you are obviously going to be making mistakes on the road.

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Smart CaR or Dumb CaR?

Everyone has seen the Smart car; it looks like a little bug. The car that seems like it would be awesome, handle like a go-cart its small it can fit in small places part anywhere. But in the long term is it really a good car to drive around in the world?

The safety of this car looks good it has airbags and esp, which is more or less traction control in a slide or skid. But this car is not made to survive any crash. In a crash it's basically made to smoosh together just to save you...well most of you. I'd even say that this car is more dangerous then a motorcycle because, a motorcycle you can jump off or get thrown off, in a "Smart" car you are at the mercy of the what ever hit you. Smart Cars only get about 40 mpg anyway, to me its not worth worrying about getting hit every time I leave my drive way, for an extra 5,000$ I can get a car with a better crash test rating, and get mpg.

Some people like their Smart car and really enjoying it. The car is only as good as the person driving, and the people driving around you.

GPS

General positioning satellite devices are very nice to have when you're in a a city that you don't really know that well or if you're in a city with a lot of twists and turns. The best brand of GPS is Garmin. They're also the leading brand of GPS used in airplanes.

Since GPS's are so good they are starting to wear down the satellites that were originally sent up. GPS's are also becoming slower because the satellites are not made to be dealing with so many GPS's around the world. Also working on satellites is extremely difficult and expensive; there are currently two satellites down, 8 and 21, out of 30. Now to you that may not mean anything but in the long run it does. It adds alot of strain on the other satellites because they have to pick up the slack of those two satellites that aren't doing anything. By 2050 the satellites will be so slow that they won't even be worth using, because there is such an excess of people using them. 

An interesting fact is every GPS is off by 60-80 feet because of terrorists, they don't want to give the exact corrdinate to anyone who may possibly launch a missle even though 60-80 feet isn't going to mean that much of a difference. 

But if you're looking to buy a GPS the best time to buy them is right befoe Christmas or right after Christmas, because the stores are always having sales.     

Driving in the snow

Driving on icy slippery roads is scary for all drivers. Here are a few tips on how to avoid crashing during slippery conditions.


First off make sure that your car is ready for winter, make sure you have snow tiers on your car and your 4 wheel drive works. Second watch the road closely for any really slippery spots. Third slow down, the faster you’re going the more your putting yourself at risk. Fourth, leave more room between you and the car in front of you; I'd stay a car length for every 10 mph then after 40 mph half a car length. Fifth, sliding out of control is hard to get out off, what you want to do is not brake that makes things worse; you want to turn into the slid and accelerate. Yes speed up and you'll come out of the slid. It’s called a controlled slide, or drifting in the race world.

Any questions just ask.

Trucks

Now I understand that not all teenagers want a little car. Some of you might want trucks. Here's a little info on trucks that you should know when your buying one.

First question you ever want to ask is if it has plowed commercially before. That's a big deal. Because that means if it was a plow truck that's its been in salt a lot, and slat means rust and rot. If it is a plow truck then you want to check all under neath the truck for any type of rust if there is any but minor of the oil pan checked. The oil pan is underneath the engine so salt hits that before the engine. If the oil pan is bad, then you really don't want the truck because it's about 1500 to get that fixed; because on most trucks you have to take the engine out to change the oil pan. Another thing to look for is full box frames, there great and all but they rot a lot faster.

In my opinion the best truck is Ford. They're the most heavy duty truck that you can buy, and they last for about 350,000 miles or more. The worst truck is Dodge. The heavy duty Dodges fall apart very easily, I've seen about 3 dodges on the side off the road with the Axel in one spot and the truck in another, oh yeah that's dependability right there.

Just look for a truck that was used around the farm to get to one place to the next. Oh and also any type of manure rots trucks also.

Any questions just post a comment.

High Performance!

Say you have a car and you want to make it go faster, sound better, and look better, well here's a few tips for you.

The easiest engine that you can modify is the V8. Its big and has a lot of potential. Now you can spend anywhere between 100-100,000 on modifying an engine. Since your probably a teenager I'll stick to things that don't coast allot but will make it in the long run. The simplest way to modify the engine is to put a different exhaust on it. The best exhaust system in my opinion is Borla exhaust. The website is Borla.com, I just happen to know the owner Alex Borla. What you want to do is look up your model car and check the exhausts make sure you know the year of your car, and if you really want to boost up your car put headers on your car along with the exhaust that make every cylinder put out the same amount of power. It'll run you about 750-1200$ for a complete system.

Another easy way to boost up your car is pt high performance spark plugs. Or a cold air intake usually goes good with the exhaust system that will boost performance a lot. You can get those pretty much any where. These will run you about 250-750$.

The last way probley the most expensive out of all of these ways is a supercharger. These go right on top of your engine and basically add 200-500 HP the only downfall is there about 1500-3000$.

Thats all for now any questions that you have I'll answer.

Mechanical Stuff

SNOW!

Has nothing to do with cars just wanted to say to get ready for snow, put snow tiers on your cars and check to make sure that your 4 wheel drive works before you need to use it. Also Tow Chains are really helpful, and Snow X windshield wipers.

You hear a grinding noise when ever you brake. You bring it down to the shop and they give you an estimate of about 500$ to fix it. They tell you it will be ready in about 4 hours. You come back in 4 hours and your cars fixed but the bill is 1500$. The mechanic tells you that not only did your rotors needed to be replaced the calipers also had to be replaced. Well what are you going to do you need your car, but 1500$ is a lot; you have to pay him.

This happens a lot. You go in for an oil change that's 75$ and walk out spending a grand plus. Well mechanics will fix anything that they see that is just a little broken or is going to brake eventually. But sometimes what mechanics will do is just do a little bit to a car see that a part is going to brake and let it brake, and when that part brakes it brakes another part. so now your screwed out of two parts. Also what adds to what mechanics do is what the person looks like when you walk into the shop, if your a 18 year old girl with bleach blond hair and 110 pounds and cute, the mechanic will take advantage of that and do everything imaginable to the car.

The best way of preventing this is to either know the mechanic that helps a lot, or what you can do is talk to the manager and give them your cell phone number and tell then straight up

"If my car needs anything more then what you told me call me and check with me first before you do anything more." They'll most likely listen to you . Also if they do call and give you a list of what your car needs just tell them to only do what they said they would do and when its done bring it to another shop to see what they say about the car.

Toyota... The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

This Picture shows why if i was to buy a car it would be a truck, or at least something made of metal.

Toyota called back 3.8 million cars last week. Why? Because the floor mat was getting caught against the gas pedal and making the car full throttle, which makes it hard to stop. Also I've heard that the early Tundras are rusting away because the salt is just eating through the cheap metal that they're made out of.

Toyota is also reporting a loss in sales. Toyota hasn't reported a loss since 1950. Toyota has passed GM in world market sales, and GM looks to me like its not going to be passing it in along while.

I think its time that we get a new car manufacture that everyone can rely on. When Henry Ford created his first car he wanted a car for the people. He wanted a car for the every day farmer. We need a car that's cheap, holds up and gets gas mileage. Because that's the only type of car that Americans especially teens are looking for right now. Anyquestions just commetn all i answer them.

In case your bored...

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Used cars

When you're on a tight budget and you're trying to buy a car here's some things to look for. Always look for rust and corrosion; rust and corrosion is a car's worst enemy. Anytime you see rust on a car check it out, make sure that the rust doesn't go through the whole car, make sure that it's only on the surface. Also always look for anything obvious. Like "Oh why won't the car go into reverse?" Hmm maybe the transmission is messed up because there's a million miles on it. Make sure to also test drive the car for at least five miles, on all types off roads, bumpy ones, to make sure nothing is wrong with the undercarriage/suspension, and the highway to make sure nothing is wrong with the gears and/or engine. If you're looking at a truck ask if it used to be a plow truck. When you use a truck to plow it's basically taking a bath in salt, it's very bad for the truck. Check the oil pan and make sure there is no oil, or any liquid leaking out of the engine; that's also a bad sign. Lastly look at the title: if it's a salvage title then that means that the car has been in an accident and has been fixed. Easiest way to see your car's history is to go on carfax.com and check it out. Any other questions that you may have don't be afraid to ask me.

Gas

He's getting about 5 gallons a mile. Repeat: five gallons per mile.

The price of gas is a big part in a fixed budget. Without the money for gas at any time, you have to drive only someplace, not everywhere that you want to go. Here are some tips for saving gas. On the highway you should stay at speeds of around 60 mph; 60 mph is where you'll get the most mpg--any slower or faster and you'll be losing 7-23% of your gas mileage. Remove excessive weight you'll lose 1-2% of your gas mileage per 100 lbs. Use cruise control to keep your engine at the same rpm, make sure on the highway you're in your overdrive gear, and avoid excessive idling.

On the mechanical level make sure that your engine is properly tuned and nothing is out of order, keep you tires properly inflated for an extra 1-2% mpg, and use proper grade oil, for an aditional 1-2% mpg. You might have heard that changing your air filter will get you more mpg. Well that's BS: the only thing a new air filter will get you is 0-60 in one less second, an air filter only affects performance.

Lastly plan your trips out, so you're not going around in circles. Also pick a car that fits you for what you need to do: don't get a big truck if you're only going to school and to the mall.

Hear's a website to find the lowest price of gas in your area.


http://www.internetautoguide.com/gas-prices/87-int/massachusetts/newburyport/index.html

Top 10 Realiable Cars. Top 10 Dependable Car Manufacturers Top 10 Least Dependable Car Manufacturers Top 5 Best Re-sale Cars

My goal for this post is to show you the most reliable cars that have the least amount of maintenance needed and that will last a very long time.

The number one most reliable car is the Honda Accord. The Accord has optional 4 cylinder with 190 hp, that gets 22 hwy mpg and 31 city mpg, or the V6 which has 271 hp, that gets 19 hwy mpg and 28 city mpg. New they range from $22,000 to $31,000. Used depending on the mileage, and year (2000 and newer), they range form $10,000 to $20,000.

2 Subaru Forester
3 Mazda MX-5
4 Mitsubishi Carisma
5 Toyota Yaris
6 Honda Civic
7 Nissan Almera
8 Honda CR-V
9 Toyota RAV4
10 Nissan Micra

Ten Most Dependable Cars:
1.Lexus
2.Porsche
3.Lincoln
4.Buick
5.Cadillac
6.Infiniti
7.Toyota
8.Mercury
9.Honda
10.Acura


Ten Least Dependable Cars (starting with the least dependable)
1.Kia
2.Land Rover
3.MINI
4.Volkswagen
5.Isuzu
6.Daewoo
7.Audi
8.Suzuki
9.Jeep
10.Saab

Best Resale Cars.

The number one best resale car is the Chevrolet Corvette. Base price range: $47,245 - $55,585. After 5 years of driving it has retained its value up to 50%.

#2 Honda Civic Sedan
Base price range: $15,645 - $21,925
5-year retained value: 52 %

#3 Infiniti G37
Base price range: $34,965 - $36,265
5-year retained value: 52 %

#4 Mini Cooper
Base price range: $18,700 - $26,050
5-year retained value: 52 %

#5 Scion tC
Base price range: $15,920 - $18,420
5-year retained value: 52 %

Even though you might not have the money to buy any of these cars new, you now know what to look for in a used auto trader. Around here the best magazine to look at for used cars is the Auto Hunter; the best website to look at is Craigslist.org

It's funny the Mini Copper after 5 years retains its value up to 52% for resale, yet Mini is on the 10 least dependable manufactors.
Each and every car is a little bit different. Each car is going to have its own problems. Two of the same car, same year, same model, will have different problems. It's all in how the car is treated and driven and also, the metal cars use are always different; some have imperfections, some don't, so every car is going to have its own problems.











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Most Dangerous Cars.

The most dangerous cars that teens can be driving these days is either a big SUV or a very fast small car.




SUVs are nice. They're big; you can go through just about anything. The down fall, people feel too safe in them. SUVs are very big bulky, and very easy to roll. The reason that they are easy to roll over is because their center of gravity is very high. Compared to a passenger car they ride a lot higher off the ground with the same wheel base, which makes the car more likely to tip over. 33% of highway deaths have been a result of a SUV roll over. The easiest SUV to roll over is the Jeep Wrangler. they're very tall with a very short wheel base. Wheel base is how far apart the front wheel is form the back wheel and how far apart the left wheels are form the right wheels.

Fast little cars with a lot of horse power are also dangerous cars for teens to be driving. Any Car that you buy you should always make sure that you can handle what it has under the hood. If the car you buy happens to be very fast and powerful make sure you do not abuse that power for illegal street racing. New England Drag way in Epping New Hampshire not to far from here only about a half an hour has street nights Wednesdays and Friday nights where you can race your car down the quarter mile legally.

New and Used Cars

My first post I'll talk about some new and used cars and give some advice on trade-ins.

New cars are nice they're new no one else but u has driving it and best of all you get that new car smell. Well just how much more are you paying for that new car smell? Answer: allot more then you should have to. If you go to a new car dealership there are always pre owned cars with low miles that cost a lot less then a new car. Hey, who doesn't like saving money?
Lets talk a little bit about hybrids. First off there ugly as hell. There small and compact a little to much, and I don't even think that they have a 4 star crash rating. The New Volkswagen Clean Diesel gets more miles per gallon then the hybrid and its easier maintenance and you never have to replace a battery. Also the good thing is, they came out I believe last year so, you can find them used.
Trade-ins. Buying a new car is funny thing. each MSRP of a new car is about 10-20% more then what a dealer buys the car for. Trade ins is what dealers love. If you walk into a dealership and tell him/her that you have a trade hes not going to go his/her bottom dollar because they want you to fell that you getting the deal, well in fact your getting shafted, while the salesman is making more money.

That's all for now catch me next week with best used cars for teens.