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...

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/luxury/112_0909_2011_rolls_royce_ghost/index.html

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

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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