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How to be smart when you park

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Being aware of your surroundings always would make you and your family safe to avoid being in a dangerous situation. Below are the checklists for a safety parking :

parking

Parking Lot Safety

- Hide or remove your valuables when leaving your car.

- Park close to your destination, especially if it’s going to be dark when you return, even if it means waiting for a space to become free.

- At night, try to park under a street light.

- Leave your engine running until you’ve gathered everything and you’re ready to get out of the car. Check your surroundings to make sure they look safe before you get out of the car.

- If you’re comfortable backing into parking spaces, it’s a good way to park, because it means you can leave quickly if the situation becomes dangerous.

- When you’re walking back to your car, keep your keys in hand, so you can get into the car quickly or use them as a weapon if needed.

- Always take the most brightly lit path to and from your car.

- After you open the car door, check the front and back seats to make sure no one is hiding inside.

- Lock your doors once you get inside the car.

- If someone suspicious approaches you, honk your horn and flash the lights to draw attention.

- If your sixth instinct suggests danger when you are parking or coming back to your car, leave the area until you’re sure it is secure.

2008 Top Safety Picks

Friday, September 21st, 2007

This video shows the different safety features of Ford Taurus that has helped them become one of the top safety picks of 2008, alongside the Mercury Sable.

10 Coolest Classic Cars

Friday, September 21st, 2007

People just can’t seem to let go of retro and classic fashion. When a new trend comes up, all of us would want to be a part of it. But in the end, we still go back to the old times and flex the new trend with the old ones.

That’s why until now classic cars are still a hit among many, especially collectors who would love to have a great collection rare and cool cars.

Here are the 10 coolest classic cars, from Oddee, a blog on the oddities of our world:

1. Pontiac Bonneville Special (1954)

Pontiac Bonneville Special (1954)

2. De Lorean DMC-12 (1981)

De Lorean DMC-12 (1981)

3. Chrysler Thunderbolt (1941)

Chrysler Thunderbolt (1941)

4. GM Futurliner Parade of Progress (1950)

GM Futurliner Parade of Progress

5. Chevrolet Corvette (1953)

Chevrolet Corvette (1953)

6. Oldsmobile F-88 (1954)

Oldsmobile F-88 (1954)

7. Chevrolet Camaro (1967-1969)

Chevrolet Camaro (1967-1969)

8. Plymouth Hemi Cuda (1971)

Plymouth Hemi Cuda (1971)

9. Ford Mustang (1964-1970)

Ford Mustang (1964)

10. Chrysler D’Elegance (1952)

Chrysler D'Elegance (1952)

Information and More Pictures at: Oddee: 10 Coolest Classic Cars

The World’s Ugliest Cars

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

A recent survey selects the worst designed cars of all time. The top pick?

1. Chevrolet Chevette
“When the car went into any type of water puddle it would suck water into the engine. They fell apart after 40,000 miles. Piece of junk.”

chevrolet chivette

2. Ford Edsel
“Has got to be the ugliest car ever to roll out of Detroit.”
“One of the worst designs and poorly manufactured cars of all time.”
“Gas-guzzling, three-ton behemoth with a toilet seat grill and inexplicably tacky push-button transmission shifting. The standard by which all other automotive brand failures have been judged (and ridiculed) for 50 years.”

Ford Edsel

3. AMC Matador
“Looks like a spaceship.”Has to be just a hair uglier than the Gremlin…and it doesn’t matter what year.The Matador coupe had those bug-ugly front lights and the strange rear-end design treatment. It’s hard to imagine a car that large having so little interior space. A total waste of steel (and glass, and plastic, and rubber…).

AMV Matador

4. Chevrolet Corvair
“Ugly, underpowered, not safe, not safe, not safe. A very bad imitation of the VW Bug. I hardly ever see one, not even at old car shows, probably due to a corrosion problem.”

Chevrolet Corvair

5. AMC Gremlin
The most hideously ill-proportioned car of all time.This car was the epitome of ugly. The first subcompact was introduced Apr. 1, 1970 (April Fools’ Day).

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6. Chevrolet Vega
“Cheaply built, rough running, harsh ride, rust prone. It was without a doubt the worst vehicle.An alleged four-seater that required a pry bar and ‘the jaws of life’ (both optional) for passenger extrication from the zero-legroom back seat. Sieve-like leaking aluminum-block four-cylinder engine (guaranteed to crack at no more than 30,000 miles), generating perhaps 70 hp (downhill only, with a good tailwind), while still managing to get less than 20 mpg on the highway! A truly masterful feat of reverse engineering by the guys from Flint.

chevrolet vega

7. Pontiac Aztek
“There must have been a front-end design team and a rear-end design team. And the two teams NEVER spoke to each other!”"The only car that can make a Pacer wagon look good.” “It looks like a mini-trash truck.”

Pontiac Aztec

8. Ford Pinto
“If the vehicle was rear-ended, it made the accident worse than it should’ve been because the gas tank exploded.”"Junk from the day they built it! Do you see any around anywhere? Not even close to a collectible car.”

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9. Yugo
“You couldn’t get scrap-metal money even if it was running.”

yugo

10. AMC Pacer
“Looked like a fishbowl and those windows leaked. Add a leaky sunroof to it and the car rusted from the inside out!”.”It had seats designed like blue jeans, including the brass buttons, which burned the crap out of you on a hot day.” Six feet long, eight feet wide, bicycle tires all around, and 0 to 60 in four-and-a-half hours. What a prize! AMC’s only conceivable excuse for this engineering and stylistic horror would be if their 1970s design crew was tripping on massive quantities of acid…and even then…it wouldn’t be a good excuse.

The Best Car Crash Vids on You Tube

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Protect Your Car..

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

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Top 10 Most Stolen Cars

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

1. 1991 Honda Accord

1991 Honda Accord

2. 1995 Honda Civic

1995 Honda Civic

3. 1989 Toyota Camry

1989 Toyota Camry

4. 1994 Dodge Caravan

1994 Dodge Caravan

5. 1994 Nissan Sentra

1994 Nissan Sentra

6. 1997 Ford F150 Series

Ford F150

7. 1990 Acura Integra

1990 Acura Integra

8. 1986 Toyota Pickup

1986 Toyota Pickup

9. 1993 Saturn SL

1993 Saturn SL

10. 2004 Dodge Ram Pickup

2004 Dodge Ram Pickup