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2013 Toyota Tundra Wins KBB Best Resale Value Award
The 2013 Toyota Tundra has won the annual Best Resale Value Award in its category from Kelley Blue Book. This award continues a trend of Toyota Tundra pickups having high resale values.
The 2013 Toyota Tundra has won the Kelley Blue Book Best Resale Value Award. This continues a trend of Toyota Tundra pickups winning this award.
Ho-Hum, B20 Diesel Now Available Not Any Cheaper
A new B20 diesel blend is now on sale in four San Francisco, CA gas stations. Excuse our non excitement, but the blend retails for the same price as non-blended diesel fuel. Why isn’t it cheaper?
Off-shore oil production is booming and the U.S. is now a net exporter of fuel. Plus, alternative fuel production is exploding. Yet, gas prices remain high. What’s the deal?
The Manual Transmission Is Dead
If you’re like me, you love yourself a good old fashioned stick shift. There’s something about banging from one gear to the next that makes driving just a little more enjoyable.
However, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve noticed that manuals are getting harder and harder to find on new car lots. There are three key reasons for this:
- Emissions and fuel economy regulations have forced automakers to implement complicated electronic controls that are incompatible with manual transmissions.
- Automatic transmission efficiency has dramatically improved in the last decade or so.
- The operating costs of a modern automatic are lower than ever.
Am I glad to pronounce the death of the manual transmission? Not at all. Yet the fact is, the manual transmission is dead.
Here’s how it happened.
2014 Toyota Tundra to Debut at Chicago Auto Show?
There is a rumor circulating that the 2014 Toyota Tundra will make its debut at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. And it looks like some design changes are in the works.
What will the all-new 2014 Toyota Tundra be like? It is just a bunch of guesses right now thanks to tight-lipped Toyota.
Ban Lifted on Parking Your Truck on the Street – Coral Gables, FL
A bizarre news item was reported on Friday saying that the 50+ year ban on parking your truck in your driveway on in a city street overnight was lifted in Coral Gables, FL. That’s right you could have gotten a ticket for parking your truck in your driveway or on the street. Really!
Apparently, you can park your boat at the dock in Coral Gables, FL, but you couldn’t park your truck in your driveway until now.
