Articles for category: AUTOMOTIVE

Karla News

Tips for Driving in Atlanta

There is no doubt that anyone living in a major U.S. city will complain to some degree about the intensity of rush hour traffic. Los Angeles is amongst one of those cities. But further on down that list is Atlanta, a rapidly growing city with quite a few traffic conundrums. If you own a car ...

Karla News

Amtrak’s Auto Train: A Money- and Gas-Saving Alternative

With the meteoric rise of gasoline prices over the last several months the typical road trip to and from Florida and places north of Washington DC is not necessarily the cheapest way to travel. I found this out first hand when planning a trip from my Orlando-area home to visit my mother in New York ...

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US-Canadian Cross-Border Shopping

Everyone on both sides of the US-Canadian border, if they live this close, has done some cross-border shopping. Canadians came to the States for products not sold in Canada, and to shop on Sunday. Americans went to Canada to take advantage of the exchange rate. A US dollar was always worth around 1.40 Canadian. When ...

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Is 2013 the Year of the Four-Door Coupe?

Don’t call them wagons and certainly avoid the faux pas of thinking of them as hatchbacks. Four-door coupes are created by delicately moving the c-pillar from directly behind a sedan’s rear doors and draping it back, virtually eliminating the deck lid and creating a sporty silhouette like that of a two-door sports coupe. It should ...

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Pre-Trip Car Check-Up

When planning a trip it is easy to get caught up in planning the route, picking out what to bring, packing the bags and getting it all into the car. We’re always afraid we’ll forget something and often do forget one of the most important parts of planning a trip. Doing a pre-trip car check-up ...

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The Stick Sift Driver’s Complete Guide to Double-Clutching

Anyone who has driven a stick shift car, or even remotely followed racing has likely heard of the term “double clutch”, or perhaps even seen it done. While many may not be aware of what it actually means, double clutching is an advanced clutch technique that can be used for a variety of purposes. While ...

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The 2009 Honda Rebel

If you’ve taken a safe-riding course in the last twenty years or so, you might be impressed by the one thing that is largely unchanged in those classes from coast to coast- the 2009 Honda Rebel, and its precursors going all the way back to 1985. While the 2009 Honda Rebel might be a staple ...