Articles for category: AUTOMOTIVE

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Guide to Student Parking at UCSC in Santa Cruz, CA

Parking at UCSC is a ridiculous hassle. There are so many cars on campus these days. Because of the overcrowding, TAPS won’t sell permits to 1st or 2nd year students living in on-campus housing. Therefore, these students are not allowed to have their vehicles on campus M-F between early morning (around 7am) and 8:30pm unless ...

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How to Buy Car Insurance when You Have Bad Credit or No Credit

Building good credit offers plenty of rewards to the American consumer. When it comes to buying auto insurance, no credit or bad credit can make the difference between an affordable policy and a costly premium. Can you overcome a bad credit history? Yes! Why Insurers look at Credit History The Insurance Information Institute explains that ...

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Top RV Parks in Southern California

RV parks can be as different from one another as hotels are. Some are big, some are small. Some RV parks do not have a lot of amenities and some are like resorts. These RV parks in Southern California are a little bit of each. Some are very kid friendly and some are just for ...

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How Snakes Have Evolved Through History

Snakes have been on this planet for millions of years, and might be the most adapted of the reptiles. We don’t really know that much about how they developed throughout the years (their skeletons are very fragile, so fossil records are limited), but they probably appeared around the time of dinosaurs, and descent from lizard ...

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How to Cancel Your Auto Insurance Policy

When you sell a car, are undergoing some major life changes or have received a better rate from a competing auto insurance provider, it may be time to cancel your auto insurance policy. The cancellation procedure and requirements vary by insurer so you will need to make sure you follow all the steps listed in ...

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10 Confusing Traffic Signs from Around the World

There are some traffic signs that I just don’t want to encounter. I’m a fairly good driver and definitely a defensive driver. Don’t ask me to parallel park, though. Quite a few signs are odd, but I’d be able to figure out what they probably meant. However, there are many signs which I would not ...

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What’s a Hybrid Car?

Is there any end to the high gas prices? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that there will never be two dollars a gallon again. I have a picture of my grandfather having a price war on the other side of the street. They were selling gas $.14 a gallon, and he ...

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What Makes the 1998 Type R Acura Integra so Special?

There are some cars that we seem to be able to see on a daily basis. In fact, we see these vehicles so often that we tend to lose all forms of appreciation for them. In the automotive world, much like in life, though, sometimes things are not exactly as they seem. Perhaps one of ...

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How a Car Repossession Can Effect Your Credit Report

A car repossession can definitely affect your credit. Here is how the process works. Let’s say you can no longer afford to make your monthly payments. By the time your discover that you are probably two or three payments past due. This is already showing up on your credit report as 30 or 60 days ...