Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
Thinking about traveling lately? Want to finally make that late summer adventure happen? Americans can't resist the lure of sunny skies and the open road.Well, here are a few precautions for those who who'd like to travel with their own beloved cars. Check Your Tires: Well, believe it or not, tires are one of the most overlooked parts of a car. According the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA), only one out of 10 drivers checks his or her tire pressure correctly. But the truth is that an under-inflated, over-inflated, worn down or misaligned tire can be extremely dang...
BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) -- Toyota Motor Corp. said on Friday more than 50 of its employees were injured by Wednesday night's explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin that killed 56 people."We have now heard that over 50 employees who live in the surrounding area, including in company accommodation, have been injured," Toyota said in a written statement.Toyota said it was not aware of any employee deaths.The explosions resulted in broken windows at two dealerships, one operated by FAW Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd., and one operated by GAC Toyota Motor Co., Ltd, Toyota said, adding...
George Miller is relaunching Mad Max with the long-rumored, then long-delayed, and now imminent Mad Max: Fury Road. Miller needed about 25 years of development, including 12 agonizing years after announcing that a script had been written, to get this movie made. And while previous Max movies were filmed in the Australian outback, this one was shot in Namibia. Here are 10 of the vehicles featured in the film:Plymouth RockBuilt around the desiccated remains of what appears to be a 1937 Plymouth sedan, this metallic hyena’s mission is to scrounge the wasteland looking for carrion to c...
Hot rods are typically old, classic American cars with large engines modified in various ways to achieve higher performance. The vast majority of the cars being run were four-cylinder Ford Model Ts or their successor, the four-cylinder Model A as these models were cheap, plentiful, lightweight, and easy to work on. Nobody knows for sure the origin of the term "hot rod", but there is a theory that it was originated by the fact that burning out the connecting rod bearings was a very common failure mode for souped up vehicles, and "hot rod" could refer to t...
Wondering if it's time to get new tires for your car? How to determine if the tires have worn out already without paying a costly visit to a mechanic? It's not that hard if you know what to look at. Let's study your auto's tires for the following indicators of weariness: TreadNormally the depth of your tires' tread shouldn't fall below 1/16 of an inch (1.6 millimeters). When it does – you know what to do: hop in the car and set forth to the nearest car workshop.So how to calculate the depth by yourself? You can buy a special gauge to measure the tread depth t...
