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I've read a couple posts about some owners cleaning out their garages in preparation for their Tesla delivery...clearly a typical garage (i.e. good enough for an ICE car) is not good enough for a Tesla.
I would certainly like one of those RaceDeck tile floors for my garage, regardless of my car. But I must admit to thinking about almost remodeling my garage should I get a Tesla, and for the life of me I don't know why. 99% of the people who would see my future Tesla aren't in my garage...so why do I want a remodel?
Did YOU improve your garage, other than the electrical connection? Paint? Floor tiles/epoxy? New lighting?
Not yet but planning on it, it's all part of the disease. Disease isn't correct word .
Oh yeah we did.
New drywall, painted floor, re-insulated pipes, new shelving, rubber tire squares,
new W/D, new garage door openers, sink....
And oh yeah, HPWC install.
Of COURSE she needed a nice new home!
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Yes--fixed up the drywall, painted, updated lights and garage door opener.
Yes, Cleaned, drywalled, put in a 50 amp plug.
Adding HPWC. Period.
Ok, I might try to get in on one of these sign purchases…
Just HPWC.
We just had Ultimate Garage Floors do their magic... looks amazing and should have done it years ago
It is work in progress...
- first cleaned out one half and charging from the dryer plug
- second cleaned out the other half and got solar and 14-50 at exactly the perfect spot
- next is new garage door opener so MS can operate it
- after that repainting the walls
- then I lean towards cork flooring
- new cabinets and some pictures on the wall
- and last but not least replace the Mercedes with a second MS
Type 2, 22kW Wall charger will be installed and as the MS is so long a stop sign 5cm away from the back wall that blinks when lightly touched ;-)
I don't have a (usable) garage. My Tesla will sleep outside.
Holy Smokes...I am not alone in linking garage upgrades with a Tesla. I have had two fairly rare vehicles (Delorean & Panoz) and didn't feel the need to do anything to the garage, but must admit it seems natural to remodel it for a Tesla and still don't know why I would want to do so....it must be a sickness...
I'm getting lots of ideas, keep 'em coming. Didn't know there were garage remodel companies!
What was I thinking??? I'm not trying to pry, but could you folks throw in the ballpark number on the reno $$$ ? I'd take a garage remodel as part of the cost of a Tesla, so if I knew, for example, that it added $5K to the price, that would help sell the purchase to the wife...
I cleaned mine out but somehow the clutter reappeared, larger and stronger.....car washing supplies.
I looked for an old gas pump that I could run the charging chord through. The I realized that this would require garage beautification and cleaning......
Interesting thread.
From a prospective owners point of view I would surmise that the garage improvements are spurred by the combination of needing to install a charging facility and not insignificantly, the fact that this is "clean" car. The risk of oil and grease drippings are so drastically reduced that it is "natural" to put it into a cleaner environment. And of course this says nothing of the potential for fuel and transmission fluid spills with their associated smells being completely eliminated. Even brake dust soiling of the garage floor is drastically reduced, hence the efforts to keep the garage clean are better rewarded for a longer time than with a conventional ICE vehicle. Yes, clean cars deserve clean garages and since one has to improve the garage electrical system anyway the next step is a natural and figuratively small one - even if it is somewhat expensive and labour intensive!
My take on it anyway. YMMV.
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Nope, I only got the 14-50 NEMA plug installed.
I tried to upgrade da wife in anticipation of the new MS.
Of course it was a no go, but it was worth a try...
About $500 to increase the storeage capacity of the attic to eliminate clutter (it's a much larger car than the 328i that is currently there). I would go crazy, but we're not planning on staying long term in the current house.
I did somewhat...
Ok, wheres your garage junk? I would love to clear my garage, but where do you put all that stuff? Camping gear, memories, old financial records, cleaning stuff, ladders, tools.....etc? Without buying storage space to commute to? Ok... I am envious!
>Camping gear
Under the ladder in the basement.
I found living in the now is more rewarding ;-)
>old financial records
shredded and recycled
>cleaning stuff
You mean a mop? Well, I'm pretty sure we have one somewhere
>ladders, tools.....etc?
I have a ladder and a toolbox in the basement. But I'm not really a handyman type so I guess I don't crave much for those
>Without buying storage space to commute to?
correct Sir! :-)
wolfpet--where did you get your posters?
@Panoz. Thanks for posting question. Like many of posters above, of course I had to upgrade garage for this beautiful car. I cleaned all the junk out of garage and had to install a utility shed to put it in. I also installed New floor and garage door. Never did anything like this for previous ICE vehicles. The MS deserves to be treated like the royalty she is. My wife thinks I am crazy but I don't care.
I believe the phenomenon is called, "nesting"
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I upgraded my garage dramatically just by parking my Model S in it.
I had to clean out the garage, remove the workbench, and of course add the 240V service.... then I converted a gazebo to a garden shed to put all the lawn stuff.
But my garage was built in 1918 so there hadnt been a car in it for a long time. I had to have the building straightened in order to install power garage doors!
+1 pbendo!
We did a fair amount of work spiffing the garage up and making room for such a long vehicle.
Though probably could have done long before, but NKYTA deserved better.
Ripped out damaged old black top drive way and replaced with concrete drive way that was expanded.
New garage doors for three stalls.
Repaired garage floor with concrete pouring.
1800 junked the past 10 years worth of clutter that accumulated in my garage.
I am actually limited because I'm pregnant (talking about nesting). My husband doesn't share my love for remodeling....
Love the ideas and photo(s). I'm not sure if epoxy paint or tiles is best for a floor for my location. Every Spring I have to power wash my garage floor since Colorado uses grit/dirt/sand for winter traction. I have a heated garage so any dirty snow melts overnight, leaving mud & dirt on the floor. I must do some research...
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Do you know that there are extremely few people worldwide having achieved the perfect 7.9 Windows Experience Index score in Windows 7?
Well, Microsoft does. But if fact, it is possible to build a monster machine capable of reaching the top WEI score of 7.9 in Windows 7 RTM.
According to the Redmond company, putting together a hardware combination to hit 7.9 in Windows 7 becomes more and more feasible, especially as computer components evolve and get cheaper.
"As of July 2010, few people own 7.9-ranked computers. There are only a handful listed on WEI Share, a website where people compare their index scores," the Redmond company noted.
"But it's a goal that will grow more attainable as more advanced computer components become the norm."
Microsoft Help currently features an article titled: "Earning the top Windows Experience Index score."
The software giant is essentially lending a helping hand to power PC users that are simply not content with anything inferior to the perfect WEI 7.9 score.
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The chase for the Windows 7 7.9 WEI score began in early January 2010, just after Microsoft released the first Beta development milestone of Windows Vista's successor.
To this date people are finding the "Hardware Configuration for the Perfect 7.9 Windows 7 Score" article I wrote at the start of the year and leaving comments. Some of them have actually even earned bragging rights.
Some might say that you need the perfect machine for the perfect Windows 7 score. Perfect as in God-like.
"Microsoft program manager (and blogger) Scott Hanselman attempted to build a computer that was fast enough to reach the 7.9 limit," Microsoft revealed.
"For his supercomputer (which he dubbed "GOM," or God's Own Machine), he set a $3,000 limit and bought a six-core processor, a GTX 285 graphics card, and a low-voltage desktop memory system with 12 gigabytes (GB) of RAM."
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After competing in two consecutive Sport Climbing World Cups-the first ones of the 2012 season - first in Chamonix, then in Briancon, France, I am now settling back into rock climbing in Ceuse, France. I was really satisfied with making finals in both of the World Cups. In the World Cup circuit, the top competitors' results are often unpredictable because the level is very close, so I was happy to be consistently in the top 6. One minor mistake can make a huge difference in places – the gap between being on the podium and being off of it, or being in finals or not, can be a simple movement upwards or control of one more hold, so in order to do really well, you need to climb as perfectly as you can.
While I feel personally that my performance could have been better, especially in Chamonix, I know that sometimes competitions will go my way, and sometimes they will not. This past year I have not climbed indoors much at all – which I feel really fortunate for ( :) ). Transitioning back to plastic after climbing outside can feel hard because I am not used to the artificial holds and setting – but I really like to maintain a balance of both – climbing outside and competing. Climbing outside is the aspect of the sport that I am most inspired by and enjoy the most; however, I also love the energy of competitions and seeing my friends from around the world as well! In both, outside and in competition, you need to push yourself to your maximum in order to excel. Competitions can be very mental and I think that I need to believe in myself and trust my ability to perform better. Many climbers choose to focus on either outside or competitions at certain times, but I prefer to try and balance both simultaneously because I prefer climbing outside than training in a gym. At least for now, while I am not in school (until August 27..!), I have this ability to climb outside a lot, so I will live it out to its fullest!
So, here I am – Ceuse – one of the most historically famous sport climbing areas in the world. I am so excited to climb the aesthetic, long limestone climbs here. There is also a steep hour-long hike to the cliff, so being here is good fitness training for me as well!
I will be in Ceuse for almost two weeks, and then I will travel to Studtgardt, Germany, for the Adidas RockStars Event. This is an invitational international bouldering competition that should be a great event. I trust that Adidas will arrange an amazing show and I cannot wait to be a part of it!


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A colossal amount of money and logistics will go into this event. The immediate environment has been upgraded at taxpayers' expense. Visiting dignitaries will no doubt be flown in to share their congratulations and members of the state security apparatus will be deployed in large numbers. The media are descending on Bloemfontein and international speculation is high.
Behind the scenes, we are told, political diplomacy is being exerted in all quarters to avert a leadership crisis that would damage the governing party. Polokwane produced a splinter group and we sit and wonder if another could emerge. "For the sake of unity" has become the rallying call and no doubt a unified slate would be preferred to keep the peace. The fact that every juicy morsel of this high drama is reported on, on a daily, and on the Internet, even an hourly basis, shows the extent to which we have elevated the importance of the ANC's conference and the potential danger it creates for the country if it goes wrong – if the wrong policy platforms emerge and if the wrong leaders get chosen.
If the pundits are to be believed then the likely outcome will be a restatement of the old puddings of ANC policy, sabre rattling on land reform, pretend nationalisation, whipping of labour brokers, mine bosses and of course Western Cape farmers, because, of course, they're so much worse than those in Mpumalanga or Butterworth. We may see some new policy emphasis of course, but the ANC is recently so directionless and Zuma so inept at policy debates, that the ANC seems to find itself in a policy backwater. With the National Development Plan on the table and perhaps the New Growth Path (What was that again?) we could see an endorsement of at least a general plan. The NDP is the one with the broadest support. Even though ANC leaders promise a firm future direction, there is little chance of very much new being put on the table. To contradict the NDP or introduce new policy when the ANC policy conference didn't produce it would put the governing party in an even greater mess than it already is. What would be much more useful to the ANC is to flesh out what is contained in the NDP and get the rank and file to truly come to terms with its implications. However in the cut and thrust of Mangaung I suspect that is to expect too much.
On the leadership front, I would be very surprised if the ANC elected a new president or even deputy president. A unity slate will probably emerge in the next few days to put the glue back together. Of course the Cosatu and SACP congresses lead the way in this regard. "For the sake of unity" led the way and with Zuma having basically neutralised any serious competition, the talk these days is about "saving Motlanthe". Sad really. The grinning robber baron of Nkandla is bound to ride again. The extra 90,000 members in KwaZulu-Natal and 40,000 fewer in the Eastern Cape say so. The outcomes are mostly predictable and therefore the collective emotional energy of South Africans spent on Mangaung seems to be somewhat wasted.
However, while all this effort, money and talk is being expended at Mangaung and we all wait with bated breath for what I suggest will be largely much ado about nothing, the country is facing a real crisis elsewhere. This year has produced trends which are putting the poor and the government on a collision course and there is no real solution in sight yet. If we look at the Gini-coefficient, the fact that 20 years has passed with many still unemployed and the social package at its financial limits, there is nowhere for the poor to go. In the past 12 months, apart from the effects of the global economic downturn still being felt (more than a third of those jobs lost during the down turn are still lost), we have seen job losses starting to mount up in the mining industry as a result of the prolonged and violent strikes affecting mines' productivity. What is even more concerning now is the drop this year in South Africa's GDP and the fact that inflation has started to rise. If this trend continues the country will be in stagflation before too long. The effect of this on job losses is going to be ugly.
Into this environment, we had the mining strikes, the Marikana massacre, the violent transport strikes and the burning of Western Cape farms. In the last case it appears that, despite protestation to the contrary, Tripartite Alliance leaders such as Marius Fransman, Tony Ehrenreich, Nosy Pieterse and the like have perhaps been putting fire under the kindling and turning what could have been a minor wage dispute into what became a violent protest. The danger of this is that they could well ignite a "fire" that spreads into other provinces and regions, a fire that the "Unity slate" at Mangaung would find difficult to put out. As we head into a slowing economy in the near future, this might be more likely in 2013 than it was in 2012.
2013 is also the beginning of election season as the general election of April 2014 is looming. I will be completing my first term in Parliament and the pressure around the country to win in election 2014 can already be felt with new faces jockeying for position. The desperation of unemployed activists in all parties for a job is already mounting as political parties are now seen as an employment opportunity rather than a vehicle to work for power for one political ideology or another. A phrase I have heard more than once or twice in township areas is "join the DA, the queue is shorter"! The ANC and IFP have long been vehicles of employment opportunity. But that is another symptom of the problem. With entrepreneurship a dirty word to lefties and the slowing South African economy, the last thing the country needs is more violent strikes and police thuggery ahead of a fractious general election fought over the issue of "jobs". In anyone's mind, does the pomp and ceremony of re-electing the "unity slate" and rehashing badly constructed and unimplementable Polokwane resolutions sound like something to take notice of? We should rather be worrying about how this government plans to get the burgeoning number of unemployed people off the streets and into meaningful employment. But is that going to come out of Mangaung? I seriously doubt it! DM
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- It's a money game: E-tolls, e-tolls, everywhere you look!
- Can anyone really fly?
- Lost in Translation
- Metrorail vs. Gautrain: head to head in the rush for big money
- Bus Crisis in Nelson Mandela Bay
- What Eskom crisis? Trains, Stations and Metro Rail Offices stay on all night
- Alexandra's in the poo, too!
- Trouble in the NTM: Everything that's still wrong with labour relations
- Parliament: SA's expensive, bloated whale
- The public schooling system is not fixing the education problem
- The truth Sanral does not want you to know
- The DA is becoming 'non-stick'
- Fiddling and fussing while the country burns, Mangaung-style
- Cosatu: To Vavi, or not to Vavi?
- Ethics? What ethics?
- Worried about a one-party state? Don't Panic!
- Let's agree on one goal: creating jobs
- There is land everywhere - why is government hogging it?
- Lessons from Geneva
- Economic Codesa or bust
- Anti-corruption laws - do we have the balance right?
- Fixing infrastructure maintenance problems would help solve jobs crisis
- Upwardly mobile urban squatters, SA's entrepreneurship hope
- Let's re-write African history - again
- Having our cake and eating it
- No quick fix to save our cities, so we'd better start now
- Step 1 in stopping strike violence: make it very, very expensive
- How to fix a non-existent crisis
- The Gautrain: What was it all about?
- Cosatu/DA coalition: great idea, but not too realistic
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Derrick Rose scored 22 points, and Joakim Noah added 15 points and 21 rebounds to help the Chicago Bulls hand the Detroit Pistons their ninth straight loss, 98-87 on Thursday.
Chicago hadn't won a road game in six weeks, but never trailed against the slumping Pistons (11-21), who are been 10 games under .500 for the first time since the 2000-01 season. The Bulls (13-17) snapped an eight-game losing streak away from home.
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Fall is a glorious time to explore Mt. Rainier National Park. The summer crowds are gone, so you'll often be alone with your thoughts on the trails. In September, expect many clear sunny days and cool nights. As the Fall progresses, the colors are glorious, particularly around the Chinook Pass/Tipsoo Lake area.
Our recommendations will change as the season progresses and roads close. The road to the top of Sunrise is usually open until sometime in early October, and the road to the White River Campground (half way up the Sunrise Road) is usually open even later. The Stevens Canyon Road usually stays open until the first heavy snowfall, as do Cayuse and Chinook Passes (sometime in early November). Check back for updates as we get closer to the Fall.
Here are some of our favorite Fall trails:
From the top of Sunrise:
Shadow Lake and Burroughs Mountain
Mt. Fremont Lookout
Sourdough Ridge
Dege Peak
From the Sunrise road (at or before the White River Campground):
Emmons Moraine Trail
Glacier Basin Trail
Summerland Trail
Owyhigh Lakes
From Highway 410:
Crystal Lakes
Shriner Peak
From Chinook Pass:
Naches Peak Loop
Dewey Lakes
In The Ohanapecosh:
Grove of the Patriarchs
Silver Falls
Paradise Area:
Although those of us who live around here (and many of our guests) prefer the Sunrise area of the Park, it is possible to visit Paradise from here as a day trip. In fact, Paradise has a great name (after all, isn't everyone looking for a little paradise?!) and it's beautiful. It just gets really crowded so, if you're going, go early!
- The Paradise Glacier Trail. 5 ¼ miles roundtrip. 1000 feet elevation gain. This hike passes Myrtle Falls on the way to the Paradise Glacier. Unfortunately, the famous ice caves are no more, but this is a great hike nonetheless.
- Nisqually Vista Trail: This short 1-mile loop trail is good for those looking for an easy hike. It meanders through the meadows to a nice viewpoint looking down at the Nisqually Glacier.
- Narada Falls: Most people look at the falls from above, but you can get a much better view just down the trail from the parking area. The Narada Falls trail continues about a mile up the Paradise River to Paradise.
- The Skyline Trail: There are many variations to this trail and most likely, you'll be happy with any of them. This is the longest hike through the Paradise Meadows.


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A colorful message of love and equality is spreading around the globe thanks to one group of students at a Maryland high school. Allies 4 Equality, the gay-straight alliance at James Hubert Blake High School, created a downloadable paper doll that you can print out and display in photographs to show support for LGBT rights.
The project is called Allie the Ally. At a time when anti-gay bullying is on the rise and contributing to teen suicides, Allie is a way to promote safe-spaces for LGBT youth and show anyone dealing with homophobia that they're not alone.
From the Allie the Ally tumblr:
Our goal for this project is to spread awareness of LGBTQ issues, and to give hope to LGBTQ youth that maybe be struggling with acceptance, from others or themselves. We hope to post pictures and messages from people and groups from all over the world to demonstrate the level of support that is available for LGBTQ youth.
According to The Washington Post, the students' project has been wildly successful. Since her debut in November, Allie has traveled to multiple continents, hung out with celebrities such as George Lopez and even made an appearance with Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and Delegate Anne R. Kaiser.
"Allie's been to Vietnam and Poland and Australia," said Jenna Beers, the Allies 4 Equality student president.
Allie has helped highlight the GSA's other activism efforts, such as a No-Name-Calling week and a Day of Silence to raise awareness of the impact of hurtful language. The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network honored the Allies 4 Equality with a national leadership award.
"[We recognize] the profound impact peer leadership can have on creating a safer school climate," Eliza Byard, GLSEN's executive director, said in a statement about the group. "[Allies 4 Equality] not only transformed its school community, but also reached countless people across the country and around the world."
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The children of this generation will become much better and more tollerant, than the "older folks" they are told to listen to.
Kudos to Allies 4 Equality.
How lovely!
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And a child shall lead them. Way to go kids!
Awesome. Slowly, there is equality for all people. I wonder which will be the next oppressed group that gets their chance in the spot light to right for their equality.
Wonderful and glad it has gone global!! there is hope for the human race yet!!!
Kudos to Allies 4 Equality.
Wonderful and glad it has gone global!! there is hope for the human race yet!!!
Kudos to Allies 4 Equality.
Beautiful message!
Good on the high school kids Great idea
Now, the next time you think something bad about teenagers in general, remember those young people who do works like this, and the girl who did a piece on bullying. See, they aren't ALL bad, mostly misunderstood and ignored.
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Archive for the 'Autocar' tag
Classic Mini voted the greatest British car of all time
From Britain comes news that the original Mini has been chosen as the greatest British car of all time in a poll of Autocar readers. The British motoring magazine tells us that Alec Issigonis's baby beat the Jaguar E-type and the Range Rover for top honors. (We should note that this news reaches our inboxes not from Autocar, but from the PR folks at BMW, which owns Mini today.)
The magazine offers no details about its polling methods – for all we know, the vote was taken in the executive washrooms in Munich. But this is not the first time the Mini has topped a poll of this nature. The ground-breaking design (transverse front engine, front-wheel drive), a 41-year production run, prominent rallying successes and a total output of 5.3 million cars are certainly strong arguments in the model's favor. (Among the many designs it influenced was that of the Lamborghini Miura.)
Here are the top 10 finishers in the Autocar poll:
1. Mini
2. Range Rover
3. Jaguar E-type
4. Land Rover
5. McLaren F1
6. Range Rover Evoque
7. Caterham 7
8. Morris Minor
9. McLaren MP4-12C
10. London Taxi
(Really? No Bentley 3 Liter, no Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, no Austin 7? Not one Triumph, MG, Healey, Lotus [aside from the Caterham] or Aston Martin made the list? And a Land Rover and two Range Rovers among the top six?) So, Hemmings Nation, did the voters get it right? Are these the best-ever cars from the U.K.? What makes a car the "greatest," anyway? Is it the production total, a revolutionary design, racing victories, or something else?
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1912 Autocar Type XXI Omnibus
According to our reference books, the Autocar Type XXI, rated at two tons, rode a 97-inch wheelbase and took its power from an 18.1hp opposed two-cylinder engine with a three-speed transmission and, uncommon for a solid-tired truck from this age, shaft drive. For that reason, we say that this 1912 Autocar Type XXI omnibus for sale on Hemmings.com will not be setting any speed records, with or without passengers in the back. But with prior ownership by Austie, full documentation and that very unique body, it would make an excellent addition to anybody's brass-era collection. From the seller's description:
Chasis and running gear rebuilt and in fully operable condition with original engine. Original coach constructed by one of the oldest, respected builders of the period, selectively restored and authentically refinished. Vehicle comes with period manuals, functional accessories to include clock, running lanterns, traffic bells, horns, main light, etc. The body features retractable, original beveled glass windows and trimmed bench seating. Comes with full documented provenance dating back to late 1940s, owned by Henry Austin Clark Jr. of NYC. Autocar and body provenance. A well preserved and running vehicle of Americana that has survived the last 100 years.
See more trucks for sale on Hemmings.com.
Former Autocar facility sits gutted in Philadelphia
You'll hear about fires damaging old, abandoned auto factories from time to time, ravaging a piece of our heritage, usually in deeply troubled parts of Midwest cities that have been forgotten by the rest of America. It's not exclusively a heartland heartache. The photo you see above was snapped last week in Philadelphia.
This gutted building supply company, at 34th and Indiana in the city's Hunting Park section, has looked exactly as you see since last June. That was when a four-alarm fire raced through the structure, generating a pall of smoke that fans at Citizens Bank Park in South Philadelphia, where the Phillies were playing at home, could clearly watch.
When it first opened during the 1920s, this structure was a major sales and service point for Autocar, the manufacturer of heavy trucks, which then had its operations based west of the city in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. The wreckage photo comes to us from Autocar enthusiast Ted Goldsborough of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Ted tells us that revived, Indiana-based Autocar has been trying to acquire the building's façade from the demolition contractors, with no agreement thus far.
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1944 Autocar
Coming across a 1944 anything while classified cruising is rare, but we recently came across several such listings on Hemmings.com, including this 1944 Autocar cab-over convertible tractor, a rare and unusual vehicle we've only previously seen in period photos. From the seller's description:
1944 Autocar U7144T 4X4 COE Tractor with 16FT Wooden Rack and Platform Trailer, 5,300 Miles, From French Army Reserves, Brought Back in 1994
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SIA Flashback – Dollars at Your Doorstep
There's quite possibly a fascinating treatise to be written on the implications of a mobile banking facility: the use of technology, in this case the automobile, to overcome a societal need; or perhaps the fluidity and expansion of commerce in the early decades of the 20th Century. However, these do nothing to make the idea of a bank on wheels less stupid, especially in an age when vehicles were notoriously unreliable. Bernie Weis had the story on David H. Bellamore's ultimately unsuccessful idea in SIA #81, June 1984.
By the way, a quick search on Google Patents turns up the original patent mentioned in the story (1,027,978), the improved version of his mobile bank (1,182,885), and the armored radiator patent mentioned toward the end (1,182,886), though only the latter appears to have been assigned to Standard Ordnance. It also appears as though Bellamore had a few ideas for pressed steel wheels that he later patented (1,410,986, 1,422,408, and 1,558,458).
big wheels keep on turnin'
Went down to Hudson, Massachusetts, yesterday for the American Truck Historical Society's New England chapter show. The ATCA's Rutland truck show, which would have been closer, also took place yesterday, but I already went there last year and Bill Miles recommended the Hudson show. I'm glad he did; plenty more trucks attended Hudson than Rutland, and plenty of good ones too.
For example, this ton-plus Ford truck fitted with a complete SnoGo snow removal system. It wasn't the only snow-busting truck in attendance, either, not unusual for a New England truck show.
Awesome 1929 Autocar. On first glance, it appears much older, so the 1929 model year surprised me.
This guy about ran me over half a dozen times. And it wasn't just placed on a golf cart chassis – it looked like the builder completely replicated an early Mack truck's chassis to go along with the body.
Jim Koshivaki said he bought this 1956 F-350 with an original Fabco four-wheel-drive conversion and just 8,000 original miles from Washington state, where it served as a brush truck.
And finally, it seems the American Truck Historical Society doesn't just limit themselves to American trucks, what with this 1963 Land Rover Series IIA on the show field.
Surrender: Smolenski sells TVR
Now it's just getting ridiculous. One week ago today, Nikolai Smolenski bought TVR, in effect, from himself. Now, Autocar is reporting that as of today, he's unloaded the whole smoking ruin of a company to a pair of Florida-based businessmen, Adam Burdette and Jean Michel Santacreu.
Santacreu, an event planner, and Burdette, of Evolution Imports, had been hoping to bring TVRs to this country, and now seem to be taking their plans to a dark, new region.
Given the track record of similar endeavors, we're going to call this the final nail in the coffin of once-great sports car maker TVR.
Roll Your Own
We try to observe a standard of "all things truck" in this space, everything from events to books to replicas. So how about something on getting into the truck hobby in the most real way imaginable? Here's a way to connect with a guy who can get you a big rig of your very own to churn down the highway in, charcoal-colored diesel smoke trailing in your breeze.
It's Brad Wikes of Taylorsville, North Carolina, who's been in the trucking industry since his teens and now operates Brad's Classic Trucks, which sells used big rigs in a variety of conditions from varying eras. We checked out Brad's Web site and found nice things, like the depicted 1961 Autocar. The sales inventory also includes a White 7400, a three-axle Mack B-61 and a 1951 GMC 640. They're all in need of restoration but ready for your loving touch.
For information, call 828-495-4980 or visit www.bradsclassictrucks, and tell him Hemmings sent you.
(This post originally appeared in the November 23, 2006, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Autocar aficionado alert
Our favorite trucking historian from upstate New York, Art Van Aken, just checked in with his latest brainchild. It's a hugely informative 153-page softcover book, Autocar of the 1940s, covering 38 models from the golden era of these very brawny rigs from Ardmore, (and later, Exton) Pennsylvania.
Using factory sales and technical reference materials, the author lays out photographs, full specifications and dimensional data for all of these Autocars, the last of which should be very helpful to scale modelers. There's also a short company history of the firm itself. Models range from the U-45 cabover all the way to the heaviest DC-10064-SN prime movers, powered by Cummins diesels of up to 743 cubic inches.
Bottom line: If you're a fan of Awful-cars, the book's for you. It's $34, including shipping, from Art at 35 Erie Boulevard, Canajorharie, New York 13317.
(This post originally appeared in the August 24, 2006, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Tiny Treasures
The tiny motorists on the streets of your HO-gauge train layout have nothing to fear when foul weather strikes as long as this B-model Mack is on the job
People who collect full-size antique trucks will readily tell you that the worst part of their hobby is finding a place to store their prizes. If you want to keep your 1949 Kenworth on your 20-acre spread in southern Indiana, no problem. If you try to keep it next to your condo in Clearwater Beach, or your ski lodge at Okemo, Vermont; or at the curb in front of your brownstone in Manhattan's Sutton Place, your neighbors will most likely want to speak to you. Angrily. About your truck. As in, "Get that thing out of here or I'm calling the cops."
There's a far easier way for people in cramped quarters to enjoy old trucks without igniting a latter-day Hatfield-McCoy feud. As you've probably guessed, it's by collecting scale models, and most specifically, trucks replicated in HO scale, or 1/87th of full size. The first such models were frequently crude and intended exclusively as scenery items on HO scale model railroads, but more recently, they've become a hobby in their own right, with a huge variety of detailed replicas available, and even an online association dedicated to these little trucks.
Just a few of the companies that produce these models are Athearn, known for decades for its reliable HO diesel locomotives; Boley, Herpa and Walthers, the latter being the world's biggest producer and wholesaler of North American-prototype HO rail equipment. However, the hobby has also spawned a host of so-called cottage industries, which make highly specialized truck models in relatively small quantities. One of them is Sheepscot Scale Products of Cumberland, Maine.
These kits, like most other HO trucks, are primarily intended for use on model railroads; in Sheepscot's case, models of heavy American rigs used from the late 1930s through the late 1960s. They're available as either tractors or chassis-cab units, and with a broad variety of truck bodies, along with cargo, tank and heavy-equipment trailers. Prototypes modeled include Autocar, Mack, International, Oshkosh and Sterling. For the heavy-equipment trailer, the firm also produces a Bucyrus-Erie 15B truck crane.
Most of the truck kits consist of a metal frame, urethane cab, and small detail parts, some in photoetched brass, including authentic wheels, side mirrors and exhaust systems. They generally run $20 to $25. Sheepscot also makes accessories, including a spectacular snowplow attachment for its dump trucks, with an external cab frame and huge wing plows, just like the ones that keep our highways clear here in Vermont. The kit would look great mated to the four-wheel-drive Oshkosh.
You can contact Sheepscot at 207-829-5134 or online at www.sheepscotscale.com. While you're at it, check out the neat site of the 1/87 Vehicle Club at www.1-87vehicles.org. Tell 'em Hemmings sent you.
(This post originally appeared in the February 9, 2006, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)


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WATERTOWN — Paul Alteri isn't accepting any excuses for his Watertown Rams team after its second loss in as many days to open its collegiate summer season.
After being edged by a run in their season opener, the Rams were thoroughly beaten by Elmira, 13-3, on a damp and misty Thursday night at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds in Watertown's home opener in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League.
"We're trying to be positive, but the honeymoon is short in this league and then it's over," said Alteri, who is in his second season as Watertown coach. "It's over right now for us — now we have to get to work and there's no more excuses. We have to snap out of it now."
The Rams managed only six hits, including only one over the first five innings.
"In our first game in front of your home crowd, you want to show them what you can do," said Rams first baseman Dominic Lopez, who is back for a second season with the team.
"It didn't turn out that way, but hopefully we can bounce back tomorrow and put on a good show."
Last season, Watertown won the league's West Division crown and then was swept by Elmira in two games in the opening round of the playoffs.
"It was one of those nights, it was just like that night here when we won that 14-inning game in the rain," Elmira coach Matt Burch said. "We seem to like playing here."
In this meeting, after Watertown pushed across the game's first run in the opening inning, Elmira struck for 12 runs over the next five innings to take command.
"I'm still waiting for our bats to wake up a little bit, but it's the second game of the season," said Alteri, whose team was beaten by Adirondack, 6-5 Wednesday in its season opener.
I'm more concerned about our defensive play — not so much our physical errors, but our mental errors," Alteri added. "And there's no excuses for it — these guys are young men."
The Rams were held without a hit for the first four innings until Robbie Alessandrine's RBI single in the fifth.
"I still saw a lot of positives there," Alteri said. "But with our hitting, you're not going to win a whiffle ball game on the five or six hits that we had."
Elmira was opportunistic in scoring three runs in the second inning to take the lead for good.
With two out and two runners on, Chris Kalousidian struck out, but reached first base on a dropped third strike to load the bases.
John Armbrust scored on a passed ball to tie the game at 1-1, and two runners then came home on an infield throwing error and the Pioneers led 3-1.
"That's all it takes," Alteri said. "Right now, other teams are doing that to us and we're not getting those breaks — but that's one us — we have nobody to blame but ourselves."
After the Pioneers led 5-1 in the fourth inning on TJ Dixon's two-run double down the left- field line and Watertown answered with a single run in the fifth.
Elmira broke the game open with a seven-run sixth inning by batting around — keyed by a two-run double from Christian Santiseban and Drew Fisher's two-run single to lead 12-2.
The Pioneers tacked on a run in the ninth as Pete Carrier walked and scored on a wild pitch, and Watertown's Charles Leblanc followed with an RBI single in the bottom of the inning.
"I feel like we have a ton of talent, I think maybe even more than last year," said Lopez, who drove in a run with a groundout in the first inning and later doubled. "I think we need a couple games to kind of get our feet set."
Pioneers starting Roberto Suppa allowed one run in four innings despite walking five batters and reliever Zach Pidgeon earned the win with one inning of work.
Watertown starter Mitch Sewald, who pitched for LSU briefly two years ago, was tagged with the loss, yielding five runs (two earned) in five innings. He struck out six and walked two.
"I liked the way Mitch pitched," Alteri said. "It's been a year and half since he threw in a live game and I thought he threw really well. I was hoping to get five innings out of him, and he fought through that one bad inning with no fault of his own.
"Kyle Simmons pitched well and Jon (Escobar) is going to be tough as a closer."
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The Soviets, seeking formal recognition of their post–World War II borders, had sought a European security conference since 1954. West European countries had resisted such a conference, concerned that it might strengthen the Soviets' international position and potentially divide the Western alliance. By the late 1960s, however, widespread public interest in reducing East-West antagonism led West European governments to reconsider their position. Moreover, the Soviet Union removed a significant obstacle to the conference by indicating that it would not oppose American or Canadian participation.
The outcome was a complex, drawn-out period of diplomacy divided into four phases: the Helsinki Consultations to determine the timing and agenda of the conference from 22 November 1972 to 8 June 1973, the six-day meeting of foreign ministers formally launching the CSCE from 3 July to 8 July 1973, the principal negotiations of the Geneva stage from 29 August 1973 to 21 July 1975, and the final summit from 30 July 1975 to 1 August 1975 during which representatives from the thirty-five states convened in Helsinki and signed the Helsinki Final Act.
The CSCE negotiations centered around four so-called baskets of issues. The first dealt with ten principles guiding relations in Europe, including the inviolability of frontiers, the territorial integrity of states, and the peaceful settlement of disputes. The first basket also incorporated confidence-building measures such as advanced notification of military troop maneuvers. The second basket addressed economic, scientific, and technological cooperation among CSCE states, while the third concentrated on humanitarian issues such as the reunification of families, improved working conditions for journalists, and increased cultural exchanges. The fourth basket focused on follow-up procedures.
The fourth basket extended the CSCE by stipulating that a follow-up meeting be held in 1977 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to assess the progress made toward fulfilling the terms of the Helsinki Final Act. The principal accomplishment of the Belgrade meeting (4 October 1977–9 March 1978) was the initiation of a process of review whereby countries that did not meet the terms of the Helsinki agreement, particularly its human rights provisions, could be held publicly accountable. Such reviews were held in a number of subsequent meetings that became known as the Helsinki Process. Despite the value of the follow-up meetings, however, some policymakers were concerned that the often acrimonious nature of the review process threatened the central goal of the CSCE, namely the reduction of tensions in Europe.
The Madrid review meeting (11 November 1980–9 September 1983) made little further progress in decreasing East-West tension or improving human rights, largely because of external events such as the imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981 and the Soviet downing of KAL Flight 007 on 1 September 1983. The Vienna meeting from 11 November 1986 to 19 January 1989 produced significant accomplishments related to human rights issues, especially the right of people to emigrate, religious tolerance, the upholding of the rights of national minorities, and the removal of restrictions on foreign broadcasting. The Vienna meeting exemplified how the CSCE successfully linked human rights with other elements of East-West relations, and the agreement there to hold a conference on human rights in Moscow signaled the extent to which the Helsinki Process had encouraged and facilitated progress on these issues in states such as the Soviet Union.
The emphasis on the protection of human rights, as pursued by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the neutral and nonaligned countries through the Helsinki Process, ultimately paved the way for the political and social transformations in Eastern Europe that marked the end of the Cold War. The CSCE summit meeting in Paris (19–21 November 1990) recognized, for the first time, the fundamental political and social changes that had occurred in Europe in the fifteen years since the signing of the Helsinki Final Act. In Paris, the leaders of the CSCE nations, including a now-reunified Germany, signed the Charter for a New Europe, recognizing the end of confrontation in Europe and, as the charter proclaimed, a new era of "democracy, peace, and unity."
Beyond the influential review meetings, the CSCE encouraged regular East-West engagement, forging connections that bridged some of the deep divisions in Europe with targeted discussions on issues such as scientific cooperation, the peaceful settlement of disputes, and security in the Mediterranean. These talks, known as experts' meetings, maintained connections between Western and Eastern countries. In addition, neutral and nonaligned CSCE signatories often played an important role in brokering compromises between the two sides.
Sarah B. Snyder
Further Reading
Thomas, Daniel C. The Helsinki Effect: International Norms, Human Rights, and the Demise of Communism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001.


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Haverford vs. Ursinus
April 8, 2009
|Brian Fleishhacker
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|Max Hjelm
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|Travis Gregory
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|Andrew Kim
|(0, 1)
|Grant Firestone
|(0, 1)
|Myles Monaghan
|(1, 0)
|Jason Leeds
|(1, 0)
|David Lawrence
|(1, 0)
|Joe Banno
|10 (0.714)
|Current Record
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|Eric Farris
|(1, 1)
|Pat Gillen
|(0, 1)
|Jason Orlando
|(1, 0)
|Jeff Ocampo
|(1, 0)
|Dan Monzo
|(1, 0)
|David Kraus
|(0, 1)
|Tony Aquilino
|9 (0.450)
|Current Record
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|The Game Story:
HAVERFORD, Pa. � If you build it they will come...at least to Haverford's Swan Field.
Haverford's men's lacrosse team hosted the first ever night game on the nine-month old turf and christened the nighttime with an 11-4 Centennial Conference victory over the visiting Bears from Ursinus College.
The Fords (9-2, 5-0 CC) shot out of the gate scoring the game's first eight goals, four in each period of the opening half.
Ursinus (3-7, 1-4 CC) ended the string and Haverford goalkeeper Joe Banno's shutout bid with their first goal just twenty ticks away from halftime.
Both teams seem to have settled in with the beginning of the second half as each scored three goals apiece over the final 30 minutes under the lights.
The game's opening set the tone, however, and launched the Fords to a league victory that keeps them atop the Centennial standings.
Max Hjelm kicked off the early game run with an unassisted goal in the third minute, followed by Brian Fleishhacker's goal off an assist from Travis Gregory less than 90 seconds later.
David Lawrence and Fleishhacker added to the first period total to push the Fords to a 4-0 lead after 15 minutes of action.
The second quarter went much the same way as Hjelm netted two more, Myles Monaghan got into the act, and Fleishhacker found the back of the net for a third time.
Jason Orlando finally broke through Banno for Ursinus' goal to end the drought and take the goose-egg off the board for the visitors.
Trailing 8-1, though, left the Bears with a too big of a hill to climb against the No. 11 team in the country.
A couple of factors that played into the victory for Haverford were winning 12-of-19 face-offs -- including all five in the third period -- and a 34-21 edge in ground balls.
Both goalies, Banno and Ursinus' Tony Aquilino, came up with some timely saves in the second half. Banno finished with 10 for the game while Aquilino tallied nine in defeat.
Hjelm, four goals and one assist, and Fleishhacker, three goals and three assists, led all scorers in the contest, and Haverford's Scott Kelley finished with a game-high six ground balls.
The Fords will take to the road in their next outing but will continue to play under the lights as they'll travel to Franklin & Marshall (3-6, 1-3 CC) on Saturday night for a 7 p.m. Centennial match-up.


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FRITCH - A family disagreement took a violent turn in Fritch on Sunday.
According to Chief Deputy James Qualls of the Hutchinson County Sheriff's Office, the incident occurred in the 200 block of Pawnee in Fritch.
During an argument, a fight took place in which Brent Dickinson, 39, was shot twice. When deputies arrived at the scene, with the assistance of the Fritch Police Department and officers from the National Park Service, Duane Wood, 57, was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (family violence).
AMARILLO — As traffic increases along Texas roadways because of our booming population, fatal crashes are on the rise. In an effort to curb the trend, the Texas Department of Transportation's Amarillo District was joined today by the city of Amarillo, The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Associated General Contractors of Texas (AGC) to ask the public to Be Safe. Drive Smart, in recognition of National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 15-19. TxDOT's Be Safe. Drive Smart. campaign reminds drivers to slow down, stay alert and observe traffic signs when approaching work zones.
Members of the Fritch Area Chamber of Commerce will be holding their annual banquet on Saturday, April 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Sanford-Fritch Junior High School Cafeteria. Tickets for the event will be $20 per person. Children 8 years old and under will be admitted at no charge.
The deadline to purchase tickets for the $20 price is Monday, April 15. Tickets will be available at the door for $25 per person.
Eula Lee Berry, 85, died April 12, 2013, in Borger.
Services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Minton Memorial Chapel with Rev. Bruce Ridling, Pastor of Borger Missionary Baptist Church and Dr. James Berry, Pastor of Southside Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow at Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Visitation will be held starting at 7 p.m. Monday evening at the funeral home.
FRITCH - Hazel Lowe Rice, 92, of Fritch, died Saturday April 13, at home.
Funeral services will be 10:00 am Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Fritch with Rev. Richard Edwards of Lubbock officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery at Tulia 2 p.m. Wednesday under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Fritch.


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How to Check Oil Level in Car
Three Parts:Finding the DipstickChecking the OilAdding Oil
Checking the oil levels in your car is essential to maintaining the life of the vehicle. It's one of the most straightforward bits of regular maintenance you can perform in your vehicle, important especially before long trips that will involve heavy engine use. You can learn to locate the right gauges in your engine compartment, diagnose problems with the oil in your car, and address those concerns if necessary.
Part 1 of 3: Finding the Dipstick
1Check the oil cold. Mobil One and other oil manufacturers recommend checking engine oil levels before driving your vehicle, when the oil is still cold.[1] You want the oil to be in the oil pan, not in the engine as it will be while you're driving. Immediately after driving, the oil level will appear lower, making it easier to overfill the oil. If you want to check the oil and have been driving it, wait five or ten minutes to let it settle into the oil pan before checking it.
- In very cold weather, it may be appropriate to drive the car around a bit first to get the oil loosened up and less viscous before checking it. Let the engine run for a few minutes, then let it cool down for five before you check it.
- Many people disagree about whether or not the oil should be checked hot or cold. Some manufacturers recommend checking engine oil warm, and it's perfectly fine to do so as long as you're looking at the right line. There will appear to be "less" oil on the gauge when the oil is colder, which will thin out as the vehicle runs up to normal operating temperature.
2Park the car on a flat even surface. To get an accurate reading, you'll also need to make sure the oil isn't sloshed to one side of the pan, which can give you a slightly inaccurate reading. Try to find a relatively flat surface on which to park and check your oil.
- An engine facing downhill will likely give a falsely over-filled oil level reading and vice versa for a car facing uphill
3Pop the hood. Usually, there will be a latch somewhere at the foot of the driver side door that looks like the front of your car opening up. You'll pull or push this latch, depending on the make and model of the vehicle. Then, you'll need to exit the car and look under the front of the hood for a latch, usually at the center but sometimes slightly off-center. Pull this and raise the hood to examine the engine.
- On some cars, the hood will stay up, while on others it will require a prop rod, which is usually folded up on the front or side of the engine compartment. Lift this support into place (there will be an opening on the hood to insert it) and let go of the hood.
4Locate the dipstick. On most cars, the oil dipstick will have a red, orange, or yellow cap. It's in a circular or rectangular shape, and should be pointing out directly from the engine block, to one side or the other. Oil dipsticks are typically located towards the passenger side or near the front and are usually inserted into a dipstick guide about the size of a pencil.
- On most cars, there should also be a symbol that looks like an old-style oil lamp (the kind that has a genie in it) to demarcate the proper dipstick. When you've located the dipstick, you're ready to remove it and check the oil.
- Most automatic transmission vehicles will have two dipsticks under the hood, one for the oil and one for the transmission fluid. Transmission dipsticks are typically found at the rear of the engine bay or towards the driver's side, and the dipstick will commonly be inserted into a slightly larger tube. This transmission fluid is typically pink or red. Never confuse the two, or put oil into the transmission, which can cost you serious money.
5Get some paper towels or an old rag. When you check your oil, it's important that you have a couple of paper towels or some other cloth that you can use to wipe it off and check the consistency of the oil. Paper towels usually work best, because it gives you a nice white backdrop contrast to examine the color. Also a great way to keep your hands clean.Ad
Part 2 of 3: Checking the Oil
1Remove the dipstick. Most dipsticks are about a foot long, and you'll need to check the very tip to get the reading you're looking for. Slowly pull the dipstick out, holding a paper towel around the port as you pull, to wipe the oil off and keep it from flipping up and out.
- You shouldn't have to pull very hard, or twist on most oil dipsticks, but you might have to a little bit to get it to come free. Once you've got the cap off, it should pull free quite easily. Don't force it.
2Examine the color and quality of the oil. The color and the consistency of engine oil is indicative of the age, and possibly of other engine efficiency issues that you might need to address. As soon as you remove the dipstick, you can get a good sense of the quality of the oil in your engine. Engine oil that's in good condition should look slightly yellow-greenish on the rag, and shouldn't be super-dark. Wipe the oil off the end of the dipstick and examine it on the rag.
- Oil will change in color from golden or amber colored to brown and black as more and more particulate gets in the oil from the engine. Metal filings and particulate will slowly scrape the cylinders of your engine over time, which is why the oil needs to be changed every 3,000 miles (4,800 km) or so (check your owner's manual for the correct oil service interval).
- Look at the color, specifically. Does it look brackish, or chunky? Does it look black or dark? If so, it's likely a sign that your oil needs changed. Take the car in to have it serviced, or change the oil yourself.
3Dry off the dipstick and dip it once more into the hole. The first time you pull the dipstick out, you can't learn much about the amount of oil, since the dipstick will have oil stuck on it at many different points. Once you pull out the dipstick and examine the color, wipe off the end and reinsert it into the hole, then pull it back out immediately to get a good reading on the amount.
4Check the amount of oil. There should be two small dots on the end of most dipsticks, and one corresponds to the maximum fill line in the oil pan and the other refers to the minimum. The minimum dot should be close to the tip, and the maximum should be about an inch or so up from that on the dipstick. In a properly filled car that's cool, the line should be just about halfway between the two points.
- In general, the "minimum" marker should be close to the very dip of the dipstick. If the line of oil on the dipstick is between the tip and that mark, you need to add oil to the car.
- The oil should never be higher than the maximum fill point, though it will be close to that point when the oil is hot. If it is, you may need to drain some oil from your car.
Part 3 of 3: Adding Oil
1Check your user manual. Before you try to add oil, you need to find out what kind of oil your car requires. It's important to always check, because the types vary, even from one model and season to another. It's generally unwise to mix different grades of oil, so check carefully with the manual or your local mechanic before you add oil to the car.
- Alternatively, you can also talk with the staff at most auto supply stores to figure out what kind of oil you need to put in your car. As long as you know the make and the model, they should be able to look it up and tell you, or you can look it up yourself in the manual in the oil section.
2Locate the oil fill cap located on top of your engine. These caps are typically well marked with the words "Oil Fill" and sometimes with the grade of engine oil your vehicle uses. If you see 5w30, for example, written on the cap, you'll know what kind of oil you need to add. Remove the cap, wipe it off with a paper towel or the rag you've been using, and insert a clean funnel.
- You need to use a funnel to add engine oil, or you'll risk spilling it all over the engine block, which will burn off and create a terrible smell, and possibly worse problems.
3Add the appropriate oil in small increments. It's important to allow time for the additional oil to drain down into the oil pan. It should fill it up the funnel suddenly and then glug down slowly. Avoid overfilling the funnel.
- If you spill a little bit of oil on the engine compartment, don't panic. Spilled oil tends not to be super-dangerous, though it will smell bad and may smoke some. Try to wipe it up as best you can with a rag or a towel.
4Check the oil again. Remove the dipstick and check the level. Repeat this process until the appropriate amount of oil is showing on the dipstick. Wipe the stick off after each read. Once you have finished, double check that the dipstick is fully seated and the oil fill cap has been tightened. Double check any other locations you have checked, remove any rags, paper towels or oil bottles. Lower the hood prop and close the hood.Ad
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The four members' family residence is situated in the city of Nicosia on a low hill. The sloping plot provides unobstructed view to the Pentadaktilos mountain to the north and overlooks the east...
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You only need to look at the Vauxhall Opel Monza concept, revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2013, to glimpse at what Vauxhall has in store over the next decade. Its plug-in electric powertrain, futuristic interior and bold looks are all set to trickle down to production models over the next few years – and Auto Express has driven it.
In the metal, the Opel-badged Monza coupe is a striking design, and the team behind the project told us the face would appear on the next generation of Vauxhalls (see panel, opposite). The grille is a development of the current design language, while the large intakes and narrow headlights give more purpose than many current cars. The huge gullwing doors – they extend from front to rear – are concept car fantasy, but the ease with which you can get into the Monza's hi-tech cabin reveals there is something in the idea.
Once inside, you're presented with dials that merge into the dash as part of a wraparound LED projection screen. It's customisable by the driver so it can display sat-nav, infotainment or a screensaver-style pattern.
The Vauxhall Monza feels like a car from the distant future, but Ivo van Hukten, chief designer of interior components, told us: "It's feasible right now – you can see it works – but it will take time to get it to production." Under the bonnet is essentially a development of the powertrain from the Ampera. It's a plug-in hybrid, with the wheels driven by electric power, but with a petrol engine as a range-extender. Where the Ampera uses a 1.4-litre four-cylinder, the Monza has a three-cylinder 1.0-litre turbo. It's set to appear in the Adam in autumn next year, which should help justify that car's price, but it's also a strong bet for the next Ampera.
In the Monza, it's fuelled by natural gas to lower CO2 emissions even further, but with the batteries fully charged, we never used it. Instead, we cruised silently around quiet residential streets, enjoying the instant torque and excellent refinement. The drivetrain and handling are rough around the edges – as you'd expect from a concept – but the figures beat the current Ampera's 235mpg. This hi-tech powertrain helps with the Monza's sleek looks, too, with head of concept cars Frank Leopold revealing: "Smaller batteries leave more room in the back, while a smaller petrol engine allows a lower bonnet and therefore roof."
When we quizzed Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann about a roadgoing version, he said: "A new Manta, inspired by the Monza, may come in a few years."
There's a lot of pressure on Vauxhall-Opel to turn its fortunes around, but with exciting cars like the Monza and the innovative tech it previews, you wouldn't bet against the brands' future success.
Very reminiscent of the Citroen concept shown at Shanghai some while ago in the same way the Adam has bits taken from the 500, Ibiza/A.1 and DS3.
That is just about the same as what I was going to say. Citroen rip-off from the concepts I saw at Goodwood 3 years ago.
With cars like this on the horizon, I can sense I will become a devout reader of classic car magazines in the not too distant future...
Who wants a silent sports car?
Meanwhile archrival Ford works on bringing a Europeanised-version of the Mustang to Europe.
I do hope VX are not copying Citroen designs.
Their cars date very quickly..
Citroen date neither better nor worse than any other manufacturer. However in Opel/Vauxhall's case they seem woefully bereft of any successful stylistic originality. A trait shared by other Germanic vehicles.
with a mazda 6 front end!
Wrong & wrong, plus a partially correct (Audi & VW are bereft).
Looks more like an exaggerated firm of the current Astra.


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As Lt. Colonel Oliver North rose from covert obscurity helping to run guns to the Nicaraguan Contras to public notoriety as the defiant face of the Iran-Contra scandal, North earned the respect of many conservatives, who urged him to run for public office. After charges against him arising from the Iran-Contra affair were dismissed in 1991, North ran for Senate in Virginia in 1994 as a Republican.
A Perfect Candidate offers a detailed look at the down-and-dirty inside workings of a hard fought political campaign, as North finds himself running against Democrat Chuck Robb and his own party, as former Republican and newly minted Independent, Marshall Coleman receives the endorsement of Virginia's favorite son, Republican John Warner. Nominated for an Emmy Award in 1997, The Washington Post called the film "one of a small handful of essential films about politics in this country." The film was directed by R.J. Cutler and David Van Taylor.