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Parenting on the Road -- Summer Driving Safety Tips If your windshield has a rock chip or ding at winter's end, that damage needs to be repaired before "thermal shock" causes the minor ding to turn into a major crack. Thermal shock can occur when cold air from the air conditioning blows directly on a windshield that is scalding hot from exposure to the summer sun. Click here for full article. Gas Sippers Take on the Gas Guzzlers * Mileage estimates may vary. Davis cautions that the mileage quoted by hybrid manufacturers is from government tests, and is seldom what the average driver experiences. The government tests cars under perfect conditions, so real world driving often doesn’t match up. However, Davis says that a hybrid like the Prius will get 42 to 45 mpg in combined city and highway driving, a vast improvement over a mid-size gas-only car. Click here for full article. Tip to "Build a Custom Vehicle Without Spending a Fortune!" If you need/want to do the engine and transmission and dont have the megabucks for a lot of speed equipment, just put a stock rebuild kit in the transmission. This should make it a solid part of your truck for the long haul without a lot of expensive perfomance parts. If the engine needs work, an inexpensive route may be a rebuild kit. The rebuild kits are available from several good vendors and price varies with the engine.But they are relatively inexpensive when compared to performance parts and will provide good service. Click here for full article. |