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Subaru Forester Named to Forbes.com 'Ten Toughest Cars on the Road' List
MileOne becomes a corporate sponsor for the 2008 Dragon Boat Races
100% Russian bling: Gold plated Porsche 911 turbo
Maryland Trivia
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For the customers of Herb Gordon Subaru
Subaru Forester Named to Forbes.com 'Ten Toughest Cars on the Road' List
The Subaru Forester has been named to Forbes.com 'Ten Toughest Cars on the Road' list. The all-new Forester continues to garner awards from leading publications and in the month of June posted a 41% increase in sales over the same month the previous year.
To make the list, the Forester had to meet several measures, such as
the most recent National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration and Insurance Institute of Highway Safety front and side crash-test ratings, Consumer Reports' 2007 Overall Road Test Scores, Strategic Vision's 2007 New Vehicle Experience and Vincentric's estimated five-year repair costs.
Tim Mahoney, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Subaru of America Inc., said, "We are delighted that independent third parties are endorsing the Forester's legendary durability. With the 2009 model providing customers with more room and amenities than ever before, coupled with its toughness, it is no surprise that demand is strong."
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We have begun renovations to our Nissan sales and service facility and temporarily during construction it may be a little harder to find us when you visit our SUBARU service and parts departments. SUBARU SERVICE & PARTS is still located at 3151 Automobile Blvd (the front of this building is the temporary Nissan sales location.) The construction will not interrupt the same quality service that we have always been committed to providing.
Please bear with us and we apologize for any inconvenience.
MileOne becomes a corporate sponsor for the 2008 Dragon Boat Races
On September 13, 2008 MileOne will compete in the 2008 Dragon Boat Races to raise funds for several Catholic Charities programs surrounding Baltimore. Since the introduction of Dragon Boat Racing in 1998, it has proved to be one of the premier team building events in the Greater Baltimore Community.
As an official corporate sponsor for the event, MileOne has formed a team of 22 who have been practicing every Tuesday night in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in hopes of winning the 2008 cup. MileOne takes great pride in our involvement within our community and is ecstatic to be apart of this very worthy cause.
To get involved, we invite everyone with their family and friends to join us on race day to show support and enjoy the fun. Children especially can have a great time watching the boats, silly team hats, team chants and visiting the different themed tents.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
*Stop by anytime, races and events will go all day sun-up until sun-down.
Make sure to cheer on the MileOne team! See you there.
100% Russian bling: Gold plated Porsche 911 turbo
by Shrawan Raja
If you wake up day after day only to find your bank balance replenished by a few million dollars, chances are at some point, you won’t know what to do with it. Take this Porsche 911 owner for example. He couldn’t find ways to get rid of the fast-accumulating green paper and did this to himself.- A 40- pound pure gold covered Porsche 911.
We find the idea annoying but appreciate the work that has gone into it. The carvings and designs on the surface are brilliant and would have taken weeks to complete by an extremely set of talented and skilled individuals. The polished surface looks nice and should have masked the rear-view mirrors entirely, eliminating the need for a reflective glass and related electronics for adjustments, but maybe next time?!
Driving a Porsche 911 on the streets would grab enough attention leave alone a gold-covered one. Is the Sultan of Brunei reading this?
What is the length of the Bay Bridge?
5.2 miles
3.8 miles
5.7 miles
4.3 miles
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Battle High Gas Prices: Tips to Boost Your Fuel Economy
How to save on gas without getting rid of your car.
By: Steve Siler and Colin Mathews
Thanks to the recent spike in fuel prices, high-mileage vehicles are among the most researched of all new-car purchases.
When it comes down to it, the most economical vehicle choice for your family is quite possibly the one that’s already sitting in your driveway. Unless you’re leasing a car that is due to be returned in the next couple of months, you might save as much or more money by simply keeping the car you own and driving it more economically.
But how, exactly? We’re not going to recommend any “hypermiling” nonsense, but we do know a few tricks—some you also might know, and others you might not. All, however, enable you to boost your personal fuel economy, squeezing more miles per gallon from whatever you drive, be it a Focus or a Phantom. Although gains from some of the tips below might seem minute, successfully enact all of them, and you’ll be nickel-and-diming Exxon for hundreds of bucks a year.
Tune Up Your Car
Okay, cars don’t really need “tune-ups” in the traditional mechanical sense any more. But if your “check engine” light is on, it could indicate a serious problem—say, a faulty oxygen sensor or worn spark plugs and wires—that, when fixed, could garner fuel-economy gains upwards of 30 percent, according to the EPA and Department of Energy’s shared Web site: www.fueleconomy.gov. Be sure to follow your recommended service schedule to keep your car running optimally.
Also, if you’re the change-your-own-oil type, the EPA says to be sure you use the right stuff. For example, using 10W-30 motor oil in an engine designed to use 5W-30 can lower your gas mileage by one to two percent.
Keep Your Tires Properly Inflated
The Department of Energy estimates that 5 to 15 percent of light-duty fuel consumption is spent overcoming rolling resistance, i.e., the friction between the road and a car’s tires. Lowering your vehicle’s rolling resistance starts with simply ensuring that your tires have enough air pressure. Underinflated tires can lower gas mileage by 0.4 percent for every 1-psi drop in pressure of all four tires.
A typical tire loses 1 psi per month and another with every 10-degree drop in temperature, so if you haven’t checked your tires in a few months, it’s time. Of course, pumping a few extra pounds of air pressure into the tires is one of the oldest fuel-economy tricks around, but going overboard will cost you some ride comfort and lateral grip, and—if taken to the extreme—could result in highly dangerous blowouts.
Make sure that your automobile is up to date on its service schedule.
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With shore-to-shore lengths of 4.33 and 4.35 miles (6.97 and 7.00 km), the two spans of the bridge form the longest fixed water crossing in Maryland and are also among the world's longest over-water structures. The bridge's western terminus is in Sandy Point State Park, located northeast of Annapolis in Anne Arundel County, and its eastern terminus is in Stevensville on Kent Island in Queen Anne's County
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