Archive for February, 2011

17 February

The effects of the debt crisis

Regardless of where you live in the U.S. must be feeling now the effects of the debt crisis. Have a bad credit or little credit at this time can be a real pain when it comes to obtain a loan of car good, especially when you are a teenager or a minority. Here are some basic rules to buy a car with bad credit, if you are a teenager or of minorities in the state of Washington.
Get the best car for adolescents
If you are a minority in the market for a loan of car in Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Bremerton, Silverdale, Oak Harbor, Shelton, Olympia, Mount Vernon, Anacortes, Port Angeles, Centralia, Portland, Vancouver, Ellensburg, Longview, Aberdeen, Bellingham, Spokane, or in Washington quenches Pullman
This year, the number of high school graduates is the largest since the end of 1970. Welcoming the graduation generally includes the purchase of cars. The number of vehicles used desired 16 to 25 years of age drivers is the Ford Mustang, the number 2 is the Jeep Wrangler followed by Honda Civic.
However, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, you should not buy these cars for adolescents. The ALREADY always recommend that the cars adolescent handles that are large, low and slow and are low in maintenance and insurance.
You can find a vehicle of average size that is not too old and low fuel consumption and has front and protection of the head side air bags – as well as stability control. Stay away far from all land and vans and please do not buy a car or a vehicle sporty high performance.
Are you a minority? Know your rights
If you are a minority in the market for a loan of car in Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Bremerton, Silverdale, Oak Harbor, Shelton, Olympia, Mount Vernon, Anacortes, Port Angeles, Centralia, Portland, Vancouver, Ellensburg, Longview, Aberdeen, Bellingham, Spokane, Washington in Pullman or satisfy you must be very careful. In 2004 the loans for the purchase of new cars, blacks pays an average interest rate of 7 percent, compared with the 5 percent for borrower whites and a 5.5 percent for borrowers Hispanics. In loans for used cars, African-Americans and Hispanics both were considerably higher interest rates. The average rates for African-Americans and Hispanics were 9.5 and 9 percent, respectively, compared with 7.5 percent for whites. (more…)

12 February

How to save money on fuel when leads your rental car

Fuel prices have raised the record levels. Affects our daily lives, and even makes us aware when we leave. Here there are 6 tips on how to save money on fuel when leads your rental car in Dublin and in Ireland.
1. Choose the car rental right When book your car rental, reserve the model smaller available that fits your needs. Cars smaller are more efficient in fuel. In Ireland is very popular for rent cars economic, for example Ford Fiesta. It is easy and comfortable lead in the roads iris close and also offers fuel economy. Its fuel consumption is around 6l/100km. While an intermediate-size of rental cars could consume 9/100km. SUV fuel efficiency is above 10l/100km.
2. Rent a car with a manual transmission of cars with manual transmission are cheaper in fuel and have more power than vehicles equipped with automatic transmission. Rent a car with manual transmission would help to save money on fuel due to decide when it is necessary to change of progress.
3. Planning in advance your journey ahead Plan while at home and plan the route also. There are many good sites route planner are available online, until you make. Buy a good map, but most of the cars come with FREE maps Ireland. You can hire your rental car with GPS navigation or you can bring your own. Helps You to go to any city in Ireland, you can save time, money and headaches.
4. Air conditioning or summers without air conditioning in Ireland are not really hot, the country is really not suffering from extreme temperatures. The annual average temperature is about 9 ° C, so that air-conditioning is not an obligation. When you drive in the city at low speed, Windows that opens does not increase in large measure the drag of your rental car, means that your car consume less gasoline that if you used the air conditioning. However at high speed, close windows and roofs think, for its engine does not have to work hard and that you can turn on the air-conditioning if you really need.
5. Turn off the lights This trick may be a safety problem. Most of the cars of lights on the day have allowed are quite efficient. All electrical equipment, which feeds the alternator, will increase its burden in the engine. When you need them, the engine burns more fuel. When you can do so in safety, turn off the lights. If you have rental car lights of fog, do not turn unless the time is foggy. Many drivers in Ireland and use for any reason, do not follow his example, you should use only if it is necessary. (more…)

7 February

The Beauty of BMW Z4 GT3 with 442 CV

We could shoot all day talking about the beautiful that are the sporting competition, when the BMW Z4 GT3, who does not imagined him? For its part the old BMW Z3 90 continues to have its followers. That is what says if not to this young Bulgarian for 18 years to which you have prepared an old BMW Z3 Coupe for competition, to replace the current BMW M3 E30 that leads airborne from a year ago.
With good taste and know-how, the creators of this BMW Z3 Coupe competition have built a machine worthy of the section M Motor sport. There you have with your body and its tracks flared, bars anti, all those elements of safety requirements, the decoration of bodywork white and blue stripes and red characteristic of BMW in the competition and best of all: the V10 engine of the BMW M5 developing 441.7 CV. Now think that this vehicle barely weighs 1,400 kg, in order, that if the verifications wings insurance that could fly. (more…)