Gerdes Hypermiling

August 20, 2008 Autos & Trucks :: Maintenance

At Darlington, the oldest superspeedway where big-time stock car racing has been going on since 1950, pitting strategies always suffer. Darlington has a peculiar egg shape, which means that the turns on one end of the track and the turns on the other end have different radiuses. Set your car up to drive well on one end of the track and it handles poorly on the other. The set-up, along with the seashells in the pavement of turn one, can cause excessive tire wear and poor gerdes hypermiling, which means unscheduled pit stops as your tires fray.

 

Lemon Laws

February 25, 2008 Autos & Trucks :: Maintenance

That sleazy car dealer has messed with the wrong guy. I know all about the local lemon laws, and I intend to make use of them with a vengeance. I do not take kindly to being jerked around.
All the Texas Lemon Laws are on my side, here. This dealer doesn’t have a leg to stand on. I’m going to eat him for breakfast in court, and he’ll have no one but himself to blame.
Serves him right. Business used to be a matter of reputation and respect, but not anymore. So what else can I do?