Parts Garage 29.6.11

Photo credit funnyjunksite.com.

Hi there everyone! Welcome to today's Parts Garage. Here's some of the stories making headlines today.

• Top Gear is back with its first episode of season 17. It's a pretty good one too. The season is set to have six episodes.
• U.S. President Obama wants car fuel efficiency to reach a standard of 56.2 MPG.  
• Car Envy laments on the disappearance of the hood ornament.
• Shell gives some tips to improving saving gas as well as offering a chance to win $1000 for gas.
• According to Top Speed, Lamborghini is unsure whether to bring an SUV into their line-up or stick with cars. Here, I'll help: STICK WITH THE CAR!

Parts Garage 13.5.11

Photo credit funny-potato.com.

Hey readers, sorry about the erratic timing on posts. I'll try to keep them coming more regularly. Anyways here are a couple interesting stories in the auto world today.

• Top Gear is reporting that in just over a week, Aston Martin and Zagato are going to unveil their new concept car. Unfortunately, the picture doesn't really tell us much.
• Auto 123 tells us about a proposal in Quebec to make roads safer, but cutting down on the amount of time people age 16-24 can be on the road as well as removing limits on fines.
• Wheels.ca says police in Ontario are looking for a man who may have stolen a car. The giveaway: He was speeding going the wrong way down Highway 401.
• Auto Monster says American Cars are becoming "hot commodities."

Parts Garage 6.4.11

Sometimes a sign like this helps to make someone's day just
that much better. Photo credit guy-sports.com.

Hello car fans and welcome to another day at Semi Slicks. While you're here be sure to vote on this weeks poll: Who makes the best supercars? Are you a fan of the insane Italian supercars? Or do you like the technological wonders from Germany? What about the classiness of the British supercar? Let us know.

Anyways on to the car news.

• For those of you out there who say you would do anything to own a supercar, Jalopnik has a story about a guy who decided he was going to do something radical to get his own supercar garage.
• Also from Jalopnik, Daft Punk is auctioning off their Ferrari in order to help raise money for Japan's disaster relief efforts.
• Automotive News Europe is reporting that Chrysler is looking at a loss on every Fiat 500 they sell.
• Auto123 tells us that Vladimir Putin (yes the prime minister of Russia) has recently been test driving a new Russian car. 
• According to the Boston Globe, Donald Trump will be getting behind the wheel of the Indy 500 pace car.

Parts Garage 28.3.11

Funny picture of the day. Photo credit thefunnyblog.org.

Hello readers! How are you all doing today?

F1 started back up and there's plenty to talk about concerning cars, so let's jump right into the links, shall we?

• We start with F1 news where Sebastian Vettel is starting this season right from where he left off. He won the Australian GP beating out McLaren's Lewis Hamilton to take the "w".
• Speaking of Lewis Hamilton, Jalopnik is reporting that the 26-year-old will be getting his own character in Disney's Cars 2.
• Ezine articles has a piece telling you how to prepare your car for the summer after months of winter driving.
• Autoblog has video of a Corvette taking a tumble at 230 mph. 
• We all know about the little old lady who lived in a shoe, but what about the guy who drove a shoe? Story courtesy of Auto123.

Parts Garage 23.3.11

Imagine driving behind this. I'd be willing to bet
he doesn't get many tailgaters.
Photo credit: tribalgod.nl.

Welcome to this Wednesday's edition of Parts Garage.

Take a gander at today's interesting picture. Have any of you ever seen a semi with anything crazy on it? I know I haven't but apparently they are out there. Then again it could also be someone playing around with photoshop.

Ok, it's time to take a quick look at what is going on in the world of cars today, so without further ado here are your stories.

• Israel is getting electric. Forbes has more on the story.
• BMW just suped-up an X6M, so naturally Mercedes also decided to spend some time in the shop. Vijay Pattni tells us more.
• The Earthquake in Japan has caused some major problems amongst some of the country's car suppliers. Bloomberg's Kae Inoue and Yuki Hagiwara have the story.
• Torque News writes that the Fiat 500C is set to debut in New York.
• Auto123 is reporting that Google is preparing a cordless charging station for electric cars.

Parts Garage 21.3.11

The funny picture of the day. Photo Credit allfunnypictures.com

Some of you viewers may notice a couple changes have been made to the site. We now have a new banner, a blog roll, and we are going to start putting up a few more pages as well. I hope you like the changes, let us know what you think.

Now, onto the news.

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• Kirby over at Top Speed says BMW is planning to show off a new eco friendly vehicle in Shanghai.
• If that article didn't get your motor running, then maybe this one about a 726 horsepower bimmer can.
• Auto News has more on the new Chevy (I refuse to call it Chevrolet!) Colorado.
• Auto 123 has 5 clips you should definitely check out, especially the first and third clips.
• John Leblanc from Wheels explains why Audi has managed to beat their German rivals from BMW.
• All I can say about this is "wow." I think you'll agree.

Parts Garage 18.3.11

Here is a funny picture. Enjoy!
Photo credit funny-games.biz.

This blog is all about trying to provide as many car stories as possible.

School combined with work and other things has made it difficult to update frequently as I'm sure some of you may have noticed, so I've decided to introduce this new segment called "Parts Garage." 

This segment will include links to some car stories on other sites which should make it a little bit easier to keep up. 

So without further ado here are today's stories:

• Not really a story, but who doesn't like Chuck Norris jokes. Jalopnik is providing all the hilarity with a bit of a car twist.
• Top Gear is reporting that one Lamborghini owner took matters into his own hands after a breakdown.
• Drew Johnson at leftlanenews is reporting that Honda will be recalling over 33,000 Odysseys due to defective windshield wipers.
• The earthquake in Japan is causing GM to halt production on certain models. Auto123 has more on the story.
• Also from Auto123: A 1966 Shelby GT350 is going to be up for auction in Toronto at the beginning of April.