Misc

Start / Stop systems

Interested in, but confused about how start / stop systems work? Green Car Reports can help. Read all about start stop systems over there. Probably the most important thing to know? A start / stop system does not make a car a hybrid.

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How to Prepare Your Car for Summer

Summer is just around the corner, which likely means that your car is due for its seasonal check-up. Because hot Houston summer temperatures can be hard on a vehicle, car owners should be sure to take a few precautionary measures prior to driving in hot weather. Whether they choose to do it themselves or take [...]

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No Breaks for Japanese Car Industry

Almost two months since the Tsunami hit the eastern seaboard of the mainland, much of Japan is still attempting to recover. The Japanese automotive industry is no exception to this situation. There’ve been massive power outages and lack of forward momentum on recovery given the fact that the long-term affects of the tsunami go far [...]

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Aptera 2e to debut in 2010

Aptera has generated a good bit of hype in the green car community, with their upcoming car, dubbed the Aptera 2e. Yesterday, however, they announced a delay in production, and we won’t be seeing a 2e on the roads until 2010. That won’t come as good news to the 4,000 people who have already placed [...]

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Super GT

Perhaps you’ve heard of the name Super GT or JGTC? If you haven’t that’s ok. I’ll tell you a little about it. The Super GT is a racing league in Japan, it started in 1994 as the JGTC aka Japan Grand Touring Championship. Then in 2005 it evolved into the Super GT, in this league [...]

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What is RSS?

RSS is a way for you to keep up to date with all of Houston Car’s posts. You can subscribe to our RSS feed by clicking on the big orange icon to your right. That way, you won’t miss any of the latest and greatest news.  You can get an RSS reader here. Don’t use [...]

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Oh, you’re one of those

Help! This guy’s trying to rob me!  I know this commercial is really, really.. but I just stumbled across it on YouTube.  I couldn’t help putting it up here.  If you’re having a bad day, this will make you laugh for sure.  Take a minute out of your busy day to watch.

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Construction Woman Undressed

What do you think of when you hear “contruction woman”?  Probably a butch woman who frames houses for a living.  Smoker for 20 years, real buff, probably has a mustache.  Fortunately I’m not going to torture you with that sort of thing today.  Instead what we have is an Italian woman being undressed using only [...]

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