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Recreational Vehicle; A Lifestyle?

2007-12-03T09:01:00.001-08:00

Recreational Vehicle; A Lifestyle?

A recreational vehicle or RV is a vehicle that you can use to travel around in. It basically offers the same amenities as a home, such as a kitchen and bathroom, but on wheels so it is portable and you can use it to cook and sleep in while you are traveling around the world. RVs are incredibly popular and it is really no wonder why, as they offer such versatility and enjoyment.

When the recreational vehicle was first developed, it was a convenient way for people to pack up and take their vacation. Without the need to connect a travel trailer to their vehicle, which can be dangerous to pull for an inexperienced driver, all they had to do was climb in and drive. Everything a family may need on a trip was contained in an recreational vehicle, including their transportation.

One of the failures of most RVs was their size, which could keep a person prisoner in a park if they stopped for more than a day or two. Once it was parked and leveled, it was too much trouble to get back on the road to pick up supplies and then return. A tow bar and a small car attached to the RV solved that problem.

Transportation Costs Still Lower Than Travel Expenses

While most travelers understand that the miles per gallon of an RV are going to be low, the additional price of fuel is offset by the savings of hotel or motel bills. Being able to cook in the vehicle also saves money on the cost of eating out making these gas-hungry rolling dwellings a less expensive alternative to spending every night looking for a place to sleep.

Not everyone who travels the country in their RV is looking for total freedom as many maintain a permanent residence. Most of the time may be spent in areas with a warmer climate during traditional winter months and the remainder of the year in their traditional home. Being able to pick up and go at a moment's notice is one of the appeals of owning a RV.

In addition to being self-contained for traveling and sleeping quarters, they are also more comfortable that tents and most cabins and with internal heating and cooling systems offer better climate control. The availability of safe and secure areas in which to park a recreational vehicle also makes them attractive to new travelers wanting to see the world around them.

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Porsche fans all over the world

2007-12-03T08:49:00.000-08:00

For sports car enthusiasts all over the world, and in particular for Porsche fans all over the world the numbers 356 hold a special meaning. The reason for this lies in the chronicles of history, and a date that would forever live on in the memory of all Porsche fans.

Porsche 356
Porsche 911's Turbo Upgraded by TechArt
Porsche 911 Bags Top Sports Car Commendation
Porsche 911 Performs Best Over Others
Porsche 928 – Groundbreaking Prowess Never Wanes
The Porsche 356 Timeline
The Porsche® tradition of quality Performance
New Porsche centre leads the way in
Four Porsches At Paris Auto Show
2005 Porsche Carrera GT
The Porsche Boxster 2007
The Porsche 2008 Cayenne line-up
2005 Porsche Carrera GT
Newest Porsche Cayman: Cheap But Thrilling Nonetheless
With a Porsche Classic, You Can Be Sure that People Will Turn Their Heads
History Of Porsche
What Was The Porsche 944 All About?
Reminiscing 'Porsche Pete'
TECHART’s New Porsche Cayenne Magnum
All-wheel Drive for Porsche 911 Targa
The Slow Evolution of Porsche 911
Swansong of the slick Porsche
A Brief History of the Porsche Motor Company
Second Coming: The 2007 Porsche Boxster
German automakers Volkswagen, Porsche similarities end under hood
German automakers Volkswagen, Porsche similarities end under hood
VW parts make GTi the People's Porsche
The all-new 2008 Audi R8 similar to Porsche and Ferrari
Put more miles into your car with the milestones of Porsche

This Porsche classic was the foundation for many a sports car to come and indeed still lives on to this day. On June 15th of 1996, Porsche reached another milestone and the one millionth Porsche was delivered from the assembly line.

Porsche's main rival

2007-12-03T08:46:00.000-08:00

In racing, Porsche's main rival has traditionally been Ferrari, though their production vehicles appeal to quite different personalities, if similar demographics. The rivalry is therefore primarily because of both companies' storied racing heritage and the fact that some of their vehicles are of comparable performance. Porsche has a reputation for offering equal or higher performing cars than the more expensive Ferrari models, while overall Ferrari sells far fewer cars at much higher prices (for example, there are no Ferraris under US $100,000, while several Porsches are priced below that figure).

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Porsche Accessories - Plenty Of Options
Porsche Cayenne Review
Porsche Caymen S
Porsche 968
Porsche 996 Pedals - Heel Toe Operation
Porsche 928
Porsche Before Porsche: Ferdinand's First Fifty Years
Porsche boxter, What expense an Insurance
Porsche Injects 911 Power Into The Cayenne
Porsche Range of Hybrid Vehicles Soon to be the Fastest in the World
Porsche - World's Most Profitable Carmaker in 2006
Porsche Panamera to have Body Shells from Volkswagen
Porsche N.A names TransSyberian Rally Teams
Porsche Bags 4th Straight Wins
Porsche Boxter: Most Satisfying Sports Car in America
Porsche Succeeds Again
Porsche 911 GT3 – Is this the Ultimate in Extreme Road Racing
Porsche 959
Porsche 911 Turbo
Porsche Bidding Too Low for Volkswagen
Porsche's acquires 31% of Volkswagen
Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia in Detail
Porsche slowly taking over of Volkswagen
Porsche increases stake to 30% in Volkswagen, denies reports of full takeover
Porsche to takeover of Volkswagen soon
Porsche taking over Volkswagen: the continuing saga
Porsche Obtained Net Profit for First Half of 2007

Porsche has a reputation for offering equal or higher performing cars than the more expensive Ferrari models,

Ferrari Articles

2007-12-03T08:33:00.000-08:00

The famous symbol of the Ferrari race team is a black prancing stallion on a yellow shield, usually with the letters S F with three stripes of green, white and red at the top. I found the following articles interesting:-

Ferrari History

Ferrari Fan Merchandise

Ferrari Superamerica: Never Waning Style And Power

Ferrari Beaten At Malaysia Grand Prix

Ferrari: The History of an Italian Legend

The Ferrari Enzo Supercar

Which Ferrari Is Right For You?

Owning A Ferrari is it worth it?

An auctioned Ferrari sold for €6.250 million in Moranello

Lamborghini - A Ferrari Killer?

Racing series for Ferrari owners

How to protect your ferrari from theft

McLaren Strikes Back At Ferrari

Issues concerning insuring a Ferrari

Touching car perfection with Enzo Ferrari

Throughout the 1950's the Ferrari was the "it car" for people that were looking for speed. If you wanted a car that could really fly, there was no better option than a Ferrari. At this time no other competitors had stepped to the forefront, and it appeared that this trend was going to continue throughout the 60's.

Honda - Most Reliable; Achieves Good June Sales Increase

2007-07-10T02:28:00.000-07:00

Honda is the big winner in this year's Which? Car reliability study of new models. The Japanese car maker had its Jazz supermini besting the overall table with a rating from owners of 96 percent.

The Honda struts maker also either won or shared top spot in the medium car category with the previous generation Civic, the large car group with the Accord, the people-carrier section with the FR-V, and among off-roaders with the old CR-V.

Its only notable defeated player was its latest Civic which had a poor reliability rating of only 82 percent as compared to an overall average for new cars of 88 percent. The fuel system, steering and suspension were the problems that the Civic owners have reported.

Which? Car said that the least reliable new model in its survey of 93,365 motorists was the Land Rover Discovery 3 with a rating of 79 percent. It also said that other notable failures were the VW Passat, contrary to Volkswagen's renowned reliability, the Peugeot 307 and Renault Megane - all having 82 percent.

Honda also won with an overall reliability index of 86 percent in the manufacturers' league table of Which? Car. Just one point behind in second place is the giant Japanese car maker, Toyota. Behind them, 6 Far Eastern makes vied for the third place; these are Daihatsu, Hyundai, Lexus, Mazda, Subaru and Suzuki - all of which score 82 percent.

Just behind Renault and Fiat is Land Rover at the bottom of the reliability table with 68 percent.

Aside from such achievement of Honda, it also gained positive sales results. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced in July 3 that it recorded June sales of 140,935 Honda and Acura vehicles, marking a 7.3 percent increase on a daily-selling-rate basis. Having such figures, American Honda year-to-date sales totaled 766,929, up 2.1 percent.

Honda Division posted June sales of 124,169, making a 7.4 percent increase compared to last year. Achieving its sixth consecutive month of record sales, the CR--V sold 19,715, up 53.2 percent. The Civic garnered sales of 36,512, up 33.6 percent over June 2006. Also setting a new record for the month is Civic Hybrid’s sales which increased 20.1 percent to 3,246. And breaking its all-time sales record from May 2007 of 5,361 units, the Fit sold 5,613, up 44.3 percent.

Dick Colliver, executive vice president of American Honda, said that the Civic and CR-V gained an incredible amount of push in this year’s first half. He added that they expect the small car and crossover SUV segments to be strong still for the second half of the year, putting Honda on tempo for a twelfth straight record year.
With 16,766 units sold, Acura Division sales increased 6.9 percent. The TSX sports sedan set a new June sales record of 3,414, up 4 percent. Sales of the TL luxury performance sedan also increased 8.1 percent to 6,221, as well as that of the all- new MDX with 26.2 percent to 4,639.

The daily selling rate (DSR) is derived through calculating with 26 days for June 2007, versus 25 for 2006. Year-to-date, the DSR is calculated with 154 days for 2007, versus 152 for 2006.

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Honda Civic Type-R Now in Australia

2007-07-10T02:14:00.000-07:00

Having a remarkable reputation on its home market, the Honda Civic Type-R is now being exported to Australia.

The first shipment of Swindon- built Civic Type Rs arrived in Melbourne earlier this month. And now ready to be delivered to dealers, the Civic Type-R will be in the hands of the Australians at the price of a remarkably sharp $A39, 990 for the privilege starting Monday.

Equipped with a rigid Honda throttle body, the Civic comes with a high-revving, naturally aspirated, 2-litre i-VTEC engine that is capable of pumping out 148kW and 193Nm. As a result, it will sprint to 100kmh in just 6.6 seconds, but despite being so wildly quick, it manages 9.3 liters per 100km.

Australians are lucky because they live in the only country outside Europe to get the acclaimed ‘hot hatch’, which sales is expected to reach 1200 units there per year.

Based in Swindon, Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM), is the only Honda production facility to build the Civic Type R. Twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) will be built in the area between now and April 2008.

When asked about the possibility of a Type R Civic for the New Zealand market, Honda New Zealand has always said that it has no plans of bringing the car in.

The Civic Type R rides on 18-inch alloy wheels along with 225/40 R18 tires, and stops with 300mm front and 260mm rear brake discs. It has a six-speed manual gearbox, with no automatic, and firm MacPherson strut-style front suspension and torsion beam rear suspension, but the latter of which is actually not as advanced as the fully-independent rear suspension found on New Zealand Civic sedans.

As to the interior, the Civic has a dash design similar to Civic found in New Zealand. When cornering, its body-hugging alcantara racing-style bucket seats keep the driver firmly planted.

Regarding safety features, the Civic Type R has front, side and curtain airbags, vehicle stability assist (VSA), ABS brakes with electronic brake force distribution and an advanced compatibility engineering (ACE) body structure. For additional security of the car, an anti-theft immobilizer is equipped.

Other features include automatic rain- sensing windscreen wipers, auto on/ off headlights, an MP3 and WMA- compatible CD player, multi- function trip computer, cruise control, front fog lights, dual-zone climate control, and a leather-bound tilt and telescopic-adjustable steering wheel.

Honda expects to sell 100 Civic Type Rs per month in Australia. The Swindon Type R is not being sold in Japan either. The only Type R Civic that the public would be able to source as a Japanese used import will be the sedan version.

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