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Why Your Car’s Gas Gauge Might Be Lying

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Relying on your gas indicator can get you in a heap of trouble. The next time your car’s gas display indicates you will run out of gas in 20 miles, take the warning with a grain of salt. It turns out that relying on such indicators can get you in a heap of trouble. According to a AAA study, the accuracy of such systems varies widely. Drivers who rely on such warnings before filling up are taking an “unnecessary risk” that they could run out of gas on the road, AAA says. To test the systems, AAA joined with the Automobile Club of

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Old cars are brought back to life at this St. Louis garage

By Betty C. Morrow 5 days ago

Large 8-cylinder cars were built at the old Cole-Standard building from 1919 to 1935

ST. LOUIS — Cars from days gone by are coming back to life at a garage in St. Louis’ Midtown neighborhood, not far from St. Louis University.

They are taking what’s old and making it new again.

“There’s just about every stage a car could be in here,” said Keaton Christensen.

There is an excitement in bringing something new to the old Cole-Standard building.

“It’s a historic building for automotive,” Christensen told 5 On Your Side.

Large 8-cylinder cars were built there from 1919 to 1935. Now, Christensen and his longtime friend Jacob Case are taking their love of cars and rebuilding them.

“I have an electrical degree, he’s going to have his mechanical degree, and they can really work well together to get a project done,” said Case.

The first project was to get the

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Auto sector blasts Mexico’s move to legalize imported used cars

By Betty C. Morrow 5 days ago

Cars are parked at used autos platform Kavak in Mexico City, Mexico, August 25, 2020. Picture taken August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido/Files

MEXICO CITY, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Mexico has published a decree to legalize millions of imported used cars, mainly from the United States, a move that was criticized by the country’s powerful auto sector as allowing “car smuggling.”

The new policy, published in government’s official gazette late on Monday, tasks local authorities with creating a plan to encourage residents of states that border the United States to officially register vehicles that were driven into Mexico, known as so-called chocolate cars.

Baja California state alone is home to more than 500,000 unregistered vehicles, which are commonly used in crimes, said the state security minister, Rosa Rodriguez.

The Mexican Association of Automotive Distributors (AMDA) predicted a drop of more than 30% in new car sales due to the decree

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A car dealership CEO says he cut staff by 17%. Now employees are ‘happier’ and selling twice as many cars.

By Betty C. Morrow 1 week ago

Large car dealerships are doing fine after big layoffs in 2020, The Wall Street Journal reports.
One CEO said salespeople are happier and selling more after his company let go 1,500 people.
New and used vehicles are selling for record prices, leading to big commissions.

As the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the US economy in 2020, millions of workers across industries lost their jobs. Car salespeople were no exception.

Now, with the economy recovering and the auto market hotter than ever, some dealerships aren’t planning to hire back the employees they cut loose last year, The Wall Street Journal reports. Dealers have found that they’re doing just fine with a leaner, more efficient workforce.

Moreover, with fewer salespeople on staff, those that remain are faring better than before the pandemic, one dealer told The Journal. Car salespeople typically earn a base salary plus a commission for each vehicle they

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