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- 2011 Toyota Avalon: Easier Homelink Lets You Forget About Remotes
- Late On Your Car Note? Don't Accept That New Facebook Friend Request
- Suzuki Recalls Equator, Grand Vitara, SX4 For Fire Hazard From Garmin Satnav
- Today at High Gear Media: Bentley Continental, Lambo Jota
- Today in Car News: Leaf and Lance, McLaren and Car Czars
- 2012 Lamborghini Jota Teased Prior to Paris Show
- Ask TCC: Chevy Silverado or Jeep Grand Cherokee?
- After 960 Tries, South Korean Lady Driver Gets License (Eek!)
- iTunes Tagging Comes to HD Radio in the 2011 Lincoln MKX
- 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost
| 2011 Toyota Avalon: Easier Homelink Lets You Forget About Remotes Posted: 07 Sep 2010 02:27 PM PDT  The refreshed 2011 Toyota Avalon is the first Toyota vehicle—and one of the first from any brand—to offer a new, much easier-to-use version of Homelink. If you're not sure what we're talking about, it's the built-in universal garage-door opener system that's been quite widely available in luxury cars and some well-optioned family...
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| Late On Your Car Note? Don't Accept That New Facebook Friend Request Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:48 AM PDT  Remember the paper boy in Better Off Dead -- the psycho tyke who chased John Cusak around, demanding his two dollars? Yeah, we all laughed about the little dude's persistence, but truth of the matter is, creditors like that kid make their living by being tenacious, tracking down borrowers wherever they are. And where they are these days is on...
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| Suzuki Recalls Equator, Grand Vitara, SX4 For Fire Hazard From Garmin Satnav Posted: 07 Sep 2010 08:20 AM PDT  A couple of weeks ago, we told you that Garmin had recalled over 1.3 million GPS units due to a problem with the devices' batteries. When mated to Garmin circuit boards, those cells have a tendency to overheat, causing a fire hazard. Now that recall has bled over to Suzuki, which is recalling three models that make use of Garmin's satnav devices...
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| Today at High Gear Media: Bentley Continental, Lambo Jota Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:38 AM PDT  There's a 2011 Bentley Continental GT prowling the Internet--and we'll have more to go with this preview as we cover the 2010 Paris auto show. [MotorAuthority] Competing for eyeballs and press-kit eBayers in Paris: the 2012 Lamborghini Jota, being teased piece by piece like the wares offered at your local gentlemen's club. [MotorAuthority] Quick...
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| Today in Car News: Leaf and Lance, McLaren and Car Czars Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:38 AM PDT  Lance Armstrong could be in for a world of legal nightmares with new doping allegations, but Nissan thinks he's still the guy to front some 2011 Leaf marketing. [AutoblogGreen] With Volt and Leaf set to launch, sales of gas-dependent hybrids are falling fast--with the Toyota Prius falling more than a third in sales numbers. [Autoblog] The ten...
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| 2012 Lamborghini Jota Teased Prior to Paris Show Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:16 AM PDT  The 2010 Paris auto show is nearly here, and the wind-up from automakers is in full effect today with the first of six teasers from Lamborghini as it implores us all to "discover the way to the future of supersports cars." A new Lambo supercar replacing the Murcielago is in the pipeline, and this photo is the first detail for that new car, said to...
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| Ask TCC: Chevy Silverado or Jeep Grand Cherokee? Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:00 PM PDT  Each day, the editors here at High Gear Media get questions from car shoppers who want a direct opinion on what they should buy. We're always happy to give our hands-on experience out in the form of advice (though we're also keen on getting you to share your brains and to write for High Gear Media Web sites). Today, we're talking about trucks and...
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| After 960 Tries, South Korean Lady Driver Gets License (Eek!) Posted: 05 Sep 2010 09:32 AM PDT  Down in the southern part of South Korea--a country known for rugged persistence in the face of grave danger--there's a Guinness Record holder at work, one who just wants to drive. This past May, Cha-Sa-soon of Wanju, South Korea, got her wish, and got her driver's license. After 960 tries. The New York Times reports the 69-year-old grandmother...
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| iTunes Tagging Comes to HD Radio in the 2011 Lincoln MKX Posted: 05 Sep 2010 09:31 AM PDT  Back in the days of the Walkman, we longed for a single device that would hold all our music, slip easily into our cars, integrated with their audio systems--all without scratching like compact discs, or getting lost in an annoying way in the clutter of jewel cases and console storage. (Secretly, we also were wishing for the death of the in-car CD...
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| Posted: 03 Sep 2010 07:11 PM PDT  New for 2010, the 2011 Rolls-Royce Ghost continues to carve out a new luxury niche that the uber-luxury brand has long left to lesser brands--brands like Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW. With a whole new styling language that's a little less baroque than its big sibling, the Phantom, the Ghost is a much more effective blend of modern and...
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