December 2010
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Ward's 10 Best Engines, 2010 Edition
WardsAuto.com has published their annual roundup of the best engines in the industry, and this year’s trend is clearly one of efficiency and power from smaller mills. In fact, only one V8 makes the grade this year.
VW and Audi, in particular, have a good showing here, claiming three of the 10 awards. The 2.0L TSFI engine is a dream — so good that Audi stakes its performance name on...
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Follow Friday!
dreamgarage:
Since there’s simply so many fantastic Automotive blogs out there, here’s a list of just a few you should be following if you aren’t already!
Loxlee Loves Engines
Automotive Heart
Hell For Motors
Motoriginal
Good Old Valves
Firepower
Autostream
Gearheads And Monkeywrenches
Carpr0n
Pacepirate
Photo Finish
Function&Form
Also, don’t forget to request what you want to...
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AutoZone Authorizes Additional Stock Repurchase
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — AutoZone’s board of directors has authorized the repurchase of an additional $500 million of the company’s common stock in connection with its ongoing share repurchase program. Since the inception of the repurchase program in 1998, and including the above amount, AutoZone’s board has authorized $9.9 billion in stock repurchases. ...
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Testimonial: Bar's Liquid Aluminum Stop Leak
Sam from Santa Barbara, CA writes:
Dear Bar’s,
I decided to write to commend you for an outstanding product. I have a 2004 Pontiac Grand AM, V6 and with about 100,000 miles. About 6 months ago I had the Pontiac dealer flush the cooling system. I later noticed my car was slowly loosing coolant fluid with no evidence of a leak. At about the same time, my car developed an engine problem where...
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“I feel safe when I’m on the racetrack, I really do. I know that I’m surrounded...”
– Sterling Marlin (via tractioninc)
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In Which We Get an Email From a BMW Onwer About...
We received the following testimonial about our Bar’s Leaks Head Gasket Fix from Curtis Ding, who used it on his 2002 BMW 530i with 127K miles:
I would normally not contact a company to comment about a product, but much to my surprise, I am pleased to say that I have had a successful outcome after using the Bar’s Leaks Head Gasket Fix. I have a 2002 BMW 530i with 127K miles, which...
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“‘Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to...”
– Victor Frankl
Anonymous asked: Are you hiring? I need a job. I've been unemployed for over a year...
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Here is an audio clip from a recent episode of The...
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Bar's Products Adds $20,000 to URC Sprint Series...
This past weekend was a huge one for the URC Sprint Series and Bar’s Products.
URC, celebrating its 63rd anniversary, surprised our company President Bob Mermuys with an induction into the inaugural class of the URC Hall of Fame. After sponsoring URC for over 15 years, this was a tremendous honor.
After surprising Bob with the induction, Bob decided to add more money to the sponsorship...
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Pep Boys Reports Strong Third Quarter Results
Pep Boys continues the strong 3Q earnings reports from big-box auto parts stores by announcing a more than doubling of net earnings year-over-year:
Sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 increased by $23.7 million, or 5 percent, to $496.4 million from $472.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Comparable store sales increased 3.5 percent, consisting of a 1.9 percent comparable...
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AutoZone profit jumps 20%
Excellent results from AutoZone as it continues its outstanding quarterly run:
It was the 17th straight quarter of double-digit growth for the Memphis, Tenn., company, and the eighth-straight quarter of 20 percent growth in earnings per share, AutoZone said in a statement. The company has performed well in the economic downturn as consumers keep their cars longer and longer for fear of...
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Is energy quality one of the causes of the...
Smart and interesting analysis by Carey King at the University of Texas at Austin. King’s data shows that Energy Return on Investment (EROI) is a metric that illustrates energy as a limiting factor on economic growth:
In economic terms, the quality of the nation’s energy supply is referred to as Energy Return on Energy Investment (EROI). For example, if an oil company uses a 10th...
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“I for one welcome our arsenic-based interplanetary overlords.”
– William Gibson (via emmanuelnegro)
(If you don’t know what this is all about, see here.)
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How Germany got it right on the economy
Harold Meyerson, writing a terrific — and educational (at least for me) — op-ed piece about Germany’s economy in The Washington Post:
Germany’s economy is the strongest in the world. Its trade balance - the value of its exports over its imports - is second only to China’s, which is all the more remarkable since Germany is home to just 82 million people. Its 7.5...
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Bar's Leaks & Rislone Driver Bill Reichert...
Bill Reichert, the driver of the Bar’s Leaks/Rislone-sponsored top alcohol dragster, captured his fifth consecutive NHRA title. This is an unprecedented feat in what is considered to be an extremely competitive NHRA division.
Despite a somewhat rocky finish to the season that included a twelfth place qualifying effort and an uncharacteristic departure in the second round of eliminations...