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High Tech Automotive Training at Vision in Kansas City
In 2012, VISION Hi-Tech Training & Expo celebrates 20 years as one of the automotive service industry’s leading expo and training events! This year’s conference promises to be the best ever; featuring a wide array of management & technical training, a 60,000 sq ft exhibit hall, keynote addresses from industry leaders, the Celebration of Independents [...]
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Hybrid Cars vs Gasoline Cars
We have all heard the advantages and positive environmental impacts that hybrid cars get. Is it all true? This study that was released by Worcester Polytechnic Institute completely goes against most positive reasons to purchase a Hybrid. Some excerpts from the study… The data suggested that the production of hybrids consumes more energy and releases [...]
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So……. You want to drive a Snap-on tool truck.
I got this in my email today. Why should you own a Snap-on Franchise? We can give you lots of reasons. You may know that Snap-on as the #1 professional tool brand in the world. What you may not know is that Snap-on is also a great business opportunity. A Snap-on franchise is a mobile [...]
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INDESTRUCTIBLE | Streamlight Stinger LED
After almost two years of service, I lost my Streamlight Stinger LED flashlight one January night. I looked high and low for it but it was gone. Finally our cold and very snowy Winter has given up it’s hold on Wisconsin and has let Spring finally come. This April morning at the edge of a [...]
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Stabilant 22A | Snake Oil
I have been told many times about Stabilant 22A and how good it is. So I bought a bottle and have been using it ever since. The last time I used it I thought to myself, what is this stuff, how does it work, and thought that maybe it was just some expensive snake oil. [...]
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Google Chrome Blows the Competition Away
I have been using Google Chrome for about a year now with nothing bad to say. I have had 100% error free web browsing since my switch from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. I use to have multiple lock ups and crashes a day. Google Chrome is also noticeable faster with a clean monitor screen. A clean [...]
Read MoreThe Power of an Airbag
The automobile airbag is more powerful then you would think. In an accident, the crash detection sensors and airbag module has to determine that there was a crash and how severe of an impact that occurred. This decision takes between 15 and 30 milliseconds. Then the airbag module has to ignite the airbag and it has to fully [...]
Read MoreWere the All Steel Cars of the 50′s and 60′s Better?
Were the All Steel Cars of the 50′s and 60′s Better? Well that’s up to your own opinion but we do know that they were not as safe. Here is a video from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety frontal crash test between a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. Pay close [...]
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