Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Summer Weather is hard on your car, higher temperatures speeds up the
vehicles wear and tear. The oil viscosity, fluids and lubricants break
down more quickly, which drastically reduces the vehicles fuel efficiency.
So your car needs close attention in the summer.
You know the summer basics like checking fluids, hoses, belts and brakes.
But did you know: (more…)
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Here we go with some little tidbits ……
100 million trees worth of junk mail arrives in American mail boxes each year.
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Every year, 20 million tons of packaging goes into landfills. (more…)
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