http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:19:51 -0500 Tips and Advice -- find out how to maintain, service, insure, wash and wax, and change the oil in your car with tips from TheCarConnection.com. Lifestyle/Fashion http://static.thecarconnection.com/website/tcc-feed.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1011043_summers-classic-car-shows-begin http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1011043_summers-classic-car-shows-begin 1180422000 Goodness gracious, it's that time of the year again to roll the good ol' drop-topper out of storage and show it off to fellow car nuts at your favorite collector car show. Alas, here in the Great Lakes area it's been a cold and wet spring -- global warning notwithstanding -- and I almost forgot to give you the car-show calendar and commentary. ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1011021_are-we-ready-to-downsize-our-cars http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1011021_are-we-ready-to-downsize-our-cars 1179817200 What happens if Washington mandates 35-mpg cars -- and no one buys them? TheCarConnection tested the Chevrolet Aveo , Detroit 's only entry in the B-car or subcompact segment, and in the process found the public apathetic to such small cars despite their basic usefulness. In auto industry insider jargon, "the dogs aren't ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010913_museum-hawk-the-other-kruse http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010913_museum-hawk-the-other-kruse 1177570800 This is the fourth -- and last, at least until the Early Ford V-8 Club gets its museum built -- report on the Mecca of car museums in the Auburn area of northeastern Indiana. The Museum Hawk on Dean Kruse's World War II Victory Museum of military vehicles described how he parlayed eBay money into a new museum complex. In the main lobby ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010618_meadow-brook-gets-new-managers http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010618_meadow-brook-gets-new-managers 1172476800 The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance classic car show is steering in a different direction under its new chairman, Larry Smith, owner of a chain of "bump," or body repair, shops in the Detroit area. He replaced Meadow Brook founder Don Sommer who retired in September. Larry, a car collector who was on the Meadow Brook committee until a ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010423_collectors-want-phillips-76-balls http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010423_collectors-want-phillips-76-balls 1169366400 Honest to Pete, we'll try to avoid double entendres in reporting this story. As a result of numerous mergers, takeovers, buyouts, IPOs, and other Wall Street manipulations, ConocoPhillips, one of the nation's largest refiners and petroleum product distributors, has ended up with a trio of brand-loyalty-inspiring retail logos, ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010225_honda-jets-prepare-to-fly http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010225_honda-jets-prepare-to-fly 1165996800 Honda of Japan has announced the formation of Honda Aircraft Co., Inc., with headquarters in Greensboro , North Carolina , for the manufacture and marketing of a new twin-jet small executive-type airplane it has developed. And in true Honda fashion, the subsidiary's newly named CEO Michimasa Fujino was also the engineer who led the ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010173_military-opening-closing-garage-doors http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010173_military-opening-closing-garage-doors 1165219200 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010042_yoostabees-how-car-lighting-evolved http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1010042_yoostabees-how-car-lighting-evolved 1163923200   Look back at the history of cars in our Classics Corner Volkswagen of America has started a tease on its forthcoming joint venture with DaimlerChrysler AG to bring out a modern version of the one-time prototypical hippy mobile, the infamous VW Microbus. A new bus, VW is hinting, will come out in 2008. The tease is what ...]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1009719_museum-hawk-national-automotive-and-truck-museum http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1009719_museum-hawk-national-automotive-and-truck-museum 1162537200 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1009626_museum-hawk-world-war-ii-victory-museum http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1009626_museum-hawk-world-war-ii-victory-museum 1160982000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1009471_museum-hawk-auburn-cord-duesenberg http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1009471_museum-hawk-auburn-cord-duesenberg 1156662000 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1009454_dream-cruise-grows-bigger-yet http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1009454_dream-cruise-grows-bigger-yet 1156057200 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1009244_yoostabees-how-the-interstates-were-born http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1009244_yoostabees-how-the-interstates-were-born 1151305200 Special Report: 50 Years of Interstates A look back at the impact of America's highways from TheCarConnection. 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