http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:04:18 -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://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037501_ugliest-cars-of-the-past-50-years-you-might-be-surprised http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1037501_ugliest-cars-of-the-past-50-years-you-might-be-surprised Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:59:00 -0400 Think that the design of the Volkswagen New Beetle is more hideous than iconic? Apparently you're not alone. Business Week has posted its "Fifty Ugliest Cars of the Past 50 Years," including a number of models present and past, and the New Beetle is just one of the newer and still-produced models on the list. Others include the Cadillac ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1033866_would-you-crush-a-bentley-no-not-a-cash-for-clunkers-tradein http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1033866_would-you-crush-a-bentley-no-not-a-cash-for-clunkers-tradein Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:55:00 -0400 Most of the United States now require that you insure your vehicle before you can register it. Enforcement, however, varies considerably. As we learned recently, in New York state, you can be arrested for driving an uninsured vehicle if you incur a moving violation in it that would otherwise net you just a traffic ticket. But it's a lot ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1021998_tough-lux-2009-hummer-h2-and-2009-range-rover-among-most-expensive-to-insure http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1021998_tough-lux-2009-hummer-h2-and-2009-range-rover-among-most-expensive-to-insure Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:34:00 -0400 You might be able to swing quite a deal today on one of the most luxurious off-road-worthy barges, but be prepared to pay extra--over and over again--in your insurance premiums. The 2009 Mercedes-Benz G-Class, 2009 Hummer H2, and 2009 Range Rover rank as the most expensive SUVs to insure, according to the insurance shopping site ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020022_link-love-from-the-car-connection-fabio-fails-gas-stations-that-rule-and-going-big-wheels-on-easter-sunday http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020022_link-love-from-the-car-connection-fabio-fails-gas-stations-that-rule-and-going-big-wheels-on-easter-sunday Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:23:00 -0400   Full service style -- No matter how you feel about gasoline, the stations that provide it can be pretty rad, and luckily for us, someone has pulled together a handful of architectural homages to America's fave fossil fuel. Not on the list? Barbie's Beer Barn and Discount Unleaded. Clearly, the votes were rigged. [WebUrbanist] Blond goes bad ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016483_elv-motors-claim-electric-bicycles-and-scooters-perfect-holiday-gift http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016483_elv-motors-claim-electric-bicycles-and-scooters-perfect-holiday-gift Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:41:09 -0500 Forget Santa. This year, the Christmas Elv might just bring you a high-voltage runabout to earn you some carbon credits and an equal amount of green smug points as you zoom circles around gas-swilling SUVs stuck at the gas pump. Just please, please, don't inhabit the left lane as you motor along at 30 mph. Because we'll have no sympathy for you ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016275_microheat-cooked-by-gm-recall http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016275_microheat-cooked-by-gm-recall Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:24:27 -0400 Recently announcing that it would become ever tougher on underperforming suppliers, GM has not only banished Microheat as a supplier of heated windshield washer systems for its premium vehicles, but it has allegedly withheld payments since June and wants Microheat to pay between $ 20 and 25 million to cover the costs of repairs to 944,000 GM ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015003_2010-hummer-h2-sut-spied http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015003_2010-hummer-h2-sut-spied Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:33:54 -0500 Judging by this prototype caught under test, it looks like the HUMMER H2 SUT is on the verge of a growth spurt. This H2 SUT tester -- parading around in what appears to be a faux army paint scheme (complete with star) -- has clearly been lengthened behind the rear doors. It appears that a good 12 inches has been added both fore and aft of the ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1014878_caddy-donates-big-eight-to-h2 http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1014878_caddy-donates-big-eight-to-h2 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:57:20 -0400 Cadillac's awfully generous these days. It's slapped its name on a Saab 9-3, it's lending its marvy multivalve V-6 to Buick and Saturn, and now it's giving the HUMMER H2 the courtesy of its whomping 6.2-liter, 393-horsepower V-8. In the H2 the excess displacement does a few good things: no doubt it's smoother and ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1014748_the-week-in-reverse-44 http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1014748_the-week-in-reverse-44 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:55:25 -0500 SEMA continues to vex us. Is it an important outlet for automakers and aftermarketers to meet and make nice, or is it just an excuse to take a HUMMER H2 and make it into a new Star Wars initiative? We liked SEMA so much we hit it a second time. Yeah, we already regret it - it won't stop calling and emailing us. Our spies nabbed both the ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1014720_cher-and-share-alike8212including-hummers http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1014720_cher-and-share-alike8212including-hummers Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:51:04 -0400 Celebrity generosity knows few bounds. Mel Gibson gave the LAPD a piece of his twisted mind this weekend, and now Cher is giving away HUMMERs to anyone who will pay. Well, it's not quite what it sounds like—the sexagenarian superstar and future Vegas lounge act is auctioning off 700 of her most beloved belongings from her Malibu ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1014645_the-new-york-times-goes-fishing-for-an-anti-suv-story-and-lands-one http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1014645_the-new-york-times-goes-fishing-for-an-anti-suv-story-and-lands-one Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:00:02 -0500 Maybe you're wondering, as is TCC, if the pile-on with full-size SUVs has reached a fervor pitch—or if we in the media aren't contributing to the latest pendulum swing in anti-SUV hysteria. We know where we stand—and we know now where the New York Times stands too, as if there were much question. Check out ..]]> http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1003341_gm-hummer-h2-goes-public http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1003341_gm-hummer-h2-goes-public Mon, 17 Dec 2001 03:00:00 -0500 Hummer Humming New Tune by Jim Burt (8/13/2001) Turn on the television during prime time and you'll be bombarded with ads for the latest sport-utility vehicles. But despite the macho pictures they present of SUVs fording rivers and scaling seemingly insurmountable obstacles, those images are a lot different from reality. The ...]]>