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Erik Bjornstad: Apr 28 2015
For decades, those of us who took Driver’s Ed were taught that the proper position for best and safe driving was to have your hands at “10 and 2” – the positions on the steering wheel corresponding to 10am and 2pm on a standard clock (you probably...
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Erik Bjornstad: Apr 23 2015
Many of us have suffered through the worst winter in memory, with record snow storms and all-around cold and misery equally shared by all. Except...
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Erik Bjornstad: Apr 7 2015
With all the frigid winter weather we've been having (Boston? Serious? 108 inches of snow?), it's easy to forget the spring is not that far away. The...
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Erik Bjornstad: Mar 11 2015
Cars and trucks operating properly and running on good in-spec fuel should give you great performance with a minimum of problems (most of the time)....
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Erik Bjornstad: Feb 24 2015
An article recently appeared in The Chronicle in Lovell, WY. Jim Minchow, owner of Minchow's Service talks about gas prices but his comments about...
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Erik Bjornstad: Feb 19 2015
Back in the day, if you bought a new car, you figured you had to "break it in" - follow certain driving patterns for the first x number of miles of...
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Erik Bjornstad: Feb 17 2015
The iPhone may have become the phone that’s synonymous with the public’s image of a smart phone, but Google actually has a larger slice of the phone...
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Erik Bjornstad: Jan 27 2015
These days, drivers are used to having vehicles that seem almost like a home away from home. Powerful systems like indash navigation, wifi internet...
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Erik Bjornstad: Jan 13 2015
As you drive by your nearest gas station, it probably brings a smile to your face to see gas prices dropping below $2.50 for the first time in five...
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Erik Bjornstad: Dec 18 2014
One of the sadder events of the past year in the automotive world was the report that Tom Magliozzi, who formed with his brother Ray, one half of the...
