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Flex-a-Lite Flex-Wave FanThe Flex-Wave fan from Flex-a-Lite is like a successful reinvention of the wheel. Using computational fluid dynamics software, the company has designed and built fan blades that move up to 20 percent more air than its own Trimline fans and up to 25 percent more than competitive products. Not only is it more efficient, it’s quieter. The sine-wave-blade design cuts through the air with multiple leading edges, instead of one large edge like most fans. Pair that with new surface designs and variations in the trailing edge of the blades, and its efficiency is increased.

A backup camera is essential for any vehicle that has poor visibility of the area 4′-8′ behind the vehicle. In essence, that covers every vehicle made today, what with their high belt lines and high tailgates. In trying to block the headlamp beams of following cars, nearly all visibility of anything shorter than about 4′ is essentially invisible. Worse, it is harder than ever to know exactly WHERE your ‘bumper’ is as you are backing, meaning you will stop ridiculously short of an obstacle (ever watch some people backing out of parking spaces?) or end up crashing into one because they were driving by ‘feel’. I’ve been driving my own new pickup truck for two months so far and still can’t estimate exactly where my front and rear corners are, relative to nearby obstacles. The rear-view camera ensures I don’t back into anything while I have a tendency to stop a full 2 feet short of where I THINK the front-end is. I’m still working on getting the overall ‘feel’ of this truck.

International Small Diesel Engine (Non-Road) Economy: Regional Segment Analysis (Regional Production Volume, Presence Volume, Revenue and Growth Rate 2013-2023):

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The owner told me he was just cruising in his brand new $47,000 diesel Colorado ZR2 on “easy and moderate” dirt trails near his in-laws in the San Bernardino National Forest area, when he received an unpleasant surprise.

When a car seat is not properly attached, it can move and shift during an accident causing the seat to slam into the dashboard or the rear which could cause injuries or worse.

In the end, Nissan started a service campaign for 2004 to 2014 Titans, 2005 to 2014 Frontiers and 2005 to 2014 Xterras to have their Airbag Contol Units recalibrated free of charge, and refunds given to people who had to replace their airbags because of unintended deployment. The company describes the issue and the fix on its service website:

The plaintiffs claim Chrysler’s two-piece design destabilizes the cylinder at its base, “which can result in unintended lateral movement and cause the piston inside the cylinder to become jammed.”

Tom is an automotive enthusiast from the New York City area and has worked in the car media industry doing both video and writing work. He spent most of his early career working with an automotive based YouTube channel and has since expanded his horizons into other digital industries.

I would rather have ‘some’ tech than ‘none’. One problem as someone said before is that this crap is rolled out half baked, and we get to find the flaws. The first ABS equipped Grand Cherokees come to mind. I remember how on a steep descent the ABS wouldn’t allow the rig to come to a complete stop. That’s straight up dangerous.

It would be one thing if one could simply turn off all of this driver-assistance crap. I’d still resent paying for it but I could deal with being able to turn it off and having the default remain off even through key cycles. But most automakers don’t give you that option – at least not with everything. Most allow you to turn off lane departure warning/lane change assist. Most do NOT let you turn off automatic braking. Most also have the system turn back off after you turn the engine iff and then re-start the car. Subaru doesn’t let you turn anything off, which us why I’ll never buy another one.

The instrument cluster displays an overhead silhouette of the truck with a series of bars, which bars illuminate and change color from yellow, to amber, and then ultimately to red along with shortening intervals of beeps to alert the driver to approaching objects or walls before any contact is made. The system is designed specifically for larger objects (other vehicles, walls, parking blocks, etc) and not for pedestrians or children.