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This is Why VW Cancelled Vanagon

People want to know why Volkswagen stopped producing the lovable Vanagon. I dug deeper into the subject and found some answers for you.

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Only Reason to Use "Social Media"

Social media has become a synonym for opinions, memes, and agendas. It’s a powerful medium. Here’s the but. It can be a portal for constructive collaboration between like-minded people.

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Preventing a Car Fire

 Road trips can be the most memorable times in our lives, punctuated by days of basking in the great outdoors with family and friends. So some careful planning goes a long way in ensuring that we enjoy the scenery no matter what we drive — from vans and motorhomes to tow rigs. 

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Selling Used Cars

A while back I wrote another story about Buying and Selling a personal used car. But things change so quickly online that instead of just updating the article, I scrapped it and rewrote the entire thing.

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Lance Reventlow and His Scarab GP-2

The United States of America has had a lot of historic firsts, starting with landing a man on the Moon and inventing the personal computer. 

    But in motorsports, the true story of Lance Reventlow and his incredible Scarab is the best story of them all, when the Scarab GP-2 became America’s First Formula 1 race car. 

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America's First Formula Car

While researching the world of Formula race cars, I stumbled on short film on YouTube. It stars the 1959 Scarab and Lance Reventlow, he drove the first front-engined American-made race car to compete in Formula One.

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5 Helpful Hints to Selling Your Compact Car

This 1971 Honda is highly collectible, but you wouldn't know it by just looking at it. In the '70s these cars were everywhere, but today only a small inventory of them survived the wrecking ball.

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When Nature Calls

Don't mess with Mother Nature, at least not when you're on vacation. That's a lesson I learned on a trip to Northern California in the midst

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Replicas Command Respect But You Have to be Careful

I am not a big fan of fakes or replicas of classic cars.

Sure, replicas and other tribute cars of notable vintage have their place in the free market. There are plenty of people that love classic cars so much they don't care if they are real or not, just as long as they drive as expected.

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