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What Kind of Car Battery Do I Need? A Guide to Making the Right Choice
Picture this: Snow is falling and the temperature is below freezing. You are at work, or the mall, or over the river and through the woods. Anyway you are far from home as you climb into your car with the hope that it starts right up and gets you going without a hitch. Much here […]
Winter Car Check Up – 5 Tips for Winter Road Trips
We visit the doctor for an annual check-up, we should do the same with our cars. The doctor checks weight, blood pressure, pulse, vaccine updates, especially when cough and cold season approaches. Essentially there’s an inspection of the body – and then she makes recommendations on steps to improve any deficiencies or problem areas. The same should […]
Openbay Covered in TechCrunch
By: Ryan Lawler If you’re a car owner and haven’t found a dependable mechanic to take care of service issues on your car, you’re not alone. A new startup called Openbay is looking to help car owners save money on repairs. It’s doing that through a marketplace of garages and mechanics which car owners can receive […]
Google Ventures, Andreessen-Backed Openbay Aims to Fix Car Repair
By: Curt Woodward It seems like there are a million little small-business headaches that haven’t been solved by the Internet quite yet. There’s a good reason for that—signing up small businesses can be a serious slog, even aside from the structural problems of building a two-sided marketplace where you bring together buyers and sellers. But eventually, […]
"Next Big Thing in Car Repair"
Here is the link to the video of the news broadcast. (NECN) – OpenBay, a company that uses technology to help find the best price for car repairs, launched Monday. CEO Rob Infantino says the app and the website helps consumers get their car repaired locally. “The whole system is based around finding trustworthy mechanics, looking […]
The Green Car: A Way of Life
Think owning a car means you have to give up your commitment to lighten your carbon footprint? Think again. There are actually dozens of ways that you can ensure your car isn’t needlessly contributing to pollution levels and rising greenhouse effects in major metro areas. Here are just a few tips to turn your car […]
What Does it Cost to Replace Spark Plugs?
Your car’s spark plugs serve a critical function in your car. They ignite the mixture between air and fuel in your engine’s combustion chamber by delivering a electric current from the ignition system. This all translates to powering your engine and making your car go. What does it cost to replace spark plugs? The good […]
