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Cheap Car Challenge – 2009 BMW 535i xDrive Touring Wagon

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Is a blue-smoke blowing 2009 BMW 535i xDrive Touring Wagon a good idea? This long roof is dressed in M Sport trim and draws power from the 3.0L inline N54. It looks sharp and it has some grunt. It also has some gremlins. The Speed Academy guys shake down this old Bimmer, and the answer may be to simply add M parts, which is never a bad idea.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. And how does a family end up with four Priuses to start with? How did it all start? We need to go back to November 2017, to the start of the ‘Prius Revolution’ in the family.

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Used Car of the Day: 2009 Nissan Cube

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Well, this 2009 Nissan Cube is for sale by the Canadian border for those who like funky city cars. If you're interested in going cubic, this 2009 Nissan Cube is going for $14,995 in way, way upstate New York. Remember the Nissan Cube? I remember testing one back in the day. Click here for more. Images: Seller] Become aTTAC insider.

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NASA Glenn develops automated flywheel pulse-and-glide system; improving fuel economy up to 40-100%

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A 2009 SAE paper by a team from Virginia Tech and Argonne National Laboratory found that a simulated PnG driving strategy in a Ford Focus delivered 33-77% fuel economy improvement depending on different speed ranges and acceleration times. The downside of such a technique is that it currently requires sustained attention from the driver.

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DOE: Adjusted for inflation, the price of gasoline in 2019 was similar to the price in 1929

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From 2002 to 2008, the price of gasoline rose substantially, but then fell sharply in 2009 during the economic recession. The graph below shows the effect of the oil embargo in the early 1980s. In 2012, prices reached the highest level in both current and constant dollars but began a steep decline thereafter.

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Scrapyard Find: 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S

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2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S in English scrapyard. 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S in English scrapyard. 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S in English scrapyard. 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S in English scrapyard. 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S in English scrapyard. 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera S in English scrapyard.

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US households are holding on to their vehicles longer

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The turnover of household vehicles has slowed since 2009, based on US Department of Transportation surveys of household vehicle travel, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported. years in 2009 to 10.5 years in 2009 to 10.3 The increases in average age between 2009 and 2017 ranged from a low of 0.4

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