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Used Car of the Day: 1978 Buick Century Salon

The Truth About Cars

I don't even know, without Googling, where the nearest junkyard is. And today I found an interest 1978 Buick Century Salon that looks like it's been sitting in the boneyard. The car has a 305 under the hood, automatic transmission, rear-wheel drive, and 72,000 miles and change on the clock. That's Murilee's department.

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2024 Honda Prologue electric SUV starts under $40,000 with full EV tax credit eligibility

Baua Electric

Based on GM’s Ultium Platform (that powers Chevy, Cadillac, GMC, and Buick EVs), the Prologue features the “highest standard driving range rating in its class,” according to Honda. The 2024 Honda Prologue starts at $47,400 (excluding a $1,395 destination fee) with up to 296 miles EPA range.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

One of the studies showed that it is highly distracting to use hands-free voice commands to dial phone numbers, call contacts, change music and send texts with Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri and Google Now smartphone personal assistants, though Google Now was a bit less distracting than the others. Listening to the radio rated 1.2.

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

I, and I presume most other drivers, aren’t going to drive EVERYWHERE WE GO as if we’re one of Enzo’s drivers trying to win a thousand-mile long road race. Never mind that perhaps some of the accidents linked were perhaps the same ones being covered by multiple news outlets. Yet I am not tearing ass down Irving Park road at 80 mph.

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