Posts Tagged ‘ann arbor’

FTC cracking down on ‘gas aid gadgets’

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
A recent test of 93 so-called 'gas gadgets' - devices or fuel additives that allegedly improve fuel economy - has found that almost all of them simply don't work. The results of the test, which were conducted by the EPA's Ann Arbor laboratory, have led to the Federal Trade Commission issuing a consu......

Top 10 cities in which NOT to speed

Sunday, April 1st, 2007
Few moments in life are less welcomed than when a sprightly sprint in your automobile is cut short by flashing red lights in your rearview mirror. In that moment, you know that you're out well over $100, you'll have to take time off work for court, and your insurance is likely to go up by 10 percent......

Is Toyota developing a Smart competitor in Michigan?

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
For at about the last six months there have been at least four Peugeot 107s running around in the vicinity of Livonia and Ann Arbor, MI with manufacturer plates. Since Peugeot doesn't sell their products in the United States, it was unclear why they were here. It turns out the 107, along with its st......

From the archives: 2005 Ann Arbor Rolling Sculpture Car Show

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Click on the Falcon Cobra for a gallery of high-res shots suitable for use as wallpaperAnn Arbor, MI is one of those college towns (home to the University of Michigan) that is considered a bastion of liberal, granola eating, sandal wearing, pot smoking hippies. While that is true to some degree, th......

Controversial Toyota land deal gets OK

Saturday, April 23rd, 2005
Toyota will indeed be expanding their presence in Michigan (thanks Rob). A state appeals court upheld the sale of land to Toyota for a research facility near Ann Arbor. This is after some bad blood between other developers who lost out on buying the same land because the state wanted Toyota. How bad......