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At home fast cars This is the most desirable exotic car in the JR garage car collection With over 60 cars in the JR Garage collection, one bargain sports car in particular stands out from the crowd. Shmee150 via YouTube More than 60 cars and trucks reside in the JR Garage portfolio right now. Tim Burton, who runs a YouTube channel, Shmee150, gives an exclusive look at what Jeff and Chris have acquired. They briefly review Jeff’s high mileage Ferrari FF in Vampire Red with a Starlight headliner. The majority Ferraris you will find that they will barely have more…

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A demolition crew tears down a former used car lot in Wichita, Feb. 24, 2023. (KSN Photo0 WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The landscape of downtown Wichita changed slightly Friday morning as demolition crews tore down the former Chico’s used car building at Kellogg and Topeka. A demolition crew tears down a former used car lot in Wichita, Feb. 24, 2023. (KSN Photo0 In its place, drivers of the center will see a sign announcing that it is the future site of Center City Academy, a nonprofit child development center. Conner Hampton is the Director of Development at Center City Academy.…

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Based on staff reports Granite Falls’ Brad McBride will compete in one of the National Hot Rod Association’s premier drag racing events next month. The Gatornationals, which open the 2023 NHRA season, will be held March 10-12 in Gainesville, Florida.“The Gatornationals are a huge deal,” McBride said. “The fans are amazing and I’m excited to race in front of a sold out crowd.”McBride will ride in the nitro-fueled A/Fuel dragster for LRC Racing, a team based in Wilkesboro. The team enters the Top Alcohol class, in which cars run at over 280 mph in just five seconds.NASCAR Hall of Famer…

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Oil prices have been stagnant this week as traders grapple with bearish trends, including a rise in US inventories and a pick-up in demand that has fallen short of expectations. US crude inventories have risen by nearly 24 million barrels in the past two weeks, adding to an already oversupplied market. Diesel prices also hit the lowest levels since prewar levels as inventories rise and Russia finds ways to export significant amounts of the fuel, said Dennis Kissler, senior vice president of trading at BOK Financial Securities. Meanwhile, a measure of US demand (the four-week average of gasoline product supplies)…

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It’s hard to imagine a worse decision than requiring new cars to be tested for emissions (“Wes Moore administration reverses course on Maryland vehicle emissions changes,” Feb. 21).If the goal is to protect the environment, the new policy fails because it will require driving extra miles to pass a test for which the Motor Vehicle Administration says new cars have a “near perfect pass rate” .If the goal is to avoid forcing the costs of the program onto lower-income Marylanders, new car owners would certainly rather pay the $10-$14 cost of emissions (and not be tested) than drive a average…

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard Sector San Juan Incident Management and contracted oil spill cleanup organization, Clean Harbors LLC, completed the removal of diesel and oily products from the 42-foot pleasure boat Ajo del País at Pier 11 in Port San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday. Cleanup crews refloated the partially sunken vessel to remove approximately 800 gallons of oily water residue that was drawn primarily from diesel and motor oil. “We are pleased that everything has come together and that the appropriate resources have been brought into this response to remove this pollution threat from San Juan Harbor,”…

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TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – A car fell on top of two men doing maintenance work in Toledo when another car hit it during a police chase, according to the Toledo Police Department.According to police records, officers attempted to pull over a driver in a vehicle that did not have any lights on near Smead and Palmwood Thursday night. The driver did not stop and the officers began to chase the vehicle. Police said the suspect vehicle hit two parked cars on Avondale Court, one of which had two men underneath it doing mechanical work. The car fell on top of…

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Transport Canada has issued a recall for several more vehicle brands from manufacturers such as Nissan, Hyundai, BMW and Subaru, to name a few. The recalls are due to various health and safety risks to both drivers and passengers of the affected vehicles. From issues related to faulty software and rearview camera issues to oil build-up and battery voltage issues, the federal department is urging Canadians to check if their cars are affected by the withdrawn and is indicating what steps to take to fix the problem. issue(s) regarding the current recall. Here is the full list of recalled vehicles…

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(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the attributed sources and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rigzone or the author) One of Rigzone’s regular market watchers takes a look at this week’s oil price movements, explains some market surprises and reveals what traders will be watching next week. Read on for more details. Rig zone: What were some market expectations that actually played out over the past week and which expectations didn’t? Tom Seng, assistant professor of energy, Ralph Lowe Energy Institute at Texas Christian University: Oil prices are back down in this holiday-shortened…

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The integrated CCS Combo 1 adapter will allow fast charging of non-Tesla cars. February 24, 2023 at 9:44 a.m. ET The launch of the supercharging option for non-Tesla electric vehicles in the US is just around the corner, as the first installation was spotted in New York. According to Reddit user u/Fxsx24, supercharger stations in Verona, New York were outfitted with the “Magic Dock,” an integrated CCS Combo 1 adapter, which allows non-Tesla cars to be charged with a CCS1 fast charging input. Tesla cars in North America are natively equipped with the company’s proprietary standard (recently called NACS), so…

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