Keep Car in Better Condition

Car is a precious asset. Value it, if you want a smooth drive and better resale value of your car. Following tips will help you to check the proper maintenance of your car and keep it in better working condition.

1. Avoid long routes

Avoid taking your car for long trips. When car is used for long distance drive, its wear and tear cost also increases. In other words, depreciation cost adds to the total cost of cars as the mileage of car raises. Prefer to use rental car for long distance drive. This point is particularly important for those people who often sell out their cars after few years with the intention to replace it with new model. Keep this point in mind, if you want to get the better resale value of car.

2. Proper tuning is must

Send your car to service station on every weekend. Proper tuning of car is very important. Make sure that person at car station check all the parts. This will assure you that your car is in proper working condition.

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Sell your Car

If you are looking for a new car and want to get rid of old one, better sell it. Selling is an art, be careful in deals so that you get the right price for you car. Here are some tips that will help you to avoid mistakes while selling your car.

1. Legal Compulsions

Before making your car ready for sale, make sure that you have all the legal documents of cars i.e. its registration file, insurance papers and in case you bought it from any bank on lease, all the documents that shows the record of payment of installments. All these documents will help to clear the ambiguities of the buyers and he/she will take less time to finalize the deal with you. Above all you might get the proper price of you car. Most of the people forget to complete the required documents, hence suffer a lot at the time of deal.

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Electric Cars

Time has gone when electric cars were traditional and shabby with conventional fringe looks; compact interior with no back seat and congested driving seat with hardly any facilities. The year 2011 is going to mark with some of the coolest electric cars with some cool features. Let’s have a look to the list of the electric cars which you can think to buy for you.

1. Nissan Leaf

Nissan Leaf is the new car from the house of Nissan. It is 100% electric and contains high response 80Kw AC synchronous electric motor and consist of 50 kW DC fast charging port. Nissan Leaf is meant for 5 passengers and consists of 5 doors. One can speed it up to 90mph. Unlike other cars, Nissan leaf does not have tail pipe. That’s why it is environment friendly and zero emissions vehicle. Its electronic brakes force distribution system makes it a safe car.

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The Los Angeles Auto Show happens to be one of the most popular auto shows showcasing a range of over 900 vehicles, some being world debuts from manufacturers like Ford, Porsche, Subaru, Volkswagen and many more. Generally held in November-December this exhibition lasts for 10 days and is open to public.

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Freshly manufactured to crazily modified the Los Angeles Auto show 2009 had it all, from Chevrolet’s first electric car-the Volt, the Volkswagen New Beetle (final Edition), to the evergreen Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid. This is one of the best places to find cheap, convenient to flashy and uber-expensive vehicles. Press conferences had also been held announcing the unveiling of specially designed cars like the Scion which apparently takes tailgating to a whole new level. A brilliant modification on Kogi xD comes with a built-in-grill, refrigerator and working sink. Another Scion production the Five Axis Dj xB is practically a disco-on-the wheels.

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It is no doubt that Tata Nano is going to rock the automobile world with its great performance at this price. This affordable car has thus attracted lots of people and the company has received more than 206,000 applications till now and its even coming says Tata motors spokesperson. Due to various constraints, the company ran a lottery to choose the applicants to buy the available 100000 Nanos and is informing the results to the selected applicants in person.

Tata Motors also has mentioned that the first 100000 applicants who are selected will get their Nano by the end of next year as delivery of the cars will begin by July ’09. In the remaining 106000 people who are in the waiting list 55000 opted out their name from lottery for future Nanos and the company has announced some discounts for these people in all Tata products.

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