First Posted: 2/25/2015
Upcoming
car shows
Area car shows are listed below:
• May 30 & 31 — Charity Car Show Cruise-In at Lima Pigfest, Allen County Fairgrounds, Lima.
• June 13 — Pork Rind Festival Car Show, Harrod.
• June 28 — Charity Car Show. Noon to 5 p.m., Westgate Parking Lot, 520 Cable Road, Lima.
To get your car show listed, email Merri Hanjora at [email protected] or call 567-242-0379 or 800-686-9924, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Winter takes
toll on cars
Whether you like winter precipitation or not, driving in snow and ice can do a number on your vehicle and not just when you get into an accident.
An obvious problem is the accumulation of a road salt and brine mixture on the vehicle. The splatter is bad for a car’s paint job, but worse for the undercarriage. Extreme build up can affect the brakes and gas lines. The same is true of the vehicle’s wheel wells and muffler system.
Modern cars don’t suffer the same kind of effect to the frame, but the connectors, clamps, and other parts underneath the vehicle are still prone to corrosion.
Even if you can’t afford or don’t have time for a good wash and wax, drive your vehicle through a car wash as soon as weather conditions allow. Don’t put it off for too long. Experts say that salt is activated by heat. Leaving a salt build up on your vehicle well into spring can make the resulting damage even worse.
Ford ramps
up for Edge
Ford is adding another 400 jobs on top of the 1,000 previously announced at its plant in Oakville, Ontario, to make the new 2015 Ford Edge.
The midsize utility vehicle has been completely redone for the first time since it was introduced in 2006, which amounts to a $565 million investment.
It offers a the choice of 2-liter and 2.7-liter 4-cylinder EcoBoost engines and a 3.5-liter V6.
Air bags are
‘rocket science’
The auto industry, fed up with slow progress toward finding out why some air bags explode with too much force, has hired a Virginia rocket science company to investigate the matter.
Ten automakers whose vehicles have been recalled because of problems with Takata Corp. air bags said they have jointly hired Orbital ATK to figure out the problem. The suburban Washington, D.C., company makes rocket propulsion systems, small arms ammunition, warhead fuses and missile controls.
Air bags inflators made by Takata of Japan can explode with too much force, sending shrapnel into car and truck cabins. At least six people have been killed and 64 injured due to the problems, which surfaced a decade ago. So far, about 17 million cars and trucks have been recalled in the U.S. and 22 million worldwide to replace the inflators, but Takata has been unable to pinpoint the cause. The company has known about the problems since at least 2004.
