Apps to Help You Save Money on Road Trips
While driving can be an affordable way to travel, you can easily go over budget when enjoying a road trip. Luckily, thanks to your smartphone’s app store, you’ve got plenty of ways to save money on your travel expenses. Here’s a look at a few apps to download if you’re looking to pinch pennies on your summer vacation.
Fuel
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Fuel costs can add up quickly when you’re hitting the open road. Find the cheapest fuel with GasBuddy, an app that helps you find the lowest prices in your area. You can even pay for your gas with the app to save up to 25 cents per gallon. But the savings don’t stop there GasBuddy can also help you find discounts on parking, if you’re heading to an event. And if your passengers are feeling a little bored on the road, they can even take GasBuddy surveys to earn free fuel.
Components of an Automated Car Wash
Payment Kiosks
Even though it’s not a direct part of the car-washing process, virtually every car-washing facility. Automated car washes typically have more advanced point-of-sale units, which boast touch-screen displays that lead you through a series of menus. These kiosks will try to upsell you on fancier car-wash add-ons or future washes, so it’s a good idea to read each menu thoroughly you don’t want to get stuck with surprise charges.
Conveyor track
Once you pull into the tunnel, it’s time to switch your car off and put it in neutral. According to HowStuffWorks, a device called a correlator will align your vehicle with the conveyor track. Once it’s all lined up, an infrared sensor will measure your car and adjust the sprayers and rollers accordingly.
2021 Mazda MX-5 Miata Wins KBB 5-Year Cost to Own Award
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The 2021 Mazda MX-5 Miata recently drove home with the Kelley Blue Book Five-Year Cost to Own Award in the sports car segment. Here’s how the Miata outclassed the competition.
What does it take to win the KBB Five-Year Cost to Own Award?
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While roadsters aren’t generally considered budget-conscious vehicles, the MX-5 Miata managed to impress the judges at Kelley Blue Book. The model earned praise for its low depreciation and fuel costs, relative to other models in its segment. Similarly, the Miata earned high marks for its low maintenance and repair expenses, affordable financing fees, and generally low insurance costs during the first five years of ownership.
Ways to Keep Your Hair from Messing Up While Riding in a Convertible
Whether you’re behind the steering wheel or lounging in the passenger seat, riding in a convertible is a great way to enjoy a sunny summer day. But an ensuing problem that has plagued top-down travelers is the issue of messy hair. When that wind whips across your follicles, it sends your coiffure into chaos.
Don’t let that morning hour of meticulous styling go to waste. There are ways to keep your hair from getting messy when riding in an open convertible.
Prevent your hairdo from coming undone while driving with the top down
Underrated Car Chases: ‘Godzilla Raids Again’ (1955)
There are few fictional characters with as varied and wide-ranging a history as Godzilla. Today, the creature is most-often associated with things like monster fights, cinematic cheese, and if you’re a regular reader of
The News Wheel some silly car chases. However, not all of Godzilla’s vehicle-related escapades are goofy chuckle-fests. In fact, one of the single-best sequences from the 36 film-strong franchise involves a car chase. The film in question is 1955’s
Godzilla Raids Again.
The car chase in ‘Godzilla Raids Again’
The very first Godzilla film hit Japanese theaters in 1954, and less than a year later, a sequel had been released.