A few weeks ago I talked about how to lessen your visits to the dreaded gas station. Additives were briefly mentioned as one way to keep your car running at its peak performance. I have been requested to write more about these additives, so I did s…
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Manager The other day as I was walking through the garage I stopped to watch one of our mechanics, Leslie, installing a new engine in a car. It was amazing. He had just gotten the engine block bolted in but there …
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager In the automotive world these days it is becoming trendy to fix up and keep the car you have. It is the “politically correct” thing to do in today’s economy and trend towards sustainability. This is…
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager The other day I had new brakes put on my car. If you are anything like me t he only thing you know about brakes is that you step on the little black pedal and the car stops. Also, if when stepping o…
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager All you parents have probably noticed how your lives revolve around your kids. When they were born, you gave up sleep. When they were toddlers, you gave up any kind of social life. When they starte…
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager Summers fly by and winters drag. Why is that? I have a theory about that from a woman’s point of view. Winters are cold and silent with the exception of howling winter winds and those pesky ice pel…
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager Sitting at my computer and not feeling a bit inspired to write this weeks’ blog, I find my mind wandering further and further from the task at hand. Waiting for inspiration, I admire my new pedicure …
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager My alarm clock does not ring, or buzz, or play music. It starts off with birds singing and then my very British butler, who lives in my alarm clock, announces the events of the day so far. This morn…
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager Summertime seems to bring out the ‘anything is possible’ gene in most of us. Slow, easygoing, mind renewing, exciting things that fill our days in the summer. The picnics on the beach or in a meadow…
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager How often do we consciously think about all the freedom we have in this country? Sometimes we focus on things that we are not allowed to do in our lives, like being able to quit our jobs, getting the…
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager Have you noticed, as you drive around in your dream car, how many vehicles have advertising on them? I am not talking about the big, commercial trucks. No, I mean your every day, ordinary pickups an…
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager I was talking with a customer the other day about blogs and I asked her to give me any three words and I would create a blog around them. She gave me ‘need’, ‘want’, and ‘having’. So, watch out, her…
by Colette Cooley, Cars For Keeps Office Manager Sometimes, previously owned items are a better buy with better value. For example: that soft, leather handbag with the designer label and an original price tag that could put your child through colle…
by Colette Cooley, Cars for Keeps Office Manager I was listening to a song on the radio while driving the other day that started me thinking about how life was when I was growing up. Sometimes it restores the soul to visit our childhood. Remember w…
by Colette, Cars for Keeps Office Manager Going down the list of subjects we should be talking about in our Blog, I find myself thinking about my own past experiences with my cars. For example; Driving On Ice Safely. Take one teenager driving her …
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