How Would You Like Free Gas For A Year?!

It's simple enough... FREE gas for a year... or at least close. With the Summer Clearance Event in effect you could win a $5000 grand prize gas card AND enter for a chance daily to win a $100 gas card.

There's no required purchase or payment necessary, but you must be 18 or older to apply. If you wish to enter you only have until 9/3/12! During the Promotion Period, visit http://summerclearance.honda.com and complete and submit the registration form including a valid home address. (P.O. Boxes are not permitted)

So what are you waiting for? You have nothing to lose, and $5k in free gas to gain!

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Do gas-saving devices really work?

A new study has revealed that certain "Gadgets" that are designed to stretch out your mpg may not be as reliable as consumers think... which ones can you really trust?

Garage mechanics and auto enthusiasts are likely to be familiar with a certain type of advertisement. Appearing in car magazines and throughout car-focused Internet pages, these ads offer a range of products with a similar claim: that by bolting on, plugging in or pouring Product X into your vehicle, you'll experience an amazing boost in mileage efficiency.

Mileage-boosting gadgets have been around for years, and they seem to make a comeback every time gas prices spike. While the packaging may change to fit the times, one large question hangs over these products: Do any of them actually work?

Read more:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-saving-devices/gas-saving-devices-work.htm

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Don't Put This Deal Off!

Honda put on their official Facebook page "Every college student knows a little procrastination is perfectly normal", but we have something you WON'T want to procrastinate on! It's The Honda Graduate Program.

As a student, you learned to make the most of great opportunities. Now that you’ve graduated, here’s another—the Honda Graduate Program. Your hard work has paid off. Now let Honda Financial ServicesSM (HFS) do the work to help get you into the Honda that’s right for you. 

With exclusive financing rates available on select Honda models, the Honda Graduate Program is one opportunity you definitely shouldn’t pass up.

To find out more about this program visit us online at http://www.billycrafthonda.com/ or call us at (434) 385-6045 today!

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Nature Fest 2012!

Explore - Experience - Educate. NatureFest 2012 ... a "Peak" at Nature. Presentations and guided walks with professional naturalists. Learn about bears, wildland fires, amphibians, and spiders held in the Flat Top Room at Peaks of Otter Lodge. Fun activities for kids throughout the day between Abbott Lake and the Lodge. Meet "Smokey the Bear".

Special evening program features Raptors of Virgina - with live owls and hawks in the amphitheater behind the Visitor Center. Star gazing in the Nature Center Parking area following the evening program.

For more information call the Peaks of Otter Visitor Center: 540-586-4496 or visit: http://www.wset.com/story/19218529/buzzing-week-of-aug-6-friday-cheers-naturefest-beer-festival

Event Listing From: http://www.discoverlynchburg.org/upcoming_events_in_lynchburg_and_central_virginia

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30 Year Old Civic Finally Passes Away

"I'm not getting a new car," Ettling told the New York Daily News. "I need time to heal."

That was (former) Civic owner Harry Ettling's response when asking when he planned on getting a new car after his Civic which he had gladly owned for 30 years and driven 170,000 city miles in finally gave up the ghost.

Autoblog wrote the following:

Few cars get the eulogy they deserve after a life of serving us.

But one 1982 Honda Civic was put to rest last week in Inwood, NY, and got a junkyard sendoff worthy of a lifelong friend.

Riddled with rust, the battered and buckled Honda made its way in a New Orleans-style funeral under its own power along Seaman Avenue near 207th Street, where the car had called home for 30 years. Known as "Bluey" for its once sky blue exterior, the car's owner, Harry Ettling, said he was scrapping Bluey out of fear his feet would push through the floor. Of course, from the looks of it, you could push a finger through any of its quarter panels as well.

Through the years, Bluey survived a three-car accident in the '80s and then was flipped by rioters in Washington Heights in 1992. But Ettling always got his Civic up and running again and kept on driving her. In the end, the hatchback had 170,000 miles on its odometer – which may not impress some, but 170,000 New York City miles is like 500,000 country miles.

Read more of this touching story: http://www.autoblog.com/2012/08/06/ny-neighbors-turn-out-to-mark-passing-of-30-year-old-honda-civic/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook&fb_source=message

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Keeping Your Car Clean

One of the best ways to protect your car and its paint is to clean it regularly. Dust build up is rusts best friend, and when you mix constant dirt, water, and heat the results can be bad.

It's not just the outside that deserves a good cleaning, but the inside too. Let's face it, we're all a bit lazy and that's probably why some of our cars look the way they do.

So to keep your car looking new we have some awesome tips from Jalopnik and don't worry... these work well even for the lazy.


3.) Every time you leave, take something out


Suggested By: mcdbrendan, Right Foot to Boxer, BrtStlnd


Why it's effective: There are three cleaning regimens that will keep your car clean. Each one requires a different degree of diligence, but they all work.


Every time you stop for gas, reach into all the cubby holes and pull out the trash so you can throw it out.


Every time you stop and get out of your car for any reason, grab all the trash in your car.


If you stop and your car already looks clean, look around for one thing in your car that doesn't strictly need to be there and take it out.


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2.) Make a routine for washing


Suggested By: TimTim, Jstas


Why it's effective: There's no quick fix to keeping your car washed regularly. You have to either set up a schedule for taking your car to a carwash, or you need to start a routine for washing your own car.


Mark it out on your calendar and use the two-bucket method. One bucket has clean water and the other bucket is soapy. Scrub your car clean, soap it up, then wash it all off from the top down. Stay regimented and your car won't ever stay dirty.


Video Credit: Ben Bunch


1.) Keep it clean so it stays clean


Suggested By: horspowr1001


Why it's effective: The easiest way to keep your car from getting dirty is to clean it once and make sure it stays that way. Once it's clean, it's easy to keep it clean, as reader horspowr1001 explains:


Read more: http://jalopnik.com/5922778/ten-easy-ways-to-keep-your-car-clean

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