GM invited me out to Willow Springs International Raceway today for a great lunch along with the opportunity to talk with various subject matter experts and drive the following GM concept and specialty vehicles, who says girls don't love to drive fast! Here is the vehicle line up for the two day event...day one out in the HOT Mojave Desert: · 2007 Camaro Convertible ...
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Now you can manage all your automotive needs - with the click of a mouse. Register your email address on AskPatty.com's MyCarPage and get your own FREE, personalized, secure web page that helps organize all your vehicle needs and gives you money-saving opportunities. View your vehicle's maintenance schedule. MyCarPage automatically assigns the recommended maintenance schedule for your specific vehicle. View your ...
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Welcome back to our blog carnival... we have some fun cutesy kiddie blog posts today as well as some serious, girl power ones! Check out our post on "why women are annoying"... say what?! No really, keep reading and then post your rebuttals!!! According to AutoBlog, Honda markets a line of child safety seats through its dealer network, and today comes word that the automaker's going to leverage its well-known ...
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Reprinted from CarCare.org An average of 13,000 Americans are killed between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day, some a result of unperformed vehicle maintenance, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Each year, neglected maintenance leads to more than 2,600 deaths, nearly 100,000 disabling injuries and more than $2 billion in lost wages, medical expenses and property damage. Most mechanical ...
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Join us May 11th 4 – 7pm PST for our official launch party in SecondLife.com here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ride/20/204/29 Ask Patty has launched a Second Life venue on Pontiac's Motorati Island. Ask Patty's new venue is a safe place in Second Life for women to go to ask advice about car buying, selling, service, car care and repair. In the Ask Patty "Female Friendly" venue you can sit down ...
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No, seriously. Let's play a little game for a moment. If you had a check for $50,000 to spend on any vehicle, what would you buy? My pick would be either the new Toyota FJ Cruiser so I could pilot my pups around in style and keep them out of my Acura... or perhaps a MINI Cooper S with the Harmon Kardon audio system and a little supercharger. Guess what? With $50,000 I could get both! Yay! Ask Patty and our Female ...
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Reprinted from CarCare.org During the hot summer months, contaminants, such as pollen, dust, mold spores and smog, can easily enter a vehicle's passenger compartment through the air conditioning, heating and ventilation systems, making the air in the car six times dirtier than the air outside, cautions the Car Care Council. Motorists can protect themselves and their passengers from these containments by replacing the ...
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Ask Patty will be appearing on NBC iVillage Live on May 15th at 12pm EST! We are so excited about this news ladies! We want you gals to check it out and watch it live online here or watch it on your local NBC station. On the iVillage live site you can chat live while the show is airing and discuss the show right when it happens! How cool is that?! Make sure you support Ask Patty and our President Jody DeVere ...
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Tune in this morning, Friday, May 4, at 8:15am to NBCʼs The TODAY Show for an excellent segment about the dangers of blind zones behind vehicles. The information they are airing will inform millions of viewers about the dangers we all face when backing our vehicles and will show solutions so we do not have to continue to back up blind. April has been just an unimaginable month regarding the number of ...
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by Breanne Boyle It’s time for another Breanne post. No really. Y’all missed me terribly. I get it, now stop sending me eHallmark cards and boxes of chocolates as bribes to write more glorious posts! (Okay, amend that. Chocolates are still very much accepted and needed.) So I like to chronicle my forays into aftermarket installations on my Acura RSX (that’s a Type S people), and today is no ...
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