Car Cleaning Tips

Are you as lazy as some of the rest of us? Do you not feel like hand washing your car all the time? There are steps you can take to keep it clean a little at a time.

10.) Don't eat in there

Why it's effective: If you can avoid eating in your car, you won't have to deal with all the wrappers, cartons, stains and crumbs that inevitably follow.

9.) Wax it occasionally

Why it's effective: It means you have to buy something and it means you have to spend some time after washing your car, but it's an investment that pays off. Waxing your car occasionally makes washing it the next time easier.

8.) Knock your shoes before getting in

Why it's effective: Wherever it snows and gets slushy, you really can't keep your car from getting dirty on the inside, but you can do a lot just by knocking your boots before you get in.

Sit down on the seat with your legs outside and knock your cold, block-like feet together. Then you just swivel in. It means your footwells won't be quite so grimy and icy.

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

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.

Pittsburgh Blues Festival

The Pittsburgh Blues Festival kicks off tonight featuring Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience.

The Pittsburgh Blues Festival, presented by Peoples Natural Gas, takes place July 20-22, 2012 at Hartwood Acres. This is the 18th year for this fundraiser, which benefits Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

The line-up of blues musicians includes a variety of blues styles, from zydeco to boogie.  The weekend begins with a Mardi Gras party. Admission to Friday (only) is FREE with the donation of a
bag of nonperishable groceries for the Food Bank, thanks to sponsors Giant Eagle, Fox 53, and WDVE 102.5 fm. Terrance Simien is billed as a fierce guardian of true Zydeco blues temming from his 8th generation Creole heritage.  Anthony Gomes will warm up the evening – a past winner of the Blueswax “Blues Guitarist of the Year” award. In past years the Food Bank has collected as much as 12 tons of food on free Friday.

The rest of the line-up is pretty classic – Canned Heat, Mavis Staples, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Bernard Allison Group, Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers, Albert Cummings and Barbara Blue. Canned Heat stormed onto the music stage as the headliner at Woodstock and became known as “kings of the boogie.” Mavis Staples, of the famous gospel family singers, is one of blues’ remaining first ladies; she won a Grammy in 2010 for her latest release You Are Not Alone. Bobby “Blue” Bland started out with B.B. King, and is the inspiration of record for dozens of today’s best blues musicians...

Read more info: http://www.pghblues.com/about.html

We Now Have The Dodge Dart!

Pleasant Hills Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram now has the all new Dodge Dart, and the Dart has certainly been a welcoming new attraction. It's sleek style, the technology inside, and 41mpg are enough to make anyone's head turn. Now Dodge is ramping up advertising with the latest commercial for the Dart aired during the MLB All-Star Game.

DigitalTrends writes:


The Dodge Dart media campaign won’t kick into high gear until September, but that hasn’t stopped Chrysler from giving us a glimpse at this hotly anticipated compact car.


The spot, which is titled “How to Change Cars Forever,” aired last night during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and kicks off the Dart’s “New Rules” ad campaign.


With the Jay-Z and Kanye West single “No Church in the Wild” bumping in the background, we’re treated to a humor-filled, rapid-fire look at what goes into designing a car from the ground up: apparently lots of coffee and little sleep. There’s even a brief cameo by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for that obligatory celeb tie-in.


“Adding a dose of fun, creative license and Dodge brand humor, [the ad] captures the meticulous process of starting with a simple idea and developing it into a revolutionary new car,” says Olivier Francois, head of marketing for Chrysler Group LLC. “[With the commercial] we wanted to provide a peek inside what it takes to bring a new car to fruition.”

Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/chrysler-preps-dodge-dart-marketing-push-during-mlb-all-star-game/#ixzz20QqYPIEF

Chrysler Car Nationals

Info from http://www.carlisleevents.com/events/chrysler-nationals/

Any Chrysler owners up for a small road trip? Each year thousands of Chrysler vehicles converge on Carlisle, PA for the Chrysler Nationals. This year should be one of the best featuring current and classic Chrysler vehicles from every era.

What is this event? 

There’s nothing quite like it anywhere in the world with over 2,100 vehicles from all eras of the Chrysler brand: classics, muscle cars, high-performance new models and more. You need to be here for: the enormous showfield - organized by year, make and model; indoor displays; kids’ activities; industry guests; car and engine giveaways; and NHRA drag racing. Interested in parts buying? Look no further! You’ll be amazed at the size of the swap meet, the variety of vendors, the car corral, and the Manufacturers Midway. Whether you prefer the A, B or E body style – this show has it all! 

For more info visit: http://www.carlisleevents.com/events/chrysler-nationals/