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Mild Winter Hurts Snowmobile, Helps ATV Sales

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

This years unseasonably warm weather is putting a hurting on snowmobile sales accross the US. This is nothing new according to Polaris and Artic Cat, who are the only two American snowmobile makers - who blame the weather for slumping sales since the late 90’s.
“The industry has been down for basically a decade straight,” RBC Capital […]

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Cheap Gas Prices

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Over at automotive.com, website owners can snatch up a really cool chart to display the current national (or even local) average gas price. It’s the first time I’ve seen such a tool, and we’re really digging it. In fact, you’re looking at the cheap gas prices in my area. Fortunately Georgia has some of the lowest gas prices […]

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Yamaha FZR600 vs Suzuki GSX-600 Katana

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

We came across a great article over at motorcycle.com about a pair of budget value’d 600cc ’sporty’ bikes. Seems that the big push for ’sport’ bikes are on the downswing and many riders are looking for something alittle more practical than a race bike - what you have are two of the major players stepping […]

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Microsoft Teams Up With Ford

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

Ford Motor Co. is planning to offer an in-vehicle communication and entertainment system from Microsoft Corp. as an option in a dozen Ford models beginning later this year and in almost all of its vehicles next year. The companies say they will debute the plan Sunday at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit confirming earlier […]

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A few years ago, an entry-level digital camera SLR with a lens cost around $1,000, which is beyond the budget of most consumers. Today, that price has dropped considerably. Nikon recently released the D40, a $600 compact digital SLR with a lens. Analyst Ross Rubin, of NPD believes that we’ll see a $500 SLR within […]

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