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New Scion tC Convertible in the Works

Christine Knowles


Just yesterday I showed you pics of the brand new 2011 Scion tC with the new evolutionary design changes inside and out.  After posting the article on our Checkered Flag Auto Group facebook page, one of our long-time fans/ contributors, Daniel Apiag, brought to my attention the existence of plans to chop the top off the new model 2011 tC and create Scion's first convertible model.

 

The future Scion tC convertible is expected to share the 2011 tC coupe's new 180-horsepower 2…
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New Design for 2011 Scion tC

Christine Knowles


Looks like the new 2011 Scion tC has undergone a facelift.  Subtle updates to the exterior and interior design are evolutionary, keeping the signature tC look intact.  While the official images have not been released, so nothing shown here is set in stone for the US model, we at least get a good idea what the latest edition of the gen-Y fave Scion tC will look like next year.  For more info including availability, or to test drive the current Scion tC, contact your Scion Virginia…
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New VW Electric Bike Takes You the Rest of the Way

Christine Knowles


Imagine you're driving along, you hit a pothole and blow out your tire.  Aside from the possibility of the pothole speaking to you in a sweet southern accident apologizing for your trouble, the next most troubling occurrence would be opening your trunk, accessing the spare tire compartment, and finding it empty.  Well now what do you do?  Volkswagen has a surprising and unique answer to that question.  Just flip open your folded, portable electric bik.e (that's really how they spell it) and scoot on over to your nearest auto parts store (I recommend any Checkered Flag location…
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Joel McHale and Ken Jeong PSA- Put a Sock on it!

Christine Knowles


I told you earlier this week about Oprah's "No Phone Zone" Day this Friday, April 30th.  Well now two more celebrities have joined the fight against texting while driving.  Although this PSA is a tad on the cheesy side, I don't mind a bit because it features my boyfriend (if only in my mind) Joel McHale, the super funny comic featured on The Soup.  Along with the politically incorrect, yet still hilarious, and featured in every single comedy written in the last two years comedian Ken Jeong.  You may recognize Ken from The Hangover, or The Goods, or…
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New 2011 Audi A7 Spy Shots

Christine Knowles


Four door coupes seem to be sprouting all around this Spring.  Check out these images of what is rumored to be the new Audi A7.  It features a pop-up down-force generating rear spoiler, leading the guys at Autoblog to suspect it may be the RS7, or high performance version of the new Audi.

  

All we know for sure is it has four doors, a sharply angled roofline, and a hatch like the Porsche Panamera.   The new Audi A7 is neither coupe, nor sedan, nor wagon- but another member of the new automotive niche shared by the VW Passat CC, which…
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Top 5 iPhone Apps for Your Car

Christine Knowles


I think I'm the last person left without an iPhone (and now an iPad too), but that doesn't mean I don't get it.  Plenty of my co-workers here at Checkered Flag swear by their iPhones.  My boss is an Apple junkie, if they make it, he has to have it.  By association, I have been learning about all the cool things that are possible with the latest technology.  Today I stumbled across this article detailing the top five automotive iPhone apps.  I tried to narrow it down a bit, but there is so much good information, well…
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FLAG FUNNY: How Women and Men Change the Oil

Christine Knowles


Some things in life are just too funny to keep to one's self.  I hope you enjoy this little bit of automotive humor as much as I did.  Here we take a look at the differences between women and men, when it comes time to change the oil.  

Women:

  1. Pull up to Service Center when the mileage reaches 3000 since the last oil change.

  2. Drink a cup of coffee.

  3. 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.

Men:

  1. Go to auto parts store and write a check for 50 dollars for oil, filter, oil…

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Don't Text and Drive- No Phone Zone Day

Christine Knowles


You can never be too careful while driving your car. While we may feel like we are more than capable of handling a motor vehicle and texting at the same time, the steeply increasing number of cell phone-related deaths says otherwise.  This Friday, April 30th is Oprah's No Phone Zone Day.  Whether you are an Oprah fan or not, I hope you'll read her thoughts behind the plan, as well as participate in the pledge to no longer text while driving.  I just signed it.  I don't regularly text while driving, but I have done it.  I…
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KBB Top Ten Greenest Cars of 2010

Christine Knowles
 

We've been telling you for a while now that Checkered Flag sells the greenest cars in Virginia.  No, we're not talking about paint color here, we're talking super high fuel economy and super low emissions which do double duty protecting your wallet, and our beautiful planet.  Kelly Blue Book released their Top Ten Green Cars for 2010 list this week, and we've got almost all of them for sale here at Checkered Flag (I told you it's where winners buy!).

 

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