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Banning texting while driving is first step

12:25 PM Thu, Sep 30, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Massachusetts last week joined Rhode Island in banning texting while driving. Now it's up to state and local police departments to enforce the law. That's......

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Backseat Driver: 1928 Rolls-Royce, one owner

4:41 PM Thu, Sep 23, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

I'm coming late to this party, so you may have already heard about the late Allen Swift and his 1928 Rolls-Royce. If not, it's an......

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Backseat Driver: Range anxiety solved

12:56 PM Thu, Sep 23, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

The fear of getting stuck when the battery goes dead, a phenomenon known as range anxiety, is seen as a major drawback of electric cars.......

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Backseat Driver: Fs all round on Joe Iannucilli story

12:49 PM Thu, Sep 23, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Good thing Joe Iannucilli has retired from teaching. I would certainly get an F for both spelling his name wrong and misidentifying his 1940 Ford......

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Backseat Driver: Danners sell 1959 Zanders Rolls-Royce

12:28 PM Thu, Sep 23, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Debi and Dick Danner of Tiverton have sold the 1959 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith that was custom built for Roosevelt S. Zanders. Zanders was an African-American......

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Backseat Driver: Micro cars and Austin A30 memories

2:58 PM Thu, Sep 16, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

There is a world of micro cars out there that I was dimly aware of until the other day when I visited Charles Gould in......

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Backseat Driver: Memo to Jacoby - Take Volvo Green!

2:31 PM Thu, Sep 16, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Stefan Jacoby, Volvo's new CEO, wants to build cars that appeal to shoppers' emotions, according to Automotive News. "We will be upscale but will not......

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Mea Culpa: Joe Iannucelli's Ford is a 1940 coupe

2:48 PM Wed, Sep 15, 2010 | | Comments (1)
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Several of you have contacted me today to say that while you enjoyed the story about Joe Iannucelli and his former students who are restoring......

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Tasca hosting annual Mustang/Live Music event on Saturday

12:47 PM Fri, Sep 10, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Tasca Auto Group is holding its 13th annual Mustang and Live Music Event from 10am to 4pm Saturday at its dealership at 1600 Pontiac Avenue......

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Results from Lime Rock's Historic Festival 28

12:13 PM Thu, Sep 09, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

A total of 328 cars, including 34 pre-war cars, competed in 10 groups at Lime Rock Park's Historic Festival 28 last weekend. That compared to......

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Washington State Man Drives 1,400 Miles Without Refueling

10:04 AM Thu, Sep 09, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Craig Henderson of Bellingham, Wash., has built a car that gets 119.1 miles to a gallon of diesel, according to The New York Times. He......

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Steve McQueen's 1970 Porsche 911S at Lime Rock

5:14 PM Fri, Sep 03, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Murray Smith has a special treat for auto racing fans at his Sunday in the Park Concours and Car Show at Lime Rock Park on......

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China now has biggest traffic jams too!

4:35 PM Thu, Sep 02, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

Crikey Moses! I've heard of traffic jams but the 60-mile long crawl on Highway 110 between Beijing and inner Mongolia takes the biscuit. Drivers were......

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Police Crown Vics not going soon

2:33 PM Thu, Sep 02, 2010 | | Write a comment
By Peter C. T. Elsworth    Email

For years the Ford Crown Victoria has been the workhorse of police departments nationwide. But with Ford phasing out the car, potential replacements are lining......

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