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Fort McMurray tow truck drivers enter busy season as cold snap continues | CBC News

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https://storage.googleapis.com/autobodyshopnearme/today/Ignition-Systems-as-well-as-Spark-Plugs.html A recent cold snap means tow truck drivers in Fort McMurray are busy trying to keep up as cars won't start or they break during extreme weather.  Nooraldean Alananzeh, the owner and sole employee of Wood Buffalo Tow & Transport, said the cold snap is when he gets busy.  Before 3 p.m. on Wednesday he had already finished five tows and boosted two cars.  On a regular day, he gets calls to do one or two tows, but in these cold temperatures he gets eight to 10. Fort McMurray is currently under an extreme cold weather warning, reaching temperatures of -36 C at night. Cars sometimes break or stop working, and Alananzeh said people are more prone to making mistakes in the winter, like leaving the lights on, locking keys in their car or forgetting to plug the car in.  This time of year is busier in general for towing companies, but Alananzeh said he gets especially busy because he's

Budgeting for car repair costs

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https://sites.google.com/view/arizona-car-maintanence-method/home Advertisement Budgeting for car repair costs Dear Dave, I am following your plan, and recently became debt-free, but I have a question. When doing a monthly budget, should I figure in a specific category for car repairs and maintenance, or just use my emergency fund? Ashleigh Advertisement - story continues below Dear Ashleigh, TRENDING: U.S. Secret Service urged to stop concealing Hunter Biden's travel Congratulations on becoming debt-free! You know, new cars, old cars and in-between cars all have one thing in common — they’ll need repairs at some point. Fixing your car is just a basic part of car ownership, and something every car owner should be prepared for. When life happens, to your vehicle or anything else, an emergency fund acts like an airbag. Only instead of keeping your face from hitting the dashboard, it keeps your finances from getting smashed up. When it comes to car repair costs, I advise crea

Here are the 10 best cars, trucks, and SUVs we tested in 2021 | Ars Technica

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https://tow-efficiently.blogspot.com/2022/01/bmw-alpina-roadster-v8-sells-for-over.html Front page layout Site theme Comment activity Sign up or login to join the discussions! Here are the 10 best cars, trucks, and SUVs we tested in 2021 Jonathan M. Gitlin - Dec 29, 2021 11:55 am UTC I can barely believe it's once again that time of year when I sit down and look through everything we drove during the last 12 months to see what stood out. And what a 12 months they've been, with a number of highly anticipated new models, including quite a few new battery electric vehicles. In fact, more than half of my top 10 are BEVs, which says good things about ever-expanding consumer options. Read on to find out what impressed in 2021. 1. Hyundai Ioniq 5 OK, I boxed myself into this corner earlier this month when I wrote a headline proclaiming that the Hyundai Ioniq 5 was the best EV we drove all year. I haven't changed that opinion in the last week, ei

Here are the 10 best cars, trucks, and SUVs we tested in 2021 | Ars Technica

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https://tow-efficiently.blogspot.com/2022/01/bmw-alpina-roadster-v8-sells-for-over.html Front page layout Site theme Comment activity Sign up or login to join the discussions! Here are the 10 best cars, trucks, and SUVs we tested in 2021 Jonathan M. Gitlin - Dec 29, 2021 11:55 am UTC I can barely believe it's once again that time of year when I sit down and look through everything we drove during the last 12 months to see what stood out. And what a 12 months they've been, with a number of highly anticipated new models, including quite a few new battery electric vehicles. In fact, more than half of my top 10 are BEVs, which says good things about ever-expanding consumer options. Read on to find out what impressed in 2021. 1. Hyundai Ioniq 5 OK, I boxed myself into this corner earlier this month when I wrote a headline proclaiming that the Hyundai Ioniq 5 was the best EV we drove all year. I haven't changed that opinion in the last week, ei