Posts Tagged ‘vehicle’
Photo & Review by Stu Wright When I asked the press fleet manager what kind of vehicle was coming here for testing this week, he answered, “Soul, man”, and it brought to mind one of my favorite old songs by Sam & Dave – “Soul Man”. It was co-written by Isaac Hayes, of “Shaft” fame, [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright Lexus has been in a position to offer the most popular luxury SUV since its introduction in 1998. My latest test car was the RX450h hybrid model available since 2009. It came in Stargazer Black metallic paint and featured saddle tan leather seating for five. This was a loaded RX, [...]
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Photos and Review by Stu Wright The GMC Yukon XL is a version of the General Motors (GMC/Chevy) Suburban that has been around since 1935. In fact, several manufacturers offered a “suburban” for years, but GM landed an exclusive trademark on the name in 1988. For the 2007 model year, GMC rolled out the latest, [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright When I was in the Air Force and living in Florida, I owned a 1968 Fiat 850 Spider roadster, a reclamation project that was pretty rusty when I bought it and had it painted. I rammed up and down the Space Coast in it, and even drove alone to [...]
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by Stu Wright This past week I was presented a new Chevy Equinox crossover to test. It was painted Tungsten metallic (dark bronze) with a light titanium and black leather interior. The combination resulted in a lot of compliments during the week, although personally I’m a fan of red, white or black vehicles. Chevrolet was [...]
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Photos and Review by Stu Wright This past week in Illinois I was presented an Infiniti FX35 to drive around the state. Ruth and I picked it up at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and set sail to the Northwest towards Rockford. Our ultimate destination was Galena, Illinois, an old lead mining town that is [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright This past week I received for review a new Nissan pickup, the Frontier 4×4 four-door crew cab. Nissan, formerly Datsun, has been in business for 98 years (since 1914), and is now the sixth largest vehicle manufacturer in the world. The company name was derived from the three founders’ [...]
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Two weeks after a red car is stolen from a Colorado Springs apartment parking lot, it appears outside a hotel east of Fort Collins. Several hours of undercover surveillance pass, but there’s no sign of the thief. Larimer County sheriff’s deputies fan out, some knocking on hotel-room doors while others wait near the exit of [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright Infiniti’s extensive lineup of 13 models provides a vehicle for pretty much anyone’s taste, and in the middle of the group lies the EX35 compact crossover. Infiniti, the luxury division of Nissan Motor Company, has been selling automobiles in America since 1989, when the company introduced the Q45 and [...]
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Photos and Review by Stu Wright I was pretty excited this last Monday about receiving the Infiniti luxury SUV for testing. The QX that arrived represented the second year of the third generation of QX56’s, and is the biggest Infiniti to date and first to be built in America. It’s Q lettering comes from [...]
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Photos & Review by Stu Wright This past week I was presented for review a new Nissan Xterra, the compact SUV that has been in production for about twelve years. Nissan, formerly Datsun, has been in business for almost 100 years (1914), and is now the sixth largest auto manufacturer in the world. I actually [...]
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Staff Reports – At 7:33 PM Sunday evening (3/25/12) firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 2699 47th Av (Weld County Garage) in Greeley on a fire alarm. Upon their arrival, responding fire crews found the fire alarm system activated and no signs of fire from the outside of the building. Upon gaining [...]
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Review & Photos by Stu Wright Last week in Phoenix I was able to test drive a 2012 Infiniti SUV, courtesy of PageOneAuto of Chandler, Arizona. Carrie Owens, of POA, was nice enough to have the vehicle waiting at Sky Harbor airport for my visit to the Valley of the Sun where Ruth and I [...]
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Administation has to subsidize “green” technologies to get consumers to purchase by Peter Grady – While the President is making a huge push for “green” energy over traditional methods such as gas and oil, a report from Danish wind turbine giant, Vestas, reveals the plant is not as “green” as everyone may think. The facility [...]
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When the NOAA announced the results of its acidic study of the oceans last spring, I asked one simple question, “You claim the oceans are more acidic now than they have been in 800,000 years and it is due to human, specifically American, activity. Where was the human population that caused the acidic level to [...]
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by Peter Grady – At least 22 people were killed after a series of car bombs went off in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and surrounding areas. Three car bombs went off on Monday with one going off near a police vehicle in al-Shaab, a Shiite neighborhood. The bomb killed three policemen and four [...]
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The Scion xB By Stu Wright Toyota Motor Corporation decided in the late 90’s that they had a desire to market more vehicles to young Americans, and thus started a division called Scion. Scion means “descendant”, and the goal was to create a new car within a car company, and the original models put [...]
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Drunk cops, Superintendent Lang, Congressman “tar baby”By Mike Bauman – Two Aurora police officers went afoul of the law in Wyoming last week. Goshen County (Torrington) Wyoming Sheriff’s office was notified of a marked Aurora Police vehicle that was speeding, using its emergency equipment to pass other vehicles and throwing trash out of the windows. [...]
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by Vanessa Dominguez – Due to new legislation, vehicles in Colorado are subject to an emissions test. Although there is no solution to help you with another tax, oops, ‘fee’ increase, a few self-checks on your vehicle will help assure your vehicle will pass the test the first time. Air Care Colorado provides tips for ensuring [...]
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by James Courant – In the midst of a nationwide economic downturn, the City of Evans will ask its voters this fall for a property tax increase. The proposed increase is needed to fund the new Evans Fire Protection District as a replacement for the current city fire department. The [...]
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Ritter, now Mead, Wy. Gov, increase new requirementsIf you haven’t renewed you vehicle registration yet this year, you will soon learn that Weld County car owners have to hand government another fistful of their money. This time it goes for “Clean Air Clean Jobs”. That’s the “name” former governor Ritter gave the legislation formally known [...]
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Click below for pictures of itemsPress Over the past five weeks an investigation into an organized theft ring has been ongoing with initial arrests coming this past weekend resulting in two search warrants and a substantial recovery of property taken in numerous vehicle trespass cases in the Greeley area. The Greeley Police Department Special Enforcement [...]
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By Stu WrightThe 2011 Subaru Forester was delivered to my house on Monday and I immediately headed to Cheyenne for lunch and an appointment. The model that I had control of was the 2.5XT Touring, Subaru’s top of the line Forester. Leather-trimmed seating was a pleasure to the senses, as was the Spark Silver metallic [...]
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By Air Force Master Sgt. Cheresa D. Theiral, Colorado National Guard Public Affairs Remains of a green sedan following a fiery, one-car crash on Airport Road in Aurora, Colo., March 6, 2011. Seven Soldiers and Airmen rescued two victims from the burning car. The group was composed of Colorado National Guardsmen and Army Reservists [...]
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If your car was in good working order, would it make sense to have it fixed anyway? The government is trying to fix something that isn’t broken by forcing costly and time-consuming vehicle emission tests on residents of Weld and Larimer county. The program is taking money from Larimer and Weld county families to fund [...]
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Auto Review By Stu Wright The Chevy Malibu nameplate was rolled out in the 1960’s when the Chevelle was in need of a new, upgraded subseries. It was named after the beachfront community in SoCal and featured patterned cloth seats, carpeting, and a dressier steering wheel. The Chevelle Malibu SS’s that were produced from 1966 [...]
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Staff Reports On March 5, 2011, Evans Officers,with the assistance of; the Evans Fire Department, Union Colony Fire Department and the Weld County Sheriff’s Office, evacuated the area in the 4000 block of Phlox Lane in the Ridge subdivision for several hours. At approximately 1010 hours, a deceased 36-year old male was found in his [...]
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By Mike Bauman The following fugitives represent Weld County’s Most Wanted. Rewards may be offered for information leading to their capture. Anyone with information on the fugitives listed here, or any other person who has a warrant pending for their arrest, are encouraged to call 970-304-6565 24 / 7 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS or [...]
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by Vanessa DominguezScott Walker may have had a mental slip or imagined he was in a video game that required shooting, stealing, and dodging police. On Tuesday, December 28th, he abandoned his semi on 47th Avenue and 29th Street in Greeley and began yelling at passing motorists, all while carrying a gun in his hand. [...]
by Vanessa Dominguez Texting, talking, and even e-mailing while driving has become an increasingly dangerous day-to-day event that most engage in frequently. According to a recent news story published by KKTV, last year 6,000 teens died as a result of texting while driving. In surveys, as many as two out of every three people admit to [...]
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Red warning lights on dashboard disqualify Story and photo By Jack Minor Vehicle emissions tests are nothing new to Weld County residents however, there are some things different about the new inspections. Previous inspections simply involved bringing your vehicle in and having the test performed with a sensor in the tailpipe while the engine idled [...]
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by Vanessa Dominguez 43-year-old Deputy Sheriff Sam Brownlee was shot and killed after a high speed pursuit that ended at Cave Creek subdivision in Evans. The suspect, 20-year-old Rueben Reyes, was being chased by police after reports of a domestic dispute. He stole a vehicle and led several law enforcement agencies on a high pursuit [...]
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Story and Photo By Jack Minor When school districts stopped offering Drivers Education courses, Duane Anderson saw a need and an opportunity. Anderson taught Drivers Ed at Greeley West for eight years and driving safety at Aims for a year before he felt the need to start a professional driving school to help teenagers become [...]
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Story and Photo By Jack Minor The most contentious of the proposals on this year’s ballot are three items that, if passed, will change the way governments raise revenue and budget for items. Supporters say it will force government to run leaner and make them more beholden to the people for spending increases, while critics [...]
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By Vanessa Dominguez Rescue workers were called The Greeley Mall Saturday after a truck drove through a store window. There were reports of multiple people being pinned in, under, and around the vehicle following the collision. The incident occurred at Vision Works, an eyeglass store in the mall. The vehicle, a 2000 Chevy 4×4 seemed [...]
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