Sentences with phrase «car taken for»

As a temporary fix crack was sealed up with duct tape and the car taken for a spin.

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She recalls sitting on the curb outside «a bowling alley in Timbuktu» while waiting for a family to return with her car that they had taken for a mechanical inspection.

Consider that driverless cars can now take you to your destination, let you out and find a parking spot for themselves.

Drivers who take the most rides, more than 65 per week, don't need to pay for the car.

Car dealers record your mileage every single time you take your car in for serviCar dealers record your mileage every single time you take your car in for servicar in for service.

Remanufacturing involves taking older parts and reconditioning them so they can be used for cars when they eventually come in for service.

Recode obtained documents that show Uber's self - driving cars require the human standby driver to take control an average 10 times for every 8 miles of driving.

When Maoli left logistics for luxury car sales, he brought Gabriele with him and took over his first dealership, Lexus of Route 10 in Whippany, N.J. And that's when they discovered that the rarefied world of luxury autos also had a lot to learn from the hotel business.

Take, for example, No. 203, Jófogás, a Facebook Marketplace - style site, where you can find jobs or maybe even buy a car.

On her site, Fobes uses the example of a person who drives an old clunker or even takes the bus for a few years, so as to be able to afford to pay for a new car in cash.

It might be an idea for rental car companies themselves to take pictures of the before - and - after, instead of leaving the responsibility to the customer.

Substitute public transportation for a huge car payment, take on a roommate or two to reduce living expenses and brew your own morning cup of coffee instead of opting for a $ 4 cup at the local coffeehouse.

It also signed partnerships with aircraft manufacturers and real estate companies to figure out where the take off and landing sites for the flying cars could be.

Lacking a leader, «it's hard for me to be optimistic or pessimistic because I don't know if they're going to open the floodgates and take a lot of risks to rush the technology out — or if they're going to take a reasonable, rational pathway to protecting people,» said David Friedman, director of cars and product policy and analysis at Consumers Union.

Having a self - parking car (that can even scan for parking spots) not only saves time, but also takes away much of the possibility of small scratches and dents that could make you late to your meeting.

Within four years, many car companies — Tesla, Uber, and Google's Waymo, along with traditional firms like Toyota and GM — expect to offer autonomous cars that can completely take on the driving task while also monitoring the road for any obstacles under specific traffic and weather conditions.

Even if you do trust your car, take its strengths and weaknesses into account, says Tara Baukus Mello, Bankrate's Driving for Dollars columnist.

The Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday that a police Sgt. Steve Perez, a 60 - year - old man who had been on the force for 34 years, died in his patrol car after he took a wrong turn and got caught in the high water.

And, whether you rent or take your own car, you still have to pay for gas.

With the Apple Car project has underway for two years, it would somehow take the tech colossus seven years to create and market an automobile to meet what had once appeared to be Cook's expectations.

Credit report errors could take several months to clear up, so check your report well in advance of applying for a mortgage or car financing.

The connected car is now widely seen as an open platform on which you put many things and I want to take a lot of credit for the way this is being played out, with millions of dollars of investment dollars because of the work I have laid out.

I'm not really certain at the moment whether I think that smart cars or smart roads (like they're building in Atlanta) are the best bet (see Why Smart Cars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhcars or smart roads (like they're building in Atlanta) are the best bet (see Why Smart Cars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhCars Are Stupid), but, take my word for it, within three years, some of us won't have to drive ourselves anywhere.

Uber's famous free - market pricing strategy did not make an exception for Hurricane Sandy, when many New Yorkers were displaced and the cost of taking an Uber car doubled.

On most city streets, the equivalent of two car widths are taken up for parking.

As Sasa Zorovic, senior analyst for Janney Montgomery Scott, puts it, «They have phenomenal horse and buggy stuff, but we're in a world where cars are taking off.»

They took a step back in March when townhomes starting selling for more than $ 700,000 («They're not worth it,» Small says) and stopped packing the whole family into the car every weekend to tour open houses.

For relatively shorter trips, it's becoming much more desirable to simply take the car.

The days of taking out a home equity line of credit to pay for college, a new car or for someone's silence — and take a tax break on the interest — are coming to a close.

According to documents filed with the state of California, Waymo's human drivers had to take control from the automated system (called «disengagement») once for every 5,000 miles its cars drove in 2016.

Though nearly two - thirds of the individuals who took the loan used the money to pay for home improvements, a quarter used the proceeds to pay for surprise costs, including car repairs and medical expenses.

Well - publicized car hacks by researchers have shown just how easy it is for hackers to take remote control of certain car models.

Concerns about the safety of DOT - 111 tank cars date back to the mid-1990s, when the Transportation Safety Board recommended Transport Canada «take immediate action to further reduce the potential for the accidental release of the most toxic and volatile dangerous goods transported in Class 111A tank cars.»

The next time you take your car out for a spin, imagine how much more comfortable it would be if your steering wheel perfectly conformed to the shape of your hand.

For a $ 1.1 trillion industry (new and used cars), it's surprising that no one has really taken advantage of the data and data integrations from a technology standpoint.

The Kors, by contrast, have planned their journey to take a bit more than 44 hours, allowing for human and canine potty breaks, in a considerably more futuristic vehicle: the largely 3 - D printed, three - wheeled electric car dubbed the Urbee 2.

It's better when robots take over mundane tasks or drive cars for us so we can be more productive at other tasks.

Munger has since said that he thinks the adoption of electric cars will take longer than many think, but he said he has plenty of faith in Chuan - Fu, and he and Buffett have been rewarded for that.

Driverless cars can track everything from what times people leave for work to which roads they take to the location of other carpools — data that would only make the algorithm more efficient.

In the time that it takes for the driver to fully recognize that he or she is about to crash, the car is programmed to swerve into safety.

It all got me thinking about the tricky business of rebranding, and how long it takes for a car's image to catch up to its contemporary reality.

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I found out it's pretty easy to go out here and buy a car — or it used to be — for $ 35 or $ 40 and take it over here to Prolerized Steel and sell it for $ 60 after you've taken a lot of parts off of it.

Nothing I did for the rest of the trip was nearly as difficult — not hooking up or draining the waste tanks, not fixing a bad connection on the water hose, not even pulling into a crowded gas station (the thing about having a really big car towing a really big, shiny trailer is that people tend to see you, and maybe take pity, and certainly get out of your way)-- and nothing left me with such a giddy glow in the aftermath, even after I learned I'd pulled in a little bit catawampus, and our trailer listed slightly to the left.

To take that comparison a step further, is there really any difference between the way VW packaged and marketed its pollution - spewing cars to regulators and customers as «clean,» and the way financial dark wizards took lowly subprime mortgages and prettied them up for sale as Triple - A high quality securities to gullible investors?

An increasing number of youth are taking longer to achieve the typical markers of adulthood — full - time job, spouse, car, house — and it's a source of shame and anxiety for the millennials receiving assistance.

Sitting in a plane, car or train for hours does take its toll.

But as the 140 - mile journey can take four hours by car in traffic, Uber is betting that Romanians would rather fly there, especially this weekend, which is a long weekend in Romania, with banks closed on Monday for a religious holiday.

«Many consumers sign up to drive for Uber, but they shouldn't be taken for a ride about their earnings potential or the cost of financing a car through Uber,» said Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a statement.

The company is shooting for Level 4 autonomy, a designation by the SAE that means the car takes over all of the driving in certain conditions.