Can 50cc Scooters Save You Time and Money?

By Donald Mihajlov

Money is something that we are all looking for these days and we are trying to save it any way we can. Realistically, one of the larger costs that we all have each and every week is the cost of filling up our gas tanks. Depending upon what kind of car you have and how far you have to travel, you could be spending as much as $150-$200 a week just on gasoline. You are exactly the person that needs to start looking at 50cc scooters as an alternative to firing up that big engine all the time.

If you have a long commute to work, there is no way getting around the fact that you have to have a car. But what about when you are just running errands in the city on short trips? Is there really any need to use the gas guzzler and add another bill to the growing stack? Now you are adding another tank of gas to something that is already draining you. Get on a 50cc scooter and get up to 100MPG! Imagine how much cash that will put in your pocket by the end of the year.

Think about the parking situations that you usually run into when you are in the city. Streets are blocked in and there isn't anywhere to put your ride. Now you have to park a mile away from where you need to be or you have to pay for a spot on a lot. Now look at how small that 50cc scooter is and there are plenty of spaces to squeeze it into. It's just another reason to consider buying 50cc scooters.

Now picture New York City at the height if rush hour and traffic that is bumper to bumper. Wouldn't it be nice not to have to sit behind a hundred cards just to get around the corner? A 50cc scooter is much more maneuverable than a car and those traffic jams will be a thing of the past.

Finally, think about the costs of insurance and how much it costs to maintain your car from all the wear and tear that city driving causes. When you really look at it, traveling around on a scooter just makes sense. You save both time and money and there isn't a person alive that doesn't want to do that. - 21392

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Learning the History of IH and Locating Your Own International Scout For Sale

By Jason Sparks

When you think of International, you likely think of tractors, trucks, and, the legendary Scout. As the years roll by, finding an International Scout for sale in good condition has become quite a challenge. While the company itself has closed shop, leaving other companies to pick up production of its vehicles, International classics are still very much sought after by collectors and enthusiasts. You can't deny the impact that International Harvester has had on the automotive industry, the sturdy International trucks or even the International scouts for sale were not the first products turned out by the company. The first thing to roll of the production line was farming equipment.

The roots of International Harvester are mired in the agricultural industry. The International Harvester Company was born in 1902 as the result of a merger between the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the Deering Harvester Company, and three other small farming equipment companies. International's first product lines included several types of tractors and other farming equipment, but in 1907, with the introduction of the International Harvester wagon, history took a turn. International was now competing against other automotive manufacturers with this move to produce light trucks, and it found itself in the ring with powers such as Ford and, eventually, Jeep. International's last light truck was produced in 1975 after a wild ride that changed the course of automotive history.

The First International Scout for sale, the Scout 80, entered the picture in 1961. The Scout was a direct competitor for the Willys Jeep and possessed many of the same features. However, where the Jeep offered a boxy body and military styling, the International Scout was rugged and pared down in comparison. Throughout the years, as other models were introduced, the Scout underwent a number of facelifts and changes.

The International Scout 800 took over for the 80 in late 1965 and continued through 1968. The International Scout 800 was designed with driver and passenger comfort in mind, and introduced features such as bucket seats, an improved heating system, and even optional back seats. The International Scout 800A was introduced in 1969 and improved upon its predecessor by offering a quieter Dana 20 transfer case, a heavier rear axle and an optional 304 V-8. In 1971, the 800B came onto the market, but was replaced within the year with the International Scout II.

Throughout the following years, International introduced various models of the International Scout II, and continued to manufacture a variety of trucks. Despite increases in sales, it was evident that the company wasn't generating adequate profit to sustain itself. The company fought valiantly against a struggling economy while facing internal conflicts, but a worker's strike in 1979 was the last straw, and International found itself in financial crisis. The strike continued for almost six months, costing International Harvester nearly $600 million. Today that value would be closer to $2 billion. The die was cast. As 1981 dawned, it was evident that the company's problems were serious. In November 1984, International Harvester sold the agriculture division to Tenneco, Inc., signaling the beginning of the end. The company sold its name and the IH symbol along with the division. This would be the last time to see a International Scout for sale directly from the company.

The company retained ownership of its truck and engine divisions, and in 1986 Harvester started anew with a name change to Navistar International Corporation. To this day, Navistar manufactures school buses, engines medium trucks and heavy duty trucks under the brand name International.

It will take some patience, but using the tools available online, you will be able to find that perfect International Scout for sale. The legend continues. - 21392

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Is it a good idea to buy the car you have been leasing?

By Harvey Williams

As those who are used to contract hire vehicles know, at the end of the term usually 36 months the finance company will make arrangements to collect the vehicle. It may be possible to purchase the car you have been using but it will not normally be offered for sale, you need to ask for a price. Will the finance company offer you the car at a bargain price?

Probably not, what they will usually do is make an assessment as what they think they will get in the trade, which is usually on the optimistic side and then take a price between that and the retail price of the car. They presumably work on the basis that as you are not a trade buyer, they have no reason to offer it to you at trade price.

If you are interested in buying your ex contract hire car maybe for a member of your family, bearing in mind they are unlikely to do anything special on the price, does it represent a good deal? Well it does have its advantages, in that there is a lot be said for perhaps one of your children driving a car where you know the vehicle's history from new. For example you will know that it hasn't been in any major accidents and that any less serious body damage has been repaired satisfactorily at the main dealership.

Although they should not, it is not unheard of for the hirers of contract hire vehicles to have damaged bodywork repaired at a local garage rather than the main agent. Sometimes this can affect the anti corrosion warranty. If the finance company becomes aware of this on the vehicles return, it can be costly for the hirer.

How will the finance company dispose of your car if you do not buy it? Different companies have different policies when it comes to selling their vehicles, some are now using EBay, which seems to be working quite well. As a general rule, they will be disposed of through the trade most commonly at auctions.

Of course if you wanted to buy your own vehicle at a potentially lower price, which you almost certainly would if they are disposed of through the auctions, you would have to know where that particular company disposes of their cars, which would be difficult.

You could consider going to an auction and buying an ex lease vehicle, although it wouldn't be the same as buying the vehicle you have been driving for the past two or three years and its warranty probably would have expired, which makes it rather more risky than buying the car you know.

At almost all auctions you will see private buyers bidding for cars, although auctions are designed for the trade. Those in the trade who buy at auctions sometimes make mistakes but private buyers make an awful lot more. Some ex contract hire vehicles are sold "with no major defects" and some are "sold as seen". If they are sold as seen that doesn't necessarily mean the vehicle has any faults, some companies sell all their vehicles in this way. Conversely if it is sold with no major defects it does not necessarily mean there are not any, it is essential to check the vehicle out. The car can be rejected within a certain time scale.

One of the pitfalls for private buyers at auctions is that they get carried away and have a tendency to bid far too much for vehicles, knowing when to stop is vital. Trade buyers know roughly what they can sell a car for and what it is going to cost them to clean it up and put a warranty on the vehicle, so significantly overpaying for a car is not an option; particularly when you take into account that as soon as the next month Glasses Guide comes out the car will almost certainly have dropped in value.

Overall ex lease cars can be quite a good buy, particularly if you can find one that is being sold after 24 months; it means it will usually have a further year warranty, so you would have little to worry about in terms of the mechanical condition of the vehicle, because it would be covered by the warranty. Most warrantees have the option to renew them on an annual basis, up until the vehicle has done 100,000 miles but there are some exceptions to this.

Do make sure that you check the service history, because if the hirer has forgotten to carry out a service and the leasing company has not picked up on it, it could invalidate the warranty. Also be aware that at auction "no major mechanical defects" usually means major components like engine and gearbox etc; the vehicle could have a reoccurring electronic problem that probably would not be covered. In summary buying your own car at the end of the term is probably the safest bet. - 21392

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Save Money On Gas at Any Price Level

By Dan Patterson

Gas prices nationwide continue to go up and down. It wasn't all that long ago that prices were around $4 a gallon, and now we're seeing prices above $2 again.

So let me ask you this: did you make any changes to your driving and gassing up habits when prices were high? Are these habits still helping you save money on gas now that prices are lower than what they were? If not, why not?

We are creatures of habit, and I would assume that most people just went back to their old habits when the prices went down. But now the prices are starting to creep up again just like they do every spring. Are you one of those that made permanent changes, or are you getting worried again?

If you have found any products (such as gas additives) or techniques that have helped you to save money, why wouldn't you continue to do those things? Or were you just doing them because it was in style and cool to do so?

No matter what the price level it's still saving me money! If I can save 12% on my gas, it doesn't matter what the current price of gas is. 12% is still 12%, whether it's 12% of $4.00 gas or 12% of $2.00 gas.

Will you continue to use a good gas additive product, inflate your tires, or do the other tips and tricks you may have learned to save money, or will you throw all of that out the window if prices go down? Only you can decide what you're going to do, but I would encourage you to make some permanent changes to save money.

It is a personal decision that all of us will have to make. And honestly, there may not be a right answer to this one. But I hope that enough of us learned from these high gas prices that we will know what to do if and when something like this happens again. - 21392

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Iron and iron alloy enterprises in China from the U.S. "double reverse" enquiry

By Zou himfr

Steel charges in China from the U.S. "double reverse" review, trade items of 20 billion oil pipe blocked.

April 16, China Steel Structure Association, the Secretary-General took air journey to a agency pipe Huangshi, Hubei Province, escorted by Tianjin Pipe Group's older leadership. They have, Baosteel, Panzhihua Iron and Steel, Anshan Iron and Steel and numerous other enterprise bosses furthermore have come to the Yellowstone.

The intent of their visit is a total enterprise of evaluates to deal with the United States the "double reverse" lawsuit.

April 8, seven U.S. oil pipe constructing enterprises iron alloy employees amalgamation and the United States on China's trade items to the United States oil pipe (OCTG) to the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against "anti-dumping" and "countervailing" litigation. Proceedings up to the allowance of 2.7 billion U.S. dollars. This reporter has wise that the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 8 in the day, directly commenced a "double reverse" review, the bureau has set up a 6-member group, encompassing bosses, economists, accounting and so on.

If the file successfully, it will be the United States since 2006, launched the first of China's 14 "double-anti-" The survey, which is "Obama" after the Government first took office in mainland China for the "double reverse" complaints.

Emergency reply

"This very distinctly is trade protection." Kong ling-ming said, "We are geared up to direct enterprises to energetically replying to the prevailing configuration of the enterprises are, will be turned over to the Ministry of Commerce recently."

April 17 Xinye in Hubei Iron and Steel Group at the "Encounter" by the China Iron and Steel Industry Association, and participants with the case is one of 14 representatives of the Chinese steel and hard metal enterprises.

Despite including Baosteel, Anshan Iron and Steel, Panzhihua Steel and Tianjin Pipe Group and other representatives of large steel enterprises, but in fact, with the "double reverse" case of the enterprises involved in iron and steel enterprises to small and medium-sized exporters. "To the participants to discuss measures the size of 14 enterprises are relatively large, in the United States exports a large quantity of business. The case involves the fact Chinese enterprises reached 212 iron and steel enterprises." Import and export of China Steel Industry Association of one who revealed to reporters.

Ministry of Commerce of China in addition attaches many value to begin an examination in the United States after the first time the Ministry of Commerce distributed a reply to the incident. "First quarter of this year, China's steel and hard metal yield trade overseas quite large decline in rate of trade overseas size down 55%, steel and hard metal enterprises have ran into more difficulties. In this context, the U.S. development grievances request, it should be said out of date. "YAO Jian, spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce said," We will carry on to pay alertness to 'dual' of the improvement of the case and take advantageous achievement in response. "

Baoshan Iron and Steel Group of the Ministry of Justice said they had accepted the U.S. government conveyed the questionnaire.

It is described that, ITC will be May 26 before the end of the initial enquiry and on June 2 broadcast the outcomes of the initial investigation.

Regret and concern

"For the United States' dual 'investigation, we have conveyed lament, but furthermore were under immense force, which will undoubtedly be supplementing enterprises." Tianjin Pipe Group Marketing liu jian said.

China's steel exports to the United States is the main varieties of steel. 2008, China's oil product pipe exports to the United States has reached about 3.2 billion U.S. dollars, equivalent to more than 200 billion yuan. And steel exports to the United States, more than half of all steel products. U.S. companies that the average dumping margins as high as 80.72%. Reporter from the China Iron and Steel Association's website that the U.S. steel market demand of about five million tons, China's steel mills accounted for about 2.2 million tons, valued at an estimated 2.7 billion U.S. dollars.

However, in liu jian, the United States against Chinese iron alloy enterprises enterprises the "double reverse" the accusation because the United States output of oil pipe goods to defend their household market "under the pretext of" it. According to him, the topic of iron alloy trades from China is that the reality of organising and consignment lag time span, often when the market demand of the items set to in a couple of months after that, then the market has dropped.

"The U.S. iron alloy commerce in the economic urgent position, the U.S. oil and gas drilling undertaking has been in the doldrums, the U.S. iron alloy output enterprises a large deal of inventory, considerably decreased the demand, which makes many of the U.S. iron alloy commerce faces difficulties." Kong ling ming notified reporters said that the United States over the past 9 months a large number of trades from China have become the new oil pipe supply, which is the United States iron alloy businesses filed the direct origin of complaint.

In detail, since the second half of 2008 the worldwide financial position to worsen, metal and iron alloy trade items to China has shown a fast decline. Customs facts and numbers display that in January 2009, China exported 1.91 million tons of iron alloy, a record 35 months since the reduced capacity of China's iron alloy trade items, dropped more than 50.

China Iron and Steel Association said previous that the applicable persons, "China's iron alloy trade items this year, very grave situation." Decline in international iron alloy demand as well as the cost of RMB admiration on China's iron alloy trade items to boost the influence of the great. Some enterprises trade items to none for some months.

Well-known skilled population in the steel and hard metal xu xiang chun said that, one time lost in China, China's hard metal will be to inflict high anti-dumping responsibilities, the charge superiority will finish to survive, that rudimentally means that the Chinese hard metal market will have to extract from the United States.

"20 billion yuan hard metal trade overseas obstructed, it can be said is a very large scale." Kong lin ming said with emotion.

The "double reverse" Obama is the investigation since he took office, the U.S. government launched China's first "double reverse" survey. "The rapid start, shows that the Democratic Party after the ruling hard-line trade policy." I do not want to be named, the long-term study of Sino-US trade relations expert, told reporters.

Prior to that, Obama has been the Government to other trading partners, launched the two "double reverse" investigation, respectively, for Indonesia and China Taiwan retail cloth bag, Argentina and South Korea's anti-nickel Pistons, while China's steel industry for the "double reverse" Obama has been investigating the Government's third move. "This year's anti-dumping, countervailing the prosecution will be greatly increased over previous years." The experts said.

Xu xiang chun trust that with the shrinking of the worldwide hard metal market, will advance the number of comparable problems. China ought study to use global trade controls, security of China's own interests. At present, confidential subdivision tiny and medium-sized oil pipe mostly decentralized goods produced scope for, we ought work concurrently to configuration a reply to the lawsuit. - 21392

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