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Cars & Fuel
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Written by Tom McCain
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 12:00 |
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 As bike trails go, Indianapolis' Monon is a gem — but there are delightful trails elsewhere in the state, and they make good weekend getaways, or can be part of close-to-home vacations. Here’s a look at three that are well worth the drive time.
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Cars & Fuel
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Written by Marianne Peters
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Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:00 |
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 Do you sit at the drive-through with your engine running, even though the line isn’t moving? Does your car idle in the school pick-up lane? Do you warm up your car for 15 minutes on chilly mornings because you just can’t stand to sit on a cold car seat?
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Cars & Fuel
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 08:20 |
 Despite its long history as a fuel,
ethanol’s popularity has waxed and
waned. Since ethanol — also known as
ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol and drinking
alcohol — became a banned substance
with the advent of Prohibition in 1920,
Henry Ford’s preferred fuel fell out of
favor. It didn’t make a comeback until
the oil embargo of the ’70s, and then,
after gasoline supplies returned to normal,
was quickly forgotten until motor
fuel prices began to climb in the late
1990s...
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Cars & Fuel
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 07:02 |
 Not so long ago, scooters weren’t very common on the
American landscape. For many people in this country,
the only exposure they were likely to get to the tiny twowheelers
was by seeing them in movies filmed in crowded
European cities. (Remember Gregory Peck teaching
Audrey Hepburn how to ride a Vespa in Roman
Holiday?) Stateside, the buzzy little vehicles were a bit
too slow and Spartan to gain much acceptance.
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Cars & Fuel
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Written by Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
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Sunday, 30 December 2007 20:00 |
 When it comes to recycle, reuse and reduce, one of the state’s best business examples is Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. The Lafayette plant turns tons of metals, glass, paper, plastics and other materials into about 250,000 Outback, Legacy and Tribeca Subarus and Toyota’s Camry. However, it sends less trash to the landfill in a year than the bagful you set on the curb on any given week.
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