Proper car care is an important aspect of owning a vehicle. Many people who buy a new car or even a used car do not realize all that is involved in taking care of such an expensive investment that becomes a very important part of our daily lives. We are often so busy with other things that we forget to do some of the simple things that help ensure our vehicle runs smoothly. In these cases, routine vehicle maintenance, car troubleshooting, and taking extra precautions to protect the car’s interior can become a burden. However, taking a little extra time to care for your car can save you money and protect its value should you decide to sell it.

Even if you got your car at a bargain price or paid very little for it through a used car dealer, routine maintenance can help keep your car on the road and prevent you from being stranded. These steps can also protect you and your family from the unwanted disaster of an accident or collision in some cases.

Cleaning both the interior and exterior of your vehicle is very important. Aside from the fact that riding in a dirty car can be less enjoyable, regular car washes help protect paint and other coatings. Cleaning the windshield is also a very important aspect of this. Making sure the windshield is clear and visibility is not obstructed means you’ll be better able to evade potential hazards. Every time you refuel, or before you head out in the morning, take the time to clean your windshield. To reduce streaking, use vinegar and wipe with newspaper. If you’re going on a long trip, be sure to check your windshield washer fluid levels before you leave. In colder temperatures, it is also important to check that the washer fluid does not freeze.

To best protect your car, park inside a parking lot or under a driveway whenever possible. In addition to protecting the exterior of your vehicle from the elements, parking your car inside can also make starting in cold weather easier.

Routine maintenance and prevention are very important not only for the value of your car, but also for safety and performance. Don’t ignore minor problems that may arise with your vehicle, as it is often these small problems that can lead to bigger problems down the road.

Metal and mineral mining is a growing industry, especially in Africa, offering job opportunities for metallurgists to work in various roles. The positions are well paid as metalworkers are required to have at least a degree from an accredited university or college. Preferred qualifications are a Bachelor’s degree in Extractive Metallurgy or Metallurgical Engineering or BSc. in Chemical Engineering with a mention in Mineral Processing. This is not a profession where candidates can learn the skills required on the job, although experience can be gained throughout your career by broadening your exposure to different types of work in the mines.

The type of work they do.

The most common metallurgical roles include project management, consulting, technical or site management, and research. For example, at a mine he/she would be expected to:

• Design work programs and manage all metallurgical tests both internally and with service providers and external laboratories.
• Work with senior team to review and evaluate technical solutions.
• Liaise with geologists and other technical personnel to ensure the most appropriate metallurgical solution is understood and employed
• Constantly reassess metallurgical performance

At the middle management level, as a project manager, you would coordinate daily mining activities, manage quality control, and generally ensure a smooth operation. Mining companies look for a minimum of 5 years of experience before sending these types of managers to mines located in remote locations. At the highest level, metallurgists can become mine managers, including coordinating all operations, staffing, managing the site itself, selecting the mining process, and solving operational problems and commercial.

foster a career

Metallurgists with higher education and extensive experience in many technical processes become professional consultants or researchers, whether they work directly for a large mining company or for a consulting firm contracted by it. Your role may be advising clients on process engineering, performing cost analysis, or budgeting. They may also get involved in environmental impact assessments, HSEQ and social responsibility. The mining industry is constantly updating its extraction and waste management methods to remain profitable and needs researchers to continue exploring new methods and processes. Pay levels vary based on work experience, area of ​​expertise and the location where they are posted.

Some of the personal attributes needed to be successful in this field are being a good team player, having a high level of interpersonal communication skills, and being able to express yourself in writing. A good knowledge of French is often requested when an African position is offered. Due to the inhospitable locations and remoteness from the mines, most positions attract single people or more mature staff who do not have children in school.

Diesel fuel is made from crude oil, a non-renewable resource. Biodiesel fuels are characterized as diesel substitutes, but not all biodiesel fuels are clean and renewable. Renewable biodiesel can be made relatively easily from used vegetable oil.

Other possible sources include locally grown cellulosic materials such as switchgrass, straw, hemp, and algae. The number B indicates how much biodiesel is in the mix. For example, B2 is 2 percent biodiesel, 98 percent petroleum; B100 is 100 percent pure biodiesel with no petroleum. Diesel trucks, cars, and farm equipment can run entirely on properly filtered vegetable oil in small, makeshift settings without petroleum-derived power sources. The potential also exists to heat buildings with biodiesel fuels.

the politics of ethanol

Ethanol is defined as an alcohol obtained from the fermentation of certain carbohydrates such as cereals, molasses, starches or sugars. US ethanol, whether made from corn or soy, is dependent on continued use of oil and reportedly uses more oil than is saved by the final product itself. In addition, conventional corn and soybeans are likely to be genetically modified and rely on chemical fertilizers and pesticides, which are also petroleum products. The energy source that creates, refines, and distributes biodiesel fuels must also be clean and renewable.

In 2004, Congress passed the Creating America’s Jobs Act, which included a subsidy to oil companies and agribusinesses (such as Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill) of 51 cents per gallon of ethanol. In 2005, oil companies received direct deductions from their taxes – more than two billion dollars – for blending around four billion gallons of ethanol.

Clean and renewable options

There are claims that Brazil has achieved self-sufficiency in clean energy with biodiesel fuel from homegrown sugarcane. However, ecologist and geneticist Dr. David Suzuki is skeptical of those characterizations. He argues that Brazil does use oil to produce its biodiesel, even though the oil is not imported. He also warns that Brazil could be destroying rainforests to plant more sugarcane. Therefore, biodiesel from sugarcane does not currently appear to be clean or renewable.

A history of renewable energy in the United States includes windmills, widespread use of passive solar power in Pasadena, California in the early 20th century, development of the electric automobile around 1913, extensive and efficient electric train and streetcar systems throughout the country (which could have been modified to run on more renewable energy sources), and methane captured from septic systems to generate electricity. The details of the dismantling of these technological innovations by competing corporate interests are daunting.

The government has a role

Congress continues to ignore conservation savings while subsidizing dirty, nonrenewable energy sources like oil and coal. Coal often depends on mining processes that destroy ecosystems, and coal-fired plants emit toxins like mercury. Supporters of nuclear power characterize it as clean and advocate huge government subsidies for nuclear plants. But opponents argue that any power source that can’t be safely placed in someone’s backyard, such as nuclear waste, is unacceptable.

Although the US Department of Energy and the US Environmental Protection Agency sponsor contests and presentations that highlight renewable energy, green buildings, and sustainable communities, these innovations receive little direct incentive from the federal government.

Significant economic benefits of clean, renewable energy include lower energy bills for homes, schools, and businesses; white and blue collar jobs; reduced health care and environmental cleanup costs; and increased revenue for state and local governments from these additional jobs and savings.

Technology alternatives deserving of government subsidies include clean mass transit systems, plug-in electric vehicles (parts of New York are using plug-in garbage trucks), passive solar, photovoltaic cells, geothermal heating and cooling, small-scale windmills, and Solid waste management. green roofs and locally raised biomass food and fuels on small organic farms (such as organically grown sorghum and corn for human consumption where only discarded stalks are used for biodiesel fuels).

The challenge is to educate the public about technologically and economically feasible options. Only honest debate that bypasses special interest politics will force sound political decisions from an environmental, scientific, and economic point of view.

An elderly woman took her car to a local dealership because the interior lights were not working. A few hours later, she received a call from her service advisor. He explained in detail that she had encountered a difficult electrical problem and that it was going to take longer than expected. A large portion of its interior would need to be removed to access some wiring harnesses.

She proceeded to authorize 4 hours of diagnostic time to investigate why her interior light was not working. Several hours later she received another call from her service advisor. Finally, they had discovered the root cause. A corroded wire in a control module connector was the culprit. Fortunately, the control module did not need to be replaced, which would have been over $3000 including parts, tax and labor.

However, to fix the wiring and remove and reassemble all the necessary interior components would cost $1500. She accepted the charges and was relieved that “that was it.”

what really happened

The above story sounds perfectly plausible, doesn’t it? You may be surprised to find out what really happened… The Inner Light Problem was examined by a technician. This is what you should have done:

• First: make sure the interior light switch is on (it was).
• Second: check if the interior light fuse had blown (it had).

The fuse was the cause of the problem – a 15 cent fuse that is quick to check and easy to replace.

Instead, the technician literally spent hours working on the problem. He reviewed the wiring diagrams. He traced wiring harnesses, consulted technical manuals, and pulled out various interior components to search for the source of the problem. After 15 hours, he finally thought to check the fuse and found the problem. 15 hours to find a blown fuse!

This is an outrageous amount of time and was a direct result of the technician’s incompetence.

The repair should have taken 15 minutes, not 15 hours!

However, the technician expected his 15 hour salary. The service advisor made up the detailed and elaborate electrical history he just read, as well as the “lucky” savings to cover the technician’s time; the duty manager did not care about this disappointment.

The old woman was charged $1500, not because she was old or because her car was older, but because situations like this happen every day in every type of service center in the automotive service industry. It is normal!

I use this “real life” example (one of many) to illustrate that price gouging (car repair scams) is extremely common and can get quite elaborate.

The unfortunate truth is that these scams happen EVERY DAY, and there is little “accurate” information to not only prevent you from getting scammed, but to STOP getting scammed altogether!

Due to their affordability, passenger cars are so popular and this means that you will see a lot of them on the road or in a parking lot. For those who are passionate about cars and want to drive a unique vehicle, owning a passenger car might sound unfortunate. But try to see it from a positive point of view, you would think otherwise. It gives you a better opportunity to personalize your vehicle and express your personality.

You surely don’t want your car to look like other vehicles, but in reality, this is hardly possible because your car is not the only model produced by your particular car manufacturer. Let’s say you have a Toyota Corolla. This car is very popular; in fact, around 29 million Toyota Corollas rolled off the production line. But installing additional auto parts and accessories can make your car unique, so to speak.

Today, customizing your vehicle is very easy, much easier than before. You can buy aftermarket and custom auto parts even online, so you don’t need to search everywhere or even go to another state to find the auto parts that are the perfect fit for your vehicle and of course your own style.

Now here is the good news for you. Auto Parts Corner, one of the nation’s leading online auto parts dealers, offers more choices of performance auto parts, redesigned car accessories, and safety car parts that make upgrading and customizing that much easier for you. New and exciting products with discount prices are waiting for you; these include the best toyota partHonda parts, Kia parts, Acura parts, ford partsMazda parts, BMW parts and Saturn parts.

Auto lights are also effective ways to personalize your car. This store brings you a wide variety of lights, including well-designed and durable BMW taillights and Ford headlights. If you have an older model, replacing your lights with fancier lights can make it look years younger, and why not make it more sellable, should you want to resell it in the future.

Save yourself the burden of paying thousands of dollars in cash for a new car. You can change the appearance of your car and even improve its performance and safety features through the aftermarket and replacement parts available at this number one auto parts wholesale store. With their friendly deals and high-quality auto parts, you can get all the benefits of a new vehicle without breaking the bank.

It is advantageous to get everything you need in one store because you can be sure that all the parts you buy are compatible with each other. Plus, having a single source for parts helps you save time, effort, and money. Getting it from a trusted, experienced and secure online source like this auto parts wholesale dealer increases your profits, so why go anywhere else when everything you need is right here. Find time to browse their site and discover many other ways to improve your car.

Writing a business plan for a larger company franchised store to get financing or find investors is difficult because the franchisor already has a plan that is working, but until you are aware of it at the time of purchase, you really knows relatively few details. The franchisor must retain this proprietary information to ensure that the information is not stolen by competitors, but the franchise buyer needs the information to prepare a business plan to obtain a loan from a bank. Thus, there is a catch 22 and it is compounded by the fact that there are laws against some types of disclosures, which many franchisors, due to the litigious nature of franchising, do not wish to disclose based on the advice of their attorneys. Then what do you do? Well, do your best using the UFOC, the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular, or ask the franchisor to send a business plan directly to your banker, who signs a non-disclosure waiver and can’t see it until purchase.

However, if you are looking for private investors, they will want to see a business plan and therefore you will have to try to put one together. I bought 12 books on how to write a business plan with hundreds of complete business plans inside; none of the samples have anything to do with a franchise business. So below is a sample executive summary, which is the most important part of any business plan and probably the most important part of anything a banker will ever read. Some businessmen accuse bankers of not knowing how to read and I am in that group. I recommend that you read this and use it as a template to develop your own executive summary for your franchise POS business plan. This particular example was written for a mobile car wash franchise, but it serves as a pretty good example for you.

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The Car Wash Guys of Fairfax, VA is an owner/operator service business. This will be a franchise business of Car Wash Guys International, Inc. This sole proprietorship is in the mobile car wash business.

Our mission is to achieve a minimum of 2.5% and a maximum of 10% market penetration while bringing the entire community together. To reach this goal, we will use unique local and regional marketing tools provided by our franchisor, who is very experienced in this field.

Our franchisor has over twenty years of experience in the mobile car wash industry. We will be purchasing a turnkey business from Car Wash Guys International, Inc. for $65,380. This purchase will include:

truck with custom truck body

portable car wash equipment

Computer, printer, business software

· List of Clientele, Route and Client Base

Initial payment of civil liability insurance

Down payment for medical and health insurance

Licensing and Training (80 total hours)

Complete guide to loan operations for the franchise term

Start-up supplies (wax, soap, etc.)

portable cell phone with credit card machine

Supply of uniforms for the entire crew

Personal planner supported by computer software

Exclusive Territory

Initial in-depth marketing blitz

There is a $20,000 franchise fee for joining The Car Wash Guys team that is also included in the $65,380 cost.

Our target market is anyone with a dirty car. Our other markets are:

Aircraft Wash

boat wash

fleet wash

graffiti removal

concrete cleaning

High pressure industrial washing

We will charge $5.00 for a basic exterior wash, $10.00 for an in and out, and $37.50 for a mini-detailing on the cars. Most of our clients will be office workers. Fifteen percent of our business will be small to medium fleets with five to one hundred cars, trucks, vans, etc. Twenty percent of our business will be industrial-type cleaning.

We will trade with other local businesses in a cooperative situation. Other marketing will be through car wash fundraisers for groups of children.

Our car wash crews will be wearing matching yellow uniforms. They will be clean, well-spoken, knowledgeable, and friendly.

We will purchase our products from the franchisor via modem and credit cards for UPS overnight delivery.

We plan to eventually expand to five mobile car wash trucks, each averaging $6,000-$8,000 in gross receipts per month, over the next five years. Our royalties to the franchisor will be $35.00 per day multiplied by 21 business days per month ($735.00 per month). Each additional truck will pay royalties of $20.00 per day or $420.00 per month. Car Wash Guys International, Inc. will provide the following ongoing support:

·Training of Managers for each Truck

Regional Directors of Problem Solving

Spare trucks in case of breakdowns

Wrestling Competition (Intensive Program)

·Assistance in Community Support Events

Free advice (on any operational matter)

·Updating of Manuals and Computer Programs

Periodic Newsletter

·Maintenance of Bidders Lists for Major Contracts

Sales leads (from your direct mail program)

Compilation of Financial Reports

Assistance in finding funds for additional mobile car wash trucks and personal items (houses, cars, etc.)

There are a couple of small time mobile retailers that operate in our exclusive territory. Our service, quality and price are much more attractive to our target market. Our operating methods are far superior to those of our current competition. In general, all of the competitors listed in the yellow pages, as well as those we’ve talked to and observed, admit that they’ve only been in business a couple of years and don’t plan on turning it into a career. Other observations indicate that there is more than enough business to go around.

Our long-term goal is to wash cars for one in ten owners in our city. Ten percent market penetration can be achieved if we perfectly follow our franchisor’s system. We want to be the #1 franchise in the entire system. We plan to renew our Franchise Agreement every five years at no cost to us. We will maintain a good reputation with our franchisor and follow their proven methods of operations to achieve this.

If you have ever been in a car accident that has left your car damaged, you know that there are many things you will need to consider. You have to get a rental, you have to contact the insurance companies, find a repair shop, and get the repairs going. However, if you’re pretty handy with cars, you might want to consider fixing the car yourself. If you have the tools to do it and the knowledge to do it, all you need is the right auto parts.

If you are trying to repair an older car, you may experience a bit of difficulty locating parts for the car. That is, if you are looking for OEM or original factory parts. While this can be done, it may take a bit longer than finding a counterpart on the secondary market.

The first place you want to start your search for genuine parts is with a dealership that sells the make of car you drive. This is a hit or miss prospect because while dealerships are the best place to find OEM parts specific to your make, they may not have parts for older cars like yours.

Next, you may also want to check with parts stores. You may have some success with this method, but if you didn’t find the car parts at the dealership, you’re unlikely to have much luck at an auto parts store, since most auto parts stores source their OEM parts from the same place than the dealer. yours from the nearest manufacturer’s parts depot.

However, if all else fails and you’re still intent on getting original factory parts for your old vehicle, you can always try searching online. While it’s normal to find most auto parts stores and manufacturers with a significant online presence, there are many more options online than just those.

You’ll find a plethora of specialty parts dealers for virtually every make and model. For example, if you’re looking for new side panels for a 1991 Eagle Talon, you’ll probably find them. You may have to do some research, and they may or may not be expensive, but they are just waiting for you to find them.

The bottom line is that if you are trying to do your own accident repair and if you have the time, knowledge and experience, the auto parts you need are at your disposal. Even if your car is older and even if your car is somewhat obscure, parts can be found and if you are determined you will find them.

Controlling and monitoring a construction site or concrete batching plant can be a challenging task, and theft prevention is often a low priority. However, losses from vandalism and theft in the construction industry across Europe are estimated at approximately £600 million each year.

Many construction sites, especially large sites with more than one concrete mixer and concrete pump on site, are unwieldy by their very nature. It is not always possible to fence off all areas and high staff turnover can lead to poor security records. Add to this the fact that a large proportion of construction site thefts are carried out by those who work on the site and you have a daunting problem to manage. However, handle it properly, as protecting your concrete equipment and other assets is essential to business operations and bottom line.

Construction sites often provide easy prey for industrial thieves. It is essential to ensure that proper precautions are taken to protect your concrete equipment from theft and vandalism. Many thieves are often looking for items they can grab quickly, so it’s common for larger items like a batch plant, concrete pump, or concrete mixer to be vandalized if they can’t take them.

How Controller Liability Can Improve Site Security

The site manager on a construction project is responsible for knowing who is contracted to be on site at all times. That means keeping good personnel records, ensuring that personnel understand their responsibilities regarding safety, and implementing all possible means to keep the workplace and equipment safe. Many companies hire specialized security companies to handle security overnight and this can be an effective measure to deter thieves. High profile signage, security fencing and alarms are great deterrents and a good investment if you have expensive concrete equipment on site.

For companies with large fleets of concrete mixers, establishing controller responsibility can work very well. This places the responsibility on the controller to maintain, secure and monitor every aspect of the particular equipment for which they are responsible. It is also important, both for workplace safety and insurance, to maintain an inventory of equipment. All equipment controllers should be responsible for recording the removal, replacement or transfer of responsibility for particular equipment in an equipment record book or file. Equipment such as a concrete mixer or concrete pump should also be routinely valued so that you always know the value of any stolen or damaged equipment to report to your insurers.

Protect your Concrete Equipment with CESAR Registration

Protecting your concrete batching plant and other equipment can be challenging, but a unique equipment registration and security scheme known as CESAR aims to help reduce equipment theft. The plan will also help police and insurers prosecute thieves and recover stolen equipment.

CESAR (Construction Equipment Safety and Registration) was first launched in 2007 and is now the most successful scheme of its kind in the world. More than 75,000 machines, including concrete equipment, have been registered under the scheme which is supported by UK police, Interpol, Europol and the ERA.

Tesla Motors, one of the original electric vehicle start-ups and currently the largest player of the few remaining, recently reiterated plans to end production of its all-electric sports car, the Tesla Roadster, by the end of 2011. The Tesla Roadster has been Tesla Motors’ main source of revenue since its launch, with the first 100 units selling in three weeks and the second 100 in just under a year from its launch date.

So why would Tesla end production of the vehicle that made them a household name in the electric car industry? It might have something to do with Tesla Motors’ main stated goal as a company, which is not simply to make a profit and allow its CEOs to retire in style, but to increase the variety and popularity of electric vehicles in today’s automotive market. Selling its cars is just one of three ways that Tesla has stated as a strategy to achieve this goal.

The other two involve selling Tesla’s electric motor technology to other automakers to help them on the EV path and provide a positive example for the auto industry that it is possible to create efficient, high-performance EVs. and popular. .

Although the Tesla Roadster has helped propel Tesla Motors to international fame, the geniuses behind the company may have decided that it has run its course. Tesla Motors is working on something even bigger than the amazing success of the Roadster. There’s been a bit of a buzz in the media recently about Tesla’s new electric vehicle, the Model X.

Although not much is known about the Model X, reports indicate that it will be in the popular crossover SUV genre and that the platform will be based on another Tesla model, the Model S. The Big Three automakers, in the 1980s Each of them developed a solid vehicle platform, only one was needed, and they began to use it as the basis for dozens of different car models. With a single platform of vehicles, these companies produced cars, trucks, SUVs and crossovers of all shapes and sizes, putting different body styles on the same platform. This strategy allowed them to quickly win in the market.

Possibly ending production of its Roadster is Tesla’s way of diverting necessary resources to this single-platform strategy. If they can perfect their Model S platform, they’ll be able to cheaply build many different electric models: SUVs, minivans, sedans, pretty much you name it, using the Model S as a base.

There’s just the small matter of being able to keep your head above water in the six-month interval between the end of the Roadster and the start of the Model X. Tesla recently announced plans to issue 5.3 million of its shares to the public. to help them raise money and survive as an independent business until the Model X takes off. Could this strategy be the key that ultimately allows them to achieve their company’s goal of making EVs part of everyday life for the mainstream consumer?

If you have rear-ended another driver, whose fault is it? This is a really difficult question to answer without knowing the details of a particular case, but there is general information you may want to know about rear-end collisions.

Proof can be hard to come by

If you were driving and the person in front of you slammed on the brakes, are you liable if you hit that vehicle? This type of accident happens often and for various reasons. The person could have been experiencing ‘road rage’, the person could have been distracted, another driver could have done the same thing causing a two or more car accident; the list goes on.

Even if you think that the person in front of you may have hit the brakes maliciously, it’s up to you to prove that they have (the same is true if you think that person just wasn’t paying attention). While driving it may seem obvious what the problem is, but this is difficult to prove. Even if you have a passenger with you, you still need to show that you were not following a vehicle too closely.

CloseDriving

Most of the time, the driver who rear-ended the other driver will be at fault. Why? If you maintain a car distance between you and the other driver (as required by most states), you will not rear-end the car in front of you. There are some circumstances in which this might not be true, however it depends on the specific facts of each case.

some exceptions

Here are some situations that can override the “driving too close” rule mentioned above:

• The driver in front of you did not have their brake lights on or their lights were not working

• The driver suddenly put his vehicle in reverse.

• A car is stopped and does not have its hazard lights flashing

Keep in mind that it is up to each driver to be aware of potential hazards, follow a safe distance, and remain vigilant while driving. If you have been rear-ended into another car, be sure to file a police report.

Injured after being rear-ended

If you were hit from behind and are being sued, you may have two cases. First is his injury claim against the driver who rear-ended him. Second, you need to defend yourself against the driver who was injured when you hit you and claims it was his fault. Obviously, things can get complicated quickly, so be sure to contact a qualified and experienced attorney today. The person who hits you has to prove that you were driving recklessly, and you need someone on your side to prove that you were driving properly.