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Dorchester County boat builder lines up dealers; BMW goes solar to power museum, visitors center
Scout Boat fans have additional nearby and far-flung places to buy the watercraft, while an Upstate carmaker is drawing power from the sun to run buildings.
Those are two of the recent tidbits involving things with wheels or on waves in the Charleston area and state.
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Electric ignition system just one of 'Boss' Kettering’s enduring automotive inventions
An article in Autoweek refreshed many memories of Charles “Boss” Kettering, recognized as the Thomas A. Edison of the automobile industry. Kettering, known by many of our readers as a co-founder of the Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital in New York City, held 140 patents. His most famous, of course, was the self-starter. The automobile self-starter, that is.
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Pickup, SUV Country: McElveen in Summerville remakes Hummer dealership as truck superstore
Here was the situation facing the McElveen dealership in Summerville the past few seasons. On one end of the dealership at Interstate 26 and exit 199B stood a fairly new building, left vacant since its brand was discontinued two years ago. Scattered just about everywhere else were trucks. The light bulb didn’t go off instantly, but it was pretty quick. McElveen corralled the new GMC trucks and many used ones and married them with the empty store, which was the Hummer outlet. Then it named the place Truckville.
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Baker's Double — Cadillac joins Buick, GMC as luxury import dealership buys out Sentry
The birth of Baker Buick GMC Cadillac this week wraps up a complex two-stage deal involving multiple players, brands — and bridges. Baker’s new General Motors outlet at 1621 Savannah Highway broadens the company’s auto stable to 11 import and domestic franchises woven into West Ashley’s noted stretch of car and truck dealerships.
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Car Talk — When bracing for rear-end collision, easing off brake could result in double-whammy
Q. I drive in city traffic daily, and I find that at least once per day, I have to brake sharply from traffic speed to a dead stop. I usually check the rearview mirror to see what is happening behind me as I stop. The question is: If someone is about to hit me, should I release the brakes to lessen the impact, potentially pushing me into the car in front of me?
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Real Deals: Variety of models tap car tester’s 'best' list; compacts, crossovers most popular
They aren’t all domestic or import, sporty or bulked up, compact or wide body, electric or gas. What these 47 cars and trucks share is they’ve been touted by a national guide as tops in class, new model, fuel-efficiency or resale value in a variety of categories base on price and type.
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New “Local Boys and Their Toys” car calendar to benefit area Meals on Wheels
Buoyed by the success of an East Cooper car show, John H. Royall Jr. began thinking about how many businesspeople he knows who own classic cars. The next thing he knew, he had started work on the 2012 “Local Boys and Their Toys” car calendar. Proceeds would go to Meals on Wheels.
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Big 3 automakers ring up large numbers in the sales arena in 2011
The auto industry sales results for 2011 have been released. A year ago, it was written here about a prediction for 2011 sales: “Although many of the so-called experts are extremely bullish for 2011, my forecast is light vehicle sales will not exceed 13.25 million for the year.” The results: 12,778,885 vehicles were sold in the U.S. last year.
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Car Talk — Faulty charging system could be at fault for sudden streak of dead batteries
Q. My 88-year-old mother has a 2005 Buick LaCrosse with 15,000 miles on it. It only gets driven to the grocery store, hair salon and church. But that has been the case for all six years she’s owned it. Now, in the past three months, three new batteries have gone stone-cold dead after four to six weeks!
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Car Show Calendar
Low Country Mustang Club will be holding its monthly meeting at La Hacienda restaurant, 5070 International Blvd. by Tanger Outlet in North Charleston. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. Topics of discussion will include planning 2012 events and upcoming elections.
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Cameras can catch drivers running red lights but only a good nap will help drowsy motorists
There continues to be a great amount of controversy about the use of cameras to identify motorists who are exceeding the speed limits or running red lights. Without taking sides, this column’s Crack Research Team (of one) discovered a couple of studies regarding auto crashes caused by drivers running red lights.
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Baker names vice president; Hendrick donates to Food Bank, ECCO
Charleston area auto managers were on the move locally, changing job assignments and pledging checks to charity. Meanwhile, a number of Grand Strand RV parks won top awards recently.
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Big Splash: Watercraft ventures to show off wares at Charleston Boat Show next weekend
It’s called the off-season but hardly for lack of action. For Charleston area boating enthusiasts, it’s a prime time to check out new models, fix up their boats and look over accessories. Giving a boost to these interests are boat shows, including the 32nd Charleston Boat Show Jan. 27-29 at Charleston Area Convention Center.
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