Friday, May 27, 2011

Whether The Car Rental Insurance Necessary

Car renting is very popular now especially when people travel by air and they need a car at their destination. So what do you do next after you decide on what car to rent? It's about the insurance. Just what should you get? If people are indecisive, then it arises from not knowing if their own personal or business car insurance will cover them while renting a vehicle. Fair enough. So what kinds of coverages are there?

These types of car rental insurance coverage are usually offered while you're waiting at the car rental counter. Many of these may be covered with your personal or corporate auto and health insurance coverage.
 
Personal Accident Insurance Coverage (PAI)

Personal Accident Insurance Coverage (PAI) goes into effect if you get into an accident. PAI coverage will provide a one-time payment for you or a passenger in case of death, injury or maiming.

CDW/LDW

CDW or LDW waives the right of a rental car company to recover money from the renter if the vehicle is damaged or stolen while in your possession. However, third-party damages incurred to someone else's car during your rental are not covered. This type of accident is normally covered by your own auto insurance. But some CDW's will become void if you drive in a negligent manner or drive out of the state where you rented the car if geographical restrictions apply.


Personal Property Insurance/Personal Effects Coverage (PEC)

Personal Property Insurance/Personal Effects Coverage (PEC) pays you when you have something stolen from your car. Get it if you are traveling with high-value items.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Ten Best Car Travel Gadgets

Innovative and fun but also necessary, car travel gadgets provide productivity.

What are the 10 best car travel gadgets around? That depends on what you are looking for. Here are the 10 most-popular gadgets on the market right now that you can put in your car.

Remote Start

Press a button on the key and the car starts itself, allowing you to warm up or cool down the interior from outside the car as it idles. The system automatically locks the doors, steering wheel and transmission so theft isn't likely.


Lane Departure Warning System

This device uses a small camera and speed sensors to determine when the car moves from the lane and alerts the driver using a buzzer, seat vibrator or a visual cue. Using the turn signals prevents the system from kicking in.

Self-Parking Capability

Are you parallel parking challenged? A new self-parking car feature allows the car to park itself. The driver enters a few location characteristics through a touch screen and the car maneuvers itself into a parallel spot or back into a traditional parking space.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

How The Car Becomes an Antique Car

There are those who believe that a car becomes an antique at 15, 20 or 25 years. To make the issue more confusing there are also those who consider the phrases classic car and antique car to be synonymous, while others use the term antique to describe a car that is at least 20 or 25 years old and classic for cars that have reached 50 years of age. It's partially a matter of passion. Those who are avid lovers of cars from the 50s might not want to include my favorite era, the late 60s and early 70s, in their definition of antique car
 
Those who love the old wooden-spoked wheels of Model A and Model T cars may also choose to exclude the cars from the 40s and 50s. When you include any car made more than 20 years ago you have to throw in the truly horrible cars of the early 80s. Given that fact, it's hard to argue with those who claim that such cars should never be called antiques or classics. 






Indonesian National Car Tawon, Will Become an Icon of Rural Car

The Indonesian government is currently brewing cheap car project implementation for rural communities. Ministry of Industry also reportedly intends to make one of the national car made ​​by a native Indonesian, Tawon as an icon of the program. "Our strategy right now, this vehicle will we introduce for the first region and to the middle to lower, then later entered the city," said Marketing Director of PT Super Gasindo Jaya, Dewa in the arena Yuniardi JI Expo Kemayoran, Jakarta.

Currently, the national car is being exhibited at the exhibition and commercial vehicle spare parts which is currently taking place in JIExpo PRJ Kemayoran, Jakarta.In the opening of the exhibition, Director General of Industry Leading High Technology-Based Industry Ministry, Budi Darmadi was enthusiastic to see the car works this nation's children. At that time, Budi Darmadi careful attention to this national car and even he had tried to climb and perpetuate the work of child car this nation through the camera he was carrying.

"Last Budi Darmadi, Director General of Commodity-based Technology, Ministry of Industry would make this vehicle as an icon of rural transport vehicles, other than that this vehicle can also be used for cooperative and we now have the courage to be offered to private,"added Dewa.

As often reported, the government through the ministry headed by MS Hidayat has been since some time ago to prepare a low-cost car project. Cheap car is targeted only be worth Rp 75-80 million only. When you see the target price set by the government, the chance to get ahead of Wasps is very big. For the Tawon is still classified as selling prices are very cheap and far below the target price set by the government earlier.

Sources of Energy Saving Solutions Cheap Gasoline is Car And Motorcycle Electrical

With skyrocketing fuel greater spending on your trip. Imagine, if you travel 40 km daily commute, if you use your car has to spend 4 liters of gasoline or Rp 24 thousand a day. As for the motor to Rp 6,000. Within a year you spend Rp 11 million for cars (see table below) or Rp 3.3 million for the motor.

That a solution for getting around town is electric vehicles. There are bicycles and electric cars. For your bike enough to spend USD 100 for every 10 km. So you only spend Rp 400 if the electric bike ride every day or Rp 144 thousand a year. For your car out rp 100 for every 1 km. You only spend Rp 4,000 per day or Rp 1.44 million a year. You can save Rp 8 million more a year!
Besides saving you the cost of gasoline also saving oil costs, and also SNTK SIM (because most electric bikes do not need to use it). Yet for vehicle registration and SIM alone is hundreds of thousands of dollars right? Aa Gym wear electric bicycle Betrix although contours in Geger Bat Daarut Tauhiid somewhat spotty.

Velocity for electric bike can reach 40 km / hour. As for electric cars are cheap (Marlip / Reva) about 80 km with a range of about 80 km. If the electric car (Molis) that expensive like Tesla even until 201 km / hour. For range, electric cars are generally about 80-120 km. But it is up to 640 km are also available.