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The Road Trip Dream

Your next road trip can be a dream or a nightmare. The difference is in the steps you take to prepare.

STEP 1) Have your vehicle checked by qualified technicians. Call for an appointment and let our service bay mechanic give your vehicle a clean bill of health before your trip.

STEP 2) Make the trip fun for the little ones. Children bore easily, and become irritable when bored. Many modern vehicles have the ability to show movies from DVDs or play the children’s favorite tunes over the vehicle’s sound system.

You can also go old school and…
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Car Wash

Make your friends jealous with a clean car. In most cities, a car wash opens early and stays open late. You can have a car hand washed or by a machine. Extra meticulous owners might prefer to take care of this chore with no outside help. However, a professional car wash covers details you might miss. Put your car cleaning on a schedule and you will keep it looking like new.

A car's exterior collects bugs, salt, and dust every day. Pollen is terrible for a car's finish, particularly after rain. If left sitting on your car, pollen…
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Using Your Cruise Control Can Save Gas

All new vehicles have this standard option and it is useful for many reasons. Not the least of which is that you can cut down on your fuel consumption when using your cruise control effectively. First of all, cruise control is not recommended for city driving. There are too many starts and stops as well as the fact that you will not be going fast enough to warrant its use. In the city, cruise control can actually hurt your fuel consumption.

When you are on a highway or interstate with uninterrupted travel, cruise control typically works best if you set…
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2017 Ford Explorer Struts its Stuff for MotorWeek Staffers

If you're in the market for a full-size SUV, we here at Interstate Ford feel you'd be wise to try ours -- the 2017 Explorer -- on for size.

And why is that, exactly?

Please allow our pals over at MotorWeek to offer up an explanation; their evaluation of the Explorer is as follows:

Is high-octane performance the priority? Well, if so, the Explorer's top-tier powertrain, a turbocharged 3.5-liter V6, may well be the one for you.

Standard on the Sport and Platinum models, this turbo-V6 teams with a six-speed automatic transmission to produce a plenteous 365 horsepower…

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