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Steering Wheel Mounted Audio Controls: This “safety feature” is a must have for music lovers. Most systems will let you adjust the volume, CD track, change CDs, or switch between different CD and radio without taking your hands off the wheel, making enjoying your music nearly effortless.

Intelligent key: This is a type of remote keyless entry that allows you to enter your vehicle and start it without taking it out of your pocket. Some of these systems also have a sleek push button start.

Touch Screen GPS: Not only will these systems guide you through unfamiliar terrain, the touch screen makes them incredibly easy to operate.

Memory Seats: This feature allows you to save two different settings for the driver’s seat, so if someone else drives your vehicle, just press a button and it returns to your saved setting. Some models even link the setting to each key, and will adjust automatically.

Heated and Cooled Seats: Leather has always had a reputation for being cold in the winter and hot in the summer, but with heated and cooled seats, drivers’ bottoms will be comfortable in any season.

Telescopic Steering Column: In addition to tilting up or down, the steering wheel can be pulled closer to you, or pushed further away, allowing increased comfort, especially on long trips. In some luxury models, this is a power option and can be set as part of your memory seat system.

Advanced Airbag Systems: Once upon a time, cars didn’t even have seat belts. Now intuitive safety systems use body panel sensors to determine where an impact comes from, how severe the accident is, and uses this information to deploy the proper airbags at a rate proportionate to the force of the accident, occupant weight, and seat position.

Stability Control Systems: Taking traction control one step further, these systems monitor individual wheel speed and direction, as well as driver input, to determine if control is ever lost, and can increase or decrease power to individual wheels to help the driver maintain control. These systems are so effective that they will eliminate any loss of traction, even full throttle acceleration in rear wheel drive, 300+ horsepower vehicles on gravel or mud.

Adaptive Cruise Control: This technology allows the car to slow down or speed up in relation to surrounding traffic.

Bluetooth: Talk hands free on your cell phone using your vehicle’s speakers and a hidden microphone. Unlike other systems, it uses your cell phone minutes instead of requiring an additional service.

Most of these options aren’t standard in economy cars yet, but they may be soon. Side air bags are standard equipment in many cars, and all these features can be found in vehicles less than $35,000, and most in vehicles around $20,000 to $25,000.

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If you want to upgrade your used car, check out the following features. Maybe you and your used car can do away without them.

Carputer. It is a general purpose computing platform which basically enables your car to support a number of features. To name a few, the Carputer or CarPC allows your vehicle to play videos, provide location tracking through GPS, enjoy internet connection through an eligible cell phone or wireless connections, and even synchronize files between your desktop and the Carputer. Of course, the benefits of the Carputer come with a hefty price. If you prefer to work and enjoy the perks while driving, better start saving.

High-definition Audio System. For music lovers, a car audio system is an important accessory for personal enjoyment while driving. With cassette players outdated, most car owners prefer audio systems compatible with USB playback support or an I-pod auxiliary port. Good car speakers also give definition to any audio system, and car owners/music buffs can even mount two speakers at the rear and two in the front. But high definition audio support is more of a luxury rather than a necessity. If listening to good music without all the bass and treble is enough for you, then stick to your current audio system.

Body Kits. Aftermarket ground effects parts are called body kits, and they are designed to enclose the gap between the bottom of the fuselage and the ground. Vehicles which include ground effects in its original design allow airflow manipulation in such a way to create a down force on the car, reducing the lift and thus increasing control. However, aftermarket body kits only simulate the appearance of a vehicle in ground effect and usually do not provide significant aerodynamic benefit.

Custom-hinged Doors. Unlike conventional doors hinged at the front-facing edge of the door, custom-hinged doors have fixed hinges located in unique locations. For example, scissor doors have a fixed hinge near the end of the windshield so the door open upwards rather than outward and are useful in tight parking spaces. Aftermarket conversions are becoming popular among car owners who own less exotic automobiles. Though custom-hinged doors are stylish and somewhat useful, the manufacture cost of the door hinge is more than that of a conventional door.

Hubcaps. Also known as the wheel cover or wheel trim, the hubcap is a decorative disk on an automobile wheel that covers at least its central portion. It often bears the trademark or symbol of the maker of the automobile, but more car owners prefer to have them custom-made. Custom-made hubcaps are generally expensive, and most of them have the tendency of falling off due to hitting bumps on a bad road. Though retention systems have been developed, this problem persists until today.

Rather than spending money on features and accessories you can do without, why not spend money on parts that can improve your vehicle’s performance or increase its safety? Keep your used car running for a long time by investing on useful parts wisely and save yourself from spending too much money.

Since there are a lot of limousine rental companies out there offering different services and amenities, finding the best limousine rental car and service can be a difficult task, especially if you do not know much about limousine services. If you want to be able to get the most out of a limousine rental service for your prom night, then there are a few things that you must look into.

If you are planning on renting a limousine service for your prom, it is best if you first decide how many people that are going to be riding the limousine. One good feature that limousine rental services offer is that they have a wide array of different types and models of limousine cars available for their customers. If you are planning on bringing your friends along with you in your limousine ride, then you should probably choose a limousine car that can hold a large number of passengers in order to make sure that all of you will be accommodated. It is important to have enough leg room in the limousine to ensure that the dresses and suits that you and your friends, including your friends’ dates, are wearing will remain clean.

Another nice feature that limousine rental services offer is that they can pick you up from your house, or from anywhere else that you prefer. This is the perfect time for you to plan the most efficient route for you to take in order to make sure that you do not spend too much time going back and forth when picking your friend up one at a time. This is also a great way to impress your date. Just imagine how your date would feel if you rolled up in front of their house in a limousine.

One thing that is great about limousine rental services is that they offer their customers a lot of different add-ons to their basic service, which is the car, a driver and beverages. Some of these add-ons can help get the whole prom night started even before you get to the venue. Certain limousine rental services offer dance floors, televisions, fog machines and a full bar in some of their other services. This can definitely make the ride to the prom a whole lot more fun, maybe even more fun than the prom itself. Just be prepared to shell out a considerable amount of money if you want to be able to enjoy these other services.

The limo ride from your house to the prom venue should be just as special and just as enjoyable as the prom itself. You can help make this a reality if you just put in some money on some of these nice features that the limousine rental service company offers.

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Consider just the safety features of the 2007 Lexus ES 350. As part of its standard equipment this model has Traction Control (TTRAC) and Vehicle Stability Control (VSC), which controls wheelspin with automatic brake and throttle adjsutment. Besides the eight standard airbags, it also offers knee bags for the front two seats as well as side-curtain airbags for the protection of all outwardly sitting positions. Other optional safety equipment includes the state-of-the-art Intelligent Adaptive Front lighting System (AFS) which even illuminates around curves with a clever swiveling headlight.

The redesigned 2006 Infiniti M features a new Lane Departure Warning system, which alerts the driver in case of unintended lane change. This is accomplished by a high sensitive device that recognizes lane markings and calculates the distance between the marking and the car. Sports models feature a Rear Active Steer system that adjusts the geometry of the rear end to suit the vehicle speed and the steering input.

The Acura RL from Honda offers its drivers real-time traffic information, a feature not seen in any other model of car. The RL’s 8-inch navigation screen displays XM NavTraffic traffic information data including accidents, traffic flow and freeway construction in select metro areas. The driver gets an accident update every minute and traffic-flow information is updated every five minutes.

With a massive rail-to-rail sunroof, the New Corsa is a must-have for owners who like the extra freedom of glass. A touch of a button enables its passengers to enjoy open air driving and a special wind deflector and dual-space seal system eliminate excess wind noise when the roof is open. In hot weather, an extra sliding blind protector protects passengers from the direct sunlight. Other innovative features of the New Corsa include halogen AFL curve lighting, translucent interior dials and follow-me-home lighting. Select New Corsa models feature a highly sophisticated electronics and infotainment system that allow up to five drivers to program the car to their preference. Driver preference settings can be stored in the key and include individual choices of climate control as well as favored radio station.