Friday, August 31, 2012

Monti, thank you for this incredible review!

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I purchased a 2010 HHR LT and the service I have received from Three-Way Chevrolet has been outstanding. They have not only provided me with regular maintenance on my car but have helped me with two emergencies I had with my car. When rodents hand eaten through the electric belt under my car, Three-Way responded quickly to pick up my car and repaired the damage in a day and returned the car to my residence. Two weeks ago the ignition cylinder froze with the car still running and I took the car directly to Three-Way and Pedro Duenas handled the situation and was able to have the car removed from the front area immediately for safety reasons, and had a specialist look at my HHR LT immediately. All of the employees I came into contact with on that very hot, and scary day for me, were very helpful and polite. 

I would recommend Three-Way Chevrolet Cadillac to family and friends to purchase a vehicle not only because I am a Chevy person but because the service is outstanding and they stand behind their work and product.” – Monti S

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Chevrolet among Total Car Score's Top 10 All-New Cars for 2013

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After mixed success with previous attempts, Chevrolet needs to get the 2013 Malibu right. The latest version represents an opportunity to not only leverage a re-energized nameplate but to do so with a hybrid “Eco” model and a powerful, turbocharged four cylinder that replaces the V6 option. 

Source: Total Car Score

Thursday, August 23, 2012

The fun begins tomorrow. Hurry on in to take advantage of our huge Blowout Tent Event!

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We'll also have:
BBQ Saturday and Sunday 11a-4pm!!
Bobo the Millennium Clown Sunday 2pm – 5pm!!
Face-painting Sunday 2pm – 5pm !!

Call us at  1.888.348.1480 for more information.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Don't forget to stop by for our Model Year End Tent Event - Over 1000 vehicles in stock!

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We'll also have:
BBQ Saturday and Sunday 11a-4pm!!
Bobo the Millennium Clown Sunday 2pm – 5pm!!
Face-painting Sunday 2pm – 5pm !!

Call us at             1.888.348.1480       for more information.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Our HUGE year end tent event is here!

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Stop on my for amazing cars and incredible prices.

We'll also have:

BBQ Saturday and Sunday 11a-4pm!!
Bobo the Millennium Clown Sunday 2pm – 5pm!!
Facepainting Sunday 2pm – 5pm !!

Call us at  1.888.348.1480 for more information.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Come by and say hi to the Three-Way gang during the “Last Blast” !

Come by and say hi to the Three-Way gang during the “Last Blast” Third Thursday tonight August 16th, at Central Park along Mill Creek!  It’s the last Third Thursday for 2012, so don’t miss the fun! 5:30pm to 8:30 pm … Food, Arts & Crafts, Music, Kids Fun and More!!  We’ll see you there!

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

2013 Chevy Camaro ZL1 Convertible and SS 1LE edition: Motoramic Drives

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Last Sunday in the pleasant downtown of Grand Rapids, Mich., a woman accosted me across two lanes of traffic, shouting through her open minivan window "That's what I'm talking about!" What she was talking about was this, the 2013 Chevy Camaro ZL1 convertible, a combination of 580-hp raging road machine, boulevard cruiser and conversation starter that only a handful of buyers will ever put their hands on.

 

Convertible pony cars have an appeal that transcends their hardtop brethren, offering a way to experience summer that no other vehicle quite matches. Yet for much of the Camaro's history, General Motors either didn't sell a convertible or avoided putting its most brutal engines in the drop-top editions, because cutting a hole in a car can turn its chassis into a Bop It game. In the previous generation Camaro, the convertible combined with the LS1 offered good straight-line speed and cowl shake -- that sense going over bumps that the steering wheel and your seat are connected to different cars.

With the new generation, Chevy's engineers have vowed to match the Ford Mustang punch-for-punch, which means building a convertible version of its most powerful factory edition. Since it was in the plans when the engineers began designing the new models, the ZL1 convertible comes with more positive reinforcement than Donald Trump in a hall of mirrors. There's extra braces between the engine mounts, around the transmissions, in the windshield pillars and several other places, all meant to make the ZL1 convertible lose little in handing to the ZL1 coupe.

The resulting car glides like a well-trained monster. Around town and on freeways, the ZL1 convertible is perfectly civilized, it's supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 burbling along at one-tenth power. Decide to throw the hammer, and within a split second the ZL1 has thrown you forward as high as the law and your right foot allow. The convertible offers the best way to hear the engine in full melodious roar, and the combination of magnetic-ride shocks, Goodyear Supercar tires and the heap o'bracing keep the ZL1 properly tight around corners and over Michigan's imperfect roads. Even the new electric power steering, typically a fun-killer, works to make the ZL1 seem less hefty than its curb weight -- unspecified, but likely well north of 4,000 lbs. -- would suggest.

It's impossible to not feel more alive when driving a ZL1 convertible, which helps combat its biggest problem: the sticker shock of a $62,000 price tag. The Camaro has always been about affordable performance, about letting its owners outperform more expensive cars, but with the ZL1 convertible, the Camaro's knocking on the country club's door with its ponytail hidden under a new ballcap. GM engineers know what they've done, and set production estimates accordingly; there will be only a couple thousand ZL1 drop-tops sold at best every year.

But those same engineers make another argument: Compared to other top-flight convertibles -- the BMW M6, the Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG, even the Porsche 911 -- the Camaro offers more power and comparable handling for up to $40,000 less. There will be no mistaking which cars cost less; in top-dollar form, the Camaro's interior offers at least 10 kinds of plastic and fabric that look like a nervous kid overdressing for his prom date.

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Yet GM has a better answer for where those savings could go: the Camaro SS with the 1LE track package, a new combination of parts aimed at the Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca and all those who want a track car they can still drive to work. Starting with the regular SS, Chevy has grafted the ZL1's Goodyears, lighter wheels, tighter final drive ratio and tougher suspension settings into a 426-hp car that can generate more than 1g of acceleration side-to-side. (The black vinyl-wrapped hood is just for kicks.) At the GingerMan track in Michigan, my attempts at unsticking the 1LE failed time and again; you can run to more than 100 mph quickly, haul it down with fade-free brakes and then throw it around corners with a general lack of body roll or understeer.

There's not been a head-to-head test yet of the 1LE versus the Boss 302, but at $37,000 and change, the 1LE undercuts the more expensive 'Stang by a few thousand, and For the price of a traditional European convertible, you can get both the ZL1 convertible and a 1LE as a track toy. A few years ago, suggesting you could buy two Camaros with your MegaMillions winnings would have seemed off-kilter. It's a credit to Chevy engineers that the same idea in 2012 comes off as almost reasonable.

Source: Yahoo Autos

Monday, August 13, 2012

Folks, happy Monday! It’s time for our weekly car care tip -How To Change A Flat Tire

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There’s no sound  as disheartening to a driver than the flop flop of a flat tire. They always seem to come at inconvenient times, too. But to a man who knows how to change a flat, that flopping noise is a chance to display his self-sufficiency.

Just like knowing how to jumpstart a car, knowing how to change a flat tire is a skill every man should possess. It will save your own butt when you’re out on some lonely stretch of highway and come in handy when helping a damsel in distress or a hapless traveler on the side of the road. Follow these steps and you’ll back on the road in no time.

Tools needed: Spare tire, jack, lug wrench.

1. Park your car on a flat surface. If you get a flat while on the road, pull your car as far away from traffic as possible . Make sure to put on the emergency brake. It’s also recommended to put a block on the tire opposite of the flat tire. Put to use that fruitcake from Aunt Gertie you’ve been toting around in the trunk. Here’s a blocking example: if your right rear tire is flat, put the block on the front left tire.

2. Remove the hubcap. If your car has a hubcap, remove it so you can get to the lug nuts. Use the hubcap to hold the nuts, just like the dad in A Christmas Story. Just don’t let your kid hold the hubcap or he’ll lose them and drop the F-bomb.

3. Loosen the nuts. Grab your lug wrench and place it on the flat tire’s lug nuts. Loosen them up by turning them counterclockwise. The nuts are probably on there really tight, so you’ll have to use all your man strength to unscrew them. Loosen the nuts a few turns, but don’t take any of them off yet!

4. Place the jack underneath your car. Check your owner’s manual for the correct placement of the jack. Turn the hand crank at the end of the jack to raise the jack until it comes into contact with your car’s frame. Make sure it’s touching a sturdy spot.

5. Jack it up! Start cranking the jack until the wheel is high enough above the ground to remove the tire.

6. Remove the flat. Remove the lug nuts from the wheel. You should be able to do it by hand because you’ve already loosened them. Remove the flat tire and lay it flat. You don’t want the wheel to roll into traffic during rush hour and cause a thirty car pile-up.

7. Slap on your spare. Take your spare tire and line up the lugs, or bolts, with the holes in the wheel and slide the wheel on. Once the wheel is on, take your lug nuts and tighten them by hand until you meet firm resistance.

8. Lower the car. Lower the jack until the wheel is firmly on the ground.

9. Finish tightening your lug nuts. These babies must be on super tight so the wheel doesn’t come flying off while driving to the tire shop to get the flat fixed. So you need to unleash the super power of the star pattern to get those lugs tighter than a deer tick. Use this tightening pattern if you have five bolts on your wheel. Start with any lug nut and then follow this pattern:

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If your car has four, use this pattern:

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Source: The Art of Manliness

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Come check out the new Sonic tomorrow from 12:00pm to 2:00pm at the Taft Highway Sonic. What's better, you get a FREE Cherry Limeade!

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2013 Chevrolet Spark Maximizes the Mini Car Segment

The 2013 Chevrolet Spark mini car, Chevrolet’s first mini car for the U.S. and Canadian markets, is a sporty four-passenger, five-door hatch. It is designed to excite first-time buyers and city dwellers with its bold styling and colors, affordability, the safety of 10 standard air bags, fuel efficiency and maneuverability.

[[posterous-content:pid___1]]Here's a photo of this amazing car we delivered over the weekend!

Spark also is the only car in its segment to provide MyLink Radio – a seven-inch color touch screen radio capable of displaying smartphone-based music, videos, photos and contacts for hands-free calling. MyLink Radio comes with two embedded apps for Pandora internet radio and Stitcher Smart Radio and later, BringGo, an embedded app for full-function GPS navigation, will be available for purchase.

Though compact, Spark offers more passenger and cargo room than other mini-cars such as the Fiat 500, Smartfortwo and the Scion iQ. Equipped with the Ecotec 1.25L four-cylinder engine and five-speed manual transmission, Spark offers competitive EPA-estimated fuel economy of 38 mpg hwy.

The Spark is already on sale globally. In the U.S. and Canada, Spark is offered in LS, 1LT and 2LT models.

“Spark is ideal for active city dwellers because it is easy to drive, easy to park and easy to own,” said Chris Perry, Global Chevrolet vice president for marketing. “For these customers, Spark is their key to the city.”

1. Design that grabs

In a segment of “cute” cars, Spark’s solid, powerful stance is designed to challenge the status quo, and its interior reflects refinement, craftsmanship and personal technologies normally associated with larger, more expensive vehicles.

While the Spark looks like a three-door hatch, designers cleverly disguised the rear doors by integrating the handles into the C-pillar area. The technique gives Spark its sporty appearance without sacrificing five-door comfort and utility. An integrated spoiler over the rear hatch door enhances Spark’s dynamic appearance while also improving the car’s aerodynamics, for fuel efficiency.

The Spark’s prominent two-tier grille and bowtie logo preserve Chevrolet’s signature global look. A wheels-out, body-in stance, stretched windshield accentuated by a single arc roofline, body-color front door handles and body sides free of cladding make the Spark appear more sleek, aggressive and upscale. Spark’s wheels-at-the-corners stance is further emphasized by standard 15-inch aluminum wheels.

Dramatically sized, elliptically shaped halogen headlamps stretch from the front fascia to the A-pillar. Their clear, polycarbonate lenses and chrome-coated headlamp bezels are sculpted into the forward corners, and accents within the housings offset the chrome bezels for a strong visual statement. Projector-type fog lamps are standard on the 2LT Spark model.

2. Vibrant colors that can’t be ignored

One look at the Spark’s color palette proves designers intended for it to stand out in a crowd.  For buyers who are all about self-expression, attention-grabbing exterior finishes include Salsa Red, Jalapeno, Denim, Lemonade (late availability) and Techno Pink, as well as traditional hues such as Black Granite, Silver Ice and Summit White.

3. A cabin that’s stylish and spacious

Spark’s interior complements its sporty exterior with comfort, spaciousness and style. Its most identifiable element is a motorcycle-inspired column-mounted instrument cluster that features one of two large, full-color LCD screens and provides digital feedback to the driver in a design that’s bold, fun and easy to view at a glance.

Decorative inserts in the front door and instrument panel add a premium touch, as does ice blue ambient lighting and faceplates across the door pockets and dash. Heated leatherette seats and leather-wrapped steering wheel are included on Spark 2LT.  Air conditioning and power windows are standard across the lineup.

When it comes to storage space, numerous bins are located throughout the cabin, while the cargo area offers 11.4 cubic feet (323 L) behind rear seat. That’s 20 percent more than Fiat 500 and 225 percent more than Scion iQ’s 3.5 cubic feet (99 liters). Spark also offers 31.2 cubic feet (884 L) with the rear seat folded – and the rear seat features a 60-40 split that allows long items, such as skis, to be transported along with a rear-seat passenger.

4. Infotainment designed for today – and tomorrow

For Spark, Chevrolet MyLink – standard on 1LT and 2LT models – consists of a seven-inch color touch screen, AM/FM/SiriusXM Satellite Radio (with three trial months of service) stereo with seek-and-scan, digital clock, Bluetooth streaming audio for music and select phones, six speakers and voice recognition for connected phones with this capability.

What it does not have is a CD player. MyLink Radio operates by integrating the owner’s compatible smartphone and stored media – via Bluetooth, plug-in outlet or USB – with the radio. This lets owners enjoy simple, safe and personalized connectivity while their smartphone is stowed.

MyLink-equipped Spark models come with two apps: Pandora internet radio and Stitcher Smart Radio. Later, BringGo, an embedded app that delivers full-function navigation and live traffic updates, will be available for MyLink and priced at about $50.

BringGo will enable easy access to emergency information such as police, fire and the nearest hospital; thousands of points of interest; local search via Google; Where am I? locator; live traffic functionality that provides crash reports, lane closures and alternative routes; three-dimensional maps and more.

5. A powertrain that saves gas and money

In the United States and Canada, the Spark is powered by an Ecotec 1.25L dual-overhead cam four-cylinder engine with continuously variable valve timing that delivers SAE-certified 84 horsepower (64 kW). It is mated to a standard five-speed manual transmission, and a four-speed automatic transmission is available.

The Spark achieves an EPA-estimated 34 mpg in combined city and highway driving with the manual transmission, and 32 mpg with the automatic transmission. The Chevrolet Spark also has the lowest estimated fuel cost of any Chevrolet small car, except the Volt. It also uses regular unleaded fuel, while the Fiat 500 requires premium fuel.

The engine was developed using best practices from GM Powertrain technical centers. For North America, its displacement was enlarged slightly over other markets’ 1.2L displacement, giving the engine more mid-range torque that translates into a greater feeling of power on the highway. It also combines competitive performance with sophisticated technologies such as dual continuous variable cam phasing and an electronically controlled thermostat to give customers a low-maintenance engine with reduced emissions.

6. A driving experience that impresses

Spark’s body-frame-integral structure is tight and stiff for sportier driving dynamics. The electric power steering and MacPherson strut front suspension are designed to deliver taut, tight handling characteristics that better connect the driver with the road and provide outstanding overall stability. Anti-lock brakes, StabiliTrak electronic stability control and Hill Start Assist are standard.

Hill Start Assist helps prevent drivers from rolling when restarting from a stopped position on a hill. It allows drivers to take their foot off the brake long enough to use the accelerator and move forward.

Spark is equipped with vented front disc and rear drum brakes for excellent stopping performance and good pedal feel. Low rolling-resistance tires use a silica compound and revised tread design for a solid road feel and improved fuel efficiency.

Spark also has a tight turning circle of only 32.5 feet (9.9 meters), which enhances its maneuverability in urban areas.

7. Quietness that is unexpected

A host of noise-abating features block, absorb or eliminate sound to give Spark an exceptionally refined feel:

  • Thicker glass
  • Front-of-dash mat
  • Hood seals
  • Nylon baffles and expanding foam in hollow sections of the body structure
  • An acoustic headliner
  • Melt-on damping patches on the interior body structure, as well as extensive sealing throughout the vehicle.

8. Safety that brings peace of mind

Designed with occupant safety in mind, Spark has won safety awards in both Europe and Korea, where it is already on the road. Its safe design begins with a strong, body-frame-integral structure. High-strength steel makes up more than 62 percent of the Spark’s underbody and 42 percent of its upper body.

In addition to crash-avoidance technologies such as StabiliTrak and ABS, Spark is equipped with 10 standard air bags, including both driver and passenger front knee air bags to reduce the risk of lower extremity injuries in frontal crashes. Dual-stage frontal air bags, seat-mounted side air bags and side curtain air bags that extend over the front and rear seating rows are also standard.

Other safety technologies include:

  • Rollover sensing system
  • Three-point safety belts in all four seating positions
  • Seat belt pretensioners in the front driver and passenger seats
  • LATCH child seat attachment system
  • Adjustable head restraints
  • Collapsible steering column
  • Remote keyless entry on LT
  • OnStar safety and security system.

9. Quality that is assuring

Spark is the only mini-car covered by a five-year/100,000-mile Powertrain Limited Warranty, which also includes roadside assistance and courtesy transportation. Other quality and convenience enhancements include:

  • Gap and flush relationships between body panels among the best in class
  • No-maintenance timing chain and transmission fluid, and 100,000-mile spark plugs
  • Electronic power steering means no fluid checks or top-offs
  • Technology that tells when it’s time to change the oil
  • OnStar vehicle diagnostics check engine, transmission, brakes and more, and provide automatic email updates.

In addition to powertrain coverage, Spark is backed by a three-year/36,000-mile comprehensive warranty and a six-year/100,000-mile rust-through warranty. 

10. OnStar service that is unmatched in the segment

Six months of OnStar Directions and Connections service is standard on Spark. OnStar is the global leading provider of connected safety, security and mobility solutions and advanced information technology.

OnStar’s RemoteLink Mobile App allows smartphone users to control vehicle functions, access vehicle information and send directions directly to the vehicle. A new, opt-in service called FamilyLink allows subscribers to stay connected to loved ones by checking the location of their vehicle online or by signing up for vehicle location alerts.

Source: GM

Monday, August 6, 2012

Spread the word, we've got help these kids get to Arkansas!

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Guys, we look forward to your support at the fundraiser, BBQ, and car wash tonight beginning at 5:30 PM at the Northwest baseball fields.

Friday, August 3, 2012

Please come out and support the kids by helping them get to Arkansas!!

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The Northwest 10 & Under team is going to the Cal Ripken World Series in Arkansas next week!!  

Join us for a fundraiser barbeque and car wash on Monday evening, beginning at 5:30 PM at the Northwest baseball fields ($7.00 for a meal of hotdog, chips and a drink, or $10.00 for the meal and car wash).  
 

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Guys, hope you didn't forget - get you're free cherry limeade!

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Check out the all new Sonic while sipping on a delicious cherry Limeade tomorrow at the Sonic on Olive Drive fro 6:00pm to 8:00pm!