Month: March 2015
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Blog of the Week: Leith Lincoln’s Android Auto
Our favorite post by a Leith blog this week comes from Leith Lincoln, writing about Android Auto. This is the concluding post to a two-part series about new smartphone interfaces in cars, the other one being about Apple’s CarPlay, naturally. Google and Apple are on the verge of allowing new choices in car technology. For…
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This Inventor Might Have Solved Cupholder Spills
One of the chief problems that has plagued automakers for years is cupholders. Too big, too small, soft drink sized, coffee mug sized, space for a handle, no handle, removable, coverable, etc. How does one get the dried stickiness of a spilled drink out of there? Should the holder have straight walls, or should they…
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Leith of Wendell is Hosting a Blood Drive Thursday, March 19
Leith Autopark Wendell is excited to announce that we will be partnering with Rex Hospital and UNC Health Care next week for a blood donation drive. If you are a healthy human being with a functional circulatory system, i.e. not a zombie, we encourage you to visit our dealership when the Bloodmobile comes to town.…
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Apple CarPlay: Getting Sirious about infotainment
As is the case every six months or so, the tech world turned its collective eyes and ears toward California this week as Apple hosted another press event. This “Spring Forward” event focused primarily on the Apple Watch as well as some updates to the company’s highly sought after computers. However, the tech giant also…
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Blog of the Week: Leith VW Raleigh and the Sport Coupe Concept GTE
Our blog of the week is Leith Volkswagen of Raleigh’s post about the new Sport Coupe Concept GTE that it unveiled at the Geneva Motor show. We chose them because it takes guts to debut a vehicle in Geneva instead of the bigger shows at Detroit, New York or even Paris. Also, the Coupe Concept…
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Look: These Shape-Shifting, Self-Powering Tires Are the Future
No matter the car, they all have one thing in common: tires. These unsung heroes are often replaced only when balding, the maximum amount of life extracted from their rubbery flesh as if they were Antonio and we were Shylock. While we don’t hesitate to drop money on things that never last (smartphones, cable TV,…