{"id":1247,"date":"2014-12-18T20:16:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T20:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2014-12-18T20:16:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T20:16:03","slug":"top-3-auto-apps-holiday-season-new-cars-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/?p=1247","title":{"rendered":"The Top 3 Auto Apps of the Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By the time you\u2019re reading this, panic mode may be setting in. If you\u2019re the sort of person who gets all their Christmas shopping done well in advance, you\u2019ve probably never looked at a gift guide in your life. So by reading this, we know you need help.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got you covered.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no way you\u2019re going to the mall at this point. That place is a trap. It\u2019s the commercial version of tragedy of the commons, so you\u2019ll want to steer clear.<\/p>\n<p>You need to do your shopping online, but not on Amazon. No way. That thing you want to get for that person? It\u2019s on back order for weeks, and there\u2019s no Prime membership that will get it to you in two days. What you need are gifts that don\u2019t run out of stock.<\/p>\n<p>You need apps. Apps are easy because all you have to do is install them on a person\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s our list of the top three auto apps this holiday season.\u00a0<a href=\"#WEBSITEURL#\/\">Leith Cars<\/a> is privileged to remain the best place to buy new cars in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetrackr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TrackR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SZNaVAACTwI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you know someone who is always misplacing their car keys or purse, this is an app they sorely need. There is an additional hardware requirement, but it\u2019s what makes the whole thing work. You can attach a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetrackr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TrackR pendant<\/a> to whatever you\u2019re most likely to lose \u2013 wallet, pocketbook, dog, and so on \u2013 and then locate it whenever it leaves your site via the app on your smart phone. The app supports more than one item, so you can keep track of all the important things in your life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <a href=\"http:\/\/2xlgames.com\/xlr8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XLR8<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mfFCPTeUJiU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Get it? If you know anyone who desperately wishes they drove something cooler, hook them up with this app from <a href=\"http:\/\/2xlgames.com\/xlr8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2XL Games<\/a>. It\u2019s simple. Plug the phone into the car\u2019s audio and listen to the roar of a V8 engine. The app uses feedback from a phone\u2019s accelerometers to realistically generate the exhaust note from a selection of supercars. Engine samples are Hollywood quality, so it sounds totally authentic and totally cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Waze<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R8WKW0xeBxU\" width=\"552\" height=\"414\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In terms of crowdsourced traffic apps, Waze is the biggest and best of its kind. Claiming that \u201ctraffic is more than red lines\u201d on a map, this app pulls traffic information from other users on the road in real time. It can even gather data from you just by leaving it open while you drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the time you\u2019re reading this, panic mode may be setting in. If you\u2019re the sort of person who gets all their Christmas shopping done well in advance, you\u2019ve probably never looked at a gift guide in your life. So by reading this, we know you need help. We\u2019ve got you covered. There\u2019s no way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[291],"class_list":["post-1247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.leithcars.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}