Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Erie, North Dakota

I shop around for insurance every 6 months right before I pay for the renewal. Was with Geico for 3.5 yrs since they were the cheapest for me in Chicago (Progressive would come in at a few bucks more per month, the rest of the big ins co's would come in much higher) -- when I got the 2011 Civic LX, Geico wanted too much so I decided to switch to Progressive since they were the cheapest (Erie came in slightly higher than Progressive, but was cheaper than Geico) LM's quote was crazy (they wanted 4x the price of Progressive) and Amica wanted 3x the price. The other insurance companies wanted 1.5-2 times the price. I'm fine with using Progressive for the first year since they'll pay for new dealer parts if something happens to your car

Hello, Is the acquisition fee the same for all cars leased with Subaru Motor Finance/Chase? I was quoted $895 for the acquisition fee in Erie County, NY. That is for an Impreza. Everything I read says Subaru's acq. fee is $595. Would it be lower for the Outback? Help! I don't want to pay an extra $300 just so the dealer can make more money on the deal. Thank you, Susan

A couple of years ago my family did a Fairbanks to Erie (PA) and back run. It was the most casual trip (time-wise) we have ever taken - it took us nearly 10 days each way, with the return journey being a bit longer in that we drove all the way to Portland (OR) and Seattle before finally turning north. I love road trips; there is some amazing diversity on this continent. I hope you have a fantastic (and casual!) trip, jensad.

The constructive part of this post is this: There has been a rust through warranty on most cars for many years and probably if you were to read the warranty statement it would state the terms of repair of rust through assuming your car still is covered. Now for the non constructive part: I presume you live somewhere in the so-called "rust belt" which aptly describes the vehicles routinely operated in the corrosives employed by the DOT to melt ice and snow. I do not know your personal mind set to maintenance and car washing but if one does not clean both the exterior body and underside of their car weekly, if not more frequently, during at least the winter, one forfeits the right to complain when rust consumes it. Look around and if you see rusty Hondas (particularly prone to rust), Nissans, Subarus (also prone), Fords, Chevrolets etc then friend you live in Buffalo NY or Erie Pa or another such winter hell-hole and most 9 year old cars are either gone...or going...going... gone due to rust. I guess what I am trying to say is "you reap what you sow" and if car washing isn't a big part of your winter routine then sorry charlie, what do you expect? On the other hand if you actually do wash it on a regular basis 9+ years is still pushing it if the state you live in is particularly snow bound and one other thing...the liquid "pre-treatment" that Pa. (for one) uses is multiple times as corrosive as salt is and will destroy a rocker panel or fender in one winter if not promptly washed off. My personal crusade is a 1995 Stratus and I cannot tell you how many quarters I have plugged into carwashes over the last 8 years I have owned it but I think rust (in the normal areas these rust) will be the end of it. I am "anal" as my wife is fond of telling when it comes to keeping our cars clean but eventually "you loose" to rust if in the "rust-belt".

U.S.-made offshore wind turbines coming to manufacture: Here we go First U.S. Offshore Wind Turbine Factory Opens in Virginia, But Has No Customers Yet Gamesa, which just opened the nation's first offshore wind turbine factory, isn't expecting the U.S. market to take off until 2015 By Maria Gallucci Feb 17, 2011 Wind energy giant Gamesa unveiled America's first offshore turbine factory this month in Norfolk, Va., to eventually supply windmills for projects and build a competitive home-grown industry that is now essentially run by Europe. The announcement addresses speculation over whether the U.S. is moving into the emerging offshore manufacturing industry. But for a nation that still doesn't have a single turbine in its waters, the news invites another question: Who will be Gamesa's first customer? David Rosenberg, a spokesperson for Langhorne, Pa.-based Gamesa North America, was tightlipped on the matter in an interview with SolveClimate News. He said only that the company would be eyeing Virginia's coast to install its new G11X turbine, a state that is ripe for wind development but has no ventures on the books, in addition to three other East Coast sites. About a half a dozen proposals are on the drawing board for U.S. waters., the most famous of which — the long-beleaguered 130-turbine, 468-megawatt Cape Wind offshore farm in Nantucket Sound, Mass. — is slowly inching forward. NRG Bluewater Wind and Delmarva Power are expected to build 150 turbines off the coast of Delaware. Other projects are at various stages in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, North Carolina and Texas, while Ohio wants to build a 20-megawatt, $100 million wind demonstration project on Lake Erie. By contrast, nine European countries already boast nearly 3,000 megawatts of total installed maritime wind capacity, according to the European Wind Energy Association. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is eager to catch up. It has set a goal to install 10,000 megawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2020 and 54,000 megawatts by 2030, in an effort to help reach the administration's goal of getting 80 percent of the country’s electricity from cleaner sources by 2035.