Locate an Auto Repair Shop in Oxford, Maryland

First of all, the 2012 Kia Rio Sedan or Rio5 Hatchback is only available in a 6 speed manual transmission I believe or 6 speed automatic. Secondly, the color shown is probably not accurate but an artist rendering. I hope they make available a really nice "expensive" soft/off white colour like Hyundai offers on its Tucson SUV. I personally hate drab Oxford White. Looks cheap like your driving a utility vehicle. I`m myself am not crazy about Kia`s Cream colour either. Sure, its soft but does not look expensive, looks like an old color that Chrysler put on its PT Cruiser and its Chrysler 300. Hope they have a nice light Sea Foam Green or Frosted Glass like Ford is offering on its 2012 Focus. I`m so tired of Black, both Graphite and Silver Grey, and Pure Oxford White. And IMO opinion, you can kill off Shocking Yellow and Anti-Freeze (Apple) Green too unless your under 21 years of age! The 2006 KIa Rio 5 has been an excellent vehicle and with it 5 year 60 K bumper to bumper warranty has cost very little except for usually maintenance and tire/brake replacement. Just 2 lower seat cushion air bag sensors requiring the entire seat cushion being repaced (under warranty) and 2 electrical engine coil replacements @ $300. One under warranty and one paid out of pocket. All in all, great car.

I'm only driving into PA tomorrow. May need to fill up before I get to my sister's, or definitely before hitting the highway on the way to Oxford. Might have to fill up at exit 10, or maybe can make the whole second segment.

Gary, the tie-in to diesel exhaust and asthma is undeniable. The soot/PM increase the inflammation of the tissue, which exacerbates the symptoms. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071205190853.htm ScienceDaily (Dec. 6, 2007) — Diesel exhaust fumes on polluted streets have a measurable effect on people with asthma, according to the first study looking at exhausts and asthma in a real-life setting, published on 6 December in the New England Journal of Medicine. The new study looked at the effects on 60 people with mild and moderate asthma of walking along the western end of busy Oxford Street in London, where only diesel-powered taxis and buses are permitted. The researchers, from Imperial College London, the New Jersey School of Public Health, and other international institutions, found that both during and after a two hour walk along Oxford Street, the test volunteers experienced increased asthmatic symptoms, reduced lung capacity, and inflammation in the lungs. It took a few hours for these to return to their normal levels. The researchers confirmed their results by comparing how the same people were affected by a two hour walk in the traffic-free, western part of London's Hyde Park. Here, the volunteers experienced some of the same problems but to a far lesser degree. This is the first study to investigate in a real-life setting, outside of the laboratory, if traffic fumes make symptoms worse for people with asthma. Two thirds of people with asthma believe this to be the case, according to Asthma UK. The researchers believe that diesel exhausts cause problems for people with asthma because of the particulates - minute particles of dust, dirt, soot and smoke - which they release into the air. Particulates come in different sizes but those of less than 2.5 microns, and the tiniest "ultra fine" ones, can interfere with the respiratory system, because they are so tiny that they can be inhaled deeply into the lungs. Ultra fine particles can also be absorbed in the blood, which may have damaging effects There is even evidence to suggest that diesel MAY "cause" asthma in otherwise healthy people, although this has not been proven true. http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/020213b.asp So let's not get on this broken record. Just accept that diesel exhaust is dangerous to asthmatics as a fact of life, which it is.

Despite the Oxford definition, the convention is to call sequential manuals, the type predominant in GT-series racing, "sequential manuals" instead of automatics. This, in turn, causes many people to associate their H-pattern transmissions with a similar-looking racing chassis since they both come with 'manual' transmissions. Which, ironically, isn't the case. Everything from C6.Rs to RSRs use a sequential manual on the track.

In NE Philly, the McDonald's near me are in Oxford Circle which is less than a mile from work(in my old neighborhood which is now a war zone) not bad as of 2003 when I left, Another is on Cottman and Roosevelt Blvd which is about 3 miles from work, but is one of the worst McDonald's to which I've ever been. It's a good place to go if you want to get sick. Burger King fares just as bad. There's another one in Oxford Circle, but if the street thugs don't kill you, the food will. Anybody ever seen the fast food scene in "Falling Down" where D-FENS gets a squashed burger? I've experience it personally at that Burger King. There's another Burger King in the 5900 block of Rising Sun Avenue. The food is decent, but the neighborhood is sketchy. Go there during the day and just use the Drive-Thru.