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☆ Vintage photos taken 100 years ago show what life was like in 1924
  + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
The start of the 1920s brought in a new era for transportation, and automobiles had become a mainstream method of travel for many people. A man fills up his automobile at a fueling station in 1924. National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty ImagesThough many countries were still recovering from the negative effects of World War I, by 1924 the United States had bounced back and become a hive of industry. One of the most popular vehicles of the time was the Ford Model T, which the Ford Motor Company sold between the years 1908 and 1927. When it was time to fill up the tank, drivers would pull into a fueling station, like the one pictured above, where gas would run you between 13 and 25 cents per gallon.
Organizations: National Motor Museum, Ford, Ford Motor Company Locations: United States
☆ Kia warns Sportage owners of possible engine fires
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +1 min
Kia is telling owners of nearly 72,000 older Sportage small SUVs in the U.S. to park them outdoors and away from structures after getting reports of more engine fires. Documents posted Wednesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say fires can start while the engines are running or when they’re turned off. National Motor Museum / Heritage Images/Getty Images fileThe SUVs were recalled in 2016 due to corrosion in a wiring harness near the engine control unit. The Korean automaker says it has reports of eight fires and 15 cases of melting or damage since April 2017. The company says owners should park outside and away from structures and other vehicles until it figures out the cause of the fires and develops a remedy.
☆ Couple paid $100 for abandoned car they found in a storage unit—Elon Musk bought it from them for nearly $1 million
  + stars: | 2019-12-01 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Photographer: Bronte Wittpenn/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIn 1989, a couple from Long Island, New York paid roughly $100 for an unclaimed storage unit. Actors Barbara Bach and Roger Moore, stars of the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me," sit on the 1976 Lotus Esprit. But after they loaded the car onto a truck and set off for home, truckers contacted them via CB radio to let them know they were hauling a James Bond car, according to Redenius. National Motor Museum | Heritage Images | Getty ImagesMusk said he'd grown up watching the Bond movie. The 1976 Lotus Esprit, known as "Wet Nellie," that was used in the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me."
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