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☆ More than 300 people live year-round in Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth. Here's what it's like.
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-19 | by ( Susie Neilson | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It takes time to get used to the heatTaylor's first summer in Death Valley was "pretty hard," he said. The Death Valley community stays closeCow Creek, Timbisha Shoshone Village, and Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley's three main year-round communities, are remote: The nearest town is an hour's drive. Yes, Death Valley residents go running. Climate change is making life in Death Valley even tougherThe coronavirus pandemic has made it harder for the small group of Death Valley residents to gather, but they're staying in touch via technology like everyone else. In Death Valley, six of the 10 hottest months on record have occurred in the last 20 years.

To get a car loan with bad credit, start by saving a down payment, checking your credit score, and setting a budget. Buying a car with poor credit will cost more in interest, so it may be worth waiting and working to raise your credit score if possible. But, with poor credit, getting a car loan will cost you more, as banks will charge higher interest rates to lend to you. Save up a large down paymentTo get a car loan with bad credit, start by saving a down payment. Check your credit — and improve it if you have timeYour credit score is like a lender's version of a GPA.

☆ 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."

Without gap insurance, the insurance company will only pay for what the car is worth at the time of the incident and you may still owe money to the creditor. The monthly payment for gap insurance is usually tacked on to the loan or lease payment, and costs about 5% of the annual comprehensive and collision insurance premium. Gap insurance can be purchased through your lender, auto dealership, private insurance companies, and other sources. One of the most important things to know is you need both comprehensive and collision coverage to qualify for gap insurance. Much like homeowners insurance purchased by mortgage lenders, these plans don't cover the many benefits you want, but the cost of car insurance coverage rises substantially.

☆ How The Toyota NASCAR Team Uses Mobile Tech To Win Races
▼ + stars: | 2013-07-03 | by ( Julie Bort | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

When Toyota's NASCAR racing team wanted to give its cars and drivers an advantage, it built a custom tablet app to use at the track. AdvertisementBefore the app, engineers and drivers were recording performance data on a laptop and the driver had to get out of his seat to look at it. Enter an app called Trackside, which Toyota built on Windows 8. Trackside collects the car's performance data, and that info is shared with the crew and driver simultaneously in real time. It also captures data on how the other teams are doing in comparison.

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