Barry Meguiar broke ranks with his Father and Grandfather when he told them, "whether you like it or not we are in the retail business." Meguiar's had been a wholesale business since 1901 selling Meguiar's Mirror Glaze furniture polish. All the horse carriages were black, and the owners found that Meguiar's did a [...]
Henry Ford III and Aaron Shelby Good Morning Warren and friends What a great auto show in Los Angeles this week. For any of you that are into performance, racing, and muscle cars I got to see the unveiling of the new Shelby GT350 and to meet Henry Ford III and Aaron Shelby. Are you [...]
Is fracking causing earthquakes? Good Morning Warren and friends I had dinner last night with my brother, Ed, who lives in South Carolina but was in the San Francisco bay area for work. My husband, Stretch, and a couple of Ed's co-workers, Jason and Mark, all helped Ed celebrate his birthday. Mark is from Oklahoma [...]
Ebola and Amazon Good Morning Warren and friends Ebola and Amazon and how you can help by shopping Do you shop on Amazon? If so, you can help get the word out to people in third world countries about Ebola. Many of the people in Liberia and Sierra Leone and other countries that are fighting [...]
At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Chris Herbert, CEO, Phone Halo, shows Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, Driving the Nation, how easy it is to find your keys, or for your keys to find you. The device can be hooked to anything like a keychain. When you lose your keychain you can find the device/keychain [...]
Washington Post Real Wheels car chat It's the nagging little light that tells you your car has a problem, but you have no idea what it is, and you have no idea how much it will cost. You are at the mercy of a mechanic and a bunch of numbers that come out of [...]
the Washington auto show Good morning Warren and Friends Did everyone enjoy the Washington auto show? We ended up giving away 10 tickets! Yes, we were only going to give away 2 but everyone was so excited that Warren and Barbara ended up giving some of their own tickets. I am in Las Vegas, NV [...]
2014 Chrysler Group presentation Hi, Warren and friends I'm live at the What's new for the 2014 Chrysler Group presentation. We've got two Chrysler group bigwigs to answer questions for you today, Bob Hegbloom, Director of Ram Brand and Marketing Team will join us first, then the big guy, Head of U.S. Sales, Chrysler Group [...]
fuel-efficient cars I was talking to June, the owner of the Second Act in Auburn, CA. She was pleased that she had just filled her tank and it didn't go above the price that in her head was too much to bear. She stopped, looked at me and said, “I can't believe it. I've fallen [...]
Mitchell Zarders, Senior Engineer, Hyundai Technical Center, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about Hyundai's future infotainment systems at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Zarders goes through what is available now, next-generation concepts and what will be available in the future. He calls them on-board multi-media system, off-board multi-media system and cloud-based multi-media [...]