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Imagine you’re watching Olympic track and field, and the 100-meter dash is coming up. One of the sprinters, a favorite to win the gold medal, is lined up in the starting blocks wear-ing a fancy tuxedo. As the start-ing gun goes off, he explodes off the line, quickly pulls away from the competition, and, as expected, takes the gold. That’s about the best description we can offer for the Bentley Continental GT Speed. Pure elegance and raw power.

Bentley leaves no detail untouched by high classiness. There’s a Breitling clock in the center of the dash (sort of like that sprinter wearing an expen-sive watch). The buttons on the dash are made of high-quality metal, no chintzy plastic here. Even the vent controls are spe-cial — chrome knobs that push

and pull and add another bit of bling. The rich, supple leather reminds you of the stuff you would see in the wood-paneled sitting room in a country estate.

The world-class speed is de-rived from a 12-cylinder 6.0-liter twin turbo engine that makes 600 horsepower and 553 pounds-feet of torque. Bentley says the GT Speed has a 0-60 mph time of 4.3 seconds. There is an air sus-pension with manual driver ad-justment that controls the ride height and damper settings, which only enhance the thrill factor of the GT Speed’s ride.

Options for the test drive model included lumbar mas-sage for both front seats, an embossed Bentley nameplate to the seat facings and a Mulliner alloy fuel-filler cap. The test drive model had a total sticker price of $210,795.

Bentley Continental GT Speed gushes withelegance, power

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The Bentley Continental GT Speed packages a 600-horsepower engine in a wood-paneled, leather-trimmed luxury coupe.

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Volume 4, Issue 5

In the Bleachers

High gas prices and evidence of global warming has pushed the development of alternative energy sources into high gear. The challenge energy conservationists face is how to produce similar energy levels as fossil fuels but without the high expense or pollution.

The popularity of alternative energy and “green” practices has major industries applying environmental methods within their businesses. The West Hills CARSTAR in Portland, Ore. has embraced these changes and is going beyond normal expectations.

Don Blazer, owner of West Hills CARSTAR, is a huge supporter of “green” practices in his business. For example, parts delivery services and customer pickups are completed with electric-powered trucks. There are also electric charge-up stations available for

electric vehicle owners. Even more amazing

is the fact that the entire West Hills CARSTAR building is powered completely by wind. The power created by the wind generators eliminates the need for any nuclear, coal or gas-supplied electricity.

West Hills CARSTAR is also helping a group of Oregon State University students in their quest to build and race their own solar car. The students are entering the North American Solar

Challenge (NASC), a 2,400-mile race starting in Plano, Texas and fi nishing in Calgary, Alberta. They learned about the CARSTAR business and its support of electric vehicles from the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association.

Blazer and other employees painted the solar car with environmentally-friendly waterborne paint and provided cutting-edge batteries free of cost. Donating these services

allowed the students to focus more on designing and building their solar car and instead of worrying about raising funds.

The donated battery packs are called A123’s and use nanophosphate technology to provide higher energy density than other batteries. The electric truck Blazer drives at West Hills CARSTAR uses A123’s. These allow him a driving range close to 100 miles

and make the vehicles much faster.

The waterborne paint used to coat the solar car puts less organic solvent into the atmosphere, lower toxicity levels and acts as a safeguard against basecoat lifting.

CARSTAR Helps Students With Solar Car Race

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Top 10 Best Ways to Avoid an Accident

10. Sign up for a high-performance driving school. You will learn accident avoidance maneuvers and skid recovery in a controlled environment. Learning the correct techniques to control your vehicle in an accident situation could save your life.

9. Avoid driving at night. Fatigue and a decreased fi eld of vision make driving at night more dangerous, not to mention watching out for other drivers who may be feeling the same effects. Make sure to drive defensively and pull over on the shoulder if you begin to feel tired.

8. Keep your car in good condition. Take care of your car to ensure that it runs with no problems. Replacing worn down parts and maintaining the engine will help your car perform at the top level.

7. Don’t push your car above its limits. Not all cars are able to perform as well as others in certain situations. Brake and tire performance can vary in different car models. Take time to fi nd your car’s limits and don’t exceed them.

6. Pay attention to the condition of the road. Ice, snow, fog and rain conditions require slower speeds and greater caution.

5. Position yourself appropriately. Move your seat close to the wheel so you have better steering control. This provides your arms with support so they won’t fatigue as easily and gives you more agility for last-second maneuvers.

4. Drive with your hands in the 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock positions. This hand position maximizes your vehicle control when forced to make quick maneuvers.

3. Watch your blind spots. Adjust all mirrors so you can see everything behind you comfortably. Also make sure to turn your head and check the blind spots when changing lanes. Pay attention to other drivers’ blind spots and make sure not to stay in them too long.

2. Watch the road ahead. Don’t focus solely on the car in front of you. Watch and see what drivers in front of them are doing. This will increase your reaction time if those cars come to a sudden stop and help you avoid rear-ending the car in front of you.

1. Avoid the left lane. Most highway accidents occur in the left lane. By using the middle or right lanes you have more escape options, such as the shoulder, to help you escape potential accidents.

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14 Called for liniment

15 ___ mode (served with ice cream)

16 Bachelor bashes

18 Word before or after “pack”

19 Guat. neighbor 20 ___ Cong 21 “Puss in Boots”

beast 22 Red tags may

be found on these

26 Allow to run free, as a dog

28 Word on the back of a penny

29 Wet bars? 30 Try to gain

favor by flattery 34 Tolkien wood-

land creature 35 Opposite of

sluggish 37 Jeff Lynne’s

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38 Some very soft gloves

41 Prop in a Wild West show

43 Suffix with “ball” and “bass”

44 “Ida! ___ apple cider”

46 Star system closest to the sun

50 “As if that weren’t enough …”

51 Penlight batteries

52 “The Mikado” accessories

55 Is saddled with 56 Avoid

responsibility 59 911 call

responder 60 Behave

theatrically 61 Proverbial

easy life leader 62 “___ Kapital” 63 Abbr. on Man-

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2 “Hang ___ your hats”

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dearly 5 Moo resident 6 Schubert

composition 7 Big wave 8 A foot wide? 9 “Open wide”

letters 10 Soft drink order 11 Dream

interrupter 12 Sees

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24 Like a lawn at dawn

25 Place to board 26 Took unfair

advantage of 27 Baby’s taboo 30 Video display

rate, briefly 31 Reception

room 32 Cinematic

lioness 33 Aussie

bounders 35 Battery metal 36 Ready for

harvesting 39 Area below

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41 100 bani, in Romania

42 Like much strenuous exercise

44 Envelope’s two letters

45 Break-even situation

46 Reacted to seeing a puppy

47 Alpaca relative 48 Sibilant atten-

tion-getters 49 Foul, as

weather 53 Bakery gizmo 54 “The ___ the

limit!” 56 White House

memento 57 “Chasing ___”

(1997 film) 58 Victorian, for

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“This knowledge just shows what is possible in the future,” said Blazer.

At this point it’s still not practical to sell solar-powered cars in the market,

but events like the NASC help promote competition that will hopefully advance solar cars’ design and functional ability to one day match gasoline-powered cars.

CARSTAR is proving its dedication to environmentally friendly energy by promoting these events.

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A seat belt is a strap designed to hold a person securely in a seat, usually in a motor vehicle or aircraft. When someone is involved in an accident, the seat belt is designed to hold them in their seat and prevent injury.

George Cayley invented the seat belt in the late 1800s. It was fi rst designed for use in airplanes but would eventually fi nd its way to automobiles in the 1920s. Col. John P. Stapp used himself in the fi rst seat belt tests and concluded that most people are not injured or killed when the vehicle hits an object, but are hurt when the person hits the inside of the vehicle.

Saab was the fi rst car manufacturer to introduce seat belts as standard in 1958. After the Saab car was showcased at a New York City auto show, other car manufacturers began following suit.

Volvo invented the 3-point seat belt in 1959 and made it standard in all its cars. By 1964, most cars were sold with standard front seat belts, and rear seat belts became standard by 1968.

Ever Wonder Where Seat Belts Came From?