If you’ve been following our blog this month, you’ve no doubt noticed that our news has had a more local focus than usual. You’ve also probably noticed that our news is primarily focused on one story, and that’s because during a month like this, there’s only one story that really matters to us: savings for […]
Archive | August, 2014
The Secret of Getting to Leith Autopark Wendell
Pssst. We want to tell you a secret. It’s something that we wish wasn’t such a secret, so that’s why we’re telling you. You know the saying, the one about “secrets” and “no fun” and “unless you tell everyone.” So here it goes: Leith Autopark in Wendell is just minutes away from Raleigh. We’re talking […]
Start Your Ford with Your Face
Several months ago, we were sitting in our office daydreaming about what the next great innovation in cars would be. Some of us in the office had been talking about how many of the great technologies from the past decade are becoming more ubiquitous. Things like push-button start, keyless entry, and rain-sensing windshield wipers. It […]
Texting While Driving in North Carolina: Why the Law is Broken
Mutually Assured Dismissal There was a segment on the local news last week that caught our attention. Generally, all you have to do to make our ears perk up is mention cars or driving, but sometimes the topic of conversation doesn’t excite us in the way we think it will. This particular story had to […]
The Wendell 300
Herodotus tells us that 300 Spartans held the gap of Thermopylae, resisting an army of more than one million Persians for three days. If you bowl twelve consecutive strikes, your score will be 300 – a perfect game. 300 is the sum of a pair of twin primes (149 + 151). It is also the […]