Television, helped by those serpentine Formula One tracks, slows a car down and (unlike IndyCar racing where there are usually several cars in the picture) isolates it.

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You can also buy a car that shuts down one or more engine cylinders when it is coasting, or cruising under a light load, reducing fuel consumption without sacrificing performance.

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The one that came down on her car.

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"We've got one family here, the child comes down from the farm in a car onto the road, " she said.

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It keeps its costs down by selling direct over the Internet and offers only one car, the Mercedes A class.

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Moreover, these towns refuse to take responsibility when one of their trees takes down power lines, damages a house or car, or worse a transformer.

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"We'll be shaking the car down on Tuesday, just getting this fire-up is one thing, there's still a lot of parts to go on there, " he said.

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One wounded man managed to escape but the others were pinned down until the armoured car could be sent in.

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By the time we got to turn one I saw it again and saw Kyle's fender and saw his car go down a little.

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In my own case, a bit of very important good luck tracked me down one day in 1981, as I stood at a San Francisco curbside, washing my crummy old car.

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