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Here are article -Bernie's Event Coverage: Bridgestone Tire's Drive and Learn Event

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On Thursday, October 10th, I had the pleasure of being invited to Bridgestone Tire 's Drive and Learn Event. The Drive and Learn event is designed for Bridgestone Tire to teach influential people (media, their customers, as well as companies that sell tires- such as Firestone) about their new tires. From there, you get to test out the product. More on that later. Bridgestone Tires introduced four new tires. They are: The Ecopia EP422, Potenza RE97AS, Potenza RE970AS Pole Position, and the Potenza S04 Pole Position. I put them in this specific order in which you'll find out why in the drive part of this post. The Ecopia EP422 is a fuel-efficient line of tire. The more usage you get out the tire, the more money you save because of the improved fuel efficiency it provides. I refer to this tire as a practical tire, because it goes GREAT with the more practical cars- i.e. the top selling vehicle: the Toyota Camry. The second tire is the Potenza RE97AS. The difference between this an...

Here are article -Bernie's Car Show Coverage: 2013 Z Nationals.

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This past weekend, Z1 Motorsport hosted their annual Z Nationals event. It's always a three day extravaganza where people come from as far north as the greatest state of all (New York, duh) and as far west as Texas to be a part of it. What makes it interesting is that to really take part of the events- you have to have an Infiniti G35 or G37, Nissan GTR, Nissan 350Z or 370Z, or the vintage Datsun cars. The second day is always the car show- the only event that I partake in and in true Bernie fashion, I have some photos to show off... You know this is $400,000 worth of cars right? Not including customizations... I'm developing a soft spot for GTRs now. Just think- it's a good sized car that has plenty of trunk space (for shopping) and it has a lot of horsepower. I'm such a girl.... Love this license plate, but... ... this was the BEST license plate at the entire show. I'm not biased... Hey... a New Yorker!!! Even though this show was dedicated to a specific body...