General Motors announced recently that it’s adding the 2009 Buick Lucerne to its flex-fuel lineup. The alternative-fuel version of the Lucerne can be selected as a no-cost option and can run on gasoline or E85 or any combination of the two. This means the Lucerne thus has the distinction of becoming the first flex-fuel passenger [...]
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Runde Auto Chat
Efficiency is the fuel of the future
On average, Tri-State residents are paying $3.84 for a gallon of gas this week according to IowaStateGasPrices.com. While rising gas costs are no surprise, motorists are trying to all sorts of ways to be more gas efficient. I know that I personally have been shifting into neutral more often and coasting down hills gradual slopes. [...]
What Does the World Look Like at 200 MPH ???
On its GMNext website, Chevrolet recently revealed that it ran the ZR1 Corvette all the way up to 205 mph at a test track in Papenburg, Germany. Luckily they installed a video camera on the inside of the car to capture the footage for the world to see. Life can move pretty fast, but this [...]
Ever Have Trouble Making Up Your Mind ???
If you have some spare time over the next couple weeks, drive by Runde Chevrolet in E. Dubuque and check out the Split Decision truck – a completely customized Chevy 4500 Kodiak crew cab. If you can’t make it over to E. Dubuque, don’t sweat it … you’ll probably see it at various events around [...]
Football Frenzy
Diane Casey and her husband came in a couple weeks ago to purchase a new Chevy Silverado half-ton truck. When they were in to pick up the new truck, their salesman (Mark Fleege) let them know that Runde’s just got in some promotional “Nerf-like” mini footballs. He intended to grab a couple of the footballs [...]
Can You Say Déjà Vu ??
If you reside in the Tri-State Area, you may recall an article on the front page of the Telegraph Herald newspaper on May 19th of 2007. The article was titled “Vehicle won’t be flying off the lot: Auto dealer won’t sell truck until baby birds in nest on tire leave” … and it started out [...]
Word On The Street Is …
I highly recommend Runde Auto Group to everyone! Everyone at Runde’s is so nice and friendly. Nathan Finn of E. Dubuque, IL I was very satisfied with Runde Auto Group. This was the first time I bought a vehicle where I felt that I was the one that got the good deal. Mike Menster of [...]
Wouldn’t it be nice ???
I ran across this and found it fascinating. Something like this could really have come in handy as I was stuck in traffic for about 25 minutes while waiting to cross the Julien Dubuque Hwy 20 bridge two nights ago. Even though it literally takes off, I’m skeptical if this invention will really “take off”. [...]
