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The Celebrity Cars of Mad Max

Posted by Poquet Auto on Jun 4, 2015 5:00:48 AM

The fourth Mad Max movie since 1979, Mad Max: Fury Road came out May 15th to rave reviews and sold-out theaters. The original, an Australian dystopian action flick “centered its attention around the breakdown of society, love, and revenge.” Like many other action movies, the Mad Max movies all feature some pretty amazing cars.

Just in case you haven’t seen all four Mad Max films, we thought we’d share an interesting infographic from TopSpeed.com that highlights some of the “celebrity” cars used in the movies. Some are pretty rugged-looking while others just look fast. Take a look and let us know which is your favorite.

10 of the Funniest Things Poquet Followers Did to Their First Cars

Posted by Poquet Auto on May 28, 2015 5:00:59 AM

If you follow us on Facebook, you know we like to have a little fun with our followers. Once a week, we ask our audience a question and enter everyone who answers into drawings to win fun prizes like gift cards and free oil changes.

Awhile back, we asked what “not-so-smart” things people did to their first cars.

We got some pretty interesting and hilarious answers.

Are Driverless Cars the Future of Transportation? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Posted by Poquet Auto on May 21, 2015 5:00:30 AM

Human error is to blame for the vast majority of car accidents, which caused 1.2 million lives last year. Up to 20-30% of these collisions are due to driver distraction. Google thinks it has a solution to these problems – driverless cars.

Regardless of how you feel about kicking back while your car propels you to your destination, these self-driving cars are on their way.

So how do driverless cars work? When will we see them on the mass market? Are they actually safer than regular cars? These answers and more are conveniently laid out in this infographic from Southside Motor Factors.

5 Ways to Make Your Long Commute More Enjoyable

Posted by Poquet Auto on May 14, 2015 5:00:47 AM

In a recent post, we used an interactive map to illustrate average commute times for Minnesota counties. What we discovered, perhaps unsurprisingly, is that citizens in counties comprising the Twin Cities metro have significantly longer commute times than Minnesota’s rural residents. Here, we know how frustrating it is to be late to a meeting because of an accident, or to spend an hour trying to get home because rush hour all but stopped traffic.

For those of you who struggle through long, exhausting drives to and from work each day, we thought we’d share some of our favorite ways to make commuting more enjoyable.

Whose Commute is Longer Than Yours? [Interactive Map]

Posted by Poquet Auto on May 7, 2015 5:00:19 AM

How long does it take you to get to work? 5 minutes? 20? 60? More? According to this fascinating interactive map from flowingdata.com, the average commute time in Hennepin County is 22.7 minutes, slightly more than Ramsey County’s 22.6 minutes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the majority of surrounding metro county commute times are longer with suburban drivers making their way into the Twin Cities:

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