One of the largest car rental companies in North America, Enterprise Rental Car employs more than 65,000 people throughout the world. It is a privately owned company. The Jack Taylor family is the principle owner. The company was named after the aircraft carrier on which its founder, Jack Taylor, served in World War II: The USS Enterprise.

It has driven revenue growth successfully every year throughout its history and prides itself on providing superior customer service. The company achieved such massive revenue growth and excellent service by rewarding the success of its employees. They encourage its employees to have an entrepreneurial spirit and provides them with a great deal of training and resources. Thousands of Enterprise Rental Car employees have advanced from the rental offices to the highest levels of management.

They were founded as a leasing company but has added other services over the years. These services include; fleet management, used car sales, vanpool services and commercial truck rental. As you can see, the company has many business divisions in addition to being one of the largest rental car companies in North America. Read the rest of this entry »

Do you feed your car? Do you find that feeding your car is getting too expensive? Do you find that you are taking the money out of your children’s mouth?

It does not matter what is happening to the gas prices or why it is happening. Cars still get hungry and we still need to feed them if we want to get anywhere.

We can cut down on unnecessary car trips and try to consolidate all our errands to the same area at the same time. Our cars use energy and need to be fed just like people.

What about the people that are cutting down on their food for themselves and their families to feed their cars? Or the people that are using their life savings to feed their cars or maxing out their credit cards?

Something terrible is making itself known in the state of California loud and clear. We the people are being beaten down into a corner trying to feed our families and our cars. Read the rest of this entry »

Brake systems in automotives have seen a lot of improvements since the emergence of the first car in automotive history. Now, almost three centuries after, automotive brake systems have evolved much since the traditional drum brakes of the early 1900′s. These brakes were of considerable popularity up to the end of the 1970′s, when disc brakes began to be widely accepted and circulated for mass production. Although there are fewer drum brakes now, a number of modern cars like the Toyota Prius still rely on drum brakes. These days, though, the type of automotive brake systems often seen in cars employ disc brakes. Frederick William Lanchester in Birmmingham, England, was actually the first person to patent the first ever disc brakes for automotive use, but it took a long time before the potential and reliability of these disc brakes were recognized. Initially, this brake system was confined to sports cars. Over time, when improved performance of this innovation steadily became apparent, disc brakes were put to use by many automotive companies, and thus, became a common feature of contemporary passenger cars as well. Disc brakes also include brake pads, rotor as well as calipers and support. Read the rest of this entry »