Carfax is a company that has become popular in the last few years for its primary service offering providing vehicle history reports (VHR) for used cars. Why is this useful? Well, getting a vehicle history report on a car before you purchase it means you get all the reported information pertaining to the car’s past accidents, repairs, ever reported lost or stolen, tows, insurance, liens, and more. Carfax has some reports that can you can get for free, as well as a tiered payment level with three types of reports the more in depth and comprehensive the information contained in the report, the more it costs.
Sometimes it makes sense to buy one of these reports, or even opt for the service level where you get to check multiple cars’ vehicle history reports. This helps when you are shopping around or can’t decide on a particular car. Carfax, apart from vehicle identification number led reports, also offers reports on using a car’s license plate number. When you are in the market to buy a used car, it can be helpful to get the information shared by the seller validated through Carfax, and of course, you may learn some stuff that he or she failed to mention. If you are buying your car from a dealer, and if that dealership offers Carfax services, you can avail yourself a free report. Also, licensed pre-owned car dealerships often will give you the Carfax report on a certified pre-owned purchase, as per the car manufacturer’s discretion.
MyCarfax is the place to go for free information on a vehicle’s service record as reported to Carfax. MyCarfax also has a service whereby it alerts users when it is time for maintenance, and what the recommendations for work on the car are. It can be quite useful for those who don’t take their used car for regular servicing, or who tend to forget when the last oil change was, or that, it has covered so many miles that the time has come to check on your used car’s tires and make sure they have life left in them and are not going bald. Carfax also offers CARFAX Used Car Listings, a free service where someone looking for a used car can select and search by a car’s make, model, and vehicle history (including accident reported or service record), to gather details and help car owners and users make the right choice.
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The best lemon meringue pie recipe
Read morePies are the best thing to eat at any time of the day. You will enjoy to bake it as much as you will love to eat it.
Ingredients
6 ½ ounces plain flour
3 ½ ounces cold butter
1 tablespoon icing sugar
1 egg yolk
For the filling
2 tablespoons corn flour
3 ½ ounces golden caster sugar
2 large lemons (finely grated zest)
4-ounce fresh lemon juice
1 small orange (juice)
3 ounces butter
3 egg yolks and 1 whole egg
For the meringue
4 white eggs, room temperature
7 ounces’ golden caster sugar
2 teaspoon corn flourDirections
In a bowl, add flour, butter, icing sugar, egg yolk and 1 tablespoon of cold water. Churn this in a food processor. Bind it together. Pour this mixture on a surface, and fold gently until smooth. Take a fluted flan tin, line it with foil. Press the pastry into the flutes. Put it into the fridge to cool overnight.
Pre-heat the over at 350F. Bake the pastry case blind’ (filled with dry beans) for about 15 minutes. Remove the foil and bake it for eight more minutes. Ensure the pastry is pale golden.
Add corn flour, sugar, and lemon zest in a saucepan. Strain the lemon juice and stir gently. Add the orange juice into the pan. Let it heat over a medium flame, but keep stirring. The mixture needs to be thick and smooth. Let the mixture boil, and then remove it from the heat. Add in the butter, so it melts. Beat in the egg yolks and whole egg together. Heat this on a medium flame. Stir it well and make the mixture thick. Once thick, set it aside, let there be no lumps. Save the white of the eggs aside for the meringue.
Whisk the white of the eggs, and add half the sugar in intervals while you whisk. Keep beating the mixture as you add the sugar. Pour in the corn flour, and the rest of the sugar. Make the mixture thick and smooth.
Reheat the filling, and spread it into the pastry case.
Just as you spread the filling, pour in small quantities of the meringue around the edges.
Add the rest of the meringue to the center, and make sure it touches the hot surface of the filling that will allow it to cook. If you begin with adding the meringue in the center, the entire thing may sink.
Bake it in the oven for about 20 minutes, until you notice the meringue is slightly colored.
Allow the pie to set in the tin for half an hour. Once removed, let it cool for two hours before you serve. -
4 Things To Consider While Setting Up A Home Audio System
Read more4 things to consider while setting up a home audio system
If you want to enhance your viewing and listening experience, all you need is to have a powerful home audio system. It is an exciting entertainment as it not just restricted to movies, you can play music and you can also connect some systems to your phone or computer. You can have a simple 32-inch TV and an in-box home audio system or a huge projector with and in-wall speakers. There are a lot of factors that come in between and need to be considered before you settle on either of the two options or an in-between.
Things to consider while setting up a home audio system:
- Room space: It is important for you to study the room that you will be setting up the home audio system in. The size of the room should ideally determine the size and type of your entire system, if it is a small room you do not need to set up too many speakers as it could be too loud. And, if you lower the volume, it would be an incomplete use of the speaker’s potential. The lighting of the room is important, as ambient lighting can result in screen glare on the TV or a washed-out image of the projector. If the room has a carpet then the output of the sound will be different from the one without a carpet, so you have to consider that as well.
- Audio reproduction: This is a very important factor of your home audio system, you do not want a system that does not satisfy you with the music output. You must choose between a home theatre receiver or a preamp/amp combination. A home theatre receiver usually has three components: A radio turner or in some cases a HD radio, internet radio, or XM. A preamplifier that switches and controls which audio device your TV is connected to, it also selects which speaker the output is supposed to go to. A built-in amplifier that sends the signals and the power to the speakers.
- Loudspeakers: The next most important thing in line for your home audio system are the loudspeakers. Just as the size and type determine the type of video device you need; the loudspeakers are also set up on the same phenomenon. Before you buy the new speakers, get through a thorough research, listen to various speakers and setups. If you are buying a set of speakers, consider buying the same brand for the other parts of the home, this will improve the connectivity and the output. You need a sub woofer, there is no other way around it. A sub woofer is a specialized speaker that only reproduces the extremely low frequencies, this works well for movies.
- Source components: You can stick to old school DVD and cd players, but the main source component you need for your home audio system is internet. An internet connection can get you all the action you are looking for. Once you get a Wi-Fi connection, you can connect your smartphone, computer or any other device with in-built Wi-Fi to your home audio system. A smart TV will also expose you to directly playing things from the internet on your TV, you can access Netflix and watch all your favorite shows on the TV as well. The antenna, cable or satellite is also as important as the internet, because what is a TV without TV channels?