Holiday Gift Guide

If your next step after the big Thanksgiving meal is to do some shopping, we put together this little gift guide to give you a few ideas:


GoPro HD Motorsports Hero

This entry in the Hero series is a full 1080 HD camera for the motorsports enthusiast and comes with mounts that easily attach to your helmet, car, motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile or virtually any vehicle. The impact resistant housing is waterproof to 180 ft. This camera is known for recording very stable video even at high speeds or extreme conditions. $200 Link to Buy



Lego Volkswagen Camper Van

This authentic 1962 VW T1 Camper Van Lego set has 1332 pieces and features a "spittie" safari windshield, a pop-up roof, opening doors and a rear door that opens to reveal the detailed engine.  Perfect for the Volkswagen enthusiast on your list.  $120  Link to Buy        View Video

Joby GorillaTorch Blade

This hands free flashlight is perfect for changing a flat tire or working on your car in the garage. The removable flashlight features an ultra bright light and the bendable legs on the tripod have magnetic tips.  It comes with a USB/AC adapter and a USB cable for recharging.  $55 Link to Buy    View VIDEO


CarLashes

CarLashes are a product made right here in Utah (Park City) and loved the world over by those who want to add some style and whimsy to their car's headlights.  Want to go extra fancy?  Add the crystal eyeliner (sold separately).  Put these on your car and you are sure to turn some heads.  $27  Link to Buy 



2011 Harley-Davidson Christmas Ornament


This 2011 Holiday Ball Ornament from Harley-Davidson features a biker Santa.  Holiday graphics are accented with small LED lights.  The ornament measures 4 inches in diameter.  $16 Link to Buy

Dealer Spotlight: Rocky Mountain Motor Cars

In this week's Dealer Spotlight we talk to Troy Long at Rocky Mountain Motor Cars.  Troy grew up in Utah and has been in business for 6 years. You can find Rocky Mountain Motor Cars in two locations - 369 E. State St, Pleasant Grove and 344 Washington Blvd in Ogden.

Easter in November

We've had a lot of talk about Turkeys over on the ZoomAutosUtah.com web site recently, but this morning I found an Easter Egg.  Not the kind you hide in the grass, but those fun little surprises you find in computer programs or websites.  The new Android.com site has its little green robot in the lower left corner of the page waving, juggling and even doing the moonwalk! Try it out by moving your pointer over the little green guy. (Warning:  This appears to work best with Firefox and Chrome browsers.)

Here are some other favorites:

Visit the BMW Mini car site at www.miniusa.com and enter "reverse" into the search box on the main page. When you see a gear shifter appear in the bottom left corner of the page, hold down "Shift" on your keyboard and click the shifter.

Or, go to www.yahoo.com and click the exclamation point in Yahoo! at the top of the page.

If you've found an easter egg that you want to share with others, leave a comment below.

Krawdaddy Hot Rod Photography Featured in Hot Rod Art Exhibit

David "Krawdaddy" Davis started taking pictures as a child and almost 50 years later his signature photography of classic and hot rod cars will be showcased in an exhibit this weekend presented by the Butch Cassidy Gang Car Club in Helper, Utah.   The car club has been around since the late '80s and David says the Helper community is "a wonderful place for hot rodders."  He says he feels an allegiance to them and wants to do whatever he can to support them.

If your are driving through or live near Helper you can see this Art Photography today and tomorrow from noon to 9pm both days (Friday, Nov 18 and Saturday, Nov 19) at Aldy's Speed Shop, 159 N Main in Helper.  If you're more into cars than photography, not to worry, word is, many of the cars featured in the photographs have already arrived on site at Aldy's, ready for the car show/exhibit.  Sounds like a win, win!   If you can't make it to Helper, but want to see more of David Davis' Krawdaddy Hot Rod Photography check out www.iphotocars.com.

Come Along For the Ride

There may only be a few of you so far, but welcome to our first blog post!

Since the beginning of Zoom almost 3 years ago, we've worked with lots of dealerships in northern Utah to present their new and pre-owned vehicle inventories through our website or in our free weekly magazine. 

And, like many other businesses, we've searched out ways through social media channels to interact with our business peers and those of you who use our services.

So today we take another step along that path.  

We'll use this space to share interesting things we find along the way.  Some of it related to cars and trucks or motorcycles and RVs and the people or businesses that are in some way associated with them.  But not always.  Sometimes it may just be something funny or inspiring that we want to share.  It should be fun to see where the road takes us and we hope you will want to come along for the ride.

Now, who calls "shotgun"?