Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

  Check out these fun facts and may the luck of the Irish smile upon ya! Fun Facts about St. Patrick's Day St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he died on March 17 in the year 461 AD. It is also a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and history. St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland, and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The actual color of St. Patrick is blue. Green became associated with St. Patrick's Day during the 19th century. Green, in Irish legends, was worn by...

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Buick’s Gas-Saving Strategy

  The Energy Department calculates that 17.2 percent of a vehicle’s fuel is consumed when its engine idles in traffic, adding up to billions of gallons burned at stop signs and traffic lights and in urban congestion. Put another way, 69 cents’ worth of a $4 gallon is wasted by idling. To minimize this inefficiency, automakers are adopting so-called stop-start systems that virtually eliminate idling by shutting off the engine when the car or truck comes to a complete stop, then instantaneously restarting it when the driver’s foot lifts off the brake (on cars with an automatic transmission) or engages the clutch. General Motors has...

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Daylight Savings Time Begins March 13th

Daylight savings time is coming up this weekend.  Don’t forget to set your clocks forward! Every year, daylight savings time seems to take people by surprise. In the United States, daylight savings time begins on March 13 at 2 a.m. local time except in parts of Arizona and Hawaii. As the popular saying goes, clocks need to "spring forward" to observe the change. In other words, clocks need to be set ahead by one hour when the clock strikes 2 a.m. Daylight Savings Time Begins on March 13 in the U.S. - Yahoo! News...

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Embracing our History

In 1936 Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the Olympics, you could buy a new Oldsmobile for $665 and Erv Lehmer’s used car dealership in Concord, California got their franchise from General Motors to sell Oldsmobiles.  Much has changed in the world since 1936, but the Lehmer family continues to sell GM vehicles in Concord. In 1938 Lehmer added the GMC truck franchise to his dealership and has been selling GMC models ever since. Erv’s daughter Carolyn has been around the dealership since she was born. She worked there during the summers when she was still in high school and after college she started full-time. Carolyn says,...

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Introducing our new Facebook, Twitter, and Blog pages

  We have a new blog, Twitter, and Facebook page to keep everyone up to date on news and events.  To stay updated, please check out our profiles: Follow our blog's RSS feed: Subscribe to our RSS feed Become a Fan on Facebook by clicking the "Like" button: Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter: @LehmersAuto Thanks for checking out our profiles.  We are excited to be able to stay in touch with everyone so easily in the future!...

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