This summer, just for kicks, I bought a copy of "Economy Driving: How You Can Save Money In Everyday Car Use," a paperback published in 1956, for a whopping $1.

Does your dealership offer "extras" -- value-added "bonuses" like free WiFi in your showroom or perhaps a shuttle that ferries customers to their places of business while you're working on their cars?

Predicting the future has never been easy (just ask The Amazing Kreskin), but the prescience of 1960s tire industry exec Morgan J. Morgan was pretty amazing.

In the corporate world, the term "giving back to the community" almost has become a worn-out cliche. Everybody seems to talk about charity and helping those in need. However, one company, Ziegler Tire & Oil, is putting its money where its mouth is, and the giving back it's doing couldn't have come at a better time.