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As many viewers have noticed, there's a new car making it's way around Western New York roads this summer. Google has sent at least one of its Street View cars to take updated images of the area's roadways. 2 On Your Side talked to a local mechanic who took care of the car first hand.
"It's been bopping around Gasport and Terry's corners for a couple of days so we've seen it," described Timothy Durfy, manager of Durfy Auto Shop in Gasport.
Durfy says the driver of the Google car had to make an appointment to get new tires and the alignment taken care of as the vehicle undergoes extensive wear and tear. The Street View cars are driven by local drivers, hired by Google short-term and they drive on public streets in the area, gathering images for the Google Maps and Street View websites.
"With all this use, it just couldn't handle the "beating and banging on our potholes," as Durfy put it, but, "it's got better tires on it now."
"It's been bopping around Gasport and Terry's corners for a couple of days so we've seen it," described Timothy Durfy, manager of Durfy Auto Shop in Gasport.
Durfy says the driver of the Google car had to make an appointment to get new tires and the alignment taken care of as the vehicle undergoes extensive wear and tear. The Street View cars are driven by local drivers, hired by Google short-term and they drive on public streets in the area, gathering images for the Google Maps and Street View websites.
"With all this use, it just couldn't handle the "beating and banging on our potholes," as Durfy put it, but, "it's got better tires on it now."
Read the story behind the car here:
http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/126920/37/Google-Street-View-Taking-Pictures-in-WNY
