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I'm inquiring about two 2009 GM-issued calendars that dealers receive (or buy?) and distribute to their customers: 2009 GM Muscle Cars 2009 GM Classic Cars & Trucks I've tried a bunch of my local dealers to see if they had either calendar to give me with no luck (one dealer said that "GM stopped doing them over a decade ago" ). Do any of our dealership personnel here have access to these calendars? I'd definitely like to get one of each, if possible, and I'm willing to reimburse the cost of shipping. Thanks in advance!!

He proposed at midnight on New Year's Eve on bended knee in front of all of our friends. I'm so happy!!!

http://racingready.com/2008/11/20/one-off-...lt-autocrosser/ See what you think... Chris

If the eye holes in your ski mask allow it, please feel free to post your icy car spots here!

Here's my take on the top 10 most visually captivating cars of 2008: 1. Aston Martin Vantage 2. Audi R8 3. BMW M3 Coupe 4. Cadillac CTS-V 5. Cadillac XLR-V 6. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 7. Saturn Sky 8. Ferrari F430 9. Lamborghini Murcielago 10. Lamborghini Gallardo

Here's my list for the top 10 boring vehicles of 2008, an absolute snoozefest: 1. Acura RL 2. Mitsubishi Gallant 3. Lincoln MKZ 4. Hyundai Azera 5. Hyundai Genesis 6. Hyundai Sonata 7. Kia Optima 8. Lexus GS 9. Toyota Avalon 10. Toyota Camry

Here's my list of the ugliest vehicles of 2008: 1. Tied: Chevy/GMC Cargo vans / Ford Cargo van 2. Toyota Prius 3. Chrysler Sebring 4. Honda Accord Sedan 5. Kia Amanti 6. Nissan GT-R 7. Nissan Versa 8. Honda Pilot 9. Suzuki XL7 10. Mitsubishi Endeavor

I wasn't even on the road! I was backing the Sunfire out of the driveway, the HHR was to my left and the van was behind me. I was concentrating on not stalling (because I do that too much) and cut left too soon and my left front fender ran into the HHR's rear bumper. So the HHR's bumper only has some scuffs but my Sunny's fender is all caved in. Do I know how to start the year off with a bang or what!

2008 was a year of few cheers. There was an abundance of misery to go around. The continuing mortgage meltdown led to the credit crunch and the sinking of the stock market. Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns went bye-bye. Madoff’s $50 billion mother of all Ponzi schemes further shook investors’ confidence. Jobs disappeared. Politics was big this year as Obama’s hope and change resonated with the country, and Sarah Palin’s “you betcha” shtick grew old. The price of a gallon of gas exceeded $4 and resulted in people’s wallets being cleaned out and the sales of SUVs decimated. And then the price of gas plummetted to $1.50 due to the sinking economy. In the land of che…

Link to Article Matt Dillon arrested for speeding in Vermont Wed Dec 31, 11:41 am ET BOSTON (Reuters) – Hollywood actor Matt Dillon was arrested and charged with driving at an excessive speed after police clocked him traveling at 106 miles per hour on a Vermont interstate highway. The star of the 2004 movie "Crash" was pulled over at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday in the town of Newbury after he was caught on police radar traveling north at high speed in a rented 2009 Chevrolet Impala, said Vermont State Police Sgt. Tara Thomas. The New York-based 44-year-old actor is scheduled to appear in Vermont's Orange County Court on January 21. If convicted, he faces a maximum …

That's right, BBL will be at the B-J auction representing the company in Arizona that he now works for. I have already demanded pics from him. So here's the deal, he needs a song list for his display at the show using car-related songs. So post-up your suggestions!

http://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/ubb...topics/510337/1 I esp. enjoyed the pic of the eight tri-power setups on the rack... Chris

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks...A1%7C240%3A1318 Won't everyone be jealous? Chris

#1. While my Guitar gently Weeps, the Beetles #2. Symphony of Destruction, Megadeth #3. Won't get fooled again, by The Who. What would you say the best three are, and how do you fill out the rest of the top ten? Chris

Back to the subject of cars...here is the purpose of this thread. Post weird, unusual, or just plain cool old cars one usually doesn't think of. Here's my first pic...very rare MG. http://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/pp-...duct/840/cat/23 Chris

buddy of mine found some old model cars sealed on ebay. looky even one for you too camino prolly the cheapest one you could get hehe

So, who has NYE plans? I haven't gone out and enjoyed myself on NYE for ages, and I have no clue what I'll be doing. Anyone else got plans?

Who said there wasn't a 1962 Pontiac Catalina bubbletop available, and that only the '62 Chevy could be had as such?

I don't want to clutter up the Lounge or any other forum with discussion of individual classic cars...but this is so cool I just can't resist... http://www.californiaclassix.com/archive/4...Dodge_c154.html Sixty-Eight, are you paying attention? Chris

Normally, I would have been asleep long before then, but last night, I was up, couldn't sleep. Click: EaRtHqUaKe! It felt like a freight train a' comin' through my house. 3.3, it was.

By popular (my own) demand, I present the Official Pet Thread! I'll kick things off with photos of our pets. Our ham, Patches Her brother, Bear Our rescued cat, who we found, of all places, in a PetSmart parking lot near Christmas 2 years ago, Ginger Our oldest cat, Rose Our biggest cat, "The Lump", rescued when he was a stray kitten, Spitfire and our two Silver Tip "Sharks" Ula and Murry, who we finally decided to name after owning them for 3 years, back when they were the size of a pinky, now they're two-third's the length of my forearm.

Like for posting photos/telling everyone about our pets? I thought maybe we did but can't find it.

So after wanting a good digital camera for the last three years, I (we) finally got one for Christmas. Jessica and I got it as a gift from my brother and my mother. It's a Canon SX10 IS. Funny thing is it's the same one BV recently got, and even funnier is that it he bought his from the same place this came from: newegg. I love taking pictures, so this is quite awesome. For now I'm just playing with the settings and taking test photos, but what a difference compared to the Kodak. So naturally I've taken one or two.

Has anyone played this video game, 'Rock Band'? Other versions? I did for the first time at a house party, and it sure was fun.

What General Motors car, is actor, Burt Reynolds closely associated with? In this photo from the fantastic movie 'Deliverance', Burt is on the right and there is also another actor of note in his own right....and he's also the father of a very famous current actress. Who is he?

Plymouth in it's heyday had huge sales, often in the top three in America. It was sad to see this brand disappear. It was created as an economy division. The name Plymouth is often thought to derive from the landing of the Pilgrims, but what finalized the deal for the name was the very popular, at the time, 'Plymouth Bindertwine'...which most people were aware of. Plymouth went onto great success. Here are some of my favorite Plymouths.

Check out the Citizens Band option in the '78 Ford LTD II.

Balthazar's son opening his gift got me thinking of past gift openings. One of my favorite gifts was a race car track set. Man, I loved that gift. Another was a gas station with cars and little service men. Was in heaven when I opened that. I remember also a remote control car, so fun...but it was a Thunderbird. My folks didn't yet know what a GM fan I'd become. If you were a kid now, what would you like under the tree? Also, I realized at Christmas, I'll eat stuff early morning, around breakfast time, that I'd never eat other times of the year. Like chocolates, Christmas cookies etc...

Linkypoo There is no part of this that isn't funny.

What would be a better purchase than a 2008 Pontiac G8 GT with ~10k miles?

I mentioned in another post that while online 'window shopping' for newer-but-gently-used GMC Sierra pickup trucks the other day, I ran across a 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Z71/4WD Crew Cab with a tad under 20k miles and appears to be in pristine condition for under $22k (GM Certified Pricing). A few e-mail exchanges between the Internet Sales Manager and I and now I'm planning to see & test-drive the truck in person on Friday (12/26). If they can get me out of my GMAC SmartLease (AURA XE) without any penalities, I may just bite. But before I do, what particulars should I be looking for? The truck was originally sold by this dealership and was maintenanced by them to…

Hey, Merry Christmas, men and women of C&G. I may go to Midnight Mass, I may go in the morning, and I have no plans because it's not a 4-day weekend for us. So I may just snooze. Any plans? Happy holidays!

Hope it's a good one.

Saturn designs, circa 1985. Raise your hand if you didn't know about the minivan. And they thought that it didn't look like a J-Car ... And I understand that they gave a revision of that design you see above to Isuzu. Not sure if that's true, though.

What does your city / town / state use to clear the roads of snow? My state was all about salt until about 5 years ago when they began to switch to a combination of de-icer chemical and sand. It doesn't do as good of a job of clearing the roads (usually results in a slushy mess that eventually melts away when temps warm), but the combination is supposedly less harmful to vehicle paint than salt. I'm not sure how much I believe that though, because the rocker panels of my '94 Lumina have rusted far faster than my previous '90 Lumina that was mostly exposed to salt.

I hope your day has been filled with visions of Professional Grade trucks, sir.

Finally! I've been at work but mentally away for about 2 weeks, today was finally my last day before taking a ton of time off. Looking back, I'm not sure why I bothered going in yesterday or today, but I did. Today was fantastic because we had out holiday luncheon which took up about 3 hours of my time, add to that leaving an hour early, and I'm feeling all right. Just need to get through tomorrow and Thursday and I'm off the the beach for a week.

Now that I'm home for the holidays, my neighbor came over yesterday with a basket full of fresh ripe tomatoes that she brought back from Florida on Friday. Those tomatoes smelled like they do when I pick them out of my garden in July. Yesterday I left my gated community and headed for the Little Italy section of Wilmington and went straight to M. Fierro & Sons to pick up some mozzarella cheese. (Open on Saturdays in December) Today I had a plate full of sliced tomatoes on a bed of sliced mozzarella cheese sprinkled with a nice balsamic vinegar, it was to die for. Link to M. Fierro & Sons to see their products, which are excellent and locally made below: http…

I like trains and I like history, so I found this story to be interesting. Plus I've lived in this area of the country for years. I also have ridden the Amtrak train to Washington quite a few times in my life. updated 11:17 a.m. ET, Sun., Dec. 21, 2008 ABOARD AMTRAK 181 NORTHEAST REGIONAL - The centuries-old right of way between Philadelphia and Washington is marked by shimmering waterways and industrial sprawl, well-kept suburbs and urban blight. President-elect Barack Obama won't be sharing a ride with thousands of long-distance commuters when he travels on a private charter train from Philadelphia's 30th Street Station to Washington's Union Station on Jan. 17, t…

Well it looks like he is back, that is right Tony Stewart will be back behind the wheel of a true American Icon a Chevrolet Impala SS. After a two year run over with Toyota he will be back to a GM vehicle. I am thankful and happy to hear this good news. Tony Stewart in a Toyota just wasn't right. I found out on Chevrolet's website with a link to win his 2009 Silverado! Here are a few links explore for yourself. This is good news when all we have been hearing is bad lately. Tony Stewart's Website TEAM CHEVY WELCOME BACK TONY I am mad he left and I don't really care much for Nascar expect I love Dale Jr. but what do you all make of this news? I knew Tony in a Toyot…

Going up to Lake Tahoe last weekend, I was able to marvel (for the umpteenth time) at its dramatic beauty. The fact that it could snow at a moment's notice and one would have to chain up put me in an "eh" mood. I was thinking: "there's no way I could live up here." Today, I was cleaning up and looking at post cards I collect. The common denominator: at least 95% of them are beach or port scenes. Besides, granolas and ex-hippies take refuge in mountain towns. They don't gravitate to the beach as readily. That being said, if I had to pick "beach" or "mountains" to hang my hat year round, it would be "beach." What about you?

Video : http://www.yahoo.com/s/1005176 Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081218/ap_on_...itan_protection With making this ruling you will be discouraging SO MANY people from helping others! And my god, there are LOTS of people ALREADY who don't care about people as it is, this is just going to add to the mix. I mean out of 4 of our family's accidents only 1 of the accidents did someone ACTUALLY help us out! And hell with the accident with Dodgefan and the Shadow like 4years ago some idiots in a Civic drove by laughing their asses off.. I mean come on people is this damn ruling really going to help anything but discourage people to help at all... What is this dam…

Since we've got a thread going on about how we should let the government control what we eat and tell everyone how much we hate overweight people, let's switch gears to a bit. What's your favorite exercise? My favorite is swimming. I love the water and have always enjoyed swimming, particularly underwater. Back when my girlfriend and I lived in Wichita, the apartment place had it's own pool and we would go their almost every day. Before that we had friend who had a fitness membership at a Windham hotel, and would go swimming fairly regularly. Sadly we don't go anymore. When we move I want a place the has a pool, either that or get another membership.

American luxury cars in 1961. Cadillac and Imperial still had the futuristic, jet finned look while Lincoln went completely minimalistic. That Lincoln design signalled the end of unique, dynamic, futuristic, in your face, American automotive design.

With the purchase of my new Canon Powershot SX10 IS, of course I had to take some test photos. I haven't really had the chance to take any serious, directly motivated shots with it yet, however. Just random ones seeing what it can do. I know Dodgefan wanted to atleast see some of these. Me and my camera: Random inside/outdoor, day/night, sharply focused/landscape... and my two Boxers. Some shots using the Macro setting:

Ok, had too many Monster and Vodka's. Woo!! Anyway, the new Disturbed album is totally amazing!! Best album this year and David Draiman is so freakin, stupid HOT!! The snake bites make me HOT!! LOL And he looks the hottest in this video.... Prayer-Disturbed K thanks for letting me be a drunk dumbass, LOL

...in the GM Design Dome (invited) looking at the...oh...right.... *EMBARGOED*

Linkypoo Discuss. Personally, I like the measure and think we'll see it expand to more states. If parents are going to let their kids get fat, might as well make them pay. I wouldn't even complain if it were to effect energy drinks or coffee-based drinks, which I drink more often than soda.

This is my rant for the month (or week, or day?) Why do people take a name- say Cobalt and say 'Balt? No one else who did not own one would have a clue what your talking about. Are you just lazy or what? Or like hacking up car names for no real reason? Stranger: hey nice car---what is it? You: it's a 'Bu Stranger: what? Never heard of it You: I mean Malibu Stranger: why didn't you say that? You: I don't know? Same for Malibu---'Bu?? Equinox---'Nox? and Camaro---'Maro??? Drives me nuts--anyone else agree? I don't see Camry owners saying--'mry or Cam? Civic---'vic? out side of Mustang--I can't think of any stupid short names from any other cars…

North Carolina Transportation Museum -- Spencer Shops History of the N.C. Transportation Museum The N.C. Transportation Museum is located on the site of what was once Southern Railway Company's largest steam locomotive servicing facility. J.P. Morgan, Southern's owner, chose the site because of its location midway between the railroad's major terminal points of Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, Ga. Construction of the Shops began in 1896, and they were named in honor of the first president of Southern Railway, Samuel Spencer. During its peak, Spencer Shops employed nearly 3,000 people, which directly and indirectly provided most of the jobs for the towns of Spencer, E…

where boredom and cars cross paths

Toyota was ahead of the times even back in 1983 with its DIESEL pick-up. They even have a macho cowboy in it doing a cheer leading jump. This thing reminds me of the Tundra only better looking. I can't imagine what a modern Chevy Silverado 3500HD could do to this thing? Maybe run over, eat it for a snack or maybe tow about 10 of these behind at 90 mph? Hmmmm... For those of you so interested in watching... TOYota DIESEL pick-UP

I'm sad to say tonight that I've lost my grandfather to failure of the heart. He'd been in the hospital for six weeks and he had a Valve Replacement Surgery on the 15th of December. As it turns out something went wrong with a different part of the heart after the surgery and he had been on full life support. He began to peter out this evening and I had a Calculus Final at the university until 9PM, I arrived within enough time to say my final goodbyes to a man who has meant so much to me. I suppose if there is a silver lining in his passing, it's that in a Biopsy done during the surgery it was discovered that he had Lung Cancer, and it had progressed to the point where…

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No suprise it takes a non US car publication/tv show to blatently throw out the truth about nickel battery production pollution and the truth in "motor efficiency" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXPCckjTMVg

Do any of you look forward to CES this next month? I always look at the mobile audio stuff, mainly headunits, pioneer. the TV stuff will prolly be good I am excited about AMD releasing the Phenom II and the AM3 platform. there are reports/data that shows the 920's hitting just under 4Ghz OC'd on air on the 790GX chipped mobo's. the 940's are BE running at 3ghz stock, the 920's are supposedly 2.8ghz stock. i don't expect to see any SED tv's this year, but might be surprised...? you looking forward to anything?

Just Saw this Clip on Jay Leno's Website about his 1967 Imperial Crown Hardtop and how he came about owning it... Figured I'd share it with you guys in case anybody hasn't seen it. I think the video really captures why I like these 1960s Imperials better than the Cadillacs and even Lincolns of their day. My dad had a Chrysler Newport Hardtop Coupe of this era and he loved it. http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/video_...html?vid=218789

This abomination is of Ukranian origin. http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=1854

Wrapping Christmas presents sucks. I'm terrible at it, everything looks bad, but I really dont care since its going to end up all over my living room floor anyways. My brilliant plan (which was rejected) was to put everyone's gifts in their own pile, put a blanket or tarp or something over each pile then let everyone pull the cover off to reveal all their gifts at once. But no, everything has to be wrapped individually. Buckets of Lincoln Logs and sleeping bags are really hard to wrap.

This is a great documovie and it makes me miss when the guys ran real cars or had some sort of personality that was different from corporate smiles. If there was emotion and personality in NASCAR it would be better today in my opinion.

Since we want to talk about cars, heres another car thread-post a pic or link to the WORST modified Japanese vehicle. I'd bet balthazar would just DIE if someone parked this in his driveway... http://www.superstreetonline.com/featuredv...b/photo_01.html Please post links, comments, etc...but thread rules are Japanese vehicle-Modified-Comedy value... Chris

Here are the rules of this thread-post a link of a GM (only GM, Sorry boys) car for sale in your locality and tell why you like it. I get to go first... http://www.arenamotor.com/listings/l0005.html I like it because 1. Its a 4 speed 2. it's a great color combo 3. I've always had a soft spot for chrome bumper C3's 4. It's a driver and hasn't been resotred to within an inch of it's life as a trailer queen 5. The top goes down! 6. Orig. drivetrain 7. It just has "the look" if you know what I mean... Your turn, guys (and GMpartsgirl). Respond as to what you like or don't like about this car..or post a link to a car in your area. Oh, and Sixty Eight they have on…

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Bettie Page So sad that she passed. A lot of people thought she was already dead, since she basically fell off the map in '58. She was a revolutionary, helped fire up the sexual revolution and gave women the courage to explore their sexuality. Amazing lady and we owe her a lot.

You know I have been thinking about a F-Body 2000-2002 with a V6 Coupe/T-Tops, I really would like a Firebird but found this Camaro at a only 6 grand with 59K! It is maroon (not first color choice my last actually because of my Cranberry SLE) and it has a fixed roof (great) and a stick (even better) and is priced good I think... Plus it is in Milwaukee and only 150 miles from my home. Plus I have family in that area as well... Hmm here is the car tell me what I should do... Keep in mind it would be my sons to drive to school and ours to play with on the weekends. My daughter would get the Impala then... Hmmm it is tempting but if it was white and had Pontiac on it, I prol…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200812...eusingcellphone This should be required in all cars, all the time.

So we had a pretty major winter storm here in New England last night. It's been crazy weather. Last weekend the temps were in the 10's and 20's, earlier this week they were almost 60 with one storm. Temps dropped back down with this storm that just passed over us, giving a good chunk of New England one of the worst Ice Storms in recent history. Apparently much of the area is without power, although we're lucky and still have it. Here's some photos from this morning. I'll say this: ice is dangerous but it sure looks pretty.

Happy belated birthday gmcbob, sorry I missed it. Hope you had a good time! I sent snow to you as your present, hoped you liked it.

About two months ago I started to get terrible pains on the right side of my abdomen, at first I ignored them as most men would do, but they persisted. I waited to see if they would go away but they only got worse as time wore on. Not being the kind of person that sticks his head in the sand, I took medical leave and decided to come back to the United States to see what the hell was going on with me. I decided to grab the bull by the horns as it were, and I scheduled an appointment with a gastroenterologist (sp?). The night before my procedures, I got the choice of two lovely prep kits to start the ball rolling as it were. The 1st prep kit you had to mix a gallon of cle…

Reading FOG's thread quiet praise for the Cavi and how well it did it's job, got me thinking: What are some good cars/trucks out there that most people may not think so highly of? I could start with a few: 1.)The Cavalier, of course. These cars tend to do pretty well in almost everything... it's kinda sad it was so far behind most of the time.... Pretty much everyone I know (there were a few bad apples) were/are pretty happy with their Cav. I've noticed the engines will easliy outlast the body. I had to finally get rid of my 93 (the 3.1 was still running strong at almost 150k) beacuse it was rusty.... They tend to hold up well to abuse, and are pretty cheap to fix.…

So, this Carbon Motors (http://www.carbonmotors.com/) E7 police vehicle is supposed to be built from the "ground up" as a completely new vehicle. So, why doe it look so much like a Chrysler 300?? It almost looks like they got plans for the next, slightly more aerodynamic, 300? Source: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/09/carbon-...-e7-police-car/

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.p.../fpart/all/vc/1 Enjoy! Chris

We have a Dog Bar in our neighborhood and they we're offering a $100 bar tab to the best dressed dog (owner, or course) For those of you that are not familiar with a dog bar, it's exactly what it sounds like. A bar, usually mostly outside but sometimes with a small inside area, where you can take you dogs and watch them play while you socialize and have a drink. It's tons of fun, if you're a dog person but don't wear nice clothes on a normal night We dressed our two dogs up and went with a couple of other people that dressed their dogs up. (This is a REAL dog friendly community) Max, our jack russell, dachshund, chihuahua mix, was a rockstar: Obviously, he w…

Since I may be scarce for a while, a few things to ponder.... Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker ...RT 66 drive = Sept '09 WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "My world is changing" ... Faith Hill ... 'Where Are You Christmas?'

Hey, 2005EquinoxLS, Happy Birthday! 3.25 hours to go (PST). Or I should say "Happy Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrthday" (Wisconsin)

......... on craigslist: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/941663335.html So there's the first thing I'm buying if my Powerball ticket hits tonight!

Most popular colors for cars: North America: White Europe: Black Asia: Silver South America: Tie, Black & White http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/12/most-...icans-love.html

Well, I'll give you the drama, drama version of it.... Many of you remember back in 2005 when I totaled my first Focus. I was sitting in the road and an 18 wheeler doing 45MPH hit me in the rear. I walked away with sore muscles and not much else. Today, the GF and I were carpooling to school. Luckily, I decided to wait for her and just ride with her instead of taking my own car. We get 300 yards from the entrance to school and BANG!!!! I had a bunch of books that I was going to sell back to the bookstore for cash. I sat them on the airbag on the dash and joked (as I have many times with various things) that if the airbag deployed, I'd be toast. Today we were sitting…

I really don't care to much for the NASCAR CEO Brian France, but at least he is trying to help I suppose. http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/...s.ap/index.html

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Not those balls, pervs. I'm talking sports, as in I'm in a funk because there are no worthwhile sports this time of year. The NFL is a bunch of whiny, overpayed jackasses, and the games aren't really that exciting. College football is dead to me since Mizzou cant seem to beat a halfway decent team. The NBA is worthless, the only good part of the game is the last two minutes, since just about every game is close, but then there are timeouts after every play. I cant watch a basketball game when it goes to commercial every thirty seconds. College basketball doesn't interest me because all the best players are already in the NBA, plus neither Mizzou nor Missouri State i…

And it's all caught on