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Can we stop having ads that will start blaring as soon as the page loads? I don't need to listen to inane chatter or music for an ad I am ignoring anyway...
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There seems to be confusion about the Politics rule in non-politics threads. Discussion of policy is fine. Discussion of execution of policy is fine. Random partisan hackery irrelevant to GM or the discussion at hand is not fine.
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BMW, Mercedes plan smaller vehicles for U.S. Diana T. Kurylko Automotive News Europe -- October 4, 2010 06:01 CET PARIS -- BMW and Mercedes-Benz will bring to the United States several vehicles based on platforms smaller than what they currently sell there. BMW will bring a new front-wheel-drive family of cars in a class known as UKL, a German abbreviation for lower-compact-class cars. "It will be a relatively big segment because we have several body styles," Ian Robertson, BMW AG board member for sales and marketing, told Automotive News last week at the Paris auto show. He didn't disclose what body styles BMW is developing but confirmed that the vehicles will …
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There is a major update to CheersandGears.com coming. I invite you to go play in the sandbox at the development site. While the look of the new software appears to be a minor upgrade of what we use today, it has actually been completely re-written under the hood. Currently, only the software default look and feel is available, but we will eventually be adding our own look and feel. Before going into production on the main site, we will be testing out new looks at the R&D site. You should consider any posts/uploads/blogs/articles on the R&D site to be temporary. They could disappear during a future site refresh. I need your help testing. Please repo…
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I love this forum software, except for one simple little annoyance. In other sites, there was perhaps a 1 min delay after your initial post, before recognizing any subsequent edit as an edit. Sometimes I catch a simple quick grammatical error or spelling or whatever, immediately after posting, and I correct it within the span of a min. Often just a few seconds, especially on a quick response. But no matter how quick you are, it gets noted as an edit with this software. Would it be possible to delay it by a minute? That allows you a quick fix, but little else. I see a lot of post edits, and I will hazard a guess that it is often just a post edit, rather than a c…
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Fiat's Marchionne could talk auto spin-off in April March 3, 2010 14:46 CET GENEVA (Reuters) – Italian industrial group Fiat S.p.A. could discuss spinning off its auto activities when it presents a five-year strategic plan next month, CEO Sergio Marchionne said on Wednesday. Such a move could unlock value for the company and cheer the market. There has been regular speculation on the possibility of Fiat listing its auto activities separately. These include its Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Lancia brands as well as U.S. carmaker Chrysler, in which Fiat has a 20 percent stake. "Let's talk about it on April 21," Marchionne told reporters on the sidelines of the Geneva auto show w…
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Nanotech Standards Coming to European Auto Industry By Keith Nuthall and Mark Rowe WardsAuto.com, Aug 2, 2010 9:00 AM As auto manufacturers start to realize the utility of incorporating parts and components using nanotechnology to improve their performance, the European Union is looking hard at special regulations to protect the public and the environment from nanoparticles. These miniscule materials are a double-edged sword. They allow plastics, textiles, alloys and coatings to have new and highly marketable properties, but they also can behave in unexpected ways, passing through human skin into the blood or even brain. How they interact with nature is not understood…
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What is going on with the edit function this afternoon? I try to edit one of my posts, I click on the "edit" button, but instead it goes into "quote" mode, and then there IS NO EDIT BUTTON showing? Is this somehow normal? Doesn't seem normal.
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Howdy all, So today the site worked fine for me up to 3pm. I then headed home from work, did some things and came down to my computer to check the site and now when I click on Community, I cannot see the drop down box. In fact I get no drop down boxes for any of the choices across the top of the bar. So Auto Shows, Reviews, Opinion and Community shows me nothings. Tested the latest MSFT Edge browser and it works fine. Tested the latest Firefox version 47 works fine also. Tested Chrom Version 51.0.2704.84 m works and this seems to not be working with the site very well for me. Seems the latest Chrome version has incompatibilities with the current site. I us…
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I finally have a successful test upgrade of the software complete. I will be pulling the trigger on the upgrade sometime this week. It takes about 12 hours to complete the initial upgrade before I can let you back in, then here is 24 hours of background upgrading where search won't work and posts might not look right. The speed of the site is greatly improved and also improved mobile support. Please note - Your current display name, if different from your log-in name, will become your new log-in name. You should also be able to use your email address to log in. Of course I will also make my email available for anyone who has log-in difficulties. This is a ma…
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Like, it doesn't work at all. Just to let you know. Anymore that's the area I prefer to talk.
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But it should be worth it... We're now on the newest version of Linux server OS. I've doubled the amount of ram. I've doubled the number of processors and we've moved a couple generations newer. We're now on Solid State Disk rather than spinning disk. I haven't tuned the software to it's new roomier digs yet, so hopefully there is even more performance to be gained once I do.
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Dispute With Distributor Continues to Keep Mahindra Out of U.S. By Byron Pope WardsAuto.com, Nov 24, 2010 9:00 AM The feud between distributor Global Vehicles U.S.A. Inc. and auto maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. is growing more contentious by the day, and no solution appears in sight. The argument, which continues to keep Mahindra vehicles out of the U.S. market, stems from a series of long delays in delivering a small diesel pickup produced in India. Alphareta, GA-based Global Vehicles, earlier inked a deal to be the sole distributor of the 2- and 4-door trucks, but Mumbai-based Mahindra continues to refuse to ship the vehicles, contending its contract with …
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Hey everyone, Thanks for taking the time to check out the details on our newest feature, the Newsreel. Thanks to clever programming talent on loan from God, our webmaster Frank Donato (Z28luvr) put together this great new scrolling textbar feature in order for us to communicate the latest breaking news regarding the forum and GM. How does this fit in with our current format? Simple: Our C&G Top Stories section will still contain our latest big stories, laid out in a professional format. Our Hot Topics section will continue to contain links to current topics of interest regarding GM and the auto industry. The new Newsreel will therefore be used to communicate a wide …
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Hi all... it's that time again. The current server was installed in 2016 and it's time we pack up and move to a newer build. Because I have some other web projects going on, the power of the new server is significantly increased over the last one, so I'm hoping to get some big performance boosts to the site. We're talking going from my Encore to a Hellcat in terms of power. That said, this software is still rather bloated, so there is still an upper limit to how fast it will go no matter how much processor I throw at it. It will be a fun experiment. Also... there is 96 gigs worth of data to transfer, so we'll be down a while. I'll probably kick off the tran…
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Is it possible to either remove or move the "Start New Topic" button at the bottom of each thread. It's right where I'm used to the "Reply" button being. I can't say how many times I've accidentally found myself in the wrong area, just about to start a new topic, when all I wanted to do was reply with quotes. It seems unnatural that the "Reply" button is offset to the left of the other. It's not a terribly big deal, but it's fairly annoying to find myself there. This is seemingly the only forum that I find myself having this issue with ever since the forums were moved to this new style.
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Europe's carmakers grapple with low productivity Ola Kinnander and Tim Higgins / Bloomberg News General Motors Co.'s 1,300 workers in Antwerp, Belgium, are fighting for their jobs, hoping for a white knight to rescue the factory from closure. "We're trying to find an investor by the end of this month," said Luc van Grinsven, a union official at the 86-year-old plant, which makes an Astra model for GM's Opel unit. "If we don't, the factory will close at the end of the year." Antwerp is an anomaly. Not a single European automobile plant closed during the recession, while 18 assembly factories have been shuttered in the U.S. since 2008. European governments prevented the…
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When I go to the page, FF just stops. Doesn't even load the address in the bar. I'm on 1.5. Any thoughts? Tony
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Euro market corners top vehicles Some of Detroit's most exciting models aren't offered to U.S. buyers Paris -- The first lesson I learned at the Paris Motor Show was that everything tastes better with a little more butter. Second, European carmakers have been holding out on us Americans, keeping some of their best vehicles on their side of the pond -- and giving us a bunch of leftovers. Even our own carmakers have been sending some of their coolest cars and crossovers abroad, allowing Europeans to fly down the autobahn in fantastic five-doors but never giving us the same Interstate opportunity. Oh, and I'm not including all of the diesel powertrains available in Euro…
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Howdy all, Decided to upgrade my windows 7 system to windows 10. Did this for my parents also who were on windows 8.1. As their support person this gives me an easier time supporting them when we are all on the same OS version. Issue is with Microsoft Edge browser, great HTML5 non legacy browser. This means it does not use Java or Adobe Flash and is nice and fast. Problem being is trying to post new topics via that browser fails. The link button in the tool bar above does not work. Cut n Paste does not work, trying to post the new topic returns a site is not available and yet everything works fine via chrome and Firefox. So wanted to find out who else has …
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/12/news/inter...dex.htm?cnn=yes
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I think we need a Forum for just industry related topics that don't really apply to any manufacturer. For example... I found this article, and really had no place to put it. I chose The Automotive Suppliers section, but I don't think it really belongs in the Supplier section or even in The Lounge since it is just industry related news. Forum name Suggestions: In the News In the Industry Industry News What's happening in the Industry Industry Times
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http://www.windingroad.com/back-issues A use for the kei van? The e-mag is worth a look anyway, but check out this article.
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Just a few clips I gathered from the youtube and posted on my newest site. I got lazy to look for them again in Youtube to post them one by one, so I am just posting the link. http://z11.invisionfree.com/KoreanCarsFana...;st=0last I know, boring old stuffs, that most are in Korean, but....
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What'a with the log-in clock? Today, when it acknowledged my log-in, it said my last log-in was Aug 27th! I've posted replies since then----- and was at these forums only yesterday, Sept. 16th! Something ain't right ------- and I still have to register each time I come here, even after checking off the box to remember me, and I haven't deleted any cookies!!!
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Mahindra to buy 70% Ssangyong stake for $378 million Staff and Wire Reports Automotive News Europe -- November 23, 2010 06:01 CET Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., India's largest SUV maker, will pay 427.1 billion won ($378 million) for a controlling stake in Ssangyong Motor Co., the companies said Tuesday. Mahindra, which aims to widen its model range and boost sales overseas, will take a 70 percent stake by buying new shares in the deal, which needs approval from Ssangyong creditors. Mahindra also will buy 95.4 billion won (about $84 million) of new bonds from Pyeongtaek-based Ssangyong. Mahindra expects to complete the acquisition by March, the company said. The au…
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I get this fairly often..... 3 times this morning so far.
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BOSTON -- Team 5 Investigates found more than two dozen complaints on file with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration detailing problems with rusted frames on 2000 and 2001 Toyota Tundras. Here are some excerpts: *** 2000 Toyota Tundra April 10, 2009 "The frame in my truck has rotted out in less than 9 years." *** 2000 Toyota Tundra March 26, 2009 "2000 Toyota Tundra with rust holes through frame, over and beside rear shock brackets and spring brackets. I am at my wits end with Toyota and have tried to resolve this obvious defect at every level. This has become a safety issue for myself and other drivers. It is just a matter of time before the frame w…
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Subaru's winning streak continues Automotive News -- March 1, 2010 - 12:01 am ET Sizzling Subaru, whose 15 percent U.S. sales increase was the biggest for any brand last year, got more good news last week -- this time from Consumer Reports. Meanwhile, Chrysler Group, the biggest sales loser last year among car groups, was walloped by the magazine. Subaru and Honda tied as class leaders in the magazine's Automaker Report Cards, published in Consumer Reports' 2010 annual auto issue. Honda had earned the top rating by itself in the three previous years. Last year, Subaru was second. The overall score for each automaker is based on the average of its vehicles' overall sc…
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