Everything posted by loki
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Kia disguised something
the top half looks malibu level good, without direct photo comparison.
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As gas prices recede, so do fuel efficiency concerns
this is the whole special interests debate. if everything was truely fair, these "special interests" would have no power.
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As gas prices recede, so do fuel efficiency concerns
are these inspections free? cause if they aren't then it hurts "lower class" citizens that cannot or have not bought new"er" cars.
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Big 3 "Bailout" (well, cheap loans really)
federal reserve is not part of the gov't. it was created by it, but not part of it. it is just a central national bank some might say $25billion is change compared how in the hole we are anyway....
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As gas prices recede, so do fuel efficiency concerns
I've heard they do that in... England? maybe not scratches, but anything noticeable from a few feet away.
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Fuel/Oil market prices
i was in HS when it was $.99 driving the wagon around getting ~17mpg now i've moved to the MC getting ~20mpg and gas has 3x'ed since then. i'd have to have a "prius" to be getting the same miles/$
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Duh: Cadillac shelves that whole V12 thing
damn, and i was saving up my monies.
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Things that never were nor ever should be: The Plymouth Voyager Shorty Van
extra rollover, oh, who am i kidding. LOL it's an oddity, it's cool for that. but i hope i'd never be seen in it, even dead. unless it was then going to blow up and erased form history.... maybe.
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Looks like Delaware's Senator Joe Biden is the pick for Vice President
+1, but he has already for Illinois and the senate.
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As gas prices recede, so do fuel efficiency concerns
yes the "market" was deregulated, but the system is heavily regulated. if we had refineries in every state and able to drill responsibly, you think the speculators would be able to make so much off of it? the mortgages... there was a report on NPR that was talking about felons getting out of jail and deciding to go into mortgages in florida, that has some regulations they talked about, but it really comes down to criminals in these professions and should be treated, reprimanded,sent to trial as such. if safety equipment was no longer required, do you think gm ford and the others would stop putting near everything they can into safety? there might emerge one or 2 "stripper models" but they'll still be good crash ratings even if they aren't tested to maximize that. again, if we truely had a lassiez faire market, unfair companies & people would sooner or later fail under their own greed. Laws are made to protect the innocent (most, but that's another topic), so if people were fraudulent or knowingly making bad products, you're supposed to have a right to claim legal action, same with pollution. but that doesn't happen, cause we'd all have to sue the gov't, farmers, and most industries, and people that have cars that blow blue smoke. is it Japan that requires people to replace engines every 3 years or something? what a subsidy to engine manufacturers!!!!
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As gas prices recede, so do fuel efficiency concerns
careful, you sound like socialism/regulation is a good thing. regulation comes from too much immoral/unlawful actions. displacement taxes are a way of saying ICE's are immoral/unlawful, which you are against. so what do you really want? freedom of choice or propped up industries with regulations/subsidies? edit: freedom of choice, as in fair and open competition
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As gas prices recede, so do fuel efficiency concerns
eh.. price drops and just "getting used to it"...?
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Happy birthday to Captainbooyah
happy birthday
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CTS Comes in 5th in Jalopnik's "10 most Beautiful Cars"
the 500 is at best cute. imo. the c6 is...an oddity. the rest belong more on this list than other cars.
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The Male Brain, Explained
love the J. Bravo. lol eh on the article. hahaha
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What's new for GM NA MY 2009/2010..summary
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/15/gm-anno...-the-hummer-h2/ it sounds like an '10MY, but i was wrong, it's for the trucks and H2, not the burb and such...? it does seem like forever since they announced that. hopefully they have a v6 in the making for say, light duty trucks or maybe even the canyon/colorado.
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What's new for GM NA MY 2009/2010..summary
i think we all totally forgot about the 4.5L diesel for the 'burb, yukon, sclade and ...h2 if it's still around.
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2010 G8 sedan and ST to get 3.6DI
good, if anyone doesn't want this much HP they should update the 2.8 or something. i'm guessing it's more with capacity though, since the lambda's all got DI for '09...
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Table Tennis-Women urged to wear shirts with “curves”
i was hoping for a visual....
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Class Reunion time
i'm almost the same age as satty...so... i went to a small 5th, it was nice seeing people.. about 40-50 out of 95. yeah class of '02. smallish class because it was a catholic HS.
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It's a little early for my birthday...
too bad the reserve is not met.... i bet it's closer to 4k
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2009 Chevrolet Aveo5 is hot player on GM roster
i think everyone agrees, but some people see mid to high 30's with an auto cobalt and it's rated 24/33. which is less combined than the 2.4L 6speed malibu for 09, 22/33...4 speed 22/30 for comparison the aveo is 25/34
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2010 Pontiac G6 MCE Spotted W/O Camo
it is a dual exhaust .... the pic of the GT vert on pontiac.com is single exhaust.... but it's also an 08 model pic.
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Question about the old days of GM powertrains.
my dad's putting a 455 olds into where a 350 olds was, i don't know about the other ones, but he showed me that the 70 or 71 engine had nodes in the heads so "air injectors?" could be retrofitted into the design much easier for emissions. I don't have much comparison knowledge, but the 350 w/ a 4 speed could move ...maybe better than a 305 91 camaro auto. it's been a year or 2, maybe 3, but Car Craft compared engine builds of big motors, chevy 454 buick, olds 455 i think a cadi 502...done up with aftermarket
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Family of gay boy slain in California blames school
again... group targets. hating "groups" create random targets, because if you can't control things like who your parents are, that includes "race", ethnic background, or growing up situation, then how are they truely "chosen"... "hate" crimes is just one more way to divide people and make one person (group) worth more than others outside that group... inequality. That thinking is what allows things like the holocaust and such to happen.