G. David Felt

I agree with Drew, time to start that letter and document, document, document!

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Thanks Drew, Greatly Appreciate what you have done. That GMC is one sweet looking ride. I so love it better than the Chevy look.

I don't think there is enough room under hood for that. Voltec takes up some space. This is why GM should have moved forward with the Skateboard design or sled that they felt could then having any type of body put on top of it. I think they need to reduce the size and have this fit into the Encore as it would sell really well.

Clearly this must be all those Tea Party Lemmings who like boring Toyota like auto's. The current product lineup of Lincoln is pathetic to say the least.

Well he did qualify it by saying "Should Be" So he can easily back out of this statement.

How about using the Volt Powertrain system for a Hybrid version!

Let's also through this fuel on the fire, Nissan Auto's are a SNOOZE!!!!!!!!!!! Nismo at least gives them some excitement.

Looks like blood on the right rear door window, right by the front seat in the 2nd pic.. I guess the Stingray driver exceeded his skills on a winding road and lost it... I was referring to the wrecked Grand Marquis in Drew's post--2 pics. As for the Stingray, there are 2 pics at one site (Jalopnik? not sure where I saw it)--but the 2nd is just an closeup of the first focused on the door and quarter panel...hard to tell in the pic if the door is open or the outer skin is loose.. Got it, Yes it does look like a bloody hand print on the Grand Marquis, I would have to think that someone was seriously injured unless they were drunk and just squished out of the way. To me it looks like the door is open due to what looks like the inside edge, but then it could be the panel popped. Either way, I cannot believe someone did this to a new car. Silly Engineers.

He probably lost his load when he fell through the floor!

That was freakin lovely. Wish they would do that more often with the slow idiots in the far left lane.

Looks like blood on the right rear door window, right by the front seat in the 2nd pic.. I guess the Stingray driver exceeded his skills on a winding road and lost it... Where did you find the additional photo's? The link posted only shows the one photo.

Waiting with EXCITEMENT!!!! Bring on the details!!!

Back in the early 80's there was a Ford Dealership in Kirkland Washington that was one of the highest warranty claim dealerships around and the stories of blown engines to smoking engines etc. They seems to fix your problem and break 2-3 other things to get you back in for more work. If memory serves me correct the state did an investigation and found many iregularities on how it conducted business and evetually shut down the dealership. Ford reopened it up after selling it to another person and the original owners left for Alaska which 2-3 years later they were shutdown there for the same bad service and bait n switch deals which in washington they also had a bad rep for doing. Sorry you have had this happen to you. I wonder if the mechanics thought they could get you back to spend more money without you thinking about them screwing you over. I hope I am wrong, but it seems some dealerships look for loop holes to abuse warranty programs and service.

Funny, you frequently mention picking something out of your SUV's grill, do you have poor brakes or tend to tailgate? Neither I am a Defensive aggressive driver in the left lane and if you pull your slow ass into the left lane expect to get run over!

I hope they do this CNG like the current Adam.

Not impressed, looks like someone tried to Ricerfy a Porsche and call it an alfa.

WOW, Did it slide into a pole? It looks like a big hand grabbed the match box car and squeezed it in the middle.

The car presented is the top-end Commodore trim, the CalaisV. They haven't shown neither the base models (Omega and Berlina) nor the performance ones (SV6 and SS). I think that when the performance Commodores are unveiled we'll see exactly how the NA-bound Chevrolet SS looks like. And with the SS likely getting the LT1 (or somethig closely related to the LT1), no need for perfomance or body kits, me thinks. The SS will be more than a competent player There is always room for more Performance!

13 Little-Known Punctuation Marks We Should Be Using Adrienne Crezo Because sometimes periods, commas, colons, semi-colons, dashes, hyphens, apostrophes, question marks, exclamation points, quotation marks, brackets, parentheses, braces, and ellipses won't do. 1. Interrobang You probably already know the interrobang, thanks to its excellent moniker and increasing popularity. Though the combination exclamation point and question mark can be replaced by using one of each (You did what!? or You don't read mental_floss?!), it's fun to see the single glyph getting a little more love lately. 2. Percontation Point or Rhetorical Question Mark The backward question mark was proposed by Henry Denham in 1580 as an end to a rhetorical question, and was used until the early 1600s. 3. Irony Mark It looks a lot like the percontation point, but the irony mark's location is a bit different, as it is smaller, elevated, and precedes a statement to indicate its intent before it is read. Alcanter de Brahm introduced the idea in the 19th century, and in 1966 French author Hervé Bazin proposed a similar glyph in his book, Plumons l’Oiseau, along with 5 other innovative marks. 4. Love Point Among Bazin's proposed new punctuation was the love point, made of two question marks, one mirrored, that share a point. The intended use, of course, was to denote a statement of affection or love, as in "Happy anniversary [love point]" or "I have warm fuzzies [love point]" If it were easier to type, I think this one might really take off. 5. Acclamation Point Bazin described this mark as "the stylistic representation of those two little flags that float above the tour bus when a president comes to town." Acclamation is a "demonstration of goodwill or welcome," so you could use it to say "I'm so happy to see you [acclamationpoint]" or "Viva Las Vegas [acclamationpoint]" 6. Certitude Point Need to say something with unwavering conviction? End your declaration with the certitude point, another of Bazin's designs. 7. Doubt Point This is the opposite of the certitude point, and thus is used to end a sentence with a note of skepticism. 8. Authority Point Bazin's authority point "shades your sentence" with a note of expertise, "like a parasol over a sultan." (Well, I was there and that's what happened.) Likewise, it's also used to indicate an order or advice that should be taken seriously, as it comes from a voice of authority. 9. SarcMark The SarcMark (short for "sarcasm mark") was invented, copyrighted and trademarked by Paul Sak, and while it hasn't seen widespread use, Sak markets it as "The official, easy-to-use punctuation mark to emphasize a sarcastic phrase, sentence or message." Because half the fun of sarcasm is pointing it out [sarcMark]. 10. Snark Mark This, like the copyrighted SarcMark, is used to indicate that a sentence should be understood beyond the literal meaning. Unlike the SarcMark, this one is copyright free and easy to type: it's just a period followed by a tilde. 11. Asterism This cool-looking but little-used piece of punctuation used to be the divider between subchapters in books or to indicate minor breaks in a long text. It's almost obsolete, since books typically now use three asterisks in a row to break within chapters (***) or simply skip an extra line. It seems a shame to waste such a great little mark, though. Maybe we should bring this one back. 12 & 13. Exclamation Comma & Question Comma Now you can be excited or inquisitive without having to end a sentence! A Canadian patent was filed for these in 1992, but it lapsed in 1995, so use them freely, but not too often. Read the full text here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/12710/13-little-known-punctuation-marks-we-should-be-using#ixzz2KcZWRhyi --brought to you by mental_floss! In 1928, the federal government overhauled its system of printing bank notes. It shaved about an inch of length and just under a half-inch of width off the bills and issued the new, smaller bills in the $1 to $100 denominations with which we're familiar. However, the Treasury also issued larger denominations. Fun facts about big, big bank notes Can you guess who is on the front of the following bills also available at the bank: $500 - ???????? $1000 - ??????? $5000 - ??????? $10000 - ?????? Give up who is on the front ????????? scroll down. They featured William McKinley ($500), Grover Cleveland ($1,000), James Madison ($5,000) and Salmon P. Chase ($10,000).

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I couldn't find any pictures in the gallery. Have you had the time to set it up yet? Boy are you impatient or what?

Happy B Day Chris!!!

This will sell well. A coworker of mine just test drove the Golf TDI and while liked it, was not totally sold. I showed her the Cruze Diesel and she is very excited to go test drive it. Likes the looks, the interior and she did notice that it has a far better interior than the VW. She did ask me about the difference in mileage and as I told her and pointed out. This engine is allot stronger than the VW and I am sure they are being conservative on the MPG. Get it broke in and I am sure this engine will give even more with the automatic than it is stated at. Also on the Automatic front, she had to wait for the local VW dealer to get in an Auto TDI as she does not drive manual. In fact she told me they had 4 TDI manuals on the lot and the sales person said it was hard to sell them since not many people can drive a manual and do not want to bother with it. They just want to get in and push the pedal to go. Those of us that like manuals are becoming a thing of the past. Todays generations want automatic everything and are not really into the manual tranny thing.