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so by his rhetoric i guess the rx-8 could be a german import... hmmm

personally i love pro street. the speed challenges though are retarded difficult once you get towards the end of the game though. when is a short speed race you are cool but the long ones the slightest bump can send you over the edge into totalsville. same with the drag racing. awesome car list, lots of sweet upgrades with real names, and the customization is out there good too. if you are lookin for a good PC sim with a good car list i'd have to say forza would be your best bet. GRID is pretty good too but it treds that fine line of being a little arcadey

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hehe when do they not mock a prius? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydvAQ6Y49vc...feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxb_91x3is4 and my favorite mmmmm.... ma ducey

grew up at car shows. my dad trailored his 69 327 c-10 custom to the shows with his 71 c-10 custom stepside. after the showing was over the 69 became weekend warrior.

thanksgiving lunch with my dad's side thein dinner with everyone in the ER cause i got to work. time and a half-d!

maybe agenda driven wacko is a more accurate term

The Obamobile being prepared for the president-elect is said to be a monster gas-guzzler made by General Motors, the troubled car giant. It will look like a black Cadillac but is built like a tank. A spy photographer who tracks down future car models for magazines snatched pictures of the heavily disguised first-car-in-waiting when it was being road-tested last summer. full story here http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle5213322.ece

yeap i got an email from the publishers of muscle car review and it offered me a subscription to 3 other mags "online version" for 3 years for like 12 bucks.

a response from one of my congressmen about the bail out. Thank you for contacting me regarding proposals being discussed that would provide federal funds to American automakers. I appreciate the chance to let you know my thoughts on this important issue. I understand from your correspondence that you support plans that would provide federal funds in the form of loans to American automakers in order to ensure their solvency. While I certainly appreciate the importance of the American auto manufacturing industry to the American economy as a whole, I believe government intervention in the activities of the private sector should be extremely limited. I also believe that the American people, who understand the value of hard work and personal responsibility, deserve to have their tax dollars spent responsibly. As you know, Congress recently passed H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA) to stabilize the economy and unfreeze the flow of credit, and there are currently proposals that would provide funds from EESA to American automakers. H.R. 1424 was not passed to rescue banks or one specific industry. The EESA was necessary to protect all Americans. The U.S. economy had come to a grinding halt. Credit was frozen and jobs from all different sectors of the economy were threatened. There is no doubt that I would have preferred that there was no need for government action to stabilize the economy. Unfortunately, American markets required action to unfreeze the flow of credit and stabilize the entire economy. The EESA was meant to prevent turmoil in the financial markets from leading to even more severe and long standing damage to the American economy. Let’s be clear, the purpose of H.R. 1424 was not to rescue financial institutions. It was to protect all Americans because all Americans are affected by the central role that confidence in the banking sector has in the American economy. If we had allowed the entire financial system to crumble, the environment created would have made it impossible for businesses to succeed. Nevertheless, it is vital that the implementation of the EESA does not stray from the intent of Congress - to restore access to credit to American consumers and businesses. We cannot allow this taxpayer money to become a slush fund for banks and other institutions to provide massive bonuses or hold lavish outings or prop up failing companies. The role of government should be limited to creating an environment where businesses can succeed. It is not to ensure that businesses succeed or to prevent certain businesses or industries from failing. I fear, however, that US automakers are weighed down with uncompetitive labor structures and impractical demands from politically-connected labor unions. Nonetheless, the economic role of the automakers is enormous, and many hardworking Americans and retirees who devoted their entire careers to these companies rely on the success of American automakers for their jobs and pensions. Please be assured that I will work with my colleagues to find ways to help American automakers prosper while protecting American taxpayers. There is no doubt that our economy faces unprecedented challenges. Large corporations and small business alike have been severely affected by the economic disturbance that began in the housing market, spread to the banking sector, and has now hurt the entire economy. I have heard from many hardworking people of the Third District of South Carolina who are facing exceptional strains on their personal finances, and many of us have seen the value of our retirement accounts fall at an alarming rate. But the way forward to a strong economy is clear, and I am hopeful that Congress will make the correct decisions in implementing pro-growth policies. First of all, we must get back to our roots of our economic strength: producing. Whether its agriculture or manufacturing, we must begin creating value again. We cannot -- and will not -- continue to finance economic growth through more and more credit card debt and increasingly unaffordable mortgages, paid for by the complex financial derivatives that got us into this crisis. While the free market will lead the way in providing economic growth, the government must create an environment that allows the economy to grow. We simply cannot afford to continue to lose jobs overseas. We must ensure our trading partners play fairly and stick to the rules of trade agreements. We cannot allow trading partners like China to continue their unfair trade practices and currency manipulation. In addition, China’s continued use of discriminatory tax regimes and complicated licensing and quota regimes against importers to China represent unfulfilled commitments China made upon its accession to the WTO. Congress and the Administration must work together to lower the trade barriers of our trading partners so that we can expand our exports. I am confident that, given a level playing field, American industry can succeed in the global marketplace. To help our economy grow and expand our manufacturing base, we must reduce government red-tape and our corporate tax rates, which are among the highest in the world. Our policies must reward innovation, investment, and growth through low taxes, strong protections of property rights, and freedom from burdensome regulations. For example, I am a proud cosponsor of H.R. 4995, the Middle Class Jobs Protection Act of 2008, as introduced by Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia. Among other provisions, this legislation would reduce the maximum corporate income tax rate to 25 percent. While the road ahead is not easy, the path forward is clear. We must get back to basics, lower our taxes, cut red-tape, and move towards energy independence through alternative energy research, expansion of our nuclear power capability, and domestic energy exploration. Please be assured that I will keep your thoughts in mind should Congress consider providing taxpayer funds to American automakers. Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. Please do not hesitate to contact me whenever you have concerns about any issue under consideration in Congress. Best Wishes, Representative J. Gresham Barrett i know its a mass mail out deal but it shows where he stands at least

didnt they use a white one on mythbusters for the ejection seat test and then torched it with the 1000 lighters exploding in the sun myth?

thats because he would be getting a pay raise. On August 5, 2007, he became chairman and CEO of the newly privatized Chrysler. His current annual salary at Chrysler is $1, with other compensation not publicly disclosed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli when you get a $210 million severance package do you really ever need to be on payroll again in your life?

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GOOD LORD MAN!!! cover your shame! ive never seen such a visual definition of a cheese eating rat.

if you ask me there couldnt have been a better 40th anniversary GTO 1964 understatement = 2004 understatement

prolly cause he does already... that was in his contract not to make any money until Chrysler was out of the red. which after his 250 million check from home depot he donesnt need anything for the rest of his life if you ask me.

so i guess we need to fax them the minutes from the past few UAW meetings and GM's "homework" will be done then

pshhh we dont even know how to appreciate our own cars... how we gonna do it for theirs???

we got surf watch at work so i couldnt watch the video here. just saw the headline

sadly there is a link on the front page of yahoo.com touting "big 3 CEO's continue to live in lavish as companies flounder"

not defending them or anything but how does this cat from NY travel? if NY's economy was in the toliet what would he sacrifice for his state? its easy to point fingers when one isnt in the hotseat themselves. at least they arent throwing weekend getaways like the sorry SOB's at AIG. for the record our governor drives a crown vic and when our governor's mansion was being renovated instead of living in a posh hotel for the time being he elected to stay in the 900 sq ft pool house.

snarkysnark67 (19 minutes ago) Show Hide Marked as spam Reply Hey GM why don't you go to India or China or Mexico and ask their governments for bailouts? Isn't that where all of the U.S. jobs have gone to? Think maybe, just maybe thats why no one can afford your cars. Sure ask for a bail out, but you should not get a dime until you put Americans back to work!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow... how stupid do you have to be before you cant use a keyboard and the internet. GM is responsilbe for all the jobs going over seas? i mean really... really? come on dude

yeah but since his dad ran the joint that makes him automatically qualified to critique other automaufacturers leadership skills... cause i mean the industry is still exactly like it was back then... right?.... right?