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Trollhättan, Sverige: clicky

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I thought Al Gore created the Universe...

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Try a manual next time. Better still, try a manual CooperS.

Maybe the 60,000 sales target is a little optimist, but I'm hoping GM is successful with this thing.

What's the EU? Bon voyage to Zürich!

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!

I like the contrast between the colour black and both "wood" and "brushed aluminum" parts.

Volatility will continue for a while, but History shows that volatility is clustered and that volatility episodes tend to subside. I have attached a graph of the series of daily returns for the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (January 1928 to February 2006) with high volatility circled in red.

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Looks like someone chopped a Malibu grille on an Outlook front end. Let's wait and see what the real thing looks like. I'd like it to have a Sequel-inspired front-end: IMHO the higher sales volume this is expected to bring in should be worth the investment.

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There was a car named 'Horsey Horseless'? EDIT - I found it! It even had a fake horse's head in front: clickypoo

Wasn't this the car that was referred to as the 'Oldsmobile sucking a lemon'?

That usually works for me Your plan seems good: I wish you nothing but the best with your studies!

Don't really know about any issues. Other people in the boards might help you on that.My brother had one that withstood abuse pretty well, and his boss had one that lasted forever with just regular maintenance. Both cars were used in a desert climate, so I'd say they're solid vehicles.

The continuing upward redistribution of income is NOT good over the long run.

*beats up dave* Seriously now: would you consider a Cherokee/Liberty?

Battery-like Device Could Power Cars By Grant Slater, Associated Press posted: 07 September 2007 12:59 pm ET AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Millions of inventions pass quietly through the U.S. patent office each year. Patent No. 7,033,406 did, too, until energy insiders spotted six words in the filing that sounded like a death knell for the internal combustion engine. An Austin-based startup called EEStor promised "technologies for replacement of electrochemical batteries,'' meaning a motorist could plug in a car for five minutes and drive 500 miles roundtrip between Dallas and Houston without gasoline. Go to full article by clicking here.

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