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many here consider greeniacs the enemy. Now that they are the enemy of Toyota (many posters other enemy) they become the friend.

really fun write up Flybrian. I enjoyed it.

I think that Sharpton and Jackson WISH they had some influence on this, but didn't. Apparently Imus had been cruel to so many people at NBC (supposedly to the point of tears) that they were out gunning for him. There was a lot of employee pressure to can him. When the advertisers started leaving too, he was history. There was a column in the Los Angles column (Tim Reuten?) discussing Imus' departure. He brought up the interesting idea that "bad" speech is tolerated in this country except in the area of sports figures. He pointed to Lush Rimbaugh firing from Monday night football as an example. It is an interesting observation - true? I'm not sure. Imus' chance for a lucrative new job on satellite radio is not what it used to be because of the proposed marriage of Sirius and GM's brand. Fortunately for Imus, he can probably easily buy and sell all of us.

That is the very point that Bill Maher made in defending Imus. Keith Oberman, on the other hand, brought out information that Imus had been incredibly cruel to co-workers at NBC.

Supposedly the Outlook isn't doing all that well at Saturn. The problem for it and the proposed "vectra Wagon" is just too few dealers? The following is rather interesting post from another site: the rest of the post and thread here

There is also a UPS delivery truck designed with this too. It may require development or we may all have to learn with some new noises. Certainly the thinner windows will lead to more noise also.

scroll down to hydraulic hybrid Hydraulic Hybrid. Also on display at the meeting will be a Peterbilt Model 320 featuring Hydraulic Launch Assist hybrid technology. (Earlier post.) The Class 8 vehicle is specifically designed for refuse applications and uses its kinetic energy to conserve fuel and assist in acceleration. The Hydraulic Launch Assist technology was also developed in partnership with Eaton. The system is particularly beneficial in heavy stop-and-go applications, such as refuse collection. In addition to the enhanced fuel economy, brake wear can be reduced by more than 50 percent, improving serviceability requirements and reducing operating expenses. Hydraulic Launch Assist works by recovering a portion of the energy normally lost as heat by the vehicle’s brakes in the form of pressurized hydraulic fluid. This fluid is stored in an on-board accumulator until the driver next accelerates the vehicle. Stored energy launches the vehicle during the initial, high-fuel consumption start from stop, followed seamlessly by power from the primary engine. In performance mode, the stored energy is released and blended with engine power at launch. This can significantly improve acceleration due to the high power density of hydraulics. November 10, 2006 in Hybrids | Permalink | Comments (9) | TrackBack

It will be interesting to see. I wager that we will have longer narrower vehicles employing more aluminum, composite and other light weight materials, decreased frontal area, thinner windows, and kinetic/diesel hybrid powerplants with sequential or 6 speed automatic transmissions. An oldie but a goodie not necessarily indicative of the future.

It isn't; please look into the c13, c12 ratios.

Increased water vapor doesn't raise CO2 levels, but increased CO2 levels do increase water vapor levels.

Why dopn't you explain it? Your screen name could indictes a good working knowledge of science. Why don't you explain to us how the C-13 to C-12 ratios of core samples could be interpreted other than increased carbon dioxide levels the results of fossil fuel usage.

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From what I hear the Arcadia is doing well. The demand for them is incredibly high at the daily rental places ( a positive sign actually). I would warn about making to many conclusions about business from Glendale dealers. They are small, the houses in Glendale are small, the population has aged and been replaced with Hispanic and Armenian gangs. The serious buyers in that area have excellent access to mega dealers in the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys. It is all too atypical.

Since thee vehicles are using mostly 1 liter engines, it all likelihood there size has to be pretty small.

I believe the replacement interval for timing belts on most engines is 90,000 or more these days. I also prefer not to be bothered with a belt. Just checked and according to the Toyota web site: replacement is required at 90,000 miles

I think that that was "axelTheRed", but i will take whatever laughter I can get.

O rmaybe INTO a Hummer H2. :AH-HA_wink:

I read Hudson's post differently then most of you did. He was pointing out how much of everyones complaints about well intentioned people who are concerned about the environment (greenies) have been ugly and unfair. It should be a little more obvious now because "the enemy of my enemy is my Friend".

Perhaps, but it looks to me that the Focus is outselling everythng but the F-150.

Good point. Mopar is profitable and DCX has long standing offers by purchasers. Additional this is exactly what they did in the 80's turnaround (in that case they sold the real estate holdings of Mopar and then leased them back)

The ION is the same platform as the Cobalt(delta). When my youngest was car shoping last year we looked at mostly Cobalt and ION. Even though we had a huge GM card rebate available, she much prefered the ION and that's what we got.

Could it be worse than the Vti transmission that Saturn Vue owners got $h! on with?

reminds me of the Solistice/Curve/Nomad concept triplets of a few years ago.

and thanks to both of you.

Any details?