G. David Felt

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.

I could so see a performance Power train Kit and Body Performance Kit for this car sold by Chevy Dealers.

Nice write up, enjoyed reading about your experience. I agree with you on the back seat. I am 6'6" tall and no one can sit behind me. Then again, I am an SUV person so this car is more inline for people like my Daughter or Son who take after their mother at only 5'8" tall. Thanks for the write up, great to have others test drive an auto and then give a review of what they thought. I did have one interesting obervation as I have been back to Caddy for normal oil changes on my escalade and the more I play with CUE the more I like it. But it is truly built for the Y generation who are used to using their smartphones and tablets. Older generations are going to be more confused by it. Good thing GM is having CUE specialist at the dealerships to train new owners on how to maximize the benefits of CUE.

Your SUV that was built by a government-propped up domestic automaker? First off, GM was loaned money and repaid it. Second my 94 suburban was before they needed loans to keep going. Third, GM does not continue to take Millions each month from the local gov's to keep running. Fiat/Alpha are no different than Airbus. The gov keeps paying in cause they cannot seem to understand how to force the workers to actually work and be profitable. Biggest problem with Socialist Europe is the Unions and the Gov propping up poorly run companies. GM's big problem with Opel is the inability to just cut the surplus production and workers. The Gov's demand now they keep people working even when there is no demand for product. So much for a free market society. I would take the Dodge Demon over the Alfa 4c.

Way too funny, great watching. I too wonder what caused the Ford to sink through.

Ying/Yang

Interesting Auto, Amazing that this never saw light. Wonder who paid them off to not come out with it.

Bad News: Division Director has decided on a ReOrg and has called a staff meeting.

These are awesome cars and a few of the ladies I work with are very excited to go check this out.

Oil CHange, Spark Plugs, Fuel system cleaning, detail to clean up the smoke from the exhuast, verification that the truck is back to proper spec.

Will not happen. There are millions of americans who remember the crap Fiat and Alpha's that they dumped here in the 60-70's with the lack of support, warranty, etc. They can try, but we remember the crap they built and the crap they still build for those of us that travel internationally. If it was not for the Gov's that prop them up, they would be history. They are lucky to have survived and just cause they sell and make some money everyone seems to think this socialist company can come in and take over the us. Pick these POS's out of my SUV's Grill.

Duh!!! Ram is great, but too many people will not be able to switch over that fast to just RAM! They will have to have some mighty funny / entertaining commercials for people to realize it is just Ram. Ram it and see how the power works for you!!!

While I do not like this car, at least someone in the NA department knows that Americans are Auto, not manual. Auto will be needed to sell these cars.

Love the Interior, Exterior is another thing. Front end reminds me of the ugly Chrysler 200 Rear End reminds me of a Buick Side profile reminds me of a old Buick and what is up with the vent behind the front tire.