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  1. I heard they want to move it out to the new Novi expo center
  2. It was on a front page of a section in the Saturday paper.
  3. opps sorry northstar about that one article just didnt know what forum it should of went in.
  4. i should of bought XP but this was a steal running with 155mhz and had 150 mb of storage
  5. whats with the F word flying around in the begging can someone fill me in here. or pm me or somthing since iim lost to.
  6. go into photoshop and take the quality down since the image is to big for you image sharing site. so it just makes it smaller so the file isnt as huge. i had this problem with photobucket
  7. I was wondering. But i want to shift to firefox since i heard alot about it. Is it easy to use is it cool. or should i just stay with IE. can someone give me info on firefox?
  8. I gett the i just took a huge dump thing its norton anti virus I dont want to post my back ground its uh you no X-rated. But WMJ still runnin on 95 98 me I have a computer with 3.1 lol maybe ill make a background soon
  9. lol Nissian i was watching Fox 2 news and they said that Nissian has had the worst quailty cars of 2005. They even admitted to having poor quaility and the Nissian chairman refused to talk.
  10. GM: NOT SO FAST, TOYOTA: A global sales surge keeps us ahead, Wagoner reports January 7, 2006 BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER They may want to hold off on the party hats at Toyota Motor Corp. General Motors Corp. Chairman Rick Wagoner said Friday that GM sold nearly 9.2 million cars and trucks worldwide in 2005, the most since 1978, casting doubt on forecasts that Toyota Motor Corp. might surpass GM as the world's automotive sales leader this year. For the first time in its history, GM sold more cars outside the United States than inside. Not only did GM emerge as the market leader in fast-growing China, it also posted all-time sales highs in Latin America and Europe. The result was a 2% increase in global vehicle sales, despite a 4.3% drop in U.S. sales. Toyota, the world's No. 2 automaker, sold 8.1 million vehicles last year and recently projected that it will build 9.06 million cars and trucks in 2006, leading to widespread speculation that it would blow past GM this year. Until the final 2005 numbers were tallied, it had been 27 years since GM sold 9 million vehicles in a year. But GM's strong growth overseas suggests that Toyota can't count on being fitted for the crown just yet. "We had a good sales year on balance around the world," Wagoner said in an interview with a small group of journalists. "Chevy is the big dog," he added, noting that Chevrolet sales surpassed 4 million units last year, up 180,000 units over 2004, "so that brand strategy is feeling pretty good." Most recent headlines about GM have focused on its abysmal financial performance in North America, its weak credit rating and sagging stock price. But Michael Robinet, vice president of global forecasting services for CSM Worldwide Inc., said GM deserves some credit for its gains abroad. "I do think they've done a good job in South America, they've cleaned up some of their European issues and done a decent job in Asia," he said. GM boosted sales 35% to 665,390 vehicles in China last year, surpassing Volkswagen AG to become the top-selling automaker in the world's fastest-growing auto market. While pleasantly surprised at some of the final sales tallies from abroad, Wagoner acknowledged that he still faces the daunting task of turning around GM's car and truck operations in North America, where the company lost $4.8 billion during the first nine months of 2005. Bankruptcy? No way GM's losses, its slumping share of U.S. sales and the bankruptcy filing of its largest supplier, Delphi Corp., have triggered the downgrade of GM's credit rating to junk status and ignited fears that the company might join Delphi in bankruptcy court. "We have to get that turned around," Wagoner said. "We don't see bankruptcy as a winning strategy in any way, shape or form," he said. "It's not a good plan, and it is not constructive for there to be a lot of speculation about it. It doesn't help sales, and we don't have any intention of doing it." He said he hadn't seen any analytical data to indicate consumers are shying away from GM products because of bankruptcy talk. "But it doesn't help," he said, adding, "We've got to get the business fixed. Then it will subside." Wagoner said GM will get a lift this year with the launch of new large SUV models such as the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe and the Cadillac Escalade EXT. Sales of the big, high-profit-margin SUVs took a tumble in 2005 -- falling 150,000 units -- due to a surge in gas prices and an aging product lineup. GM will also introduce several crossover vehicles and will be giving the Saturn brand a makeover with the new Sky roadster and Aura midsize sedan. Overall, he said, he expects 2006 auto sales to remain strong in Asia, while being "flat to downish a little in the U.S. and Europe." U.S. share a question He would not predict whether GM will be able to halt or reverse its slide in U.S. market share, which fell to 26.2% last year from 27.5% in 2004. A big unknown casting a pall over GM's future profitability is what will happen to Delphi, which is seeking deep wage and benefit cuts from its labor unions. The unions have threatened to strike if Delphi gets a bankruptcy judge to void its labor contracts. A Delphi strike could cripple GM production in mere days. Wagoner said in late November that GM would become actively involved in three-way talks with Delphi and the UAW that could result in buyouts or early retirements for some Delphi workers, many of whom were GM employees before GM spun off its parts unit as a separate company in 1999. Progress is being made in the complex Delphi talks, Wagoner said Friday, but he cautioned, "It's going to take a while." Asked if the Delphi situation could be resolved in the next few months, he refused to predict a specific timetable except to say, "We're not going be sitting around talking about this a year from now." Wagoner said he's confident that GM's cost-cutting plan, combined with new product launches, will produce an improvement in the profit picture, hopefully as early as this year's first quarter http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...ESS01/601070322
  11. 9.2 to 8.1 hey Toyota you still need another milllion to be on top. Thats always good news
  12. GM: NOT SO FAST, TOYOTA: A global sales surge keeps us ahead, Wagoner reports January 7, 2006 BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER They may want to hold off on the party hats at Toyota Motor Corp. General Motors Corp. Chairman Rick Wagoner said Friday that GM sold nearly 9.2 million cars and trucks worldwide in 2005, the most since 1978, casting doubt on forecasts that Toyota Motor Corp. might surpass GM as the world's automotive sales leader this year. For the first time in its history, GM sold more cars outside the United States than inside. Not only did GM emerge as the market leader in fast-growing China, it also posted all-time sales highs in Latin America and Europe. The result was a 2% increase in global vehicle sales, despite a 4.3% drop in U.S. sales. Toyota, the world's No. 2 automaker, sold 8.1 million vehicles last year and recently projected that it will build 9.06 million cars and trucks in 2006, leading to widespread speculation that it would blow past GM this year. Until the final 2005 numbers were tallied, it had been 27 years since GM sold 9 million vehicles in a year. But GM's strong growth overseas suggests that Toyota can't count on being fitted for the crown just yet. "We had a good sales year on balance around the world," Wagoner said in an interview with a small group of journalists. "Chevy is the big dog," he added, noting that Chevrolet sales surpassed 4 million units last year, up 180,000 units over 2004, "so that brand strategy is feeling pretty good." Most recent headlines about GM have focused on its abysmal financial performance in North America, its weak credit rating and sagging stock price. But Michael Robinet, vice president of global forecasting services for CSM Worldwide Inc., said GM deserves some credit for its gains abroad. "I do think they've done a good job in South America, they've cleaned up some of their European issues and done a decent job in Asia," he said. GM boosted sales 35% to 665,390 vehicles in China last year, surpassing Volkswagen AG to become the top-selling automaker in the world's fastest-growing auto market. While pleasantly surprised at some of the final sales tallies from abroad, Wagoner acknowledged that he still faces the daunting task of turning around GM's car and truck operations in North America, where the company lost $4.8 billion during the first nine months of 2005. Bankruptcy? No way GM's losses, its slumping share of U.S. sales and the bankruptcy filing of its largest supplier, Delphi Corp., have triggered the downgrade of GM's credit rating to junk status and ignited fears that the company might join Delphi in bankruptcy court. "We have to get that turned around," Wagoner said. "We don't see bankruptcy as a winning strategy in any way, shape or form," he said. "It's not a good plan, and it is not constructive for there to be a lot of speculation about it. It doesn't help sales, and we don't have any intention of doing it." He said he hadn't seen any analytical data to indicate consumers are shying away from GM products because of bankruptcy talk. "But it doesn't help," he said, adding, "We've got to get the business fixed. Then it will subside." Wagoner said GM will get a lift this year with the launch of new large SUV models such as the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe and the Cadillac Escalade EXT. Sales of the big, high-profit-margin SUVs took a tumble in 2005 -- falling 150,000 units -- due to a surge in gas prices and an aging product lineup. GM will also introduce several crossover vehicles and will be giving the Saturn brand a makeover with the new Sky roadster and Aura midsize sedan. Overall, he said, he expects 2006 auto sales to remain strong in Asia, while being "flat to downish a little in the U.S. and Europe." U.S. share a question He would not predict whether GM will be able to halt or reverse its slide in U.S. market share, which fell to 26.2% last year from 27.5% in 2004. A big unknown casting a pall over GM's future profitability is what will happen to Delphi, which is seeking deep wage and benefit cuts from its labor unions. The unions have threatened to strike if Delphi gets a bankruptcy judge to void its labor contracts. A Delphi strike could cripple GM production in mere days. Wagoner said in late November that GM would become actively involved in three-way talks with Delphi and the UAW that could result in buyouts or early retirements for some Delphi workers, many of whom were GM employees before GM spun off its parts unit as a separate company in 1999. Progress is being made in the complex Delphi talks, Wagoner said Friday, but he cautioned, "It's going to take a while." Asked if the Delphi situation could be resolved in the next few months, he refused to predict a specific timetable except to say, "We're not going be sitting around talking about this a year from now." Wagoner said he's confident that GM's cost-cutting plan, combined with new product launches, will produce an improvement in the profit picture, hopefully as early as this year's first quarter http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article...ESS01/601070322
  13. Laughing my effin ass off
  14. is it me but i think the rear is rather Honda Accordish with the tail lights and everything
  15. yeah its breathe taking and just cant be real. some on slap me to see if im not dead or sumthing.
  16. The TBSS i think would beat a jeep srt8 TB is more high speed stable. I'd take a Monte Carlo anyday over a Magnum with a normal trunk. AND those HEMI'S ARE NOT EFFING HEMI's!!!!! In case you didn't know. the piston is not cone shaped nor are the valves on a step enough angle to be considered a HEMIshere head. so they should just call it a OHV V8.
  17. i would say #1. I kinda agree with WMJ but whats th point of having the same anwser.
  18. The camaro with the 5.7 will be much cheaper to fix since its engine that has been put in cars for years. like all GM cop cars in the 80's had that same exact low cost engine the 5.7.(example caprice) The handling is great and the looks are awesome. the ZX on the other hand is expensive to repair. Mostly in electronics. To me it looks plane and flat and just has no spirt. Handling would be better than the camaro. Accelertion is about the same but the v8 has more torque which means it will spin tires. However the ZX will be lighter on the fuel bill. I would go wiht the PROVEN realiebilty of the Camaro. But I have an Bias. Plus I love those 3rd gens. Its vs. V8 thoaty rumple or a V6 more High pitched sound. And if you like aftermarket stuff like performance. Enless cheap stuff for the Camaro. The ZX has lots of stuff too. but the price will be higher since the engine is pretty well modded out from the factory to get high power. so stuff and electronic upgrades will cost more. I'd really look at some other cars too. to compare. Autos arent bad at all if you live in the city its so much easy with auto. but going from a stick some times you find your left foot bored and creep up on the brake. If you live in the country Manuals are good. My pick would be the Camaro. hope i was a little helpful.
  19. :huh: Yeah well I think the Fords should sell the team off. or at least put money in them. we have a good D fence most of the time. they get more points then offense.
  20. the fact that I have to take random drug tests......... really self control. and the power to say no. yes I have done them and know some stuff about them maybe too much. Really for the few hours of being high dont come near to Driving fast and my all time favorite Wave running. No one needs betty Ford and if they do they have mental issues. But drinking isnt a drug its legal. :AH-HA_wink:
  21. I'd like to add that the Auto 4WD is not good sometimes. just put it in 4WD. Since when I went into the ditch I think then I felt the 4WD activate.
  22. Trust me mine Is beated and drove like I stole it every day. I have no bitch but somtimes there is a little wind noise that comes from the windows in the ext. cab whent the heater is on. Its very easy to drive and very forgiving. Although if you dont like squealing tires and rougher rides go with a GMC they are way more smother on the acceleration and ride comfort,
  23. I go off on these people. I cant hold my self back. The prius thing i tell them that 15 MPG less will be better for the earth then the battery acid that will leak into the ground and go to the oceans and kill baby whales. really i do say that.
  24. Its a truck and it gets drivin hard abusivly and alot! Off roading is FUN!!! The Caprice is for visting and the Weekends :AH-HA_wink:
  25. you have way to much internet surfing hours.
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