Justin Bimmer

Happy Birthday Z-06 whats wrong with name changing?

Corvette EPA Pollution Info: (grams per mile) NOx 0.04 CO 2.1 NMOG 0.07 PM 0.01 Smog-forming Pollution: (pounds per year) 3.64 Greenhouse Gases Emitted: (tons per year) 9.65 Porsche 911 Turbo Standards (grams per mile) NOx 0.07 CO 4.2 NMOG 0.09 PM 0.01 Smog-forming Pollution: (pounds per year) 5.29 Greenhouse Gases Emitted: (tons per year) 10.18 WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA???? GIANT V8 makes less pollution then DOHC Porsche magical engine?

I can 99% promise you that ANYBODY buying either one of these cars has performance LAST on their list of what they are looking for in a car. If performance isn't last, they either don't know what they are talking about, or they are insane and should have their license revoked.

All stand alone Buick and GMC dealers will be consolidated by 2010 General Motors says that by October 2010, all Buck and GMC franchise agreements will be renewed to only offer a "dual dealership", meaning there will no longer be any stand alone Buick or GMC dealers. All stand alone Buick and GMC dealers will be consolidated by 2010.

Two Things: One: KOOLEST CAR EVAR!!!!!! Two: What is raepd? -- According to Merriam-Webster this is what it is: "raepd The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling suggestion below or try again using the search bar above."

Books on tape are like the last bastion of cassettes in America. My mom gets them from the library. Fortunately, they are phasing them out and going to books on CD now.

With multiple photos, you can do HTML formatting and create a more visually appealing article that has text which wraps around.

If the United States Attorney's office files an obstruction of justice criminal charge against them, then I will start listening.

GET OVER IT! FWD IS HERE 4LIFE!

Current DOE projections show at most a 17% reduction in NOx from clean diesel technology currently in use. But, CNG gets you 1/2 the efficiency as diesel does.

I LOVE IT! I am laughing my ass off out here in California. All the air boards (ones who regulate pollution) except the ones in the SF bay area have forced cities to switch from low NOx emitting diesel buses to high NOx emitting CNG buses. Now that diesel is super clean and much more efficient, they are all going to look like dopes. They should have listened to us.

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I think that sausage place was just on Diners driveins and dives. Or was it Man v. Food

There was an episode of "CHiPs" where Ponch and Jon had scale duty right by Magic Mountain, and they decided to go eat lunch there one day. When they were leaving the park there just happened to be a a mach 1 mustang drag racing a ford van!?

did somebody say LOL paint?

I was really hoping this thread was going to either be about a cool water park or that lame Kevin Costner movie. Good luck with all that crazy weather.

It's full-size at Hertz.

Very good point!

I expect a C&G drives review with photogs!

A 2003 Australian study[8] by Monash University Accident Research Centre found that ABS: * Reduced the risk of multiple vehicle crashes by 18 percent, * Reduced the risk of run-off-road crashes by 35 percent. On high-traction surfaces such as bitumen, or concrete, many (though not all) ABS-equipped cars are able to attain braking distances better (i.e. shorter) than those that would be easily possible without the benefit of ABS. In real world conditions even an alert, skilled driver without ABS would find it difficult, even through the use of techniques like threshold braking, to match or improve on the performance of a typical driver with a modern ABS-equipped vehicle. ABS reduces chances of crashing, and/or the severity of impact. The recommended technique for non-expert drivers in an ABS-equipped car, in a typical full-braking emergency, is to press the brake pedal as firmly as possible and, where appropriate, to steer around obstructions. In such situations, ABS will significantly reduce the chances of a skid and subsequent loss of control. Ok, you kinda win the "slippery conditions" portion of the arguement. . . In gravel, sand and deep snow, ABS tends to increase braking distances. On these surfaces, locked wheels dig in and stop the vehicle more quickly. ABS prevents this from occurring. Some ABS calibrations reduce this problem by slowing the cycling time, thus letting the wheels repeatedly briefly lock and unlock. Some vehicle manufacturer provides an "off-road" button to turn ABS function off. The primary benefit of ABS on such surfaces is to increase the ability of the driver to maintain control of the car rather than go into a skid — though loss of control remains more likely on soft surfaces like gravel or slippery surfaces like snow or ice. On a very slippery surface such as sheet ice or gravel, it is possible to lock multiple wheels at once, and this can defeat ABS (which relies on comparing all four wheels, and detecting individual wheels skidding). Availability of ABS relieves most drivers from learning threshold braking. But, I can't remember the last time I drove on gravel, and we can all talk about horrific winters, but really, how much driving on ice does the average person do?

I avoid accidents EVERYDAY with brakes.

Now that I have thought about this some more, and I am not trying to single you out SAmadei, this is meant more towards a larger group of people who would AGREE with what you said: I have driven many many many different types of vehicles. FWD, RWD, AWD, 4WD, Buses, Class 8 Trucks, Gooseneck Trailers, motorcycles, London Double Deckers. This "squirting" statement is ONLY true with a motorcycle being better than an automobile with any wheels pulling or pushing or any combination there of. To avoid an accident, brakes are your best friend, preferably ABS. I know people have this super man-love for RWD and they think Zeta is Jesus reincarnated as a car platform, but really guys? Really? Come ON

Simply irrelevant.

What does General Motors want to save Opel from? General Motors is worried that Russian investors will be able to take the German automaker's designs and technology and use it to directly compete against Chevrolet in Russia. Read More at the link: GM wants to keep Opel's technology away from the Russians.

By TOM KRISHER (AP) – 1 hour ago DETROIT — Behind GM's hesitation to sell its unprofitable car business in Europe lies a Cold War fear: American technology will fall into Russian hands. It's among the main reasons why General Motors Co. has balked at finishing a deal to sell its Opel unit to a group led by Canadian auto parts maker Magna International Inc. and Russia's state-owned Sberbank. GM announced the tentative deal with Magna in May at a time when it was desperately trying to avoid bankruptcy protection. But now, after exiting Chapter 11 in better financial shape and encouraged by signs of better sales, the Detroit-based automaker is second-guessing the deal, worried that future auto designs could wind up with Russian rival GAZ, which competes with GM's Chevrolet, the No. 2 brand in a growing Russian market. GM is pushing a competing bid from Brussels-based investor RHJ International SA and may even keep Opel if its worries can't be resolved. It's playing hard ball, even thought the German government, eager to preserve many of Russelsheim-based Opel's 25,000 German jobs in an election year, has offered 4.5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in credit for the Magna-Sberbank deal. In the murky world of Russian capitalism, both Sberbank and GAZ, maker of the Volga sedan, have strong ties to the Russian government, which has made no secret of its desire to help its ailing and outdated auto industry. "It makes sense that GM is looking to the other alternative," said Jan Svejnar, a professor international business and public policy at the University of Michigan. "In Russia these days large companies that have a significant state stake are obviously linked." Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin repeatedly has said that the government supports Magna and Sberbank's bid and hopes that the deal would help the Russian car industry. While GAZ is years behind GM and other Western automakers in vehicle technology, GM fears that down the road, GAZ could catch up by getting GM car architecture for Opel's small and midsize vehicles and other property at no cost, using it to compete with GM in its second-largest European market. Under the German financing deal, Opel would stop paying technology royalties to GM if Opel defaulted on its private loans, yet GM would still be required to provide new technology to Opel, said a person briefed on negotiations between GM and the German government. The person didn't want to be identified because the talks are private. GM and Magna worked out a deal to protect GM's current technology, but the GM board fears future technology could be lost if Opel goes into default, the person said. GAZ, maker of popular trucks, buses and minivans, has had trouble selling cars like the outdated Volga sedan. It is owned by Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, who has strong ties to Putin. GAZ once owned a stake in Magna and recently hired GM's top purchasing executive to head its board of directors. Also, the German government increasingly relies on Russia for oil and natural gas, so it wants to stay on Russia's good side, said Svejnar. Some analysts believe Russia may create a national holding company by bundling its ailing domestic car manufacturers in an effort to drive efficiency and set out a strategy for the sector. Yet others say GM's fears are overblown because GAZ has such a long way to travel to be competitive with Western automakers. GAZ remains in business only because its cars are cheaper than other manufacturers due to Russian government subsidies and import tariffs, said Serguei Netessine, associate professor of operations and information management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. "GAZ is in the business of producing very cheap cars from very, very old technology," he said. GAZ, known in Russia for quality and corrosion problems, has tried to modernize through joint ventures or buying used technology from Western automakers. In 2006, it bought factory equipment from Chrysler that made old versions of the Sebring and Dodge Stratus sedans and used it to make the Volga Siber. The U.S. government, which now owns 60.8 percent of GM and has given it $50 billion in aid, would not comment on the prospect of technology going to the Russians. Netessine said that even if GAZ received Opel technology today, it would take years for it to begin producing vehicles because its manufacturing operations are so inefficient. Also, GAZ, Sberbank and the Russian government don't have the capital to invest in new factories, nor do they have the political will to eliminate thousands of jobs by updating production from 1970s technology. "Even if GM completely stops doing any research and doing any product development, maybe they're going to catch up with them in five or 10 years at the earliest," he said. "I think those fears of GM are sort of a little overestimated." Associated Press Writers Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow, Matt Moore in Frankfurt, Germany, and Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this report.