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CarportConfidential: May 2009
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Saturday, May 30, 2009. Bird Droppings are No Laughing Matter. You might find "Tweeble" a humorous, even innocent, cartoon. But bird droppings are one of the most serious setbacks to car-cleaning enthusiasts the world over. Here's why. If not promptly dealt with, the harm can be permanent. There are several suggestions that car-cleaning connoisseurs follow to minimize the catastrophic consequences of a bird dropping incident. Saturday, May 23, 2009. High Hopes for Higher Milage. In yet another remarkable...
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CarportConfidential: When accidents aren't accidents.
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Sunday, October 25, 2009. When accidents aren't accidents. A single driver on a straight road hits a tree at 70 mph and dies. No skid marks. Dry conditions. Officers at the scene list the cause of death as improper driving. But was it? While there are few studies to substantiate " autocide. Sociologist David Phillips of the University of California, San Diego, offered the most solid evidence yet that a number of suicides deliberately drive to their deaths in the family car. One large-scale community surv...
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CarportConfidential: October 2009
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Saturday, October 31, 2009. Glad you had your camera. Yes, grandfather is getting along in years but he is. Keeping up with technology. sort of. This is global GPS if I have ever seen it. OK, maybe for a leisurely drive to the neighborhood 7-11, but no interstate please. No problem. Just continue down Milson. Road and take a right at Tomeka. The on ramp for I-45 will be on your right, about a quarter mile. You'll have the refrigerator. Home in no time.". Sunday, October 25, 2009. Phillips' finding: on th...
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CarportConfidential: August 2009
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Saturday, August 29, 2009. Heading in the Opposite Direction. I daresay that if Cruella. Fame) had traded in her bat-winged monstrosity in the recent Cash for Clunkers sweepstakes, this is the car she would have bought. Welcome to the 2010 Lincoln MKT. I am especially reluctant to criticize. But I am having a devil of a time embracing this new Lincoln. Here's why. Like so many others who have complained about "me-too" lookalike car design for the past several decades, is this MKT. Shaver designs that bro...
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CarportConfidential: Top "10" Most Sinister-Looking Cars
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Saturday, October 17, 2009. Top "10" Most Sinister-Looking Cars. This from the editors at Kelly Blue Book via the LA Times. Their comments as to why that particular vehicle was chosen first, and my comments follow in italics. Your comments, please. Piercing eyes and a Darth Vader-like mouth give Mitsubishi's world-beating overachiever a visual bark commensurate with its road-shredding bite. I agree with this choice. I always thought Mitsu. Maybe if the car was painted black and pulling up to a medieval.
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CarportConfidential: November 2009
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Sunday, November 8, 2009. OK, we all make errors on occasion. And yesterday The Detroit News review of the 2010 Honda Crosstour. Featured photos of the new European Accord by mistake. The descriptions that "it looks better in person than the photographs" must ring true when, by this morning, the errant photo had been replaced with the real design dud from Honda. Too much time on your hands and this is what happens. The Dodge Viper logo turned upside down and what do you have? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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CarportConfidential: Still Scary!
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Saturday, October 31, 2009. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Truth About Cars. Cerebrations of a Lab Rat. Detroit News Auto Insider. Glad you had your camera. When accidents arent accidents. Breaking News We Already Knew. Top 10 Most Sinister-Looking Cars. Small Car. Herculean Accomplishments. SoHows your day going? What was, is new again. SoHows your day going? Post C4C Sales Results. View my complete profile.
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CarportConfidential: Glad you had your camera...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009. Glad you had your camera. Yes, grandfather is getting along in years but he is. Keeping up with technology. sort of. This is global GPS if I have ever seen it. OK, maybe for a leisurely drive to the neighborhood 7-11, but no interstate please. No problem. Just continue down Milson. Road and take a right at Tomeka. The on ramp for I-45 will be on your right, about a quarter mile. You'll have the refrigerator. Home in no time.". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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CarportConfidential: Breaking News We Already Knew.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009. Breaking News We Already Knew. Sat on a wall. Had a great fall;. All the king's horses,. And all the king's men,. Headlines everywhere this morning are announcing that the government's Auto Task Force was shocked by the financial state of GM and Chrysler. In a first-person account posted on Fortune's Web site Wednesday, Steven Rattner. We were shocked, even beyond our low expectations, by the poor state of both GM and Chrysler. Looking just at the condition of GM's. Said the ...