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    our infrastructure

    In Georgia, the general view is that roads must be maintained and of course this comes from the taxes that the state collects but to support the mass transit system in Atlanta, it must somehow be self supporting via ticket sales. Of course, road construction and maintenance and hence, car...
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    How did your car die?

    '74 Plymouth Valiant, pristine shape up top but after spending its entire life in Michigan, the underbody was deteriorating rapidly. One day i'm driving to school ('86 maybe?) and there's a loud clunk and i'm sitting crooked. The frame broke. Took it to a local weld shop they did a quick weld...
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    NYTimes: Ford Earned $6.6 Billion in 2010

    This is their largest profit in 11 years. They seem to be doing something right. I wonder if this is more a reflection of the recovery in truck sales where, my impression is, the profit margin is still higher than it is for car sales. But in any case, not bad.
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    Would you buy an electric car?

    I think in their present state of development, it is probably a pretty small segment that they really make sense for. I think that one might make sense for my wife. She works about 4 miles from home and she does bike occasionally but we live in Atlanta and she just can't show up sweating after a...
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    Why Mexico?

    I think that there is alot of knee jerk responses to this that aren't justified. Look, UAW adds costs to labor that contributes to production but not all work is union work. But, for US factories, all of the work is still done in the US, and hence, people need/expect to get paid in wages that...
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    '09 & 10 Nissan Cube Recalls - Fuel Spillage

    yeah, wow... I mean I don't think I would buy it because it doesn't quite match my needs but I'm not sure it makes someone less manly because they think it fits their needs. Guys, get over yourselves...
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    what is the most oil you have spilled?

    So far? Maybe 20,000 barrels a day. - Anonymous...
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