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Replying to: mikefm58 (Jan 05, 2009 8:56 am) I don't know if was mistaken in what he was telling me. Or, if there's a part of the story I just may have missed. He was pretty distraught. I'm certain there's some details there that I'm not privy to. Moreover, I'm not sure I need to know. He's a good person (so is his wife and daughter) that bad things happened to. I've known this family for over a decade. They are all just very, very decent people. They were never ones to fall into the gossipy type of behavior that most neighbors fall into. Never heard any of them say one negative thing, about anyone, for any reason. He's the kind of neighbor that if he was outside, seeing my son and I shoveling snow, he'd pitch in and help. If he saw me sitting on my porch, he always made a point of coming over just to say hello, and ask how my son and I were doing. He came to my door this weekend and asked to borrow my Tahoe. He started to explain what he needed it for. I stopped him and said I needed no explanation. I gave him my spare key and told him it's there for him to use, whenever he needs it. Just park it in my driveway when he's finished, and to hold onto the key in case he needs it again. No need to ask. |
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Replying to: roadburner (Jan 04, 2009 7:31 pm) Wow... sounds like this would be a great investigative story for Edmunds. i.e "Pro's and Cons of Stability Control... Stories of Life and Near Death".  Also sounds like if you are traveling in ice, rain or snow, it would be better to turn the stability control off.
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Replying to: graphicguy (Jan 05, 2009 11:29 am) |
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Replying to: richard64 (Jan 04, 2009 8:17 am) Richard-- I think a better--and more snide--remark to isell's inquiry was that you were wearing your best pair of Focaccias, a huge "step up" from those "pedestrian" Guccis worn by Grand Merc.-owning poseurs in Seattle.  It's better to bombard those west-coasters with cliches and puns about walking and footwear. My late father-in-law's last GM was a rather ghastly dark bluish purple. I think your black one sounds much better--kind of like the Green Hornet's Black Beauty. Now there was a land yacht! Gogiboy
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Replying to: richard64 (Jan 04, 2009 10:21 am) The following was pulled from Bankrate.com's website: "The three national credit bureaus have developed a rival to the well-known FICO credit score. The credit bureaus say their scoring model will be easier for consumers to understand and will offer more consistent scores. But it's too soon to say whether lenders will embrace it...he product, called VantageScore, is the result of a joint venture of Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, the three national credit bureaus. Representatives from the three companies say VantageScore will have an intuitive scale -- from a low of 501 (reflecting absolutely horrible credit history) to 990 (the credit equivalent of getting straight A's from kindergarten through college)." I'm guessing that Richard's Trans Union score reflects the changes listed above. I also thought Richard would appreciate associating his credit score with getting superior grades. Gogiboy
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Replying to: jimbres (Jan 05, 2009 7:35 am) Sure, I would want all the new safty features, S/C and curtain airbags. But, I think there is a bit of misinformation on how well S/C operates. There are many well documented cases here that S/C can sometimes lead to an accident. I've never read of seat belts or air bags being a contributing cause of an accident. Like someone wrote before, people in trucks and SUV's seem to end up in ditches more often than sedans when the weather turns inclement. They think they are invincible in snow with their monster SUV's. People who don't educate themselves on limits of these various safety factors are putting themselves and other at risk.
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Replying to: graphicguy (Jan 05, 2009 11:29 am) That's decent of you. We'll get through these hard times if we watch out for one another. |
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Kathryn Elizabeth Tuggle FOXBusiness Auto sales data for the month of December and for 2008 were reported on Monday -- with dismal results, as predicted, not just from the Big Three Detroit auto makers, but from non-U.S. car makers as well. Dearborn Michigan-based Ford Motor was the first to report today, with December sales down 32.4% year over year. For 2008, Ford was down 21% compared with last year’s results. Ford sold 138,458 light vehicles in the U.S. last month, down from 204,787 in December 2007. For 2008, Ford sold 2 million cars, down by about 500,000 from the year prior. At Toyota Motor results were even worse. December sales were down 37%, while sales for the full year were down 16%. At General Motors sales were down 31% for December. For 2008, sales were down 23%. Subaru was the bright spot reporting a gain of 0.3% for 2008 overall. However, Subaru’s sales were down 7.7% for the month of December. Subaru’s lack of losses is due in large part to its lack of overall penetration into the U.S. marketplace -- it sold fewer than 200,000 cars in the U.S. last year. Sales at Volkswagen also took a hit of 14.4% in December and 3.2% for the year ended 200
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Replying to: jipster (Jan 05, 2009 11:55 am) I strongly agree. In the end, the most important safety device is located between the driver's ears.
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Replying to: bksward (Jan 04, 2009 10:40 am) Proportion of balance to high credit on bank or revolving Length of time accounts have been established Amount owed on revolving accounts to high To many accounts with balances.
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