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Faster, Quicker Corvette

Wow. Not sure I’m actually surprised by this, but GM’s engineers have made the 2008 base Corvette even faster. Click the link to see the full story and some high res photos. As much as I looove how sexy the car is, and am drawn by power and speed, and have read about how this is an AMAZING, true sports car, I can’t get over decades of snobbery. *sigh* 2008.. Read More

Beat Traffic Tickets

I just read a great article on Yahoo about how to beat a traffic ticket. The most amazing part to me is that I haven’t been skeptical/cynical enough to really believe what I’ve suspected all along — tickets are viewed more as a revenue source than a measure to maintain good order in our society.

Do hybrids save money?

Do hybrids save money? – Autoblog – www.autoblog.com: Posted Oct 2, 2005, 6:00 PM ET by Stuart Waterman Related entries: Hybrids/Alternative No. That’s the conclusion of Joe White, Detroit Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal White first looked at trading in his Subaru for a Prius, and found that at roughly $3 per gallon for gas, he wouldn’t recover his financing costs. Joe figured that at his annual mileage,.. Read More

Bush and Katrina

The Gadflyer: Fly Trap: While New Orleans would have been a tragedy no matter the Commander-in-Chief, it is truly sad that more people will die, and the city will suffer that much more damage, because the man who is supposed to prepare for and respond to these very kinds of crises fiddled while New Orleans flooded. Sad.  Read the whole commentary.