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‘new’ vehicle shopping part xxi

March 20th, 2008 No Comments

So, loyal and might I add beautiful readers, you may recall the last segment of trying to find the ideal ‘new’ vehicle left us with a few options namely the Mazda5, Jetta wagon TDI, Saturn VUE Hybrid or the Ford Escape Hybrid.
May I present the next item up for your perusal. The Ford Transit […]

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from tesla with love

March 12th, 2008 No Comments

- cobalt copper on left, cobalt filter cake on the right…mmm cake.
Tesla Motors hits the streets in the near future with it’s primo wondercar.  And here is a little blog post from their development team on what should happen to it’s battery (aka Energy Storage System) at end of life.
As I make presentations at various […]

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car dealers suck

March 9th, 2008 No Comments

The enlarging family and gradually Subaru 2 door 2.5L RS equals, we’re kinda looking for another vehicle to tote us around the province and beyond.  Not wanting to buy a brand new car but still having the desire to check the models on a showroom floor brings us into the ‘Montreal Dealership’s are Complete Twats’ […]

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one more list before bed

February 26th, 2008 No Comments

From Autopia:
First, the 12 greenest cars:
1. Honda Civic GX (they’ve sold about 1000, mostly fleet and gov, woopdeedo)
2. Toyota Prius
3. Honda Civic Hybrid
4. Smart ForTwo
5. Toyota Yaris
6. Nissan Altima Hybrid
7. Toyota Corolla
8. Mini Cooper / Clubman
9. Ford Focus
10. Toyota Camry Hybrid
11. Honda Civic
12. Honda Fit
The dirty dozen are:
1. VW […]

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