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$4 billions later and Marvel is now owned by Disney. I guess almost everything in that genre is owned by them. NOT to put Marvel comics and Disney in the same category. Please don't send me tons of comments saying that I don't know what I'm talking about...I KNOW they are different but there are similarities or they COULD be lumped into a big, broad category.

Well...on that note...

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Busy news weekend......

This was a eventful weekend with shocking news and tragedy. The wildfires in CA, the kidnapping story, the deaths in GA...it was ALL very overwhelming. It's like you hear one story and you can't believe the words and then another story that is also mind-blowing. Then you wake up and hear that the CA fires doubled overnight....and it's coming upon huge neighborhoods like La Crescenta and La Canada (I have a very close college friend who lives in La Canada) and only 10 mins. by car from those neighborhoods, I have 2 other VERY close friends in Glendale.

So, I'm just trying to say some prayers for those involved with this since there really isn't anything I can do about it.

HOWEVER, I can share some lighter news with you. Fiat has released pictures of their new 2010 Punto Evo that will debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show in about 2 weeks. It's pretty sharp.

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/241183/fiat_punto_evo.html

You can read a little more about it on that link.

I think cars in the US will look quite different in 5-10 years.

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August is coming to an end...already?

This summer has been breezing past. SO......right now, we have some serious summer fun cars that we want to sell. If you are serious about buying one, we are serious about selling one. We will give you the best deal we can.

Here are a few you can get right now, right away, at the right price:
2006 Chrysler 300C SRT-8 - fully loaded and awesome to drive. All the power you want with the luxury you want. This is one to really check out if you are in the market for a fast and comfortable car.

2005 Chrysler Crossfire Limited - clean and ready to go. The outside might say Chrysler but it is Mercedes Benz under the hood. Traded in by a really nice couple that "loved" it dearly.

2008 Dodge Charger R/T - awesome, awesome awesome. The wheels and color make this Charger stand out. You WILL turn heads with this one!

2005 Ford Mustang - cared for gingerly and it shows. Low miles and used sparingly...it's ready for a new home.

2006 Mercedes Benz CLS500 - ultimate luxury. This car has such a nice ride that you will enjoy driving it and being transported away as you drive. I didn't want to get out of it!

2006 MINI Cooper - fun and fun and more fun. Save $$ on gas and still have fun driving!

2006 VW New Beetle Cabrio - so fun and cute. It's the right color too...not too hot while driving around.

You will get a great deal....mention that you saw it on the blog and I'll throw in something MYSELF! It's because I rarely get feedback so I feel like I'm just writing into the huge blog-o-sphere...sometimes just so I can feel productive.

Have a great weekend folks!

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Maybe we can work with you next time, Nissan.

This is the joint statement released by Chrysler and Nissan:

Nissan and Chrysler Group LLC today announced a mutual agreement to end three OEM vehicle-supply projects announced last year. For the past several months, teams from both companies have been studying the viability of the projects in light of significant changes in business conditions since the projects were announced in January and April of 2008.

Today, it was decided it was in the best interests of both companies to end the projects.

The projects had involved:

1. Nissan providing to Chrysler a compact sedan for the South American market beginning this year.
2. Nissan providing to Chrysler a small vehicle for global markets beginning in 2010.
3. Chrysler providing to Nissan a full-size pickup truck starting in 2011.

A separate agreement involving the supply of transmissions from Nissan affiliate JATCO to Chrysler remains unchanged. That agreement has been in effect since 2004.

Sorry...I can't get the font any bigger on this!!!! I'm glad it was a mutual break-up. I HATE one-sided ones......and maybe this is a little bit of my past coming out but still....

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Good job 2010 Sebring and Avenger!

The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) just announced that the 2010 Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger have received the Top Safety Pick Award.

According to the website, the 2010 Chrysler Sebring had good performance in front, side, and rear tests and optional electronic stability control (ESC).

The new 2010 Sebring and Avenger has more than 30 safety functions – including ESC – which is not something every midsize vehicle in the segment can claim. Standard features (standard!!!) include active head restraints, multi-stage air bags, all-speed traction control, anti-lock brakes, crumple zones, side guard door beams, and side-curtain air bags and seat mounted side air bags offering additional side impact protection.

Among the most important safety traits are the “passive” functions, or those that operate independently of the driver input. For instance, advanced multi-stage air bags deploy based on crash severity. This helps protect occupants in a variety for crash scenarios.

Chrysler may be down, but they aren't out!

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Dear NSX owner,

You must have had somewhere to go and nothing...I mean nothing was going to stop you. A flooded street didn't even make you flinch! The fact that you were driving a "supercar" that still probably costs more now than many new cars was nothing to you! You had water coming out of the car door at the end of the street........I hope your car is ok. You have some serious guts.

Sincerely,
Yoon Yi Lee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDrlWy6IAdM&feature=player_embedded

Welcome back to school!

The day most kids are excited about...most teachers are NOT ready for...and freedom for many parents across the city and Spokane School District goes back today. As a teacher, there was the overwhelming feeling of excitement and nervousness and wishing that I had another week to get the class ready or my mind prepared. Now, as a parent, I CAN'T WAIT FOR MY KIDS TO START SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a long time to wait but I can't wait.........I should start a countdown or something.

Also, it's supposed to be in the 90's today and tomorrow. I wish I had time to go out on a boat or something like that. I guess I'll just have to stick my feet in my bathtub and pretend I'm a million miles away on some tropical island.

Nothing like a family of wild turkey in my yard to bring be back to reality that I'm in Eastern WA. bahahhahahhaa.

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RIP Sen. Kennedy

I may not have always agreed with your views or your opinions. However, I value and honor you for your service to the country. I know you acted and fought and stood for what you believed in 100% of the time and that is brave. Sure, there might be moments in your career that people could point fingers at and dissect, but isn't there something of that in everyone's life? So, thank you for trying to do what you thought was the right thing to do.

What a hard time for the Kennedy family. First Eunice Kennedy and now Edward Kennedy. May God bring peace and comfort during this hard time.

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Why guns???? Why not!

So, I can only put this under the "drastic times call for drastic measures" category. A Hummer dealer found that he had a lot of extra floor space in his fantastic Hummer facility. With the manufacturer (and their plans) up in the air, he took matters into his own hands to capitalize on his capital...or investments.

What did he do??? He added a gun shop to his Hummer dealership. Adventure Shooting Sports is inside the showroom of his Hummer facility. I would have never thought of this in a million years. Well, I've though about adding a nail salon to the waiting lounge or a Starbucks to the service department ONLY because I would love to be able to go to work AND get a pedicure at the same time while drinking my Americano. Anyhow...I hope this works out for this guy.....


I wonder what possibilities this opens up for George Gee!!!

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It's bigger in Texas

So...the new Dallas Cowboy Stadium has a HUGE video screen in the middle of the field. I guess it has the world's largest high-definition screens at 60 yards wide and 25 yards high. That's a lot of TV!


BUT....I guess a punter can easily hit it even during practice where they aren't fully warmed up. During the pre-season game against, the Tennessee Titans had to re-do a punt because it hit the score board. I'm sure they didn't plan it that way in the stadium that cost $1.15 BILLION. (That makes Safeco Field and Qwest Field seem like a bargain at $512.6 million and $430 million respectively. I don't know what all the liberals in Seattle are complaining about. Professional sports isn't cheap....look how the Sonics were allowed to leave. That is still a very sore spot for me.) It's a gorgeous building and it's just kind of humorous that this is the first "big" news that comes out of the facility.

I've never been to Texas outside of a layover in the airport but I guess it is true that everything is bigger in Texas.

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Congrats Spokane Shock!

Congratulations to the Spokane Shock on their Arena Cup Championship. This is their 2nd championship in 4 years!!! That is awesome!

If only the Huskies would win like this...sigh.

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ok...ok...I know what it is!!!

So, I haven't been able to get my bearings since coming back from our working vacation. I have NO idea why it's so hard to get back into the swing of things....but I figured it out. My parents came to visit (from the west side of our state) and just left today. I haven't had to cook, clean, fold laundry, or even watch my kids all week. It's weird when I don't have to do everything so I'm all out of whack. The little time I had before caused me to be more efficient and organized. Right now? I think I'm doing great if I shower and wash my hair. But...since they are gone now...back to the real life. What to make for dinner on a hot day like this.....hmmmmm....


The big Chrysler news today is that current CEO Jim Press is leaving Chrysler after this year. He was the "deputy CEO" once the bankruptcy was finalized and Fiat took over Chrysler, so I think to many, that was a sign he was going to leave soon anyway. I feel that he was hired to help Cerberus direct Chrysler to profitability but time ran out. So with Fiat in, it looks like Press is out. Well, you can't have 2 cooks in the kitchen so I guess this is a good thing.

Also, the lifetime powertrain warranty will end on new Chrysler vehicles starting in 2010. A 5 year, 100,000 mile warranty replaces it that will be transferable to the next owner if you sell the car. It's more flexible yet still gives a long term warranty to the buyer. I think this is a smart move.

I think school starts soon for the Spokane School District. I can't believe it's the end of the summer...already. Where does time go????!!!

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Getting back to work...tough.

So, I've been home for a couple of days now but the routine has been broken and mind has nothing on it besides what I should eat so I can lose weight and when I can go to sleep tonight. My brain is mush and I don't like it. I need to work and start thinking about other things that are productive! I blame the heat of Vegas.....I must have left my brain and any ambition to work there. That darn city!!!!

I do know that the town hall debates on health care are getting out of hand. It makes me tired to hear or read about it. Health care is a HUGE topic and I really don't think there is a perfect solution or fix for it and no matter what the government does...there will be people who love it and those that hate it. So, with that in mind...can't we all just get along?

Now to cars....we have been getting more and more inventory for pre-owned and new cars. It's a great time to browse the website or come by because most of our inventory is fresh....like within a couple of weeks fresh. Actually, I would say our new cars are all within 10 days old and we just got 2 more today!

It's is an EXCELLENT month to buy a car. Jay is in the wheelin' and dealin' mood.

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Phew...hot, hot, hot.

I know...I know......this is going to sound COMPLETELY made up...but it is 100% truth. SO, we had to go to Las Vegas for work. That just sounds like...."OH SURE....." should follow it, but it's true. Jay had to follow up on a car down there and a pretty big auction was running last Friday SO that means we had a legitimate reason to go down. Also, the weekday rates at most of the hotels there were incredible. We took the family (yes....it is family friendly there) and had a great time by the pool while Jay was on the phone 90% of the time with the dealership or people involved with the dealership. We always go on working "vacations" so it's nothing new. The pool time was great since it was over 100 degrees everyday. It was nice to get away and have a clean room to come back to. It's like magic......leave the room and come back to a perfect clean place to stay. I wish my house were like that. sigh.

So, I heard it was "cold" while we were gone and it's actually quite nice today. I think it's supposed to get hotter by this weekend....as long as it's not in the triple digits...I'm ok. Since my home does not have a pool nor doe it magically get clean after I leave.

And....what happened in Vegas, staying in Vegas???? Well, with kids, we were in bed early each night and did not even gamble one quarter. We have nothing exciting to leave behind.......maybe next time. And maybe when I go with my girlfriends......but that would be something I couldn't blog about at all.......no way. Gulp.

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Cash for Clunkers error.....

Well...it's not easy to get all the documentation right for this program. There are a lot of things to show, scan, prove, and sign to make sure we get our money from the government. We are much better at it than we were at the beginning. There were so many rules and legislation to follow...it's not excuse...but it's just life. Then the program was on hold because it ran out of money and then it was back on and then it was ok to "kill" the car AFTER receiving money from the government and so on and so on. The rules and program changed after it was officially launched and we all had to roll with the punches.

So, there is a website where you input VIN numbers of the car you are trading in as a "clunker" and of the car you are purchasing. Then it tells you if the credit is $4500 or $3500. We started doing CARS deals before this website was working for us. So, to the customer that we gave a credit of $4500 instead of $3500.....we apologize for the mistake. It was an honest mistake. So, we had to "eat" the error and have you sign new paperwork. And on the re-sign, we made another HONEST mistake. We apologize for that. It's not professional and it's NOT what we want to do...but mistakes happen and it sure did in this situation. Does my husband wish he could have gone back to take care of the whole thing himself??? OF COURSE!! Do we want to apologize and extend our sincerest regret to our customer? ABSOLUTELY! And I am sorry that we had to inconvenience a valued customer by making them come home early from work due to our mistake.....and then to find out we made another mistake. We called the customer and she told us the truth that it was unprofessional and an outrage...but she told us to take the car back as well. True...the deal was done in July and we completely dropped the ball. Jay feels TERRIBLE and hates that this kind of stuff happens.....we wish our employees could be perfect and do exactly as they are instructed...but it didn't. Lesson learned? yes. Expensive lesson learned? yes. We are sorry for the trouble.

No one ever said owning a business would be easy......and no one ever said that your employees would do everything you tell them to do the first time around...and no one ever said that mistakes won't happen. Good thing Jay is a good guy and will humbly do what it takes to make a wrong into a right.

sigh.

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70th career win....are you kidding me????

He's 33 years old and just won his 70th career tour win yesterday. Good old Tiger Woods doesn't disappoint. I counted him out since he was behind 3 strokes going into the last day.....so foolish of me. What was I thinking??? 3 strokes behind???? For Tiger Woods????

And well...I have NEVER been interested in NASCAR. Not once have I watched a race nor had any interest in following the races, the driver, etc. Even though I grew up in Tacoma where there are many NASCAR fans, I never caught on with the racing excitement.

HOWEVER....my lovely son loves NASCAR. It stems from the Disney Pixar movie CARS. He has almost every line memorized from that movie and when he sees a NASCAR race on TV...he's GLUED. He yells.....MOM! IT'S NASCAR! no matter where we are...home, Costco, Target, etc. He will yell that at the top of his voice and people stare at me.....it's not always that a little Asian kid gets excited by NASCAR and not a mathematical equation. (Yes, this is a stereotype. However, if he's not good at math...I'll be perplexed.) So now the TV is set to ESPN...the race at Watkins Glen.

OH NO!!!! It's a huge crash! I'm glad the drivers are safe. Phew. See...all drawing me in! Oh man......

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UPDATE! The lawn is mowed!

Something is happening.......in a good way!

Obama signed the $2billion extension into law for Cash for Clunkers AND my neighbors got their lawn mowed! What an eventful day!!!!

We still have some inventory left (we just had a truck come by on Thursday!) and we have 2 Town and Country minivans -LX trim level and a HEMI Aspen Hybrid! This FULL-SIZE suv gets 20/22 mpg!!!! That's better than a minivan with more room and more towing capacity and more power and more options and more everything!

We will also have a black 300c AWD very soon.....

(call for details -509-929-1501)

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GO! GO! GO! Cash for Clunkers is back on!

Alright people.....

inventory is low but we have some Town and Country LX minivans and they won't last long. We also are getting the ONLY new Chrysler 300C AWD in the state very soon.

Come in now or you will miss out...the first $1 billion ran out in 1 week!!! The $2 billion more is supposed to last until Labor Day weekend....we shall see....we shall see.

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Thoughts? Cash for Clunkers editorial from NYTimes

Clunker Class War

by Timothy Egan
http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/clunker-class-war/

My clunker was a ’64 Ford Galaxie, logging maybe eight miles to the gallon on level ground, the back seat burned to the coils by a knucklehead friend who left a cigarette to smolder. When it died, just short of 140,000 miles, everything went. Sold it for scrap and $50 — with the tow.

Today, I’d trade that dog on wheels in a New York minute for the upgrade, some smart mileage car that is one of the autos zooming off my neighborhood lot as part of the Cash for Clunkers program.

But according to a barnacled cluster of senators, this program must be sunk, now. It’s been far too successful — dealers have been swamped, people are lining up to buy cars that burn less gas and bring instant cash to crippled local economies.

This is old fashioned stimulus of a sort that Republicans have always advocated, using financial incentives to change behavior. Representative Candice Miller, a G.O.P. lawmaker — albeit from the car-dependent state of Michigan — called it “the best $1 billion of economic stimulus the government has ever spent.”

But look where the rest of Miller’s party is. Last week, Senator John McCain threatened to lead a filibuster rather than let Cash for Clunkers continue to September, as the House has agreed to do with an additional $2 billion from money already approved in the stimulus law.

He backed off this week, though he and other critics continued to treat Cash for Clunkers like swine flu with a steering wheel.

They hate it, many of these Republicans, because it’s a huge hit. It’s working as planned, and this cannot stand. America must fail in order for President Obama to fail. Don’t be surprised if the tea party goons now being dispatched to shout down town hall forums on health care start showing up at your car dealers, megaphones in hand.

But there’s another reason, less spoken of, for why some people get so incensed over little old Cash for Clunkers: it helps average people, and it’s easily understood — a rare combination in a town where the big money deals usually go down with packaged obfuscation.

The overall amount of money is paltry, to the government. But to a typical family, a $4,500 break on a new car with greater gas mileage is a big deal. Consider the extraordinary giveaways of your tax dollars that happened without serious filibuster threats by the protectors of free enterprise.

The granddaddy of them all, of course, was President George W. Bush’s $700 billion bailout of banks, insurance companies and Wall Street miscreants who helped to run the economy into the ground. As presented initially, remember, the bailout had to pass in a day or two, with minimal debate. Or else.

“The goal isn’t to control markets, but to revive them,” the Wall Street Journal editorialized at the time, backing perhaps the greatest reward for bad behavior in the history of capitalism.

Yet, when a tiny fraction of that amount went to strapped consumers this summer for their revival, The Journal jumped back on their Adam Smith pedestal, calling Cash for Clunkers “crackpot economics.”

Then there is the American International Group, the pariah A.I.G., now being kept afloat by the taxpayers to the tune of nearly $180 billion. This money from us to them didn’t sell any cars. It didn’t improve gas mileage. It didn’t help neighborhood businesses. It went to fortify an insurance giant that made terrible bets on complex securities and then threatened to bring us all down with them. McCain was there for A.I.G., no filibuster in his quiver.

And when it came out that some of those same corporate welfare titans would still be giving each other bonuses, former Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani rode to the rescue. Bonuses, he argued, trickle down to waiters, limo drivers, cafes that sell donuts to cops — cash for dunkers.

But try to give struggling families a one-time boost to buy a more fuel-efficient car, with an amount that wouldn’t pay for paper clips at A.I.G., and it’s … outrageous!

Reports from car dealers show that clunker stimulus has boosted show room traffic up to 200 percent. The most common vehicles being traded in, they said, are pickups and S.U.V.’s; the most popular replacements will save drivers more than $1,000 a year in gas costs.

Those who oppose this program on principle argue that government should not be choosing winners and losers in the marketplace, even in a down economy. But both parties have long used federal money for precisely that, intending to change society, in ways big and small. What was the G.I. Bill but the greatest escalator to the middle class for returning war veterans? Home mortgage subsidies allow millions of families to own their own house, benefiting realtors, drywallers, roofers and assorted contractors.

I don’t like that big agriculture gets rewarded for monopolizing rural economies while stuffing nearly every processed food with the dreaded high-fructose corn syrup. I was against giving $35 billion in federal help for oil and gas companies over the next five years, as Republicans advocated during last year’s campaign.

For that matter, I hate to see small independent book stores disappear from the landscape.

But Cash for Clunkers is a bare slight against free market chastity. It’s simple stimulus, caught up in a much larger system that’s always been there for the big money players, but holds a much higher standard for anyone else.

Congratulations....

to Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court. She is also only the 3rd woman to hold this position.

I hope she will be fair in her interpretation and uphold the law to it's highest degree.

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Hybrids around every corner.....

I guess even the super highline sports/exotic car owners are into fuel-savings and reducing their carbon footprint. I mean, why not? Just because you are going to spend 6-figures on a car...that doesn't mean you don't want to be environmentally conscience too? Right?

It's just not the first thing I think of when I hear the words Lamborghini, Ferrari, and SLS Gullwing Mercedes. Fuel efficient? Hybrid? Fully electric? I usually think of FAST as heck, expensive, exotic, only in movies, lots of money to maintain, etc.

Well, I guess it's good that there is something for everyone. So, in case you were wondering... around 2015 there will be a Hybird Lamborghini in AWD or RWD, a more fuel-efficient Ferrari, and a fully electric SLS Gullwing from Mercedes. Wow......exotic car buyers rejoice and start planning now! Which one will be the best?????

hit and run.....

So I was pulling out of the Spokane Valley Target today and I was being extra careful because there is lots of construction on Sprague.......

I went forward and slowed a little because there was a car coming and the car behind me hit me!!! So, I stopped and got out...she was all mad. Of course. I looked at her and said..."I wasn't going yet"....and she goes..."OK!" I told her I was going to get something to write down her information. I went back to the car to get a pen...and she started backing up and trying to turn her car around.

I came back with my pen and asked here where she was going...and she says "There isn't any damage" and started driving away in the opposite direction back towards Target. Umm...I'm standing in the street with a pen....OF COURSE I wrote down her license plate number. Oh my... Oh my.

The 911 operator and the Sheriff's office was SO nice to me on the phone. Thank you for your help!!!

I'm ok...my baby girl is ok. And the car has a little bit of damage on the bumper...I hope to contact you soon, girl in the blue Vovlo wagon!!!!

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Neighbor's lawn...

I know that many of you want only car info on a blog from a car dealership. I can totally understand and respect that. If you are one of those people, the please go on to a different post. This one will be about my neighbor's lawn.

I usually could care less about what my neighbor does with their yard. Plant 10,000 flowers. Fine. Plant endless amount of trees? Fine. (As long as the pine needles or leaves do not cause me extra yard work...then I care...trust me....) Put in a rock garden or a water fountain? Fine. Raise your dog outside? Fine. I am pretty low key about that. HOWEVER, it does bother me when my neighbor does not mow their lawn. I guess it's because it's SO simple of a fix....that I cannot understand the reasoning of letting your lawn go to the point where it's purple on top due to the blade of grass seeding.

And on top of all of this??? My neighbor is trying to sell their home! It's on the market and I'm thinking people who drive past a house with seeding purple/green 6-8 inch high grass MIGHT just keep on driving......because if the yard is in this kind of shape...what will the house be like inside? The owners do not live there and I think their son lives in the area and is supposed to be checking up on the house. He's obviously not checking up on it as much as he should be.

I've heard that the other neighbors tried calling the listing agent who didn't seem to care. Well, there is only so much I can do...since I don't have a lawn mower. I guess I can just hope she sells the house so she doesn't have to worry about it anymore.....if she does even worry about it.

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MORE good news.....PT lives on!

The higher ups at Chrysler have decided to continue the PT Cruiser beyond the timeline expected! First, the PT was supposed to end after 2009. Then it was to go on until the Fiat 500 came stateside and was ready to start building. Experts assumed the Fiat would be built in the PT factory in Mexico but now, the new news is that the PT will go on!!!

That is good news....especially for us, here at Spokane Chrysler. BECAUSE, we are one of the top new PT seller in Eastern Washington! And I'm pretty sure for pre-owned too...but there is no real way to track that. But, that means we know PT's inside and out...from sales to service. And we want to continue being on top with this car.....

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Good news.....more Fiat technology might be coming!!!

Fiat has a technology called Multiair that reduces emissions from engines. They are already using it in Europe and they are eyeing it for use in Chrysler cars! It's supposed to be easy to apply to the existing engines due to the low-invasive hardware.

From Automotive News Europe, it says that the Multiair system gives direct control of air and combustion in engines, cylinder by cylinder and stroke by stroke without the use of the conventional throttle, which means it can save energy wasted in traditional systems. The technology reduces fuel consumption, cuts emissions and at the same time increases power by up to 10 percent, Fiat Powertrain says.

Let's do it! Like...RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!

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It ain't over........

Cash for Clunkers still has life left!!! We have some inventory left too!!!

Yes, it has been hugely successful and even though some people think that we are putting more people into debt with this program.....it's actually been people with GOOD or GREAT or AWESOME credit who are trading in their clunkers and getting a good deal. It's more of the people who have been waiting to get a car....that have been in no hurry but since they can get a great deal.....they took advantage of the program.

Do I want to see the program continue? Sure! Would I be "mad as hell" that the government doesn't want to continue this program that is successful? No. Am I thinking the government is "crazy" for spending all this money? No.

People need help these days. If the government doesn't help...who will? Just let people struggle and let the market "correct" itself and see what may and let the strong survive??? No way.
Does this mean trouble for future generations???? Maybe....but we won't know until we get past this first.

So.......give Americans the break they need and get our consumer confidence up again. Not to the point where we were...wildly living on fake wealth....but just enough to create jobs and sustain them!!!!!


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