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Hello, New owner

by smfrycruzr on Fri Oct 24 06:08:29 PDT 2008

Hello to all. I'm a proud owner of a 2007 XFire Coupe Limited 6Speed. I've driven PT Cruisers since Sept. '01. My last PT was a Turbo 5Speed Dream Cruiser III. I came across the XFire on an internet hunt in Purcell,OK. Drove down Monday morning and took a test drive. WOW, what a car. I think I scared the salesman when we were on a back road and got on it for a quick trip up the gears, hehehe! Brought her home that afternoon. I can't wait to give a good detail and a wax. Will keep in touch, Later. :D

Re: pf flyer [rockylee]

by gagrice on Fri Dec 28 09:03:41 PST 2007

it's with the top dogs who are making 7 figures a year while they fire, lay-off, close plants, etc. I kind of look at companies like GM as a Monarchy. Not unlike Norway. You have all the princes, princesses, cousins, aunts & uncles living off the people. They have done nothing to deserve their place in the monarchy. Big companies many times operate in a similar fashion. I knew from the time I went to work for Pacific Telephone in 1961 that it was not what you knew, it was who you knew. The key to a big golden parachute is getting a good attorney to write your contract. Not unlike the UAW contract that guaranteed you would get paid if they did not need you any longer. Here are a few losers/winners that had good contracts: Stanley O'Neal, Merril Lynch: $160 million, including more than $129 million in stock and options. O'Neal takes the fall for failing to adequately control the firm's credit and market risks, which resulted in a stunning $8 billion-plus write down in the third quarter. Philip Purcell, Morgan Stanley: $43.9 million plus $250,000 a year for life after being forced out. He angered a group of shareholders who had already called for a break up of the firm by reorganizing management and promoting some executives who were seen as loyal to him. The dissident shareholders won out. Richard Grasso, New York Stock Exchange: Took $140 million in deferred compensation and the disclosure of that payment sparked a furor that led to his departure. The pay also provoked an investigation and lawsuits, which are still being worked out. Grasso has vowed to fight. Douglas Ivester, Coca-Cola: Took $120 million when he stepped down in 2000 in his mid-50s. The departure was deemed a "retirement," but Ivester had presided over a period of stagnant growth, declining earnings and bad publicity. Robert Nardelli, Home Depot: $210 million. He fixed up the home products retailer using techniques he learned as an executive at General Electric, but by 2006, he was starting to seriously irritate shareholders. The final straw was when he told the board to skip the annual shareholder meeting and prevented shareholders from speaking for more than a few minutes. He was ousted in January 2007. Bruce Karatz, KB Homes: Gets up to $175 million. The former chief executive of the home building company resigned in November 2006 after an internal investigation into whether he and other executives backdated stock option grants. Stephen Hilbert, Conseco: Took an estimated $72 million. Hilbert bought GreenTree Financial in 1998, just as the subprime lending business was about to go topsy turvy. The purchase left Conseco, an insurance company, with big write downs and ultimately contributed to its 2001 bankruptcy. The company has since reemerged from reorganization. My alltime favorite: Michael Ovitz, Disney: $140 million after less than two years on the job. A former big-time Hollywood agent, Ovitz was recruited to Disney to work under Chairman Michael Eisner, but the two couldn't play nice. The pay was disputed in a Delaware court, which decided in 2005 that the board didn't violate its fiduciary duty in awarding that much severance. Hank McKinnell, Pfizer: $198 million, including $78 million in deferred compensation he built up in 35 years at the pharmaceutical company. Pfizer shares sank 40% on his watch, which ended last year. The company had to cut billions in costs and fire thousands of employees, and said it wouldn't see revenue growth until 2009. Frank Newman, Bankers Trust: $55 million. A former deputy Treasury secretary, Newman was brought to Bankers Trust to restore confidence after the 1994 derivatives scandal. He made aggressive moves into technology banking and lending (buying boutique Alex. Brown & Sons in 1997). But that push plus a big position in Russian government bonds, put the bank on the brink. Newman left in 1999 after selling the company to Deutsche Bank.

Re: GV Notes [mcperr]

by norwoodsmn on Mon Jul 23 07:24:10 PDT 2007

And that's great news... Also re:OE "rubber" quality, this is probably not a unique issue for Suzuki(s) alone. Actually at the extreme end of the scale, our "Old Trapper" friend at the north end of Kootenay Lake, searches out BIAS PLY tires to use on his classic Land Rover. Why?, no sidewall flex when crawling along those mtn. goat trails high up in the Purcell Range. But back to the real world, (including for even occasional moderate off road use), after market rubber makes a huge difference when and if "getting a grip" is of importance. Secondarily, wear is improved too, in my experience. Once ran a set of heavier load range truck tires, (but not mud boggers), on the Sidekick. They were a pain on "the Autobahn" but were the best set I ever had, off road. Keep the good news coming, (I hope). It's encouraging as I continue to await some sign [also] that Suzuki, like virtually every other manufacturer today in todays marketplace has likewise awakened and smells the coffee, re: fuel mileage. I've pretty well come to the conclusion that GV sales numbers, as good as they are, will probably not justify their trying to market the euro diesel version in North America, despite, (note), my having seen a while back that a diesel Honda CRV seems definitely in the works around the end of the decade. So again, bring on a fully modern new mill under the hood of the GV ASAP, please Suzuki. I continue to place my bets on '08, but who knows...? Unfortunately Suzuki seldom "telegraphs" ANY such news in advance to it's customer base. Former Kootenay (Nelsonite), Nwdsmn.

Old News same old views Jan 2000

by gagrice on Fri May 27 10:28:13 PDT 2005

This is the first generation GM/Ovonic NiMH car and is the technology that could change the world. As Bob Purcell (in charge of ATVs for GM) once told us, "the best technology for URBAN, SUBURBAN, COMMUTER, and REGIONAL TRIPS is the PURE BATTERY electric vehicle. Better than Hybrids and Fuel Cell EVs." Purcell also said he took his hat off "to the guys at OVONIC for the fantastic job they had done in developing, and now with GM, manufacturing the incredible NiMH EV battery." Don't let the Pure Electric Vehicle be killed, now that the right technology is available. OVONIC=company that invented the NiMH battery NO Pork left there, onto hybrids and fuel cells....

Toyo TPT's

by manavi on Thu May 08 07:13:58 PDT 2003

For those that were interested, I got the Toyo TPT's installed yesterday afternoon and my initial impressions are that they are a little less sticky than the Dunlop 5000's were when they were new and they provide a quiet and smooth ride (at least as quiet and smooth as the 5000's when new). As Meade has noticed, initial impressions of a new tire can be misleading, so I will try to give updates as the miles increase. My wife and I left the car at the tire place to have the tires mounted and also the brake pads replaced and the rotors resurfaced. In a refreshing act of honesty the tire place guy called and asked me if I really wanted to replace the pads because they still had 20% left. I asked him in his opinion how long did he think I could safely drive with those pads without any danger of damaging the rotors. He said probably about 10 - 15 thousand miles. He said he would be glad to change them anyways if I just wanted to feel safe about it. But, I told him I will probably just bring the car back to him next year. I wonder if he realizes that his honesty just earned him a repeat customer for life? The tire place was called Purcell Tire.

4 Low Reverse and Grade Logic Experiences

by radman6 on Tue May 15 19:22:44 PDT 2001

Took our Trooper up to Ainsworth / Kaslo / Nelson B.C. last weekend and got to try it out on a moderately rough trail to the top of Buchanan lookout. Actually we didn't make it to the top - we were blocked by a tree across the road and probably at least 10 feet of snow still on top. We climbed a pretty steep trail and crossed lots of big water bars with no trouble. TOD worked great. The Trooper just ate up the steep trail with no problems and hardly slipped a wheel. The ride was amazingly smooth for how rough the trail was. To my surprise, we didn't scrape a single time. I'm a pretty experienced off road driver (5th 4WD vehicle, plus thousands of off road miles in US Forest Service and State of Idaho vehicles) so I'm not that easily impressed. I can tell you though that Troopers are very competent (and confidence inspiring) off road. Can't wait to take it out again. There was one not so great surprise though. When I had to back off a particularly steep part of the trail (tree across the road) I had to stay on the brakes pretty hard to keep it from running away. 4 lo reverse didn't seem to help either. It was a bit of a handful to keep it at a reasonable speed backing down the (long)trail. A little disconcerting with 1000 ft dropoffs ~: 0 I'm used to 4Lo reverse being the same as 4lo first gear so this was a bit of an upleasant surprise. The highways we traveled on in Southeast B.C. were pretty steep, narrow, and windy. I noticed several times that the grade logic feature in the transmisssion kicked in when coasting down the grades. Some times it worked really well and kept the vehicle at a constant (appropriate) speed on the downgrades. The transmission would shift down and the RPMs would go up to around 2000 - 2500. Didn't have to ride the brakes to keep from going too fast. At other times though it was just annoying. I'm not really used to it yet. At times when I didn't want it to shift down I just kept slight pressure on the gas pedal and that seemed to lock it out. Driving those curvy mtn roads was also a reminder that I need to put some better shocks on this thing and maybe some tires with stiffer sidewalls. All in all a great weekend and a good shakedown for the Trooper. Hard to believe these things can perform like they do off road, then deliver a plush highway ride when you get off the trail (just don't try to fling it around a corner like a sports car!) I'll try to post some pictures later. Got some pretty spectacular shots of the Purcell and Kootney ranges in Southern B.C. The hot springs at Ainsworth were awesome after a day of driving!