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What really killed Pontiac
Yes, it came out years before GM decided to use Pontiac as a sacrifice to the reorganization gods, but I can tell you that the design aesthetic began by the Aztek is the reason why I wouldn’t even touch the damn things when my ‘93 Grand Am started to be more trouble than it was [...]
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Tags: autos, fail
Gallows humor
That said, I am hoping the Feds give the Big 3 their bailout. I’ve already gotten plenty (if silently) mad over the industry’s boneheaded lack of foresight, long before the rest of the country was getting in on the finger-wagging action, but Detroit can’t afford to lose them. And if [...]
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Tags: autos, gallows humor, politics, video
Optimus Lulz
Somehow I just wasted two hours of my life on one of the most pointless action/sci-fi movies I’ve ever seen: Micheal Bay’s Transformers. It couldn’t even manage to suspend my much-abused suspension of disbelief. (That made no sense… Long story short: I LOL’ed.)
I’m not saying the effects weren’t impressive. I’m saying that it’s a movie [...]
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Tags: damn you hbo, movies, nitpickery
