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Well, if you saw Rob’s post yesterday, you know I’m not on the payroll anymore. And what can I say? It sucks. Being a CarDomain editor was—by far—the coolest job I’ve ever had, and I’ll sincerely miss working with Rob and Jen. But I always enjoyed writing this post, so I’ve decided to try to keep it up. Oh, and thanks for the kind words ¡sǝu, I appreciated them. Anyway, here’s the news:

Today, execs from the Big Three are going to try, again, to convince Congress to hand over $25 billion and bail out Detroit. Hopefully they’ll bring their "A" game, because some—like the pointy-headed geeks at Wired—think the Big Three should become the Medium Two. Wired
While it’s rough out there for every company, until now, the exotic marques had seemed impervious to the downturn. But it looks like the crappy economy is starting to effect every tier of the industry. Aston Martin just announced plans to lay off 600 workers. Autoblog
For those lucky customers that pick up a new ZR1, the General is going to throw in a free, two-day driving course at the Bondurant School. Since the new ‘Vette has over 600 horsepower on tap, a little professional instruction is probably a good idea. Motor Authority
Honda has never had an unprofitable year or lay off workers. But with numbers like these, you wonder how long that record can stand. Freep

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Posted at 6:20 pm in Aston Martin, Chevy, Chrysler, Corvette, Detroit, Ford, GM, Honda, John Coyle, New on the Net, News, ZR1

Comments

Charlie Swartz
Dec 3, 2008 at 8:02 pm

I hope you can keep up with the blog, cause it’s the only good thing on this site anymore. I used to keep up with my ride page but this site has been taken over by a bunch of kids and ghetto rats that can’t even write a hal-way legible sentence.

Stewart
Dec 3, 2008 at 4:51 pm

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I have been down sick for a week,
and I come back to THIS?!?!?!
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Rob, I gotta tell ya…
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John and Jen WERE the BLOG!
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There were three people whose
posts were entertaining AND
interesting and REAL.
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Heck, anyone can post links to other
news posts. Look at todays posts.
Give me a break! Like I need the
Cardomain Blog to give me a link
to GM and Ford’s business plan.
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Those are WEAK posts.
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J & J kept it real.
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They are interesting people.
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Now all we have is mostly
bloggers who are legends in
their own minds…
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Who think EVERYONE (or anyone)
even cares what they are doing…
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All the Blog needs is another
pompous and arrogant blogger…
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What am I going to look forward
to?
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Another Mike Musto post?
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I think NOT!
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The guy’s a big spoiled kid,
and not a very good writer to
boot!
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Katherine Heletaq (sp?).
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Her posts are dryer
than burnt toast!
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Who the hell wants
dry burnt toast?
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B-O-R-I-N-G!!!
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(Sorry Katherine, you
are probably a nice person,
but your posts are not
interesting.
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I just skip them…
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It’s like reading the
glove box manual:
Sure, you can read
it, but do you REALLY
WANT to?
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Nope.
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J & J kept the focus real,
for the “average Joe” who
doesn’t have gazillions to
spend on their rides.
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They are also funny!
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They have personalities!
(something truly lacking
in almost all of the Blog
posters, Rob excluded)
.
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I understand that business
is business.
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That said, this just may
be a bad business decision.
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(If I want to go on line
to see a rich guy with cars,
Jay Leno is a mouse click
away…}
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The other change I’ve noticed
is that the pop-up ads are
getting really intrusive &
quite frankly annoying as hell.
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I started building a new CD page
on my new rod project two weeks ago
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I ended up deleting it, and
started a my own web page for it..
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The pop up ad in the top right
of the page was simply relentless…
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I just gave up…
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I might have to do the same
for my RoadMonster’s page.
Create my own page and kill
the CD page. That would be
a shame after 4 years and
almost 200K hits…
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Is this really a GOOD
business plan?
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I think not.
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I know I won’t be here
daily anymore. I know in
the grand scheme of things,
one person may not seem like
a lot, but I check CD at least
6-10 times a day, every day.
.
I am very active, & have almost
a dozen CarDomain t-shirts
to prove it!
.
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I am taking the time to tell
you what I think. How many
will just leave and not
say a word.
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I’d bet there are a lot.
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John and Jen, I just want
to say a sincere “thank you”
for all the the fun posts!
.
You two brought me a lot
of happiness! I found
you both to be people of
integrity, whom I would
gladly consider “friends”.
(And I choose my friends
very carefully.)
I truly wish you both
the best.
.
If either of you are
ever in the Salem area,
and if you need anything,
ever, just let me know.
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Godspeed CarDomain!
.
Stewart

Stewart
Dec 3, 2008 at 4:34 pm

Hey John.
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Just heard.
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That SUCKS!
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Period.
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I was gonna stay away from the Blog.
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But, if you are gonna stay, I will
too.
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I am truly sorry to hear about
you and Jen.
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Take care.
.
Stewart

CUBE
Dec 2, 2008 at 11:53 pm

Thanks for sticking with us!!!!!!!

atomicalex
Dec 2, 2008 at 10:44 pm

Woohoo!! John’s back!!

Russ
Dec 2, 2008 at 10:39 pm

Great thanks to you John, it’s good news to hear you are going to try to keep this blog going…..and very big hearted of you!

uʍop ǝpısdn sı ¡sǝu
Dec 2, 2008 at 8:57 pm

Oh by the way a had a big smile when I saw the headlines “This Just In: New on the Net”

uʍop ǝpısdn sı ¡sǝu
Dec 2, 2008 at 8:47 pm

No John THANK YOU for still writing at least this blog! Hope you’re doing well.

Kunal
Dec 2, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Awesome, this is probably my favorite set of posts.