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I am a happy SUV idiot.

Here is our household car history since 1995:

1995 Range Rover (sold)
1995 Toyota Corolla (sold)
2002 Toyota Highlander (sold)
2004 Cayenne S (sold)
2006 Range Rover Sport S/C (current) YING
2008 Prius (current) YANG

There is no substitute for an SUV to make those Home Depot runs. However, at 47 MPG, the Prius is a fascinating vehicle.

From a financial standpoint it does not make sense to sell the R Rover. In the same vein, it did not make a lot of financial sense to purchase a Prius, but it is a “cool” (to me) car.

I do, however, think that I should get a license plate frame for the R Rover that says:

MY OTHER CAR IS A PRIUS.

[four walling]

I am a happy SUV idiot.

Here is our household car history since 1995:

1995 Range Rover (sold)
1995 Toyota Corolla (sold)
2002 Toyota Highlander (sold)
2004 Cayenne S (sold)
2006 Range Rover Sport S/C (current) YING
2008 Prius (current) YANG

There is no substitute for an SUV to make those Home Depot runs. However, at 47 MPG, the Prius is a fascinating vehicle.

From a financial standpoint it does not make sense to sell the R Rover. In the same vein, it did not make a lot of financial sense to purchase a Prius, but it is a “cool” (to me) car.

I do, however, think that I should get a license plate frame for the R Rover that says:

MY OTHER CAR IS A PRIUS.

[four walling]

I am a happy SUV idiot.

Here is our household car history since 1995:

1995 Range Rover (sold)
1995 Toyota Corolla (sold)
2002 Toyota Highlander (sold)
2004 Cayenne S (sold)
2006 Range Rover Sport S/C (current) YING
2008 Prius (current) YANG

There is no substitute for an SUV to make those Home Depot runs. However, at 47 MPG, the Prius is a fascinating vehicle.

From a financial standpoint it does not make sense to sell the R Rover. In the same vein, it did not make a lot of financial sense to purchase a Prius, but it is a “cool” (to me) car.

I do, however, think that I should get a license plate frame for the R Rover that says:

MY OTHER CAR IS A PRIUS.

[four walling]

I am a happy SUV idiot.

Here is our household car history since 1995:

1995 Range Rover (sold)
1995 Toyota Corolla (sold)
2002 Toyota Highlander (sold)
2004 Cayenne S (sold)
2006 Range Rover Sport S/C (current) YING
2008 Prius (current) YANG

There is no substitute for an SUV to make those Home Depot runs. However, at 47 MPG, the Prius is a fascinating vehicle.

From a financial standpoint it does not make sense to sell the R Rover. In the same vein, it did not make a lot of financial sense to purchase a Prius, but it is a “cool” (to me) car.

I do, however, think that I should get a license plate frame for the R Rover that says:

MY OTHER CAR IS A PRIUS.

[four walling]

I am a happy SUV idiot.

Here is our household car history since 1995:

1995 Range Rover (sold)
1995 Toyota Corolla (sold)
2002 Toyota Highlander (sold)
2004 Cayenne S (sold)
2006 Range Rover Sport S/C (current) YING
2008 Prius (current) YANG

There is no substitute for an SUV to make those Home Depot runs. However, at 47 MPG, the Prius is a fascinating vehicle.

From a financial standpoint it does not make sense to sell the R Rover. In the same vein, it did not make a lot of financial sense to purchase a Prius, but it is a “cool” (to me) car.

I do, however, think that I should get a license plate frame for the R Rover that says:

MY OTHER CAR IS A PRIUS.

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I just had an angioplasty last Thursday. I now have a stent in my coronary artery. The nurses said, “but he is such a young man”. I am only about 10 pounds overweight, but a life long eating whatever I wanted finally caught up with me.

All this talk about ethnic, cholestrol be dammned restaurant food now makes me cringe. I now have to be more selective in my food choices.

My “minor” heart attack happened while I was in Las Vegas. I was staying in hotel room #1107 (very lucky) and after I left the hospital I decided to sit down at the blackjack table for an hour or so. I won a couple hundred bucks and then went to my hotel room to sleep and ponder the stent that I now had in my coronary artery.

The bottom line-eat heart smart.

I never thought that “it would happen to me”, but it did.

[four walling]

I just had an angioplasty last Thursday. I now have a stent in my coronary artery. The nurses said, “but he is such a young man”. I am only about 10 pounds overweight, but a life long eating whatever I wanted finally caught up with me.

All this talk about ethnic, cholestrol be dammned restaurant food now makes me cringe. I now have to be more selective in my food choices.

My “minor” heart attack happened while I was in Las Vegas. I was staying in hotel room #1107 (very lucky) and after I left the hospital I decided to sit down at the blackjack table for an hour or so. I won a couple hundred bucks and then went to my hotel room to sleep and ponder the stent that I now had in my coronary artery.

The bottom line-eat heart smart.

I never thought that “it would happen to me”, but it did.

[four walling]

I just had an angioplasty last Thursday. I now have a stent in my coronary artery. The nurses said, “but he is such a young man”. I am only about 10 pounds overweight, but a life long eating whatever I wanted finally caught up with me.

All this talk about ethnic, cholestrol be dammned restaurant food now makes me cringe. I now have to be more selective in my food choices.

My “minor” heart attack happened while I was in Las Vegas. I was staying in hotel room #1107 (very lucky) and after I left the hospital I decided to sit down at the blackjack table for an hour or so. I won a couple hundred bucks and then went to my hotel room to sleep and ponder the stent that I now had in my coronary artery.

The bottom line-eat heart smart.

I never thought that “it would happen to me”, but it did.

[four walling]

I just had an angioplasty last Thursday. I now have a stent in my coronary artery. The nurses said, “but he is such a young man”. I am only about 10 pounds overweight, but a life long eating whatever I wanted finally caught up with me.

All this talk about ethnic, cholestrol be dammned restaurant food now makes me cringe. I now have to be more selective in my food choices.

My “minor” heart attack happened while I was in Las Vegas. I was staying in hotel room #1107 (very lucky) and after I left the hospital I decided to sit down at the blackjack table for an hour or so. I won a couple hundred bucks and then went to my hotel room to sleep and ponder the stent that I now had in my coronary artery.

The bottom line-eat heart smart.

I never thought that “it would happen to me”, but it did.

[four walling]

I just had an angioplasty last Thursday. I now have a stent in my coronary artery. The nurses said, “but he is such a young man”. I am only about 10 pounds overweight, but a life long eating whatever I wanted finally caught up with me.

All this talk about ethnic, cholestrol be dammned restaurant food now makes me cringe. I now have to be more selective in my food choices.

My “minor” heart attack happened while I was in Las Vegas. I was staying in hotel room #1107 (very lucky) and after I left the hospital I decided to sit down at the blackjack table for an hour or so. I won a couple hundred bucks and then went to my hotel room to sleep and ponder the stent that I now had in my coronary artery.

The bottom line-eat heart smart.

I never thought that “it would happen to me”, but it did.

[four walling]

FYI FLU:

BEIJING — Audi will build its new Q5 premium SUV in China starting next year, company insiders told Automotive News Europe.

The Q5 will be built in a new plant Audi is constructing in Changchun in northern China.

FAW-Volkswagen Automotive currently builds the Audi A4 and A6 as well as five VW models in Changchun.

Audi will export the Q5 to China from its plant in Ingolstadt, southern Germany, until its China plant starts production in the summer of 2009, company sources said.

The Q5 will go on sale in Europe starting this summer. The first Q5 shipments to China will begin early next year.

Audi expects China to be the third largest single market for the Q5 after Western Europe and the U.S.

Last year, China overtook the UK as Audi’s biggest market outside Germany. Audi’s Chinese sales grew 24.8 percent to 101,996 units while its UK sales increased 17.1 percent to 100,712.

In the first quarter, Audi’s Chinese sales grew a 25 percent to 30,188 units, the company said.

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FYI FLU:

BEIJING — Audi will build its new Q5 premium SUV in China starting next year, company insiders told Automotive News Europe.

The Q5 will be built in a new plant Audi is constructing in Changchun in northern China.

FAW-Volkswagen Automotive currently builds the Audi A4 and A6 as well as five VW models in Changchun.

Audi will export the Q5 to China from its plant in Ingolstadt, southern Germany, until its China plant starts production in the summer of 2009, company sources said.

The Q5 will go on sale in Europe starting this summer. The first Q5 shipments to China will begin early next year.

Audi expects China to be the third largest single market for the Q5 after Western Europe and the U.S.

Last year, China overtook the UK as Audi’s biggest market outside Germany. Audi’s Chinese sales grew 24.8 percent to 101,996 units while its UK sales increased 17.1 percent to 100,712.

In the first quarter, Audi’s Chinese sales grew a 25 percent to 30,188 units, the company said.

[four walling]

FYI FLU:

BEIJING — Audi will build its new Q5 premium SUV in China starting next year, company insiders told Automotive News Europe.

The Q5 will be built in a new plant Audi is constructing in Changchun in northern China.

FAW-Volkswagen Automotive currently builds the Audi A4 and A6 as well as five VW models in Changchun.

Audi will export the Q5 to China from its plant in Ingolstadt, southern Germany, until its China plant starts production in the summer of 2009, company sources said.

The Q5 will go on sale in Europe starting this summer. The first Q5 shipments to China will begin early next year.

Audi expects China to be the third largest single market for the Q5 after Western Europe and the U.S.

Last year, China overtook the UK as Audi’s biggest market outside Germany. Audi’s Chinese sales grew 24.8 percent to 101,996 units while its UK sales increased 17.1 percent to 100,712.

In the first quarter, Audi’s Chinese sales grew a 25 percent to 30,188 units, the company said.

[four walling]

FYI FLU:

BEIJING — Audi will build its new Q5 premium SUV in China starting next year, company insiders told Automotive News Europe.

The Q5 will be built in a new plant Audi is constructing in Changchun in northern China.

FAW-Volkswagen Automotive currently builds the Audi A4 and A6 as well as five VW models in Changchun.

Audi will export the Q5 to China from its plant in Ingolstadt, southern Germany, until its China plant starts production in the summer of 2009, company sources said.

The Q5 will go on sale in Europe starting this summer. The first Q5 shipments to China will begin early next year.

Audi expects China to be the third largest single market for the Q5 after Western Europe and the U.S.

Last year, China overtook the UK as Audi’s biggest market outside Germany. Audi’s Chinese sales grew 24.8 percent to 101,996 units while its UK sales increased 17.1 percent to 100,712.

In the first quarter, Audi’s Chinese sales grew a 25 percent to 30,188 units, the company said.

[four walling]

FYI FLU:

BEIJING — Audi will build its new Q5 premium SUV in China starting next year, company insiders told Automotive News Europe.

The Q5 will be built in a new plant Audi is constructing in Changchun in northern China.

FAW-Volkswagen Automotive currently builds the Audi A4 and A6 as well as five VW models in Changchun.

Audi will export the Q5 to China from its plant in Ingolstadt, southern Germany, until its China plant starts production in the summer of 2009, company sources said.

The Q5 will go on sale in Europe starting this summer. The first Q5 shipments to China will begin early next year.

Audi expects China to be the third largest single market for the Q5 after Western Europe and the U.S.

Last year, China overtook the UK as Audi’s biggest market outside Germany. Audi’s Chinese sales grew 24.8 percent to 101,996 units while its UK sales increased 17.1 percent to 100,712.

In the first quarter, Audi’s Chinese sales grew a 25 percent to 30,188 units, the company said.

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