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Dear Dub, I hope you and your family have a great 4th of July holiday. We've changed the traditional cookout at our house and have a spread of healthy foods instead of greasy burgers, hot dogs filled with who know's what, and sugar filled sodas. I know it sounds weird, but you should try it...

As Winston Churchill said after the battle of El Alamein, "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." There's still a long way to go in the recovery of the North American auto market, but there are honest-to-goodness bright spots now...

  As one of the earliest participating Car Allowance Rebate System dealers (better known as the Cash for Clunkers Program), the Jeff Wyler Automotive Family is very excited about the potential savings our valued new car shoppers can take advantage of.   Do you know that the CARS voucher is not considered income for Federal Tax purposes? Or that it is independent of other programs?..

From the Wall Street Journal DETROIT (Dow Jones)--A Nissan North American executive said showroom traffic patterns over the past 60 days are showing signs of some stabilization in the U.S. auto sales market. "Given the past 60 days, we are looking optimistically at July, August and September," Al Castignetti, Nissan North America's vice president and general manager said in an interview Wednesday...

A + B = C right? Look at the headlines from two Reuters stories this morning... Japan overall auto sales -14.5 pct in June and Japan non-mini auto sales down 13.5 pct in June Doesn't that mean that larger vehicles are selling better (less worse if you prefer) than mini-vehicles?..

AR Index     525.28  +19.60  (+3.87%)  Stocks of individual interest Toyota  75.49  +0.82 GM        1.14    -0.06 Ford      5.78    +0.40 Dow 8529.38  +190.37   (+2.28%) Maybe the pulse isn't as strong as we'd like, but there still is a pulse in the North American auto market and it has a chance to grow stronger. It also looks like we're not in for a repeat of last year's nonesense with gas and oil price, although the commodity markets have been giving it a try again, making sure that price changes have nothing to do with actual supply and demand. Prices at the pump seem to have backed off their peak a bit, so that may help with the angst level out there...

Think about it. Very few people probably buy a vehicle because they saw a SuperBowl commercial. The place where the bread is buttered and could be a good indicator of a rebound is local advertising...

If you ever want to take a look at some of the goofy things people do with their cars and the situations they wind up in, visit Wrecked Exotics. I especially like looking at the weird accidents like this one where the driver of the vehicle had just gotten a ticket and was so angry he didn't realize he was in reverse when he tried to peel away. I bet the follow up ticket made him happy too!

The road to hell is paved with good intentions and I'm pretty sure it starts in California. On the surface, it sounds like an idea that nobody should disagree wtih... require manufacturers to hav sun-reflecting glass on cars sold in California to keep them cooler during hot weather, reducing the amount of air conditioning their drivers and passengers need...