xcargrl - CarSpace

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About Me

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About Me: I loved looking for new cars on the streets around town as a teenager especially while cruising Speedway or Johnnie's with my high school boyfriend. I still remember the first time we saw a brand new Avanti! After college, fate lead me to positions at Toyota and BMW. From '79 to '92, I drove new Toyota and BMW models as company cars. I've owned the cars listed below and still have the '65 Mustang. I no longer work but still love following the car biz!

Vehicles Owned: 1962 Chevrolet Impala, 1965 Volkswagen Beetle, 1972 Toyota Carina, 1978 Toyota Celica, 1965 Ford Mustang

Other Vehicle Interests: 2009 Lexus, 2010 BMW M5

Interests: Owners Clubs, Auto Shows, Classic Cars

Hobbies & Personal Interests: "retired racing" greyhounds, automotive industry culture and evolution, transcendental meditation, paranormal events, synchronicity

Location: Arizona

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What It Costs Toyota To Be #1: September 13, 2008 | Categories: toyota, karoshi, haken, sweatshops; A recent article by Yuri Kageyama, Tokyo-based AP journalist, covers employee abuse at Toyota... Questions rise about temps, overwork at Toyota The Associated Press Wednesday, September 10, 2008 TOYOTA, Japan: Toyota Motor Corp. has long boasted a stellar reputation for super-efficient production that has become the lore of countless business success books. But recently, criticism is starting to surface in Japan about the potential social costs of the company's prized — and once virtually never-criticized — labor practices. Within the past year, the deaths of two Toyota employees were found, under Japanese law, to have been caused by overwork...; Read More

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ergsum	Jul 28, 2009Thanks for the add!
juntml	Jan 15, 2009May joy and health be with you always.
rearwheeldrive	Dec 31, 2008Happy New Year! Are you watching the night sky?
okko1	Dec 23, 2008merry christmas to you and the pets. hope you are busy and felling well.
mistang66	Dec 9, 2008Thanks for adding me! That is so cool that you still have your mustang!

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