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December 23, 2008

           

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Is This For Real?
By Danielle Dinally

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Dishonest & Dumb:
A man hit by a car in New York in 1977 got up uninjured, but laid back down in front of the car when a bystander told him to pretend he was hurt so he could collect insurance money. The car rolled forward and crushed him to death.

Just Dumb: An overly curious rubbernecker was fatally hit by a car in Dallas, Texas when she stopped on the busy LBJ Freeway to take pictures of an accident scene.

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Auto Chess Artist: Armando Ram�rez has a passion for old car parts. The artist transforms these objects into sleek, black and silver chess sets!
 
Carhenge:  Carhenge is a replica of England's Stonehenge located near the city of Alliance, Nebraska. Instead of being made from stone like the original, Carhenge is constructed of vintage American automobiles!
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It looks like the Harper government is kicking some cash to the Canadian arms of the Detroit automakers. The price tag is currently set at about $4 billion.

"We cannot afford, in the United States or Canada, the catastrophic short-term collapse of the Big Three automakers. The U.S. has signalled that they are not going to allow these companies to fail, and we will do our share of the North American package to see that this doesn't happen either," said Harper at a news conference in Toronto.

Personally, I suspect this may be a mistake. Let me know what you think.

Mike Davey,
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Headline News
 
- BASF Refinish Web Site Now Multi-Lingual

- Boyd Group Announces December Cash Distribution

- Volvo Approves BASF Products

Budds' Holds Annual Christmas BBQ

Many of us have certain traditions around the holiday season. At Budds' Imported Cars and Budds' Collision Services in Oakville, Ontario, part of the tradition involves putting local insurers and other partners in the same room as a lot of delicious food.

The annual BBQ was a smashing success, with many people showing up from the insurance side of the auto claims economy to share seasonal tidings with the staff and management of Budds. Also present were numerous representatives of other partner companies, such as BASF and Co-Auto Cooperative.

Sam and Dianne PierceyDianne and Sam Piercey at the annual Christmas Feast. Sam is the general manager and co-owner of Budds' Collision Services.









Zuby Siddiqui and Don TeevensZubair Siddiqui of Crescent Industries and Don Teevens of Co-Auto Cooperative were two of the many industry partners who attended the annual Christmas Feast.





Harry Dhanjal and Darryl BuddHarry Dhanjal of BASF and Darryl Budd of Budds' Imported Cars.
Norm Angrove to Head PPG's Value Added Programs

Norm Angrove has been appointed, effective January 1, 2009, to the position of senior manager of value added programs for PPG's automotive refinish business in the U.S. and Canada. In this new role he will be responsible for marketing the CertifiedFirst and MVP programs in North America; leading the strategic direction of CertifiedFirst in North America; and heading the Platinum jobber program and marketing communications in Canada.

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Norm AngroveNorm Angrove (right) will assume the role of senior manager of PPG's value added programs starting in 2009. Angrove joined PPG Canada in 2005 as national strategic development manager, and in a very short time has held several positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as regional manager, Central Canada.

CARSTAR Announces "Best Shot" Contest

CARSTAR Automotive Canada is holding a unique contest to help tackle a deadly illness and raise money for a good cause. The first ever "CARSTAR Hit Us With Your Best Shot Photo Contest" encourages football fanatics to upload a picture of their best "game face" to carstar.ca to help raise money for the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF).

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