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#270625 - 25/11/2005 04:54 Ha, It finally showed on google!
gbeer
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Registered: 17/12/2000
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Loc: Manteca, California
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#270626 - 25/11/2005 04:58 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: gbeer]
Daria
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Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
Who is "SSR Owner" and why does she have a pinmap?

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#270627 - 25/11/2005 05:07 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: Daria]
gbeer
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Registered: 17/12/2000
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Loc: Manteca, California
Is this the grammar police? I take the fifth.

It's just a google map with the home locations of a bunch of fanatic Chevy SSR pickup owners listed.
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#270628 - 25/11/2005 12:30 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: Daria]
hybrid8
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Registered: 12/11/2001
Posts: 7738
Loc: Toronto, CANADA
I was going to ask why anyone would buy an SSR... Or any Chevy for that matter.

Bruno
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#270629 - 25/11/2005 12:56 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: hybrid8]
furtive
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
I love the way Chevrolet are advertisiing in the UK

"Above all, it's a Chevrolet"

Erm, not it's not. It'a a Daewoo with a Chevrolet badge on the front

*rawr*

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#270630 - 25/11/2005 13:26 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: gbeer]
Daria
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Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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Is this the grammar police? I take the fifth.


It's the apostrophe police, actually.

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#270631 - 25/11/2005 19:07 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: gbeer]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
That's pretty cool.
Is there an Empeg/Rio Car pinmap somewhere?
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#270632 - 25/11/2005 20:15 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: furtive]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
GM are selling in the UK now?

Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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#270633 - 25/11/2005 20:21 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: wfaulk]
robricc
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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GM are selling in the UK now?

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Vauxhall Motors has been a GM property since the 1920s. Same with Opel.
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#270634 - 25/11/2005 20:28 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: robricc]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Good point.

s/GM/Chevrolet/

Somehow I don't think they'll be using the slogan "See the USA in your Chevrolet".
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#270635 - 26/11/2005 00:44 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: robricc]
SE_Sport_Driver
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Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
And they're marketed simply as "Chevys" in Mexico.
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#270636 - 26/11/2005 03:59 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
Yes, but the Chevy Nova was a complete flop there.
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#270637 - 26/11/2005 06:15 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: Robotic]
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Chevy "No go"

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#270638 - 26/11/2005 07:52 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: Robotic]
andy
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Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
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Yes, but the Chevy Nova was a complete flop there.



...not...
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#270639 - 26/11/2005 16:42 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: Daria]
gbeer
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Registered: 17/12/2000
Posts: 2665
Loc: Manteca, California
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Is this the grammar police? I take the fifth.


It's the apostrophe police, actually.


SSR Owners Pinmap (pinmap showing the locations of many SSR owners, intended )
SSR Owner's Pinmap (the pinmap belonging to a single SSR Owner)
SSR Owners' Pinmap (Plural possesion of a single pinmap)
SSR's Owner Pinmap (SSR is possesive of Owner)

So what makes sense, given the intent? Is it a problem with apostrophes or grammar?
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#270640 - 26/11/2005 18:32 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: gbeer]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
Since there isn't a Cowboy Neal option, I vote for the first version- no apostrophes.
It's a title of the pinmap: SSR Owners. No possesion required.
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#270641 - 26/11/2005 21:35 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: hybrid8]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
I often wonder if they make one of those curvy-type trucks that isn't SSR. I mean, SS is a historically bad-ass name, coupled with R for some heavy fire power. But did they make a base model? Or is the truck just THAT good?
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#270642 - 27/11/2005 00:00 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: FireFox31]
gbeer
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Registered: 17/12/2000
Posts: 2665
Loc: Manteca, California
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I often wonder if they make one of those curvy-type trucks that isn't SSR. I mean, SS is a historically bad-ass name, coupled with R for some heavy fire power. But did they make a base model? Or is the truck just THAT good?




The R in SSR stands for roadster. Does it mean something else on other vehicles?

Base model? There's never been anything I would call a base model. Unless you wanted to claim that the 03/04 years were the base model to the 05/06 years. The former have a 5.3L Vortec all aluminum motor that produces 300hp. While the latter sport the 6L LS2 engine, producing 400hp. Besides the engines there isn't much to distinguish one SSR from another.

I somehow get the imrepssion that by, curvey base model truck, you are asking if there is a curvy practical work truck. Not that I know of.
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#270643 - 27/11/2005 00:30 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: gbeer]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Thanks for the explanation, I wasn't trying to insult. I'm too curious sometimes.

"Curvey truck" is the best way I could describe it. I only know it as the "SSR", which struck me as two suffixes and not a model name. Like a person named "Jr. PhD". There was my confusion.

"Base model" as in there's Impala and Impala SS, I was wondering if there's a lesser "SSR" without the awesome engine (I'm a fan of GM engines, too).

The aggressive font on the R made me think "Racing", akin to Honda Civic Type R. Then again, I always have misunderstood car model prefix letters.

"This foot-in-mouth unintentional insult brought to you by the Range Rover HSE, proudly using two of the least powerful letters."
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#270644 - 27/11/2005 00:59 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: FireFox31]
gbeer
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Registered: 17/12/2000
Posts: 2665
Loc: Manteca, California
No offense taken, or even perceved.
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#270645 - 27/11/2005 09:40 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: Robotic]
schofiel
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Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
Now that would be cool.
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#270646 - 27/11/2005 11:47 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: Robotic]
bonzi
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Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
I tried to create one on Frappr, but found out that http://www.frappr.com/empeg already exists, albeit without any members. So I added myself and created another one, http://www.frappr.com/riocar, for good measure.

How about adding your locations (on riocar one, I guess, since I am not the owner of the other) and serial numbers?
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#270647 - 27/11/2005 19:23 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: bonzi]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
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How about adding your locations


Done. Cheers.
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#270648 - 28/11/2005 00:17 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: bonzi]
Robotic
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Registered: 06/04/2005
Posts: 2026
Loc: Seattle transplant
Nice!
Should've been a little more careful with my message- I can't figure out how to edit it.
Oh well. Very cool!

Perhaps a fixed link should be created for the pinchart?


Edited by Robotic (28/11/2005 03:26)
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#270649 - 28/11/2005 21:53 Re: Ha, It finally showed on google! [Re: Robotic]
bonzi
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Registered: 13/09/1999
Posts: 2401
Loc: Croatia
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Should've been a little more careful with my message- I can't figure out how to edit it.

There is a link 'Remove my Shoutout' below the map. One might be required to sign up for it to appear, I am not sure. Admin can only remove the pin altogether, not edit the shoutout, as far as I can see.
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