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A Perfect Strike

Published Tuesday, 30 November, 2010 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Technology, Website.

I'm sure you've all heard about Stumble Upon (www.stumbleupon.com), a "Social Media" site that formed from the existence of My Space and Facebook's popularity. Perhaps less known is the fact that there is 50 or more different Social Media sites, and being that I'm in charge of all this jazz these days I need to be up to date.

My computer was on the fritz recently-well not recently as…

Holiday Time in St. Albans

Published Monday, 29 November, 2010 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Community Events.

Holiday Time in St. Albans

With the passing of Thanksgiving and the season's first snow storm, two things are very evident: skiers and snowboarders are in heaven and the holidays are upon us. I myself, as you know if you read my last blog, am already in anxiety-crunch time wherein I worry I won't be able to do enough for those I care about. You'll also remember that in my blog I…

Volt MPG Ratings Are in… and Staggering

Published Friday, 26 November, 2010 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Technology, Green.

For months-well since my career began at Handy Automotives two dealerships-we've discussed the Chevrolet Volt so many times that I get comments asking "will you please shut up!?" Okay, I don't really get those kinds of comments, but the point is we've talked to great length. Well I'm sorry my friends, we have another one for you today. And if you aren't already jazzed by the Volt or you aren…

There’s a Lot to Celebrate at Handy Chevrolet

Published Wednesday, 24 November, 2010 by Chris Dugan. Categories: News.

Wow? what a month! Most of this stuff will be more of a recap to those who keep up to date on my fantastically well-written blogs from which you can't peel your eyes off (self depreciating enough?).

First of all, the Chevrolet Volt was named Car of the Year by Motor Trend magazine. That's quite an accomplishment really, in fact this point is something I missed in yesterday's blog, considering the electric…

Car of the Year

Published Tuesday, 23 November, 2010 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Green, News.

What else could have been car of the year, really? Sure, there's a competitor that's TRYING, but the Volt is doing. A new phenomenon that's spawned from the coming electric vehicle (EV) boom has been coined "distance anxiety," wherein vehicles exclusive to electricity, rare though they may be, have worried people to turn away from that which they may have otherwise purchased. This is why in my opinion the Chevrolet Volt has…

2011 Chevrolet Volt - Green Car of the Year

Published Thursday, 18 November, 2010 by Blog Admin. Categories: Vehicle News, New Vehicles, New Inventory, Green, News.

The 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car with extended-range capability today was named Green Car Journal's Green Car of the Year?. The Volt is the first electric vehicle to win the award.

"This has been a long time coming," said Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of Green Car Journal and editor of GreenCar.com. "The electric vehicles that were test marketed in the 1990s tantalized us, but were without a solid business case. What a difference a decade makes."

Chevrolet Helps Get 11,000 Hours Talk Time for Soldiers

Published Thursday, 18 November, 2010 by Blog Admin. Categories: Auto Industry, People, News.

Eleven thousand hours of talk time won't bring far away relatives physically closer, but it can go a long way in curing homesickness for soldiers overseas.

Chevrolet's efforts in the Cell Phones for Soldiers program so far has helped collect 20,000 cell phones, more than enough to provide 2,200 pre-paid calling cards with 300 minutes each to a group of soldiers in Afghanistan.

"These cards will provide our camp population with six months worth of calls,

Toys For Tots at Handy Chevrolet

Published Wednesday, 17 November, 2010 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Community Events.

I can remember it like it happened moments ago: the anxiety of our favorite holiday mascot coming to town, wondering if I'd been too naughty or nice enough, and the morning when the holiday of your choosing arrives and you run downstairs to see what was left behind. I was also fortunate enough to be waist-deep in gifts some years, although my family was by no means wealthy so I don't exactly know…

Handy Chevrolet Officially Launches Dealer Rater

Published Wednesday, 17 November, 2010 by Chris Dugan. Categories: New Website News.

When is the last time you left a car dealership, Handy Chevrolet or otherwise, and thought to yourself either of the following:

(A) Gosh, those sales/service folks were awesome! I need to tell my friends and family about how spectacular John Doe's Chevrolet was!
(B) G*d da***t, those $/%$# jerks! I can't wait to tell the whole world how terrible they are!

I sincerely hope that the latter hasn't occurred?

Regarding the St. Albans Chamber of Commerce Mixer at Handy Toyota, Nov. 18th at 6 p.m.

Published Monday, 15 November, 2010 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Community Events.

The Challenger. That simple phrase-a spacecraft's call sign of course-brings to mind so many patriotic emotions it's unfathomable really. Nary a person I know doesn't know what the Challenger catastrophe was and most of my age group were barely out of their Ghostbusters underwear nor above watching Ninja Turtles with a fervent anxiety adults reserve for tax time, marriage proposals, and other tangible times of great stress. But we still know what…

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