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Getting Those Patriotic Juices Flowing

Published Tuesday, 31 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Community Events.

Well folks Memorial Day has come and gone, and to all of you who made it to the St. Albans, VT Memorial Day parade (or whichever you attended in your town and/or county), thank you for showing your support.  As the years have passed since the 9/11 terrorist attack and tragedy in New York City, it seems that things have cooled down in terms of those ever-flowing patriotic tendencies, but it's all…
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New Service Menu Will Provide Quick Information to Customers

Published Saturday, 28 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Service, New Website News.

One thing that I've noticed for quite some time, and something that was confirmed by both Handy Chevrolet's owner and the new Parts & Service Director Bobbi Tatro, is that our service menu is nonexistent.  In other words, how do folks like yourself, a potential or repeat customer, know what you need to "order" for service if the information is just shy of nothing?  The short answer is of course you cannot, but this…
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Those Who Thought the Volt Was Done Winning... Think Again!

Published Wednesday, 25 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: New Vehicles, Green.

I'm not sure what it's like from your point of view, but considering I write at least one blog a day it seems like I just barely let the words "the Volt wins yet another award" spill onto the paper before me.  What's more, the aforementioned phrase that flowed forth from my pen was an addendum to two or three other blogs wherein I said something similar!  As much as I love…
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Yet Another Intuitive Design Choice Makes the Cruze ECO Hybrid-like

Published Tuesday, 24 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: New Vehicles, New Inventory.

We all know at this point that the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze is a heck of an efficient vehicle, and that the vehicle doesn't even utilize hybrid technology to achieve the 35 to 42 miles per gallon highway that it's known to achieve.  When General Motors and Chevrolet Motors decided to make a highly potent, extreme quality compact sedan in the Chevrolet Cruze, the engineers took lengthy measures to assure that without making sacrifices…
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Marc Grenier's "The Lottery"

Published Monday, 23 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Employee News.

Well Saturday was absolutely awesome to say the least!  In case you weren't aware or didn't sign up for the sweepstakes, Handy Chevrolet took part in the North Country Chevrolet Spring Sweepstakes, and Saturday May 21st was the official drawing for all of the New England region Chevrolet dealers.  These events are always kind of a big deal for us here at Handy Chevrolet, not only because we get to spend a chunk…
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Chevy Volt Production Will See a 3X Boost by 2012

Published Monday, 23 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Vehicle News, Green.

Before your groan at the site of another Volt blog reaches computer-shutdown proportions, please hold on!  This blog is quite brief and in my opinion solidly good news.

I've bragged a couple times at the fact that I got to take a trip in an actual Chevy Volt, the 40-mile, gas-free electric vehicle/hybrid  wunderkind from Chevrolet and GM that has, by all accounts, received a warm welcome, but it's come to my…
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GM Sends the Volt to Japan

Published Saturday, 21 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: Green.

For today's blog I would like to let you in on a recent press release sent out by General Motors regarding the Volt's arrival to Japan and the reception thereof, but first, I need to whine like a child for a minute (pretend if you will that I'm writing this in a super whiny voice!):  What the heck GM?  I want a Volt, forget shipping them across the world!

Okay, now that the inner baby inside of me is quelled for the moment, I realize that this is a good thing.  General Motors has put in place…
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The 5.5 Millionth Silverado

Published Friday, 20 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: News.

This past week, the ladies and gentlemen who build a large number of Chevrolet Silverado's in the United States passed a large milestone at their Fort Wayne, Indiana plant as the 5.5 millionth Chevrolet Silverado was assembled and shipped off to a customer--well, sort of.

To commemorate this monumental occasion, Chevrolet invited soon-to-be owner of this particular white extended cab Chevy Silverado to enjoy the procedure from start to finish.  The vehicle was…
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Yet Another Shocking Award

Published Monday, 16 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: New Vehicles, Green.

What a release year it's been for GM, Chevrolet, and their flagship EV the 2011 Chevrolet Volt.  As I sit here and write, I suppose the not-so-clever pun "shocking award" wasn't the best title, because let's face it there's no shock about it.  Car and Driver's Car of the Year and Popular Mechanics' Invention of the Year are among the plethora of awards the Volt has earned, and again there…
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Cruzing Along the Fuel Economy Ratings Scale

Published Tuesday, 10 May, 2011 by Chris Dugan. Categories: New Vehicles, Green.

For the past ten or so months, a lot of the jargon I've been spitting throughout our website and our secondary blogs across the web pertained to two super important vehicles:  the Chevrolet Volt and the Chevrolet Cruze.  And honestly, why wouldn't they?  We all know by now the Volt can achieve upwards of 40 miles while simultaneously using zero gallons of gasoline (assuming you're not a lead-foot), but the Cruze, if…
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