1 Week Til Vacation!

I am entirely looking forward to my 10 days off at the end of this month for my vacation. With my average two weeks at work totaling around 110-120 hours, even a extra day off seems like forever.

I will be turning off my phone, not checking my email and generally just kicking it with the fam. We are going to up to Long Beach, probably shop a lot (we need a new computer) and play with the kids. I also have several projects that I have been putting off for months now.

Although not my favorite if I don't do something about these blackberry's in my backyard I will be in trouble next year. We used to just hit em up with the gasoline in the sprayer and burn them. Unfortunently I don't live in the woods anymore and I doubt my neighbors would like me to burn their houses down too.

Honda has special deals running right now on the Civic's, Accords and CR-V's through the end of this month and the cash for clunkers gov't trade in allowance starts officially on the 24th. Also Washington buyers don't have to pay ANY sales tax on new hybrids that get over 40 mpg before the 31st of this month. I've got a small but nice supply of 2010 Insights and 2009 Civic Hybrids for those of you interested.

My crew at work has been on a tear lately. It's been all about quality, not quantity. I'm leading the board right now and if I'm lucky I'll rock out this week and put enough distance between me and 2nd place. It would be too funny if I take a 10 day vacation AND get salesman of the month. One can always hope I guess. Traffic at the lot has been good, 4th of July weekend was slow as mollasses but then really picked up wedsnesday through monday. Hopefully this is a good sign of things to come!

Cash for Clunkers

So the gov't has instituated cash for clunkers. So far, I've got two real solid car deals lined up with deposits set to go on the 24th. Of course, then I realized 'crap, I have my surgery on the 24th'. Hopefully I can get someone at work to keep me on my deals and put them on the road for me while I am out. Honda just dropped their incentives this month, the only cars that have anything are the Civic, Accord and CR-V. Did I just hear ridgeline, pilot and odyssey sales hit the floor? Honda salespeople are smart and are going to chase the money. Never fails when it comes to that. July needs to be big for Honda on Civic's and Accords, but I'm not sure why. Anyway, off to the office!

2010 Honda Accord Crosstour

Honda is unleashing another old favorite back in the US with the Crosstour. Scheduled to debut this fall in showrooms, this hatchback/wagon will feature 4wd, CR-V like prowess with all the benefits and features of the legendary Accord.

Accordingly, the Crosstour will offer two options of the 3.5L 271hp V6 and the 190hp 2.4L four cylinder. I think with the right adjustments (like a spoiler over the rear window like the Fit Sport), the car will look sleek. As you can see from Honda's sneak peak website - http://automobiles.honda.com/future-cars/, the wheels mimic the Ridgeline more than the Accord.

I'm looking forward as to learning details on the towing capacity and ground clearance.

Lets Live Green

This is a great website, I just ordered my supply for the next month. I've used JR Watkin's Pain Relieving Liniment for a long time, MLB's Johan Santana uses it during the season too.

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First Post

Well I am officially blogging and twiting. I enjoy keeping tabs on the Auto industry in general. I work on the frontlines of a high volume Honda store in Vancouver, WA.

I will keep you posted on all the new Honda information, as well as hot topics in the auto industry.

I figure the best way to blog is to draw on what I have interests in. This includes business in general, sports and sports marketing, MMA, music, guitars and other odds and ends.

I look forward to finding good blogs and contributing to the community on the net in general.