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    Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On

    Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Car Auction Halted By NHTSA

    Live Tonight On Speed: GM Heritage Center Cars Auctioned At Barrett-Jackson

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    Did GM have to pay off NHTSA? 'Cause that would be ironic.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    Maybe some NHTSA bigwigs just wanted extra time to survey the collection and submit their OWN bids before the gavel falls...
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    Image of goatrope goatrope
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    UPDATE: This feud is the only way anyone will pay attention to Barrett-Jackson. Next week, look for B-J to pick a fight with Somali pirates.
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    04/10/09

    @goatrope: will that be airing on the speed channel or msnbc?
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    its on.

    its off.

    its on.

    its off.

    its on.

    its off.


    ...boys thats called blinking

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    Image of averyrm averyrm
    04/10/09

    @damnelantra™: or "wife choosing clothing for a night on the town"
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    04/10/09

    @averyrm: correct. i will assume youve never watched the venture brothers as well
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    Image of junkman junkman
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    I'm sure glad NHTSA didn't know about some of the craptastic vehicles I've bought and sold.
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    Image of Smells_Homeless Smells_Homeless
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    Hmmm, if only there were a governmental agency in place whose job it was to verify the legality of road-going vehicles.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    04/10/09

    @Smells_Homeless: I found that funnier than I really should have. Well played.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/10/09

    @smalleyxb122: Indeed so. Snark of the Day, I think.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    That fits I guess, since Tonka is now cheap plastic crap.
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    Image of DonLuc DonLuc
    04/10/09

    @Slantsick = FAIL:


    Luckily, I was easy enough on my own Tonkas 20 years ago that my son can now play with them today.

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    Image of Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho. Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.
    04/10/09

    @DonLuc: I got them as hand-me-downs in the 70's after they had been beaten to crap by someone else, I beat them to crap some more, and mine are STILL good enough for any putative kids I may have.

    Those solid steel yellow construction ones are possibly the greatest toys ever.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/10/09

    @Landau_Calrissian loves our President Camacho.: Damn right! I've got several ranging from beaten-to-hell-by-three-generations to new-in-box, and all of 'em are usable. The oldest one, marked "TURBO DIESEL" as I recall and with a bed painted grey, is my favorite. Of course.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    I still don't understand how the NHTSA has the authority to prevent the sale of an item from one private party to another.


    Could they come in and prevent GM from selling an individual engine? What about a Corvette pedal-car?

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    Image of ssurfer321 ssurfer321
    04/10/09

    @Mad_Science: The same reason the feds have the authority to spend our taxpayer money on government bailouts.

    Similar to eminent domain. Whatever the government wants the government takes.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/10/09

    @ssurfer321: No, actually, that authority was granted to the Treasury department (a part of the executive branch of the government) through an act of congress...which makes it the law.


    Last I heard, the NHTSA's authority (also created by congress) didn't extend to private-party transactions like this.

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    Image of Tyson Tyson
    04/10/09

    @Mad_Science: I believe it does, because one of the "private parties" in this case is an auto manufacturer.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/10/09

    @Tyson: Ah...I could see how in their eyes, this is GM selling cars to the public which do not meet federal standards.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    Now, I can buy a life size Tonka truck? Remembers all the dreams he had as a 5 year old...
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    Is that hook made of plastic? Really? They should've given up and painted "WANKA" on it instead.
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    Image of DvBoard DvBoard
    04/10/09

    In reply to Update: Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Auction Back On
    As is normal the left hand of the government doesn't know or care what the right hand is doing...
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/10/09

    @DvBoard: Sometimes, all it wants to do is cut the other one off.
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    Image of Carbarrister Carbarrister
    04/10/09

    In reply to Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Car Auction Halted By NHTSA
    This is truly sad. NHTSA has too much time on their hands, too little to do so they have to invent an issue. Trust me from very personal experience, GM was very careful to comply with the DOT/EPA and NHTSA rules. That's the problem. The NHTSA doesn't trust its own rules.Now they are hiding under their collective desks.
    When is the NHTSA going to realize that if they screw with GM, Ford or Chrysler too much there will be no US companies left fot them to regulate.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/10/09

    @Carbarrister: Shortly after the last of the erstwhile Big 3 goes tango uniform.
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    Image of junkman junkman
    04/10/09

    In reply to Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Car Auction Halted By NHTSA
    Because of the bailout money it received, GM is now a slave to any idiot bureaucrat's insanity. Bankruptcy would be a much more noble fate.
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    Image of danio3834 danio3834
    04/10/09

    In reply to Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Car Auction Halted By NHTSA
    If the car can pass a safety inspection in that juristiction, i don't see what the issue is.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    04/10/09

    In reply to Barrett-Jackson GM Heritage Car Auction Halted By NHTSA
    There are a few dealers that bought some of these cars at the auction that are trying to sell them to customers. Case in point, this Aztek:

    [www.autotrader.com]

    This was the first production Aztek.... my only thought? Who are we kidding with this price...
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