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Upcoming: #carchat 25; August 26 @ 8PM EST

From Banovsky, Featured Contributor
Posted on August 26, 2009

Filed under Event, Future, WTF, Advice , Coupe, Humor, This week, Discussion, Social Media, carchat, Twitter, vLane, Cash for Clunkers, Car Allowance Rebate System, CARS, LOL

This week, it'll be a short preview because we're mainly talking about visuals. As in, our favourite (and least favourite) coupes. In addition, we'll be looking at wacky car names, the end of Cash for Clunkers, and maybe get around to talking about how to clean things in and around your car.

If you're confused, check out the #carchat How-To. Anyone can join us at 8PM EST August 26, but you'll need a Twitter account to ask questions and participate.

However, if you'd like to follow things live, go here at 8 PM EST.

And if you'd like to suggest topics for next week, please tag articles on Delicious.com with "carchat."

This week:

• Discussion: Coupes…coupes…coupes…
• Discussion: Wacky car names!
• Discussion: The end of Cash for Clunkers
• Discussion: Our car cleaning tips

So click through and read a few links, see some photos, and check out a video related to tonight's discussion.

Quote of the week:

"All of the ten most traded-in vehicles (in Cash for Clunkers) were American, though, so there's something." — Matt Hardigree, jalopnk.com, August 26, 2009

Discussion: Coupes…coupes…coupes…

Required reading:

• "Mercedes-Benz E-Class (and Coupe) Voted Best-Looking Cars in the World" from emercedesbenz.com
• "Jeremy Clarkson on: The Cool Wall" from topgear.com
• "What's the Strangest Looking Coupe Ever?" from jalopnik.com

Discussion: Wacky car names!

Required reading:

• "The Best, Worst, and Weirdest Car Names" from Forbes.com
• "Strange Car Names" from everything2.com
• "Silly Car Names" from 4car.co.uk

Discussion: The end of Cash for Clunkers

Required reading:

• "Ten Most Traded In and Purchased Cash for Clunkers Cars" from jalopnik.com
• "Cash for Clunkers Helped Dealers, but Did It Help the Economy?" from slate.com
• "Maybe Cash for Clunkers Helped the Economy After All?" from usnews.com
• "Japanese Automakers Win in Cash for Clunkers" from businessinsider.com

How to follow a discussion on Twitter

Three easy steps:

• Sign up for Twitter
• Load up #carchat in a new tab in your web browser.
• Contribute to the discussion on Tweet Grid, or, on your Twitter homepage, use the box (and 140 characters) to say something pertinent to the discussion. Reply directly to someone by putting an "@" in front of their Twitter name. Be sure to add "#carchat" to whatever you say during the discussion, so that others following along can read what you've written — or questions you may have asked.

Or, just have this window open and watch this widget…be warned, though, it won't update in realtime.

Banovsky is a featured contributor for vLane.