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Upcoming: #carchat 26; September 2 @ 8PM EST

From Banovsky, Featured Contributor
Posted on September 2, 2009

Filed under How-To, Advertising, Advice , Humor, This week, Discussion, Social Media, carchat, Twitter, vLane, Cash for Clunkers, Car Allowance Rebate System, CARS, LOL, Jalopnik

This week is a pretty big milestone: #carchat is celebrating its six month anniversary! This week, we'll be predicting how bad September vehicle sales will be (thanks, @raywert), the first car you'd buy after a lottery win, some driver training tips, and we'll come up with ad slogans for Jalopnik's list of cars that need to die.

If you're confused, check out the #carchat How-To. Anyone can join us at 8PM EST September 2, 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: Our LAST discussion about Cash for Clunkers…I promise!
• Discussion: Slogans for Jalopnik's list of "Cars that Should Die"
• Discussion: The first vehicle you'd buy after winning the lottery, and why
• Discussion: Useful driver training 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:

"The best we can offer is a quick death. Which is better than the pain Chrysler caused us in bringing this horseshit abortion of a mid-size sedan to market." — Ray Wert, on the Chrysler Sebring, jalopnk.com, September 2, 2009

Discussion: Our LAST discussion about Cash for Clunkers…I promise!

Required reading:

• "After the Clunkers Party, an Auto Sales Hangover" from businessweek.com
• "Ford, Toyota, Honda Lead U.S. Sales to First Gain Since 2007" from bloomberg.com
• "The Future for Dealers After Clunker Program" from wlns.com

Discussion: Slogans for Jalopnik's list of "Cars that Should Die"

Here's the list of vehicles we'll be making slogans for:

• Chevrolet Impala
• Chrysler PT Cruiser
• Chevrolet HHR
• Toyota Venza
• Mitsubishi Galant
• Lexus ES350
• Mitsubishi Raider
• Chevrolet Aveo
• Maybach 57, 62
• Chrysler Sebring

Discussion: The first vehicle you'd buy after winning the lottery, and why

Required reading:

• "German Lottery Winner Buys…" from thetruthaboutcars.com
• "What Would You Do With Lottery Millions?" from am770chqr.com
• "Lucky Seven Win Lottery Prize" from qctimes.com

Discussion: Useful driver training tips

Required reading:

• drivingfast.net
• "Advanced Driving Techniques" from studydriving.com
• "How to Use Advanced Driving Tips" from wonderhowto.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.