l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 https://www.judicialwatch.org/corrupt-politicians-lists/washingtons-ten-most
-wanted-corrupt-politicians-for-2011/
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes
government corruption, today released its 2011 list of Washington’s “Ten
Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes:
Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Former Senator John Ensign (R-NV)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
Attorney General Eric Holder
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
President Ba... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 2 In Harsh Economy, Union Demands Put Crimp in Businesses Across the Country:
Recent Stories Surrounding California Grocer
November 16, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston
The biggest union news this month is the pending closing of the Hostess
Brand snack cake corporation, a company that has been an American mainstay
for decades with such products Wonder Bread and Hostess Twinkies. As with
the Hostess case, unions repeatedly prove that they’d rather destroy a
business with absurd demands and strikes than w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1041 | 3 Unequal protection
by From the print edition: Briefing
April 25, 2013
WILLIAM POWERS is the president of the University of Texas at Austin (UT-
Austin). Lino Graglia holds an endowed chair at its law school. Both have
kindly demeanours, impressive records and that crucial perk of academic
success, offices with great views: Mr Powers looks out over the heart of the
university’s campus, Mr Graglia at its football stadium.
They also hold strong and opposing opinions on whether admissions to their
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l******a
发帖数: 3803 | 4
And Moochelle uses ODumba just for free perks:) |
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o*****t
发帖数: 1540 | 5 基本上是说google的创建人的私人飞机（现包括7架喷气式和2架直升机）过去几年根据
与NASA签的合同都在使用政府才有权用的廉价燃油。。。
私人飞机为什么能用政府廉价燃油？禁止是美政府作的正确决定。
Google Jet Fleet Loses a Pentagon Fuel Perk
Questions Raised about Founders Use for Non-Government Flights
（WSJ）Google Inc. founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin may have to dig
deeper to operate their fleet of private jets, after the U.S. Department of
Defense ended a little-known arrangement that for years allowed the tech
billionaires to travel on sharply discounted jet fuel bought from the
Pent... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 6 UAW Faces Another Southern Setback
By
Damian Paletta
March 14, 2014 5:21 p.m. ET
CANTON, Miss.—The United Auto Workers union headquarters here—tucked
beside a cow pasture down the road from a sprawling Nissan Motor Co. 7201.
TO -0.35% plant—was supposed to be a springboard for a new wave of
labor activism across the South.
It has become instead a center of discouragement and uncertainty in a state
where many want the union to pack up and leave.
Labor organizers at Nissan were shocked when ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 7 http://washingtonexaminer.com/feds-used-donations-intended-for-
Feds used donations intended for poor for massages, luxuries for themselves
By Luke Rosiak | MAY 19, 2014 AT 5:34 AM
Federal employees and a contractor diverted more than $1 million of
charitable contributions to spending on themselves for in-office massages,
meals at every meeting and other luxuries and unnecessary expenses, a
government audit found.
They called themselves "volunteers" and said they needed "motivation" to
help the ... 阅读全帖 |
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u*****a
发帖数: 6276 | 8 http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/08/27/listen_to_judge_r
Judge Richard Posner of the 7th Circuit Court is a moderate conservative
with an unapologetic bias toward reality and logic. This bias makes him an
ideal Slate columnist. It has also turned him into something of an
iconoclast among his conservative colleagues, who frequently jettison
prudence and precedent in order to achieve results that just happen to align
with the Republican Party’s platform.
On Tuesday, Posner put his judicial ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 9 Clown Mayor Pushing for Paid National Family Leave Doesn’t Offer It to His
Own Employees
C’mon, you expect freakazoid lefties to actually put their money where
their mouth is? Probably the wrong analogy since it’s your money they want
to spend for the cockamamie far-left schemes.
Forcing bosses to grant workers paid maternity leave is an absolutely “
urgent” matter, Mayor de Blasio says — unless, of course, the boss happens
to be . . . him.
De Blasio is gallivanting around th... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 10 Obama’s America: UCLA Offering PAID Internships for Illegal Immigrants
Michael Cantrell
July 14, 2015 12:33 pm
If you want the best America has to offer, which is apparently a whole heck
of a lot, yet don’t feel like putting in a ton of effort or work, just be
an illegal from a foreign country, and it can all be yours, courtesy of the
American tax payer.
As if illegals weren’t already getting the whole cow for free so to speak,
now UCLA is offering those who have entered our nation through unlaw... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 11 欧洲大部medical system 都不能sustain的,时间稍微一长就完蛋了.
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-01-03/frances-health-
Anita Manfredi got nine massages and 18 mud baths at a luxury spa in
November. The French government paid two-thirds of the $1,022 bill. “The
treatment has done me a lot of good,” says Manfredi, a French retiree who
suffers from arthritis and enjoys a three-week retreat at the southern spa
town of Dax every year. “I no longer have flare-ups.”
For decades, France has held up its health-care ... 阅读全帖 |
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c********e
发帖数: 4283 | 12 麻省的是6，7万的年薪，北边的New Hampshire是没工资的，义务劳动。
当然麻省的州参议员和众议员还有其他的perks,像车贴什么的,有议员就谎报虚报 ... |
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r******1
发帖数: 420 | 13 床铺 University 的 rate 是 D ， 关门以后没业务了， 才回到 A 的。 这个是事
实吧， Megyn 也就是把这个不光彩business 都在debate 捅出来而已。 床铺 不
settle 这个案子应该是数额太大了， settle 几个， 4000 个学生都跟着settle 要
refund 话， 上亿美元。 他自己其他几个较小案子都 settle 了。 他当总统不知道
合格不合格， 我感觉他自己 的 business 经营的不一定想他说的那么成功。 看看
taj mahal, trump plaza casino, 同样的地方， 人流量也不少， 其他casino可以经
营下去， 他的却要宣布破产， 这两个casino 平时也不 给客人 perk。
其实也无所谓，按过去的经历来看， 凡是能让华人着急上火的， 最后都成不了总统
， 不过也许例外吧。 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 15 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: beijingren (to thine own self be true), 信区: Military
标 题: YES, THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Aug 13 07:50:19 2016, 美东)
http://www.wnd.com/2016/08/yes-the-system-is-rigged/
“I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged,” Donald Trump told voters
in Ohio and Sean Hannity on Fox News. And that hit a nerve.
“Dangerous,” “toxic,” came the recoil from the media.
Trump is threatening to “delegitimize” the election results of 2016.
Well, if that is what Trump i... 阅读全帖 |
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g********2
发帖数: 6571 | 16 According to reports from the White House, Barack Obama has instructed his
staff to clear his calendar for the month of October this year. Obama, who
is in his last four months in the White House, is apparently concerned that
a Republican President would overturn his legacy. Obamacare, EPA rules
against coal, green energy initiatives are all at risk for this President.
Just as Obama did when first elected to office, most opposite political
party Presidents spend their first 100 days in office ... 阅读全帖 |
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g********2
发帖数: 6571 | 17 ACT Test Makers To Give Extra Time, Special Glossaries To Students Who Can’
t Speak English
Beginning in the fall of 2017, the makers of the ACT will offer U.S. high
school students who can barely speak English the opportunity to take the ACT
college entrance exam in Spanish instead.
“English learners” who attend taxpayer-funded public schools right here in
the United States will now be able to take the ACT with what the ACT makers
describe as Spanish “supports” because the test-makers want “to ... 阅读全帖 |
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h**********n
发帖数: 897 | 18 这儿pay的定义很难说，如果严格说base，那ICC瞬间全死，中小公司entry level必须
招绿卡/citizen。
如果说是package，其实大部分公司算上base+bonus+equity都轻松超，实在不行再刷刷
流氓加上各种perks和401k。ICC会很困难。 |
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f**a
发帖数: 2498 | 19 这叫 job related perks. 没办法，你就得买单 |
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D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 20 逻辑逻辑！
我是没意见的，叽叽歪歪的是前面那个川粉，嫌生活水平下降了，显然是属于嫌“job
related perks”逼格不够高呢，那我才说“suck it up”“不要叽叽歪歪”。你不理
解么！ |
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H**U
发帖数: 1814 | 21 这逼还公然在DC自己租的豪宅里设办公室，邀请他之前的幕僚开会
The former president has set up an office on the West End of the national’s
capitol, where he recently hosted an open house for his White House staff
– including Joe Biden, Susan Rice, Josh Earnest and Jarrett.
But the office, part of his post presidency perks, cannot be used for
political purposes. The rent on his home is paid by him personally.
On Tuesday, former Attorney General Eric Holder revealed that Obama is
indeed getting closer to making his public reappe... 阅读全帖 |
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a******e
发帖数: 5411 | 23 never a fan of work from home nonsense
i like free coffee in office, and 5 star toilet.
office has a lot of perks, if you use them |
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p******e
发帖数: 897 | 24 Changes to widely used parts of the tax code such as the mortgage deduction
and the child tax credit grabbed the headlines when the 429-page bill dubbed
the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was unveiled Thursday by House Republicans.
But a closer look shows there are scores of benefits in the tax code that
would be eliminated or become harder to claim under as Congress tries to
make taxes lower for more people and simpler to understand.
Here's a look at 15 tax credits, deductions or exclusions that would c... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****d
发帖数: 4196 | 25 奥巴马的$40快比床铺的1000快值钱.
Back in 2011, however, Pelosi was singing a different tune – praising a $40
payroll tax cut passed by President Obama as “a victory for all Americans
” that will “make a difference.”
Today's agreement is a victory for the American people-they spoke out
clearly & #40dollars each paycheck will make a difference.
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) December 23, 2011
“The American people spoke out clearly and, thanks to President Obama’s
leadership, 160 million Americans will continue... 阅读全帖 |
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M******e
发帖数: 1193 | 26 https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/02/26/thanks-anti-gunners-
florida-gun-show-sees-record-attendance-over-the-weekend-n2454300
Several sellers said they were on track to double their normal sales for a
weekend. “It’s sad to say, but whenever there’s a shooting, business only
goes up because people are afraid of losing their right to own a certain
weapon,” said Quaidman Woody, who was running a booth with his father, a
sales representative for CrossHeirs. “So even if they don’t need an... 阅读全帖 |
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c*******d
发帖数: 1283 | 27 If your purpose of 反对亚裔细分 is to get rid of black privileges, you
are barking the wrong trees. The problem of USA is white privilege.
American blacks have been oppressed for hundred years, its time to give
black some perks. You are chinese, what privileges do you want from USA ?
物理 |
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c*******d
发帖数: 1283 | 28 If your purpose of 反对亚裔细分 is to get rid of black privileges, you
are barking the wrong trees. The problem of USA is white privilege.
American blacks have been oppressed for hundred years, its time to give
black some perks. You are chinese, what privileges do you want from USA ?
物理 |
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A******e
发帖数: 655 | 29 这次为了抗衡民主党利用佛州高中枪击事件搞出的一大堆高中生斗士，共和党和保守派
下了血本搞这次高中生峰会，一定有很多perk,大家不要错过！ |
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发帖数: 1 | 30 你也是搞不清楚重點。
本樓（或說蘿蔔的承諾）的重點不在川普要廢除什麼、不在它是保險或福利，而在於川
普推出的保險或福利是不是每個人要付錢？如果有人可以不付錢買這個保險或福利，而
能享有保險或福利，蘿蔔就要實現他的諾言。蘿蔔，我沒扭曲你的意思吧？
懂了沒有？你連議題是什麼就都沒搞懂，就跳出來罵人智商低，呵呵，謝謝你又讓我自
我感覺良好一把，已經好幾次了，我應該給你 frequent flyer perks。 |
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h******g
发帖数: 209 | 31 300多位富豪与明星们齐聚乘坐低碳的私人飞机与豪华游艇齐聚意大利参加google的大
party，商量如何做好人类的救世主，带领人类应对变暖教威胁。
参加者有aa哈佛学术明星奥巴黑，白痴寄生虫哈利王子及它二婚老婆，还有一堆戏子明
星。可惜epstein入狱了，否则还会多几个童星，bill和它老婆也会去耍的。
据看门狗报道，它们的交通工具是低碳的环保的。我想请问看门狗，这个私人飞机如何
低碳环保?难道是纸飞机，弹射到意大利，或是用帆的纸飞机?
Google’s celeb-obsessed search for climate change answers is a hypocritical
joke: https://nypost.com/2019/07/31/googles-celeb-obsessed-search-for-
climate-change-answers-is-a-hypocritical-joke/
It doesn’t get more hypocritical than A-listers jetting in on private
planes to bem... 阅读全帖 |
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t****n
发帖数: 2601 | 32 停车1分钟不熄火即罚款
多市政府正考虑收紧现行停车熄火的附例，实施更严格的不熄火时间上限，把目前在1
小时内3分钟不熄火的上限，降低至1分钟，即停车1分钟不熄火即罚款；同时废除目前
摄氏27度以上或零下5度以下的温度豁免条件，以便更严格有效执法，确保空气质量。
市议员珀克斯(Gord Perks)表示，收紧附例是为了让附例执行起来更为容易，并让执法
人员更有效地执行法例。据悉，目前市府泊车管制人员每人每日平均发出69张告票，而
对违例驾驶人士的罚款为125元。 |
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发帖数: 2300 | 33 CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's military rulers called for an end to strikes and
protests Monday as thousands of state employees, from ambulance drivers to
police and transport workers, demonstrated to demand better pay in a growing
wave of labor unrest unleashed by the democracy uprising that ousted Hosni
Mubarak's regime.
The statement by the ruling military council that took power from Mubarak
appeared to be a final warning to protest organizers in labor and
professional unions before the army intervene... 阅读全帖 |
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s******r
发帖数: 5309 | 34 $1000 is only a small percentage above your budget, no big deal. You get a
lot of perks with it, which are good show off items :) |
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d*********t
发帖数: 697 | 35 终于买了。花了10小时才开出门！！
最后写下给我们的价格是26945+ttl (是用29500减我们trade的价格算出来的)
然后trade in 的车今天是决心一定要买车，结果就亏了，上次谈3000都没决定下手，
这次2500就出手了，失败。
最后finance 26798 Apr 3%，60个月，一个月交480多一点，谈finance是大家都精疲力
尽了，所以大家都想速战速结，半个小时谈，半个小时sign，要签的东西还真多，还要
仔细看。大概是因为大家都赶着回去过圣诞，finance manager出奇的配合，直接问我
们谈多少，我们也实在说就2%（我们手上有银行给的3.31%，和他说的3%）,他开价4.5%
，最后几轮来回，最终确认，其中断续推销perk和warranty， maintenance service。
（感觉如果这几天去买车的话，大家可以大胆谈26500+ttl的otd，我们实在战线拉太长
，今天太想出手，另外也因为新手跟dealer打交道技巧不足。另外提醒大家tag title
很多deal 都说300-400，实际就160左右，可能还有个documentati... 阅读全帖 |
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y*****c
发帖数: 224 | 36 TRUECAR报的是certificate price，一般不会再跟你haggle了，你要觉得满意的话，直
接以这个价成交或者跟他再要点小perks之类也不无不可。 |
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y*****a
发帖数: 580 | 37 congrats and enjoy.
1.99 is for 3 yrs, 60m is about 2.5%, so not bad at all. 700 credit score
is a little bit low and >720 should be fine.
There could have bonus cash for good friday but still it is a very good
price. I would suggest you look at today's local newspaper to see
additional perks like free service/giftcards (this will be very ymmv).
anyway, it is a very good price and the dealer earns about 200-250 markup,
which is kind of standard for GM dealers.
dealer也 |
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P***0
发帖数: 368 | 38 your link explains very well and similar to mine.
(1) BMW gives companion tickets (fare Q or higher, not necessary Y/B. Q=
slightly discounted economic.)
(2) To make it clear, it is *at least* for lease terms.
Addition on leasing pricing
(1) ED pricing is about 83-84% US MSRP, residual (3yr) is about 62% US MSRP,
US invoice is about 93% US MSRP, but purchasing price is above 95% US MSRP.
If that is the case, the depreciation part over 3 yrs will be (depreciation
is the major part in calculating... 阅读全帖 |
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P***0
发帖数: 368 | 39 It's not the tax or custom will change, however there are several
considerations making ED very attractive to manufactures.
(1) Build customer loyalty. If a person does an ED, s/he will VERY likely
to stick with that manufacture/make with the same option in the future.
Statistically, people did ED most like does ED from the same manufacture in
the next 4-6 yrs.
(2) All the perks the manufacture provides is just a marketing tool to boost
the experience and loyalty. Manufactures partner with ai... 阅读全帖 |
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c*********l
发帖数: 1065 | 41 如果你打算也网上买车，询价首先要明确型号、颜色、pkg，给dealer很强势的感觉，
不要用具体价格，用MSRP off percentage来询价，直接报出你的理想价位，这样显的
专业，
一般第一封信，dealers都会显得难以接受，表示‘你丫从哪弄来个这个价格’，拼命
忽悠你去店里谈，这时候你跟他说你是fair price based on local customer report
in recent 2 months, 就要这车，这价，全款，不再还价，某一天几点到了店就付钱提
车，一小时搞定，要不然不卖拉倒。
一般这个时候dealer就会很惊讶，很重视，觉得你是做了充分研究而又直率的买家，会
在你的报价小范围内达成一致，
其实我谈定价格后还贪心多要个additional maintenance pkg(一般dealer会多要个200
块)，就跟dealer胡说'我刚和Subaru of American总部的客服联系过，这个perk在
houston地区是免费提供给新车用户的'，其实天晓得这回事，dealer就默默的接受了。
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t*******y
发帖数: 2570 | 42 The Drive-E family hits the ground running with a host of advanced
technologies and impressive power figures. And the engines need those two
perks in order to adequately fill the void left by the brand’s T5
turbocharged inline-five and T6 turbocharged inline-six engines, which will
begin to be phased out next year, leaving only four-cylinder and smaller
engines. Globally, Drive-E will launch in three variations, two gas-fed and
one diesel, and they confusingly will keep the current engine names ... 阅读全帖 |
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c*****e
发帖数: 1106 | 43 A CPO warranty usually has some other perks, the one from Hertz has less;
but the Hertz Certified price is very competitive, usually at least 3K below
CPO price of a comparable car at a similar mileage.
Since Hertz has a lot more cars to sell through Rent2Buy （Sold-as-is, 不带
长期保修）, I actually think a good if not better deal w/ warranty is a
Hertz Rent2Buy vehicle + am extended warranty.
I bought a Hertz Rent2Buy + 顶级的Exclusive warrant, （接近于bumper-to-
bumper, 列明少数不修（exclude）的保修，而不是那种列出管修什么（inclu... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 44 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: lczlcz (lcz), 信区: USANews
标 题: 日本汽车公司可比美国汽车公司精多了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Mar 17 18:45:18 2014, 美东)
UAW Faces Another Southern Setback
By
Damian Paletta
March 14, 2014 5:21 p.m. ET
CANTON, Miss.—The United Auto Workers union headquarters here—tucked
beside a cow pasture down the road from a sprawling Nissan Motor Co. 7201.
TO -0.35% plant—was supposed to be a springboard for a new wave of
labor activism across the South.
It has become instead a center of discourage... 阅读全帖 |
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f*****h
发帖数: 4489 | 45 Japanese CEOs are usually paid far less in salary than Western counterparts,
though their compensation often includes perks such as cars, houses and
club memberships.
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x****y
发帖数: 1853 | 46 Check out what these idiots said:
Gregory Calise
This is a huge mistake for Volvo. This will destroy their reputation and
sales. I would never buy a chinese car. Their steel is for crap, and unless
they have Swedish people on the ground supervising every aspect, you can
forget about it. Then consider the slave factories, human rights abuses, etc
., it's just a really, really bad move.
Neez
The reason why chinese crap is so crappy is because of cost cutting measures
more so than poor craftsmanshi... 阅读全帖 |
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m****o
发帖数: 3762 | 47 ACCORD22，500，出门价
需要跟DEALER要OIL CHANGE什么的PERKS吗?
JETTA刚开始谈，2万以下应该
哪个好？
着急入手，谢谢 |
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s*****i
发帖数: 315 | 48 转帖注明出处 http://www.blueovalforums.com/forums/index.php?/topic/51278-x-plan-pins-for-everyone-sticky-this/
需要是正式成员至少60天，有50块钱的membership fee for a year
请大家指点这种方法适用的车型
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Okay. I am creating this thread because this form exists and anyone posting
here is either requesting an X-Plan Pin or has some to give. Unfortunately,
not many people seem to have them to give and too many people are asking for
them..So, I've decided to share my solution for anyone requesting an X-Plan
Pin. You ca... 阅读全帖 |
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g******t
发帖数: 11249 | 49 俺村超市送fuel perks，现在活动是消费100元每加仑减3毛
25的卡每次加不满都浪费了
还是100的好 |
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