By Nellie Lide
GM Consultant
BlogHer ’06 is over and it was wonderful! So many women, so many blogs, so little conference time. The second day was great — I spent the morning with the GM cars and talking to women as they took a test drive. Lots of women bloggers have been posting about GM’s efforts at the conference. Here’s what some of them have to say:
Today’s photo comes from the albums of darkthirty. Here’s what he has to say about his photo:
“antique cars in gastown, vancouver, 2005″
Be sure to look at all of darkthirty’s photos and our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your favorite photo with a GM car or truck in it, put it up on Flickr and tag it with “gmfyi.”
By Nellie Lide
GM Consultant
Well, I’m here with GM at the BlogHer conference. I work at The McGinn Group (PR firm – GM’s one of our clients) and blog at www.newpersuasion.typepad.com. You know you’re at a conference full of women when the first thing the conference speakers talk about is the bathroom situation. (Only one women’s room nearby – so the men were warned the women may commandeer their bathroom.)
GM is one of the corporate sponsors here, and the cars they have for test driving are beautiful. Literally tons of Saturns (I have my eye on the Saturn Vue Green Line ), the upcoming Saturn Outlook and even a Cadillac Escalade (yes, I will be taking that out for a test drive since that’s the closest I’ll ever get to owning one.) Actually, GM is giving out a little goody bag and then, if you test drive a car, you get a bigger goody bag. I say bring it on. Did I mention I love the free stuff at these conferences?
Today’s photo comes from the albums of lee_3dhighway. Here’s what he has to say about his photo:
“Whew! That was a narrow escape!”
Be sure to look at all of lee_3dhighway’s photos and our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your favorite photo with a GM car or truck in it, put it up on Flickr and tag it with “gmfyi.”
More than 4.1 million miles.
That’s how far just 17 members of the Chevy Silverado 200,000 Mile Club have driven their trucks. The Longest Lasting Truck club highlights the durability and quality of Chevy trucks, the most dependable, longest-lasting trucks on the road. All 17 appeared at a club event that was part of a radio remote by WMIL-FM 106 on July 7 in West Allis, Wisc., just west of Milwaukee.
The longest-lasting Silverado at this event belonged to Kyle Burke, with more than 289,000 miles. Kyle said, “I always have had Chevys — they are dependable.”
By Michael Wiley
Director, New Media
GM is a platinum sponsor of the 2nd annual BlogHer conference, which takes place this Friday and Saturday in San Jose, Calif. BlogHer, in case you haven’t heard, is the only conference I’m aware of whose mission is to “create opportunities for women bloggers to pursue exposure, education, and community.” We’re all really excited about this conference and there will be something like 700 bloggers in attendance. I’ll be heading out to California tomorrow morning and I’ll be meeting up with several (female) members of our blog team. We’ll be attending the conference sessions and meeting members of the community, but better yet, we hope to be answering questions about the GM vehicles that will be on site.
We will have several of the latest, greatest vehicles on site for the bloggers to drive, including several Saturn products like the Sky, Aura, and Vue Green Line. And, coolest thing of all, we will have a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle on site available for test drives. This is a great opportunity to test drive the future, and I plan to take it for a spin myself. It should be fun.
We’ll plan to post an update or two from the conference, and our intrepid videographer will be with us, so maybe we’ll seek some impromptu vehicle reviews after attendees complete their test drives…
Not too long ago, Anne deVille and Lloyd Kinnett shared their stories of finding love and happiness through their new Pontiac Solstices. They just returned from Kansas City for the First National Solstice Meet, and Anne has a full report.
By Anne deVille
Lloyd and I just returned from the First National Solstice Meet in Kansas City, Mo., which was held from July 14-16. Due to high gas prices and the desire to be in each other’s company, we took only one “Sol”. We left a day early so that we would be at the hotel in time to watch all the Sols pull in. We also traveled with two of our “Solmates” and enjoyed the attention that the three cars received on our journey into the heartland.
To our surprise, when we rolled in to the hotel, there were already quite a few “Sols” there… more than I had ever seen in one place! The hotel had set up a place for grooming the cars, and there was always a line of owners taking advantage of this. It was a great gathering place to meet other owners and see what that they had done to personalize their cars. Everyone was very friendly and willing to lend a hand or share cleaning supplies. Quite a few people driving past the hotel pulled in to the lot to get a closer look, and they the free car show.
Today’s photo comes from the albums of iluvcocacola.
Be sure to look at all of iluvcocacola’s photos (this photo has extra notes on the Flickr page) and our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your favorite photo with a GM car or truck in it, put it up on Flickr and tag it with “gmfyi.”
By David Gibbons
Plant Manager, GM Shreveport Assembly
A couple of weeks ago Hummer extended the loan of 12 H3s, already in use in post-Hurricane Katrina cleanup, for another year to the state of Louisiana.
These vehicles have already been used to transport food, relief workers, medical supplies and water to those in need. They’ve been to Mardi Gras and have been employed as high-water response units for an area police department.
Today’s photo comes from the albums of lastdollarventures.
Be sure to look at all of lastdollarventures’ photos (this photo has extra notes on the Flickr page) and our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your favorite photo with a GM car or truck in it, put it up on Flickr and tag it with “gmfyi.”
Today’s photo comes from the albums of AutoExposureCanada. Here’s what he has to say about his photo:
“Travis Barker performs for the media at the North American International Auto Show after unveiling the 2007 Cadillac Escalade live on MTV.”
Be sure to look at all of AutoExposureCanada’s photos (this photo has extra notes on the Flickr page) and our other albums. And if you would like to recommend your favorite photo with a GM car or truck in it, put it up on Flickr and tag it with “gmfyi.”
