Reprinted From Bill Overton:

‘Twas the night before Christmas and out in the garage,

There wasn’t a trace of a Honda, a Toyota or even a Dodge.

The presents were wrapped and the lights were all lit,

So I figured I’d mess with my Corvette for a bit.

I popped the release and I lifted the hood,

When a deep voice behind me said “looks pretty good.”

Well, as you can imagine, I turned mighty quick,

And there, by the workbench, stood good ol Saint Nick!

We stood there a bit, not too sure what to say,

Then he said “don’t suppose that you’d trade for my sleigh?

I said “no way, Santa” and started to grin,

“But if you’ve got the time we could go for a spin!”

His round little mouth, all tied up like a bow,

Turned into a smile and he said “hey! Let’s go!!”

We opened the doors to claim [...]

From ESPN News/Associated Press:

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Corvette Racing unveiled the new 2012 Daytona prototype on Tuesday at Daytona International Speedway.

It’s the first Daytona prototype body built by a manufacturer. Its first test will be Wednesday at Daytona.

The Corvette DP will have four teams next season — Bob Stallings Racing; Wayne Taylor Racing; Sprit of Daytona Racing and Action Express Racing.

The car will make its racing debut in the 50th anniversary of the GRAND-Am Rolex 24 at Daytona in January.

Jim Campbell of Chevrolet says sports cars and endurance racing is the perfect platform for manufacturers to develop cars. The new car incorporates Corvette styling cues and is recognizable to sports car enthusiasts.

A would-be car thief in Prince George, B.C., has learned a powerful lesson from a powerless car.

He now knows that the Corvette he tried to steal on Sunday afternoon becomes nothing more than a four-wheeled holding cell when the battery dies.

RCMP Sgt. Jason Keays told the Prince George Citizen the 21-year-old jumped into the idling Corvette just as the owner was putting away a charger used to revive the sports car’s dead battery.

The owner watched in disbelief as the thief rolled up the power windows, locked the power doors — and promptly stalled the vehicle while trying to back out of the driveway.

Without enough juice in the battery to restart the car, the suspect was trapped inside as the Corvette withstood his efforts to smash a window or pry one open with a [...]

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When we find these ads, we immediately contact Cars.Com as request they removal, which they do in a timely manner, but they refuse to report these fictitious ads to the authorizes. For this reason, I feel obligated to inform our customers to be very wary about any ad they see on Cars.Com. At this time, Cars.Com is offering a safe haven for scammers and this effects every legitimate person trying to do business on the Internet.

Here is an excerpt from an email between the scammer and a potential customer:

—–Original Message—–

From: Anes Bolesta [mailto:anesbolesta@aol.com]

Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 6:11 PM

To: [...]