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Supercopa Seat León. A las carreras con la abuela.
En este 2010 se está celebrando la novena edición de la Supercopa Seat León, una competición en la que todos los coches son de este modelo de la marca Seat. Gracias a que los premios son jugosos, las reglas técnicas y deportivas están bien pensadas y a que el Seat León es un coche que se presta a este tipo de cosas, esta competición monomarca es todo un lujo.
Madrid, Valencia, Portimao, Navarra, Andalucía o Barcelona serán escenario de las carreras. Si os apetece ir “por lo jeta” a disfrutar de las carreras no dejéis de visitar www.emocionsinlimite.com, donde podéis conseguir entradas a parte de tener toda la información sobre la competición.
También podéis disfrutar en Facebook de la Supercopa Seat León, además de informaros y comentar lo que queráis sobre las carreras, los pilotos, o qué haríais vosotros si os dejaran meter vuestro Seat León en el circuito. Pero bueno, por orden, para lo primero, algo más serio y oficial, está http://www.facebook.com/supercopaseatleon. Para lo segundo, para decir sandeces, colgar fotos gansas y hasta charlar con algunos tipos importantes está http://www.facebook.com/aaaesl, que es el FB de la Asociación de Abuelas Amantes de la Emoción Sin Límites.
El vídeo de arriba es el de este año, y es que no hay nada como llevarse a la abuela a las carreras. Eso sí, en plena carrera, a pesar de todo, no se podrá aguantar y dirá aquello de “hijo, que vas muy recio, levanta el pie”; así que mejor dejarla cuidando del coche y haciendo unos pañitos para los asientos, que siempre visten mucho.
El vídeo del año pasado tampoco está nada mal. Aquí os dejo el enlace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQrVbg9xXLE. No os olvidéis de que por mucho Seat León que tengáis, a correr a los circuitos y con casco.
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Steve Rattner, President Obama's car czar, has released galley proofs of ``Overhaul,'' a book that gives an insider's peek at the government's restructuring of the U.S. auto industry, most notably the two automakers that filed for bankruptcy, General Motors and Chrysler.
The 320-page memoir, to be published October 14 by Houghton Mifflin, lauds the government's efforts, spicing the tale with tittle-tattle such as the four-letter expletive aimed at the UAW by President Barack Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. A White House source, speaking without attribution, told the Washington Post that Emanuel defended and advocated for the autoworkers.
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