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1996 Buick Century Owner's Manual
a BUICK The 1996 Buick Century Owner’s Manual Seats and Restraint Systems............................................................. 1-1 This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains “SRS” system. FeaturesandControls .................................................................. 2- 1 This section explains how to start and operate your Buick. Comfort Controls and Audio Systems..................................................... 3- 1 This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. YourDrivingandtheRoad .............................................................. 4-1 Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and howto drive under different conditions. ProblemsontheRoad .................................................................. 5-1 This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. Service and Appearance Care............................................................ 6-1 Here the manual tells you how to keep your Buick running properly and looking good. Maintenanceschedule....... ...........................................................7-1 This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use. Customer Assistance Information ........................................................ 8-1 This section tells you how to contact Buick for assistance and how to get service publications. It also gives -
Cleanup Progresses at Former Factory Complex
Cleanup Progresses at Former Factory Complex Buick City Site Revitalizing Auto Communities Flint, Michigan November 2018 Environmental Response Trust The former General Motors-Buick City manufacturing complex is For more information undergoing environmental cleanup that will take several years to complete. If you need more information, have Buick City includes approximately 413 acres divided into the Northend questions or would like to be added (north of Leith Street) and the Southend (south of Leith Street) – see to the mailing list about the Buick attached Site Map. Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental City site, please contact one of these Response (RACER) Trust is tasked with conducting the cleanup and individuals: marketing the property for sale and redevelopment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorizes and oversees the Christopher Black required cleanup work with the support of the Michigan Department of EPA Project Manager Environmental Quality (DEQ). RCRA Corrective Action Section 2 312-886-1451 Two parcels (one on the Northend and one on the Southend), totaling [email protected] approximately 49 acres, have been sold and successfully redeveloped for EPA toll-free: 800-621-8431 new manufacturing operations. About 364 acres are still owned by EPA Region 5 RACER Trust and are available for purchase and redevelopment. RACER 77 W. Jackson Blvd. Trust continues to work on completion of the necessary environmental Chicago, IL 60604-3590 cleanup work for the entire 413-acre site. Environmental cleanup that is necessary because of GM’s historical operations remains RACER Trust’s Kevin Lund, PE responsibility, regardless of who owns the property. MDEQ Project Coordinator Redevelopment Support Site Conditions 517-513-1846 Buick City contains soil and groundwater (water below the surface) that is [email protected] contaminated with various petroleum products and chemicals that were Jackson District Office used as part of GM’s car and truck manufacturing. -
New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc
THE ‘LEARNING BUREAUCRACY’: NEW UNITED MOTOR MANUFACTURING, INC. By Paul S. Adler Downloaded from http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~padler/ THE ‘LEARNING BUREAUCRACY’: NEW UNITED MOTOR MANUFACTURING, INC. by Paul S. Adler School of Business Administration University of Southern California Los Angeles 90089-1421 Tel: (213) 740-0748 DRAFT 3.1 April 1992 Forthcoming in Barry M. Staw and Larry L. Cummings (eds.) Research in Organizational Behavior, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. Acknowledgements: The research on which this study is based would not have been possible without the generous cooperation of managers, workers and union officials at NUMMI. Gary Robinson helped transcribe taped interviews with them and discern the key points. This article has benefitted from the comments of several NUMMI people and from the responses of many friends and colleagues: Chris Argyris, Joel Beinin, Christian Berggren, Bob Brenner, Clair Brown, El Buffa, Bob Cole, John Ettlie, Steve Frenkel, Don Gerwin, Meg Graham, Jan Hopland, Sandy Jacoby, Ed Lawler, Ann Majchrzak, Ruth Milkman, Michael Reich, Dick Scott, Bill Simon, David Stern, Steve Wheelwright, Bob Sutton, Lowell Turner, and Stephen Wood. My thinking has also been stimulated by the reaction of colleagues to presentations at the USC, Harvard Business School, NYU, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. My thanks to all these people, many of whom still disagree. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 3 RESEARCH METHODS......................................................................................... -
Jolda Joins First BOS Race
Vote For LORETTA SCOTT WALKER For Selectman Experience Accountability “I would Vision appreciate your 10 Years Community Service vote on May 5th” to greater Webster Paid for by Loretta Scott Walker for selectman Mailed free to requesting homes in Webster, Dudley and the Oxfords 508-764-4325 PROUD MEDIA SPONSOR OF RELAY FOR LIFE OF THE GREATER SOUTHBRIDGE AREA! Complimentary to homes by request ONLINE: WWW.WEBSTERTIMES.NET Friday, May 2, 2014 THIS WEEK’S QUOTE THE GAMES GO ON Jolda joins “Nothing is particularly hard first BOS race if you divide it into small jobs.” WEBSTER LAKE, Henry Ford ZONING BYLAWS ON INSIDE AGENDA IF Seniors ................. A19 ELECTED Learning .............A5-8 Viewpoint ............. A10 BY JOY RICHARD Sports ..................A11-12 TIMES STAFF WRITER Obituaries ............B Sect WEBSTER — With the Andrew M. Jolda Events Calendar ...B Sect Board of Selectmen’s race Real Estate ...........B Sect coming down to the wire at the Webster Town Hall. Legal Notices ..... B Sect and six candidates ready for Longtime selectman and Joy Richard photos residents to hit the polls, one current Chairman Deborah Players on the Twins carried the first sign for the Oxford Little League during their parade. final newcomer, Andrew M. Keefe and Jeffrey Duggan Jolda, is making his case to will be leaving the board this LOCAL Little League players in Webster and Oxford got their respective seasons off to a wet voters. year with almost a decade of start last weekend, as each league held its Opening Day parade on Sunday, April 27. Jolda is vying for one of service between them. -
Strategic Roads That Diverge Or Converge: GM and Toyota in the Battle for the Top 129
Business Horizons (2014) 57, 127—136 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor Strategic roads that diverge or converge: GM and Toyota in the battle for the top Shamsud D. Chowdhury Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2 KEYWORDS Abstract General Motors (GM) and Toyota competed in the global automobile Auto industry; industry for many decades. While GM hung on to the Number 1 position longer than CEO hubris; any other automaker, it lost this position to Toyota in 2008. It took Toyota 71 years to GM; beat GM but only 2 years for GM to regain the top spot in 2011. Through a brief analysis Path dependence; of the history of these two rivals, I explain why GM and Toyota demonstrated different Toyota; ways of falling from the Number 1 spot. I argue that the reason for the reversal of Strategy leadership positions for these two automakers can be understood by examining executive hubris and the way it either facilitated path dependence or promoted a departure from an established path for the perpetuation of market leadership. I then demonstrate how GM and Toyota acted contrastingly with respect to path dependence and how their CEOs injected hubris almost the same way in their decisions to hold on to the top position. Contrary to the longstanding myth, I also demonstrate that it was hubris–—as opposed to humility–—that characterized executive leadership in Toyota in its last 15 years. Recommendations for practicing or budding executives of large corporations are given. # 2013 Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. -
Michigan Auto Project Progress Report - December 2000 I Inaugural Progress Report Michigan Automotive Pollution Prevention Project
A VOLUNTARY POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP ADMINISTERED BY: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Environmental Assistance Division DECEMBER, 2000: 1st ISSUE John Engler, Governor • Russell J. Harding, Director www.deq.state.mi.us ACKNOWLEDGMENTS DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) thank the Auto Project Stakeholder Group members for providing advice to the Auto Project partners and facilitating public information exchange. The Auto Companies and MDEQ also acknowledge the guidance and counsel provided by the US EPA Region V. CONTACTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For information regarding the Michigan Automotive Pollution Prevention Project Progress Report, contact DaimlerChrysler, Ford, or General Motors at the addresses listed below or the Environmental Assistance Division of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality at 1-800-662-9278. DaimlerChrysler Ford Doug Orf, CIMS 482-00-51 Sue Rokosz DaimlerChrysler Corporation Ford Motor Company 800 Chrysler Drive One Parklane Blvd., Suite 1400 Auburn Hills, MI 48326-2757 Dearborn, MI 48126 [email protected] [email protected] General Motors MDEQ Sandra Brewer, 482-303-300 Anita Singh Welch General Motors Corporation Environmental Assistance Division 465 W. Milwaukee Ave. Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Detroit, MI 48202 P.O. Box 30457 [email protected] Lansing, MI 48909 [email protected] Michigan Auto Project Progress Report - December 2000 i Inaugural Progress Report Michigan Automotive Pollution Prevention Project TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Foreward iv I. Executive Summary Project Overview 1 Activities and Accomplishments 4 Focus on Michigan 11 Auto Company Profiles II. DaimlerChrysler Corporation Project Status 12 Activities and Accomplishments 14 Focus on Michigan 16 III. -
Town of Framingham Historic Preservation Plan
Town of Framingham Historic Preservation Plan Adopted: July 24, 2002 Framingham Historical Commission Laurie Evans-Daly, Chair Elizabeth Funk, Vice Chair Mary Murphy, Secretary Gerald Couto Waldo Lyon David Marks Robert Snider Stephen Herring, Town Historian Donna Jacobs, Framingham Department of Planning & Economic Development Table of Contents Page 1. Preamble 1.1 Historic Preservation Goals ........................................................................................5 1.2 History of Growth and Development in Framingham .............................................6 1.3 Profile of Framingham ................................................................................................8 2. Framingham's Preservation Planning Efforts 2.1 Municipal ....................................................................................................................14 2.2 Private Preservation Organizations .........................................................................20 2.3 Private Citizens Efforts .............................................................................................24 2.4 State .............................................................................................................................25 2.5 Federal ........................................................................................................................29 2.6 Action Recommendations ............................................................................. 29 3. The Cultural Resources Inventory 3.1 The Inventory -
SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERT WITNESS DESIGNATION on the Interested Parties in This Action by Placing Same in a Sealed Envelope, Addressed As Follows
1 SAMUEL J. MUIR (SBN 89883) STEPHEN B. LITCHFIELD (SBN 284951) 2 COLLINS COLLINS MUIR + STEWART LLP 3 1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1700 Oakland, CA 94612 4 (510) 844-5100 – FAX (510) 844-5101 5 Attorneys for Defendant McLARAND, VASQUEZ & PARTNERS, INC. (erroneously sued herein as MCLARLAND, VARQUEZ & PARTNERS, INC.) 6 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA —DOWNTOWN DISTRICT 10 CILKER APARTMENTS, LLC, ) CASE NO. 1-13-CV-258281 Complex ) [Assigned to Hon. Peter H. Kirwan; Dept. 1] 11 Plaintiffs, ) ) McLARAND, VASQUEZ & PARTNERS, 12 vs. ) INC.’S SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERT WITNESS 13 ) DESIGNATION WESTERN NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION, ) 14 MCLARLAND, VARQUEZ & PARTNERS, ) INC., GROUP M ENGINEERS, GENTRY ) 15 ASSOCIATES CONSTRUCTION ) CONSULTANTS, LARCO INDUSTRIES, ) 16 FITCH PLASTERING, COURTNEY ) 17 WATERPROOFING, CELL CRETE, LOS ) NIETOS CONSTRUCTION, MADERA ) 18 FRAMING, KELLY DOOR, TARA ) COATNGS, LDI, ADM PAINTING, ) 19 ALLIANCE BUILDING PRODUCT, JOS. J. ) ALBANESE, ANDERSON TRUSS, ) Complaint Filed: 12/26/13 20 CALIFORNIA CLASSIC PAVERS, CASEY-) FAC Filed: 03/20/14 21 FOGIL CONCRETE CONTRACTORS, ) Trial Date: 02/01/16 CENTRAL COAST STAIRS, ) 22 COMMERCIAL ROOF MANAGEMENT, ) DAVEY ROOFING, INC., DEMETRIS ) 23 PAINTING II, INC., DOORWAY MFG., ) LANDSCAPE PROS, MULTI-BUILDING ) 24 STRUCTURES, PARK WEST, PYRAMID ) 25 BUILDERS, ROBECKS WELDING & ) FABRICATION, RYLOCK COMPANY, ) 26 SUMMIT WINDOW & PATIO DOOR, ) VANGUARD and DOES 1-100, inclusive, ) 27 ) Defendants. ) 28 _____________________________________) Collins Collins 19010 – EXPERT DESIGNATION OF MVP (SUPP) (12-04-15) Muir + Stewart LLP 1999 Harrison Street Suite 1700 1 Oakland, CA 94612 Phone (510) 844-5100 SUPPLEMENTAL EXPERT DESIGNATION OF McLARAND, VASQUEZ & PARTNERS Fax (510) 844-5101 1 WESTERN NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION, ) ) 2 Cross-Complainant, ) 3 ) vs. -
1996 Buick Riviera
I The 1.996 Buick Riviera Owner9$Manual i t We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM and theGM Emblem, WE SUPPORT BUICK, the BUTCK Emblem and the name VOLUNTARY TECHNICIAN RIVERA, are registered trademarksof General CERTIFICATIONTHROUGH National Institutefor Motors Corporation. AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE This manual includesthe latest information atthe.time EXCELLENCE it was printed.We reserve the right tomake changes in the product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute.thename .. “General Motorsof Canada Limited”for hick Motor For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a.. Division wheneverit appears in this manual. French Language.Manual: Please keep this manual in your Buick,so it will be there Aux propribtaires canadiens: Vous powez vous if -you ever needit when you’reon the road.If you sell procurer un exemplaire dece guide enfraqais chez the vehicle, pleaseleave this manual init so the new votre concessionaireou au: owner can use it. DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1500 Bonhill Rd. Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1C7 ’ Litho & U.S.A. CorporationMotors @CopyrightGeneral 1995 Part No. 25639453Edition A First ReservedAll Rights tj ii i b iii Durant also created a racingteam that won 500 racing Buick drew plentyof attention becauseit could chb trophies in 1909 and 1910, including successes at hills and run throughmud like no othef car. Buick's Indianapolis two years beforethe Indy 500 began. endurance and reliability were world famous. The success of Buick engines was visible not only on During World WarI, Buick built Liberty aircraft engines the race track, butin ,endurance tests acrossthe country as well'as Red Cross ambulancesso successfully that and aroundthe world. -
Full Case Studies
Land Use Planning in the Doldrums: Case Studies of Growth Management in the I-495 Region by Christina Rosan and Lawrence Susskind With Ona Ferguson David Fairman Marina Psaros Research Assistance from Ye Ding Pankaj Kumar Jiawen Yang Prepared for the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston by The MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning and The Consensus Building Institute February 2007 Please submit comments and suggestions to [email protected] Case Studies of Growth Management in the I-495 Region 1 Page intentionally left blank Case Studies of Growth Management in the I-495 Region 2 Executive Summary Between 1990 and 2000, communities along Route 495, greater Boston’s outer belt highway, grew about twice as a fast as the region as a whole. How have communities in this corridor responded to that growth and what role did planning and planners play in that response? To answer these questions, we examined eight representative localities in the region. We found that while all the communities generally face similar pressures and share similar concerns, they have responded to those pressures and concerns in quite different ways. Moreover, master planning turned out to be of limited use and professional planners in those communities generally took their cues from public officials and volunteer boards rather than following “best practices” in the planning field. As a result, local land use planning in Massachusetts is still far behind what occurs in many other parts of the United States. In all the localities, private entities are interested in building new residential and commercial developments, usually on previously undeveloped land. -
Index to 1937 ‐ 1938 Buick Articles
Index to 1937 ‐ 1938 Buick Articles Author Title Publication Month Year Volume Number Page(s) Notes 1937 Dealer Service Torque Tube, Bulletins, Page 38 37 Series 40‐60 Instrument Panel Finishing The January/February 2003 XXI 3 18‐19 Torque Tube, Ahrin, Mats Restoration of a Swedish Bodied Buick The January/February 1994 XII 3 12‐17 Torque Tube, Ahrin, Mats Technical Tips Buick ‐ Leaking Steering Gear Box The July/August 2001 XIX 6 18 Torque Tube, Alderink, Tom "Return with us now …" A Bit of Buick History The May/June 1990 VIII 7 14‐15 Torque Tube, Allen, Craig Technical Tips Buick ‐ Cleaning Buick Plastic The July/August 2000 XVIII 6 18 Torque Tube, Anderson, Bill 1937 Buicks Something Special The November/December 2003 XXII 2 8‐11 1937 Torque Tube, Anderson, Heyward On the Gunea Pig Run The July 1983 III 9 24‐25 Torque Tube, Anderson, Karl Technical Tips Buick ‐ King Pin Lubrication The July/August 2000 XVIII 6 21 Torque Tube, Anderson, Karl Technical Tips Buick ‐ Rumble Seat Drains The January/February 2001 XIX 3 14‐15 Torque Tube, Anderson, Karl Technical Tips Buick ‐ Rumble Seat Floor Mats The September/October 2001 XX 1 21 Torque Tube, Armer, Brian Our British Senior Citizen! (The Car Not Me!) The November/December 1999 XVIII 2 10 Torque Tube, Armstrong, Donald E. Mail from Canada The July 1983 III 9 3 Australian Motorist, The Victorian Buick 1938 Buick 8/90, Martin & body, Torque Tube, Sepyember 1, 1938 Built for Victorian Premier Hon. A. A. Dunstan The January/February 2004 XXII 3 11 Reprinted Automobile Digest, Torque Tube, January -
1994 Buick Regal Owner's Manual
.. , .- A a; 'A Regal The 1994 Buick Regal Owner’s Manual Litho in USA @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 1993 Part No, 25609786 A First Edition All Rights Reserved 4. We support voluntary technician certification. GM BmBUICK GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, WE SUPPORT Buick, and the Buick Emblem are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE This manual includes the latest information at the time it EXCELLENCE was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Buick Motor For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a Division whenever it appears in this manual. French Language Manual: Please keep this manual in your Buick, so it will be there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you Aux DroDrietaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous procurer sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new un exemplaire de ce guide en francais chez votre owner can use it. concessionaire ou au DGN Marketing Services Ltd., 1500 Bonhill Rd., Mississauga, Ontario L5T lC7. 2 3 innovator. Buick engineers developed the “valve-in-head” engine, a light, powerful and reliable engine which would eventually influence the entire automotive industry. William C. Durant was instrumental in promoting Buicks across the country using his Durant-Dort Carriage Co. outlets and salespeople as the nucleus of a giant distribution system. He knew the Buick as a “self-seller”. If automobiles could be this good, he thought, maybe it was time to switch from the horse and buggy business to automobiles.