There’s just a lot happening and I can hardly give you every thought and conversation I have had.  But, I did want to give you a general sense of what I picked up at J.D. Powers Automotive Roundtable yesterday.

Also, I thought one of the most energized presentations was the Smart idea (at least the idea continues to grow on me.)  But as you know I wrote a long piece about it just last week, and so I really don’t want to beat a dead horse.  So even though I didn’t bring it up in this piece, I just thought I would pass along that it continues to cause a fair amount of buzz in the industry.    

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