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“Truckin” may recall memorable moments from the 1970 Grateful Dead song, CB radios or perhaps the infamous 1968 Robert Crumb smiling cartoon character that leans back with his foot outstretched and a thumb up in the air.

To the folks behind the wheel, it’s said to be a job that lives deep in their soul. For many, the travails of trucking reverberate – literally – in the vertebrae of the driver in the cab, often taking the bumps in the road wherever they go, suffering from what’s known as “whole body vibration”.

Just when you think you’re out, they pull you back in. It was really inevitable. When two companies spent that much time in the same house the split would be hard, especially on the kids: OnStar and Cadillac.

If you’re one of those people that looks at the Merc SL65 AMG Black and goes “It’s nice and all, but couldn’t it have more power?” Then you’re our kind of person. The pedestrian Black series features a sissified 670 ponies from a boosted V12 6 litre Merc engine. Yawn. It’s also a a girly silver-grey color. In other words, it’s a total Grandma car. If your granny is Ma Schumacher.

Our good friend John Paul (aka the Car Doctor), who hosts his weekly radio show on WROL, 910am Boston, had a chance to talk to John Fitzpatrick, Marketing Manager of the Chevrolet Camaro this past weekend. John and John discussed a recent 5th gen Camaro meet-up in Georgia, the new Camaro Synergy edition, and how great of a deal the V6 Camaro is.

The entire show is an hour long but the interview with John Fitzpatrick is up first and lasts 16 minutes. The rest of the show is just as good, so don’t stop listening after the interview. Check out the full show replay after the break.

Ford and Microsoft’s Sync system has already received praise from press and consumer a like, and now they are adding more features. The Sync Applink system will be available on the Ford Fiesta and be compatible with Android and Blackberry Phones – Sorry iPhone users, you have to wait till next year.

The Sync Applink system will allow drivers to safely interact through voice controls with their smart phones to control applications. Initially the system with launch with compatibility for Pandora, Sticher, and OpenBeak for Twitter.

Ford has also launched a Sync developer community and the “Mobile Application Developers Network” to give partners access to the Sync API. Developers can go to www.syncmyride.com/developer to submit ideas and sign up for information and get the Sync SDK.

Ford expects mobile computing to be big. The Sync System uses the Ford Service Delivery Network, a cloud based content delivery network that handles turn-by-turn directions.