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Was The 2000 W-Body Monte Carlo And Impala Meant To Be Rear-Drive? Browsing around on the net, I found a page that posted the specifications of 1998's Chevrolet Intimidator concept car, which would eventually become the production Monte Carlo in 2000, some two years later. I scanned over the drivetrain specs, expecting to see it listing the concept as a "front-engine, front-drive" car. Instead I found the following: Yes, that's right. The concept that previewed the sixth-generation MC was rear-drive. And something else tells me that feature was meant to be carried over into production. Also, I'd like for you to take note of the powertrain on this: And -- I…

Businesswire story A 330 MPG Car for Everyone Three San Diego Engineers Form Company to Build and Sell Revolutionary 330 MPG Hybrid Car January 18, 2006 10:05 AM Aptera website CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2006--Accelerated Composites, LLC, has designed a two-seat passenger car that will achieve up to 330 MPG and sell for under $20,000. The lightweight composite, hybrid car will post this fuel efficiency in normal city and highway driving and demonstrate acceleration and handling similar to that of a Honda Insight. Dubbed the Aptera©, the vehicle achieves these remarkable numbers through the use of cutting-edge materials, manufacturing methods, an…

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No I dont want to know if their food is good. But for those of you who do go there, do they seem to have a pretty consistent flow of customers? I'll explain later....

Because no one else has started teh thread yet (unless I missed it). I'll kick things off with: `72 Chevelle, yellow, perfectly restored `71 or so GTO, blue, for sale `71 (I think) Cutlass for sale, 12k 50's Ford pickup sitting in someone's back/side yard...been there a long time it looks like and on a modern note black Charger SRT-8 red Grand Cherokee SRT-8 several Edges (they are all over the place) white Avenger SE (first base model I have seen) silver Sebring red Aura XR red Serra 1500 crew cab black Silverado 1500 extended cab

alright guys im not gay but i work at starbucks . . . today i was working downtown and there were a couple of people from different locations with me and there was one chick very attractive . . . turns out her name is stephania, shes german and romainian (bred and lived in both countries) and shes a model and 16 (im 17) and i was like OMG your amazingly hot!!!!! . . . so i was set up to get her number like she kept looking at me over and over and we made a bit of eye contact . . . even close eye contact as in like noses inches away (europeans talk close) i played it cool and walked away . . . anyone else want to shoot me in the foot!?!?!?!!?!?! blah

Fallen on hard times --- but it feels good to know that milk and honey's just around the bend. Running on bad lines --- we'd better run as we go, Tear up, tear up the overdraft again. Oh, dear Prime Minister --- it's all such a mess. Go right ahead and pull the rotten tooth. Oh, Mr. President --- you've been put to the test. Come clean, for once, and hit us with the truth. Looking for sunshine --- oh but it's black and it's cold Yet, you say that milk and honey's just round the bend. Giving us a hard time, my friends handing us the same line again. Fallen on hard times --- and there's nowhere to hide Now they've re-possessed the Roll…

Just curious...this search that has stretched a couple months to replace my Avalanche (coming off lease in 5 weeks) is contiuning. My latest option is picking up something used in the US, and bringing it back to Canada. Prices are much more reasonable even after the exchange rate, as is the selection. After driving one here, of all things an 03 or 04 Escaldade ESV (maybe EXT), mainly because of the 6.0L. Maybe a Denali XL too. Important is that the wife likes it too (although I am sure she'd take a Suburban for a lot less $$, and no 6.0L engine). The one here I drove got sold the next day. I've read all up about the hoops that have to be jumped through at US Custo…

Please note, not all models from each brand are on the following sites. However, a good number of them are. Enjoy these, guys. Buick Cadillac Chevrolet GMC Holden Hummer Oldsmobile Opel Pontiac Saab Saturn Vauxhall

This weekend is/will be fantastic weather wise. Low to mid 50'a, sunshine, and a gentle breeze. Can't waste the whole weekend indoors that's for sure, so it's time to get a head start on spring cleaning for the cars. What's done: Vacuumed and cleaned the interiors of both cars Detailed the Intrepid's interior (vents, switches, cracks, etc.) Cleaned the dirty off of the door frames Cleaned the dirt and grime off of the lower inside edge of the doors Cleaned and organized the trunks Added P/S fluid to the Prizm Cleaned the gunk off of the P/S fluid reservoir What's on tap for tomorrow: Adjust the serpentine belt on the Intrepid Thoroughly wash …

when Porsche 911 ads talk about Co2 and MPGs. (I flipped through a few car-rags at the pharmacy today)

Did anyone else see this story on CBS Sunday Morning, January 14? For some reason the first part where they talked to Consumer Reports really struck a nerve with me. I hate how they just group domestic car makers together and how they nit-pick certain test to prove their point. But I guess I should expect any different. U.S. Cars Improve In Quality

Is anyone here knowledgable on buying a car out of state? Alot of the vehicles I've been looking at have been in a state outside of PA. I haven't found much of anything locally. In all likelihood, I'm going to end up with something out of state unless I find a sudden streak of luck. Thusly, I was wondering what the process was for buying out of state and getting it registered here. Does it differ much from the usual registration process? Are there any extra steps that I will need to take?

It's a tad steep. ---- E3 2006: PS3 Date and Price Announced System to come in two configurations, will cost up to $599. by Jeff Haynes May 8, 2006 - In a last minute bombshell, Kaz Hirai announced the specific date and details of the PS3 launch. The PS3 will be arranged in two separate system configurations: a 20 and a 60 gigabyte hard drive system. What's more, Japan will see the PS3 first on November 11th, at a price for 59,800 yen for the 20 gigabyte system setup. The 60 gigabyte system will be open ended and set by retailers. North America, Europe and Australasia will see the system six days later on November 17th. The price? $499 dollars or 499 Euros for the 2…

Okay... so I don't agree with the placement of every song and most of you guys could probably care less, but I'm bored and I feel like talking about music some more... 40. Judas Priest, "Breaking the Law" 39. Alice Cooper, "I'm Eighteen" 38. Accept, "Balls to the Wall" 37. Deep Purple, "Smoke on the Water" 36. Slip Knot, "Wait and Bleed" 35. Quiet Roit, "Mental Health" 34. Black Sabbath, "Paranoid" 33. Def Leppard, "High 'n' Dry" 32. White Zombie, "ThunderKiss '65" 31. Scorpions, "Rock You Like a Hurricane" 30. Faith No More, "Epic" 29. Anthrax, "Caught in a Mosh" 28. Marilyn Manson "The Beautiful People" 27. Iron Maiden, "Run to the Hills" 26. Sepultura, …

Mexican, Italian, and Chinese may as well be American...they don't count. Need to try Cuban... Haven't had Ethiopian in a minute..... But dammit, I feel like I can eat Indian food three times a week, two days in a row, and never get sick of it. Got so bad that one month, I decided I had to avoid the Indian spots. I can get with most all Indian cooking, from spinach curry (sag) to tandoori chicken drumsticks (best dark meat there is, second only to tandoori thighs) to gulab jamun. I mean, really, I just did the Indian buffet over the weekend, and I'm looking to see if I feel like paying $11 to go this week. Any of you guys like this?

OK, this is a crazy question. All of my college training deals is ultra-pratical -- how things go together and how to look at/evaluate money. Society stereotypes certain jobs as male (miner) and certain jobs as female (make-up artist), for example. Is there an occupation typical of the other gender that you could do, or would do? Since I asked the question, I'll go first. I practically live at Borders or Barnes and Noble, so I could have been a librarian (work with books and information all day, and get paid for it). It's far from my first occupational choice, but it's the only one that comes to mind that is not a male dominated field, not by a long shot. But …

A buddy gave my better half some tickets, so I decided to check it out with him., last year. Did not see the flag go up and down, as we did not see the start or the finish. But we did see it on TV lol I just did not not want to deal with the rush of the crowds. I know, my bad. I got to say, I was quite impressed by the power I heard, when the cars raced by. It was incredible. I had more fun walking around the track then sitting in the bleachers. Even though, we did have pretty good seats. Well, I do not remember the name of the race, but I would go back for another. Pretty sure, I won't be invited, though. lol

Visions of things to come in North America? Lawrence J. Speer Automotive News Europe March 17, 2008 06:01 CET PARIS -- CO2 taxes are convincing car buyers across Europe to shift from mid-size and larger vehicles to smaller models with lower emission levels. Industry experts predict the shift will accelerate over the coming years, as most EU member states enact emission-oriented tax regimes to fight climate change. " The market is changing, and we feel the market will continue changing," said Patrick Blain, Renault's executive vice president of sales and marketing. Fourteen of the EU's 27 member states currently tax vehicles based on CO2 emissions, fuel con…

July 22, 2008 Modern Classics: Pontiac Fiero, 1984-1988 http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jb2...ntiac-fiero.htm Pontiac Fieros. By Jeff Burry Pontiac Fiero, 1984-1988 Mid-engine sports cars are not generally associated with General Motors. People are more likely to associate them with exotic carmakers such as Ferrari and Lamborghini. However, the Pontiac division of General Motors produced such a car in the mid-1980s. The car was badged Pontiac Fiero, Italian for "proud." Conceived by John Delorean, and designed by Hulki Aldikacti, the car's chief design engineer, the Fiero was a two-seater, mid-engine sports car built for the masses. It was Ald…

"Sporty" describes looks. "Sporting" is what performance, personality, engineering and such... "Large mid-size" is an oxymoron....if it's a big car, it's a big car...if it's mid-size, it's mid-size. Add on at your leisure....

I was driving a Tahoe LTZ today and it made me think of something.. I've only been driving for about two years, never been a porter or anything like that, and I've driven a vehicle from every GM brand except Saab, Hummer, and GMC. Buick: '07 Rendezvous Cadillac: two '06 CTS's (Ridden in a new CTS and multiple SRXs) Chevrolet: '07 Tahoe LTZ '06 Cobalt SS/SC (own) '01 Camaro Z28 '98 Camaro (owned) '9x S10 '90 Cavalier Pontiac: '05 Grand Prix '99 Grand Am Saturn: My grandma's 199x ugly, slow gold sedan (I need to test some new Saturns..) At some time or another in the near future I'd like to drive a C5 or C6*, G6 GT coupe, Sky*, Vue (Redli…

I wrote this on Wednesday for my blog, I'm just going to copy and paste since I don't feel like dwelling on this subject any more than I have to. "I'm going to try to keep this one pretty short... possibly without much structure considering my emotions right now. It's just that, this is the first time I've been home since Sunday. I didn't figure on it when I headed for Dubois that night. I expected to be back Monday after hanging with Salvy and Jay. Come Monday morning, I get a call from my Mom. She was going to see my Grandma who had been in the hospital since last Wednesday for her cancer treatments, or whatever it exactly was. I had wanted to see her and had some ti…

Just Curious. I like the 80's. Some bands/persons are ACDC, Bon Jovi, ACDC, and ACDC. I listen to some country though. How bout yah?

Being in that twenty-something age range, I'm kind of a connoisseur of frozen pizza right now. It's cheap and many days after work I don't feel like making a big meal. When I was a kid, we used to always get Red Baron. I haven't had it in a few years, but I wasn't really a fan of it when I was younger because all the toppings would slide off and it usually had too much sauce. Brands I've had recently are Jack's, Tombstone, California Pizza Kitchen, and Totino's. I usually skip the DiGiorno type brands because if I'm going to spend 6 bucks on a frozen pizza, I'll just make my own or order one. My favorite is Jack's, especially the new Naturally Rising crust version…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200812...eusingcellphone This should be required in all cars, all the time.

After almost ten weeks of stress, aggravation & many, many dead ends I have finally sold my Super 88 to a worthy buyer. At 11:20 in the morning of April 4th 2007 I received a "subtantial" sum of money in my PayPal account. Just a few short hours later I was driving my 1959 Buick LeSabre home in a blizzard. While XP715 had Sofia in the back seat of his 1996 Buick Riviera I was behind the wheel of a 48 year old two door LeSabre with SpeedingPenguin riding shotgun. So the car drives awsome. It has 53K original miles and looks 95% presentable. There is some peeling paint on the hood due to a small carb fire that the previous owner caused but luckly put o…

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I just picked up a nice bottle of "Desire Blue" that smells real good. $50 for it it better smell good. I've had "Spark" and one other kind that I can't remember over the past few months. What do you guys/gals prefer? Or what do you prefer on your guy/gal?

So I was arguing with some idiot who has no comprehension of marketing products to different markets (background: I'm a psych/marketing major) and whilst explaining to him that the Camaro can appeal to more diverse young people, I typed in the fact I am a liberal gay 21 year old who lives 5,000 miles from Detroit. Did you know that the word gay is automatically blurred on GM Inside News Forums for being inappropriate!? Along with every other bad four letter word I can think of, that of all things is placed on the list of words that can't be seen... Did I miss something or am I justified in being a little peeved???

Camino is planning some upgrades. :AH-HA_wink: In order to be ready to sell my toys, I am planning to upgrade things a bit. Broadband of some kind is on the list as is a scanner. Look out when I get my mits on the scanner- I'm going to post so many pics of my old rides you'll think I was 68!

They are crushing the cars COMPLETE in this video, and it pains me to see a 95 or 96 GMC 2-door fullsize Yukon in line to die just like the very nice COMPLETE Dodge Durango you see die at the end. What a waste of useable parts. Now more energy has to be used to create the replacement parts that are being needlessly wasted in this video...sad.

See the topic title; here are the pictures to reference the trailer in question: I have an idea what it was used for after doing some "brief" Internet research, but I'm not 100% positive that I'm correct. Seeing as how there's a ton of informative people here at C&G, I'd thought I'd post this question.

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=1fa99fcf...=&GT1=10357 check out the outfit...S-LUTTTTT i love the double standard in today's society. Women blatantly dress like hos but then something like this happens and they are all 'I'm a victim / i deserve respect". I don't agree with her being asked off the plane, but the fact that she's 'surprised' about this is so fricking hilarious. Women get away with murder these days in terms of what they can wear. I certainly don't mind if they are visually asking me to blatantly look down their shirt or look up their skirt, it's just that no $h! people are going to think of you as nothing but a ho if this is the…

My tattered, mis-matched Instrument Panel needs a rework. The thing that happened was I found a pile of instrumentation, beside the road and garbage picked some Camaro and other clusters from this gearhead down the street- truly a sign. I'm not kidding. They are GM and match my cable end! I have done many modifications to interiors, now it's your turn! here is a before-(we don't want anything like this) I envision a sweeping,late model Riveria style panel, with an overhang or brow that runs from door panel to door panel(top pad like a gen 3 Camaro also...) Pencils pens chops please feel free to share your ideas for the best I/P …

If so... Now you can!!! Click here, select Brookville, set price to 177,000 to 178,000, click search, then click on the ranch house, list # 01-8049 My uncle and aunt are selling their house. I thought I see if anyone here wanted to be my neighbor... well, one that is a quarter miles away... for $177,900. Yes? No? Crazy? Anyways, it's a ranch house with a large 2 car garage and a swimming pool set on about 2 acres of land. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a nice finished basement (as a "family room"). The only real downside with it is the condition of the roads around here.... and... uh... the race track a few hundred yards from it. Which, I might mention, is why the…

Here's a simple scenario. Let's say you have a few grand saved up and you want to buy a decent beater to keep the miles off of your nice later model car, and to also bear the brunt of going on long commutes to and from class and work, especially in inclement weather. You've found two options that are quite enticing. Here are those two options. Option One: 2005 Saabaru 9-2X AWD; 2.5L Boxer-Four; Five-Speed Stick; 57,000 miles; asking price of $4,000 with room to negotiate. Condition: filthy seats; rusty dent in the rear left side passenger door; horrible curb rash on all four tires, but otherwise sound. Option Two: 2002 Isuzu Axiom 4WD; 3.5L V6; Four-Speed Autotragic Slu…

Start your engines! I'd like to introduce the newest member of my Fleet: 1983 Volvo 240 auto with about 240K miles. Purchased last Sat. for $100. Title and all. It's a clean old beast from the last year of Emissions exemption and other than a few minor things it's a great car. You've probably already guessed by now this poor old dog is going to end up at the 2005 Halloween Howler Demolition Derby & Endurance Race. Boo-Yeah! :metal: I had taken a look at several cars out of the Want Advertiser. I love that magazine. Awsome classified ads. Kick ass prices. I had like 7 cars lined up and went to take a look at a few. In the end Both Grand…

THE WINNERS TOP SAFETY PICKS 2006 CARS & MINIVANS Large: Gold -- Ford Five Hundred/Mercury Montego w/ opt airbags Silver -- Audi A6 Midsize: Gold -- Saab 9-3, Subaru Legacy Silver -- Audi A3, Audi A4, Chevrolet Malibu w/ opt airbags, VW Jetta, VW Passat Small: Gold -- Honda Civic Minivans: (none) Gold = "good" in frontal, side, and seat/headrestraint Silver = "good" in frontal and side, "acceptable" seat/headrestraint Surprisingly, they didn't have a separate PR for the '06 Civic crash result, as they normally do with new vehicle designs.

"I WANT TASTE BUDS!" Okay, so who else out there finds this commercial hilarious? I can't be the only one. My 3 year old does a great impression of the robot too... but I think that's just him being a normal 3 year old anyway (if you have small children at home, you'll know what I mean by that).

My bike has been hanging in my garage since I moved to PA in 2003... unused. It's a Wal-Mart special (shows how old it is, I have boycotted Wal-Mart for years, I think I bought it circa 1998) Pacific Strike 21 speed. It has never been left out in the weather, so it's in great shape. Tires hold air, don't appear too dry or cracked. Butt, it's too high off the ground, and I don't need that many gears. I want to get back into bike riding again, but this time around I am interested in a relaxed riding position and only 3 speeds... a comfort bike that can take on moderate hills. Anyone have any exPIRRience or recommendations? TIA.

Look at this place. I geuss alot of the middles easts oil profits go here, this city is suppose to be the richest place in the world. Here are some of the stuff they have. This is one of the three plam tree shaped islands they have. Man made. This is a indoor ski resort, with always 2 feet of packed powder. outside building. the worlds only 7 star hotel. i couldnt find a room pic yet of the hotel. Pretty sweet huh? thats where are gas money is goin. Will try to find waht else they have here ina little while. Fijan found osme room pic sat that hotel a few posts down.

To see what your top 25 are, go into iTunes and rank your music by playcount. Here we go: 1. "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" -- Paula Abdul 2. "Love Like Winter" -- AFI 3. "Honey and the Moon" -- Joseph Arthur 4. "Into the Groove" -- Madonna 5. "Tattoo of the Sun" -- Third Eye Blind 6. "Eastern Glow" -- The Album Leaf 7. "Take Me Home Tonight" -- Eddie Money 8. "Orange Sky" -- Alexi Murdoch 9. "Empty Bottle Translations" -- Best Interest 10. "Portrait Perfect" -- Best Interest 11. "Wasted" -- Cartel 12. "Running Up That Hill" -- Kate Bush 13. "Running Up That Hill" -- Placebo 14. "I Turn My Camera On" -- Rock Kills Kid 15. "I Can Tell" -- …

I've been requested to contact the grandson of Harley Earl, by said person, in regards to some unspecified internet rambling I did on concept cars. Not sure what caught his eye... This brings me right back to the time the owner of Pontiac Historical Services called my house, demanding to know why I was "badmouthing" him on the internet. (He still hasn't fixed the 'problem' ! )

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To start, this is probably a "been there, done that" thread, but I really don't much care. The question is simple: What car do you forsee or would like to see in your future, new or used. And what might come -- such as the up and coming Camaro -- does not count. It must already be setting on a car lot somewhere. Here's what I'm seeing in or considering to make a part of my future (which more than likely translates to late summer or late fall). 1998 Chevrolet Camaro with about 70,000 to 90,000 miles for around $6,000 to $9,000, Black or Silver. Or... 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado for $2,500 to $8,500, "High Toned Son of a Bitch", Black Only And I won't rule out... 19…

As I sit here at the dealership in the main showroom full of Chevrolet & Cadillacs I think to myself, whatever the heck happened to the DEATH of the V8? We've got about 28 cars here and more than HALF of them are powered by a V8s. Silverado, Trailblazer, two STS V8s, one STS-V, SRX-V8, XLR, XLR-V, 3 Escalades, 2 DTS, Impala SS, Trailblazer SS, Avalanche, 'Burban, Monte Carlo SS, not to mention upstairs on the second floor showroom we have seven Corvettes, 2 of them Z06s powered by the 7.0 liter LS7! And before you ask how many V8s are actually on the lot I'll jump the gun and tell you the "over half are V8s" rule applies. We've got rows & rows of…

Time for some brutal honesty. It's not secret that I'm dissapointed with the Buick lineup as of late. I personally think it sucks. The "fresh" names are lame, the two sedan, one SUV and pair of crossovers is completely retarded & the even worse is the lack of the following: - Affordable sedan (Century) - Personal Luxury 'Coupe' (2dr Reagal) - RWD cars (Regal ) - Bold Styling (last gen Riviera or Park Ave Ultra) - Supercharging or turbocharging, it used to be a Buick trademark - Names that have their roots in Buick history not "masturbation" in French. And the list goes on. But I'd like to take this opportunity to share with you my o…

Does anyone have a rational idea of when car prices will start to fall?

Purely informational for those of you in the market for notebooks: based on the reliability of my Inspiron, I'd advise you to definitely give Dell's competitors a good look. I recently found that the model I own is the victim of a design defect - I now have to replace my hard drive and processor after 13 months of ownership. The cause of this - which I am sure is common with all notebooks (to a certain degree) - relates to an excessively hot battery and a lack of some heat barrier. Unfortunately, my battery was not covered in that massive recall nor has Dell felt the need to notify owners. This diagnosis was made by an on-site Dell tech, who also stated that this is a…

1966 Chevrolet Turbo Titan III Here's an article in Time magazine in '65. It mentions the Titan. From the Magazine | U.S. Business Toronados, Turbos & TV Posted Friday, Jul. 23, 1965 While Washington talked safety last week, Detroit showed off some stylish new and future wares. Oldsmobile introduced its racy, 375-h.p. Toronado, first U.S. car with front-wheel drive since the Cord phased out in 1937. Some foreign automakers, notably France's Citroën, also market front-wheel cars. According to Olds engineers, front-wheel drive offers more traction and stability than conventional rear drive; it also eliminates the hump on the floor (because the transmission and d…

In michigan we only need a single plate in the rear of our cars but today I saw a Corvette with Ohio plates. and since it had them on the front it just looked wierd. Do any of you need two plates and do you mind it?

For the car you drive the most (your primary vehicle), which automaker does it belong to? I don't think we've had an actual poll of this before, but I was kinda interested to see how many members of C&G actually drive GM cars and trucks.

Well I know theres not to many metal heads here but I wanted to tell everyone I went to see Queensryche Operation Mindcrime in its new entirity Thursday night, at Albanys old Palace Theater. Not the best place acoustically for heavy music. I saw Rush and Blue Oyster Cult there twice 30 years ago and the place just boomed, resonating on a certain bass frequency in the Balcony, but they were very loud concerts. People like Santana, Robert Cray, Jean Luc Ponty, Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer and even Uriah Heep did much better acoustically. Anyhow the Queensryche soundman did an excellent job considering and it was not stageringly loud. We abaondoned the balcony and went downstairs w…

I'm starting to realize that in less than one month, my younger brother will be 16. Not only do I tremble at the thought of him driving... he wants a truck, no less. And not just any truck. He wants one that isn't low to the ground. Hide me. Haha. The day he gets his license and starts driving on his own, especially if he gets the sort of truck he wants, will be the day I move far far away from any roads he'd travel on. Anywho... While doing my usual dealer hopping, I did look at a few trucks for him. In Clarion there's 93 GMC Sierra 1500 4x4 with a manual tranny for $2000. It's a single cab, short bed. Then theres like a 94, I think, Ford Ranger in Dubois for about $30…

As I've mentioned, there's this 96 Nissan Hardbody pickup for sale that I'm seriously considering. It's a regular cab, standard bed with a 2.4L 4cyl and 5spd manual. The is in mostly good condition with a few minor rust bubbles around the rear fenders and a ghetto fabulous front bumper. It appears to be solid to my eyes underneath, as well. It's recently inspected. It's advertised at $1999. Tomorrow morning... well... later this morning considering the time... I'm going to look at it in detial, test drive it, and if all goes well on those fronts, I'm going to haggle with salesmen. I would like to get the price down to around $1500 as I see it now. Before I do all th…

I was in the desert on Saturday. It was 110+. Sure it was dry heat, but it was also 110. In May, I took 1 week of vacation and went to Florida. You rarely see triple digits in Florida but the 85 to 90 is always accompanied by high humidity (and thunderstorms). Obviously, I prefer 85 with 40% humidity, but if you had to pick....I seem to respond negatively to the high Farenheits. Your comfort zone?

I'd like to ask you guys if you know of a way we can can get a straight deal from a dealership for our next visit. Is there a way we can get what we want from the start of the deal? Is there any kind of research we can do? If you have a tip, post it here. Thanks guys.

- Hemi motor - RWD - Coupe Styling - made in 1979!