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Some employees will take uncompetitive wages if they have loyalty to a company and realize the company is going through rough times and everyone needs to shoulder a pay cut. It's happened before. I don't care about Kawasaki, I care about Toyota and Honda to a lesser extent. The UAW has tried to organize there, and they are blown off everytime. The employees there want nothing to do with the unions.

Better SS than LTZ...

GM really should go for it...Cadillac can be "Breakthrough" and "Standard of the World" while Buick is "sophisticated elegance" and "sumptuously breathtaking."

Sonata DOES count as far as I'm concerned. It is a very competitive product. It has an appealing design, and it looks nice enough for someone to avoid feeling embarrassed over its purchase. It might not blow away the competition, but it is a very solid competitor in the segment. Hyundai also has some very capable SUVs. I'm not big on Korean cars myself, but I gotta give credit where credit is due. In 1998 Hyundai was looked down upon as pretty cheap, basic transportation, and now they are said in the same breath as Toyota and Honda in many circles. That's a pretty good turnaround. They've come farther faster from 1986 and their Excel to the present than the Japanese did from the 1970s to their first truly competitive products in the early 90s.

Again, what's your proof of that? In recent years several carmakers have turned their images around with just one model. Look at Nissan and the Altima. Cadillac had the triumverate of the CTS, Escalade, and EXT. If Buick came out with breakthrough product, who's to say they couldn't do the same? Look at Hyundai. With a few models they are now a power player. It really just takes one breakthrough product that generates a lot of enthusiasm to begin to turn a brand around, and good followup product launches to keep the momentum going. With my plan, Buick would still be a notch below Cadillac, but currently GM's inane pricing strategy will have Saturns and Buicks in a similar price range while Cadillac goes from 30-100k. That's quite a spread. If Buick were bumped up with product deserving of a higher price, then it would take some pressure off of Cadillac to deliver a 40k STS and be able to make all trims of its product exemplary.

Flip phones are actually more simple than non-flip phones because you don't have to worry about breaking your keypad, or messing with keylock. As much as I loved my old Nokia, after a year a few of the buttons weren't working so well. Don't have that problem with a flip phone. Hinges only break if you drop a phone repeatedly on them, or if the phone is just that poorly constructed. The RAZR's hinges are very heavy-duty, and I have yet to understand the concept of dropping a phone. I've dropped my phone maybe 5 times total in the 4 years I have has a cell phone. I just don't understand how people are so clumsy with something so delicate and expensive?

But it really wasn't logical for GM/Isuzu to design the GMT-355s with such a small engine compartment in the first place!

Now we finally have some home games! W00t W00t it's good to be a Trojan...

I just know we've got another national title, though of any game that I am worried about, it will be the Cal game. I just know I'm gonna have a massive party this winter for the bowl game B) It will be sweet.

Yea but Texas is #2. I would like to hope #2 would beat #10. I agree Washington's a cupcake, but it is a fun game to watch since we don't have the limitations of Weis' coaching placed upon us. Both teams have had some good rushes. It's much less stressful...I haven't had a single cigarette today, while by this time last week I'd gone through at least 5.

Buick should return to the design theme of the LaCrosse concept. That was sexy as hell.

The GMT-355 has a very small engine compartment. That's why the trucks are stuck with the I-5 for now, which while adequate does not provide the power many customers want.

Buick is where Cadillac was a decade ago. All they need is one stunning, superlatively capable vehicle to turn their brand around, or at least get the momentum going. Frankly, I think you could even make some financial sense out of it. Put both Buick and Cadillac on similar (if not the same) platforms and have the styling and interior design be the distinguishing characteristics as well as ride. Buick should have the same engines, too, but not in high output versions. This would decrease platform costs via volume by allowing both Cadillac and Buick to utilize the same basic underpinnings. The corresponding Cadillac platform-mate would have a 15-20% premium over the Buick, and this would go toward higher-end features, sportier suspension, and even higher quality interiors. Buick wouldn't have any trucks or SUVs, but crossovers are game. Thoughts?

No, you're all wrong. It's going on Beta, the magical, mystical platform that gets 55mpg, has a V8, is RWD, both BOF and unibody at the same time and if you know how to do it right, can hover four feet off the ground.

But ultimately which platform is superior? I'd say GMT-360.

...and with the first half completed, USC 37-17. Those points just keep racking up in an increasingly one-sided manner...

Still first half, and we are spanking Washington 34-17. I'm calling this game early B)

I think they can do this.

TED's been a mod since the beginning. I believe all the mods are now global mods, and thus in the "Admin" category, n'est-ce pas?

Their employees are pretty satisfied though. You can have the most crooked company, but it will have the support of the employees as long as they are satisfied and do not feel like they are screwed over.

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I disagree. Back seat shouldn't because of kids. In some instances, auto-down can be unsafe...kids throw things from cars.

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People watching is definitely a big part of my day...there's nothing better to do when walking to and from class, right? And lots of diversity in LA... The best are the cell phone conversations where the girls forget that they are in public and start sharing way more than they prolly realize!

Why are you bringing Josh into this? I have no ill will toward him, if that's what you are insinuating. I don't know what you are talking about regarding being "passed over" as I never was for anything to my knowledge. Just because Josh and I don't see things the same way and are equally passionate about this site, doesn't mean we hate each other...???