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OMG GLaDYS!

Agreed. Over the age of 8? Shouldn't wear them. Gotta disagree with you here, man. Uggs are kinda hot. Though stay away from Malibu, because they're weird out there and the MEN wear Uggs as often as the women do. It's also quieter and freaks out more vision-impaired people.

SO f@#kING TRUE!!!

Funny, everyone I knew with one of those back in the 90s couldn't wait to get rid of them at the end. Just fell apart completely after a few years. I've always liked the dustbuster design, but those things just had problem after problem...

Update: as per comments at Autoblog, this is by the Duke U. campus in NC, and as can be seen on Google StreetView, the overpass has ample warning signs for several blocks in advance, as well as pole-mounted yellow flashers flanking a sign that reads "VEHICLES OVERHEIGHT WHEN FLASHING" assumedly triggered by radar. Stupid drivers.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that those semis weren't driving on a truck route. They also did not appear to be "local deliveries" since there were several in short time frames (unedited clips showing multiples). Never ignore "No Trucks" signs that I am SURE appear prior to the bridge. Doesn't say where this is, but my guess is that the groundwater table is too high to safely lower the road without 24/7 pump operations, and raising the bridge (and therefore the track leading up to it) is just not feasible. It isn't like this is the only road in and out of the town, so the trucks should stick to the designated routes. Hopefully the municipality makes the trucking companies pay for repairs

Broomball. The body ache lasts for several days, and you get decent cardio and hip/core workouts from trying (and often failing) to maintain balance. Oh, and it's fun. Just be active up and down the rink, and not be a lame pussy chilling on "defense" by the goal the whole time.

"Semi-Charmed Life" or "Rock Star Land"

Hey NOS, if you want answers to your questions, go to a Fiero Owners Club online forum. They will have EVERYTHING you need and more. I don't think anyone on this site has a Fiero.

Fleetwood Brougham got Cadillac on the radar of the rap artists. It was a game MAKER.

Nothing says "1980s" like a plastic, mid-engined Pontiac Fiero. EXCITEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

QUOTE (trinacriabob @ Mar 10 2009, 01:55 PM) Who's Carla? (I can't hold a candle to you for pop culture) I hear this phrase at work to describe people who are (in reality) disliked. But wait, PCS is ok. Unique, that's for sure. You should watch Top Chef. That was Carla's catchphrase from the NY season that just ended.

Oh, the taillights were "inspired" but the overall car shares very little visually in overall style with the Toronado IMO. I don't doubt the designer was "inspired." But to have the styling inspired by something is totally different from being the spiritual successor of, or the "replacement" of something. That's like the original CTS being "inspired" by the 1959 Eldorado, and yes that's a quote you can find out there on the internet from its initial launch. But does the 2003 CTS look a thing like the 1959 Eldorado? No, not really. Vertical taillamps that hint at fins, but look at almost any Cadillac from the 1960s onward.

This one I disagree with. The 88 and 98 were essentially the same car, with near-identical styling. They were less visually-differentiated than cousins LeSabre and Park Avenue. The 88 was killed at the same time the 2nd gen Aurora was released, and with the availability of the 3.5, there was no reason the one car couldn't replace both. In fact, the 2nd-gen Aurora was developed as "Antares" to replace the 88, with the original Aurora continuing to share with the Riviera, but when the Riviera was cancelled in 1999, Antares became Aurora to cash in on the positive response of the Aurora.

Well, when you go to Walmart and get the appliance for $20 when other brands at other stores offer comparable items for $80, you pretty much know you're buying crap, especially when it feels flimsy to use. G6 is a price-leader, especially compared to Camry and Accord. Its interior is cheap and flimsy-feeling. Yes, that's perceived quality...but guess what? The G6 has proven to be an unreliable car. The new Malibu feels a lot more quality, and again while that is perceived quality, its overall reliability has proven to be superior to that of the previous generation, despite anecdotal evidence by Walt.

I can say that the actual poor quality of MB had everything to do with the car and not my expectations of it. Plastic interior parts falling off after a mild bump in the road, grab handle coming off in hand when it was just unfolded--no downward pressure applied whatsoever, ~75% of the spark plugs having to be completely replaced every 9 months, poor exterior build quality--I could fit my finger through the gap between the rear bumper and the sheetmetal, radio that failed intermitantly, radio where the volume would randomly go to full blast and couldn't be turned down until turned off and then back on, body creaks and rattles, etc. The thing was a POS, and it is the only vehicle I have ever had or been familiar with that has had anywhere near the number of problems it did. And they were all $$$ because it has the Tristar on the hood.

Your mom is awesome, though I agree with you on right to die philosophy.

QUOTE (trinacriabob @ Mar 10 2009, 09:15 AM) Nothing but love, PCS, nothing but love... OK, Carla...

Great news!

I forget, what exactly is wrong with the carb? Our beautiful 1980 Sedan de Ville was running like $h!, and dying if you took turns too hard at low speeds (think parking lots), but then we had the carb cleaned and BAM ran like (almost) brand new! Or did you not clean the carb, and then some bigger problem resulted, like a hole in the exhaust system? I'm fuzzy on the details with this...

Did I use any of those words in my post? No. Do not put words in my mouth; after that snide little gem of a post, I steadfastly maintain that you do need to take a chill pill.

Eh, I don't think having a unique logo on the Aurora killed Oldsmobile. I can also appreciate the logic from GM's side: had Olds been shuttered in 1994/1995, the Aurora still would have been produced and sold, just at another division--the only change needed to be made would have been sticking in a Buick radio that didn't say "Oldsmobile" on it, otherwise the car was good to go with zero other changes. The 2nd gen has "Oldsmobile" across the rear decklid, and while they redesigned the logo for the division, that wasn't much of an issue. Cadillac redesigned its logo, and nothing happened. The new Olds logo really was just an angled, circular version of the old one, anyway, with a rocket going through a circle.

Ehhhhhhh...that's a bit of a reach. Really, even the taillight design is reaching for me. The biggest similarity I see between the original Aurora and the Toronado is that they both were platform mates with the Riviera. The 2nd gen is very clearly an Aurora redesign with many of the same cues, same overall shape, but cleaner, less space-age styling. Yet looking at it and a Toronado...nothing.

So what you're saying is...you like to order a Big Mac Daddy with an extra squirt or two of the "special sauce"?

There is no irony, no humor--just blatant racism. Maybe it's funny to you and your non-black friends sitting outside on the back porch drinking beer, but to those of us that have an ounce of cultural awareness--not funny. I learned years ago that even when said in the most unserious, joking manner that this is still offensive to black Americans. Not cool.