Croc

HAHAHA the headlines would read "GM SPENDS GOVERNMENT BAILOUT ON STRIPPERS AND BLOW"

No reg, the Solstice was destroyed in a drunken driving rampage. Now it's just too much Coors (or is that too high-brow for our Joshiepoo?)

Valium (Diazepam) works great. You can get them in Mexico for CHEAP!

Honestly, I'd much rather have a car that needs to be fixed sooner rather than later. And a bad computer? Those are rare, and an easy fix. Keep us updated; I'm not easily impressed, but I have only one complaint about the new Malibu: no rear seat armrest. Other than that, no flaws I can find.

Hmmm. That's odd, but the new Malibus certainly don't have a bad rep, so hopefully this is a one-time problem, and he has many happy years of driving to look forward to.

I'm with toesuf on this one--more info needs to be obtained. As for the G6...well, I've been pretty vocal on my feelings of that car on this site. Caveat emptor.

I've seen Nicole Richie walking down Melrose Ave., same area I once saw Tate Donovan. I saw Victoria Beckham driving her damn Prius in Beverly Hills, looking completely discombobulated. I saw the chick from the band We Are the Duo (or The Duo) outside a restaurant in Manhattan Beach once (not really famous, though), and about five minutes later saw Charla (of Charla and Mirna) from The Amazing Race down on the pier.

I'm an ESTP, but my S-N is the least pronounced. I definitely think I am a little bit more sensing than intuitive, but I do have a really good intuition about myself, so I guess I'm well-rounded?

No way in hell could it be better than my great-grandmother's banana cream pie. No f'in way... I've been told my recipe for coconut cream is good, but I don't think it's ready for primetime yet...not enough coconut flavor. And I've tried using real coconut milk in the custard, coconut extract, freshly grated and/or toasted coconut in the filling...nothing gives it that PUNCH! I want it to. I make a damn good pumpkin pie, completely from scratch. I have a pretty good sugar cream pie recipe (posted it in the Cooking with Croc thread, IIRC). I haven't made key lime yet...that's my next project, especially since I LOVE real key limes. My cherry pie was pretty good the one time I made it, and my apple was fantastic. Man, now I wanna bake...

It's about structure. English is Germanic in structure. English does not conjugate verbs like Romance languages, and nouns do not have masculine/feminine connotations. Much of our vocabulary is derived from other languages, particularly French when discussing governmental, legal, and some cultural concepts, but the structure of the language is solidly Germanic.

You're right, C&G would be free of the tres gauche stench of the nouveaux riche. This seriously sounds like an "event" straight from the Real Housewives of Orange County.

Don't get the Storm--it isn't a true touch screen. The screen sits on top of buttons...ummmmmmmm I give those about 4 months before they self-destruct.

Yeah, but wouldn't decent, dependable blogs deliver the same thing, but without the soundbyte form? Without having ANY of the trivial stuff? Maybe I just don't "get it," but since it doesn't deliver anything particularly exclusive or unique, I don't see a point--it's a trendy thing, and like all trends it will be replaced by The Next Big Thing.

What the digerati are saying...about what exactly? What they had for breakfast? How they "just had a random thought...more to come"? I mean I find facebook status annoying enough, and I can't imagine finding anything of value on Twitter that I could not find elsewhere sans the inanity. And for breaking news there are many, many other options. God forbid you don't hear of something BEFORE you sip your latte, rather than 8 sips into it.

steak Turtle is very, very yummy

Oh, no offense moltar, but I have some very strongly negative opinions about Twitter and the twits who use it. I find it extremely narcissistic, and can encourage stalker-like behavior. To use your example: Why the hell do I give a rat's ass where Shaq likes eating in the Scottsdale area? Does he really think he's a tastemaker? Am I going to elevate him to tastemaker status? ...and Twitter is a perpetuator of the classic problem of "the guy no one ever invites, yet always manages to show up." Creepy.

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Seriously, go for it if you can. Those are sooooooo sick.

Good call, because it won't make any difference. If you want to do something proactive, buy several Pontiacs. This month. And get alllllllllll your friends and fellow petitioners to do the same. I'm thinking like 5 to 7 brand new, incentive-free, over-sticker Pontiacs per person. Oh, you don't have the money? Well maybe there isn't much of a REAL DEMAND or REAL MARKET for Pontiac after all.

This is fantastic news, and a potential revenue windfall for GM, if they play their cards right. Yes, fleeted vehicles aren't much in the way of $$$ profit margins, but think of the opportunities for servicing government vehicles. Licensing revenue, custom paint jobs and decals, etc. GM could certainly do worse. Oh, and that would extend the shelf life of the G8, huh? Maybe it'll be on the market a lot longer than 3-4 more years.

Camry and Accord have a much more premium interior design. They are comfortable, quiet, and drive more than adequately. They may not have all the freebie amenities included in the base, but the base trims still feel more upscale in materials, design and build quality than many of GM's midlevel trims on comparable cars. Interiors are not just "simply a fashion issue." There are certain levels of refinement in design, materials, and fit-and-finish for each vehicle class (size and "prestige" classes). GM hasn't gotten totally it yet--only random vehicles hit the mark, and not all on the same platform/build schedules do, either. Perceptions of cars are like perceptions of people--so many posters on here complain about reviews that nitpick little things on GM cars, but little things add up--say you meet a person in real life, and they don't make eye contact, smirk slightly from time to time, and wear really oversized clothes. Taken on their own, maybe they are insecure and unsure of themselves around new people, have an off-beat sense of humor, and really bad fashion sense...or maybe taken as a whole they seem shady and untrustworthy. You go car shopping, and while everything might be competitive on paper, you get behind the wheel and notice how the switches move, the shift knob feels, the way the car squeaks or doesn't squeak when going over bumps...you come out of it with a perception of quality or lack of quality. GM just doesn't sweat the details in enough of its product offerings, and unfortunately not in its big volume products, because those segments "always sell." But not forever, and not on any perceptions of quality. Daewoo sold cars--they were damn cheap. But the honeymoon sure didn't last very long, now did it?

The Catera was very heavily revised, both inside and out. If you put the two side-by-side the differences would be obvious. I'm not really trying to continue an argument on this or anything, but from the numerous Cadillac owners and dealership employees / service technicians I know, they all refer to them as different "gens" because the driving dynamics, amenities, and most importantly reliability, are like night and day between the two iterations--pretty much the only thing unchanged were a few exterior body panels; the mechanics were thoroughly reworked.

With all due respect, this is horse$h!. Do you see what GM's financials look like? They are not making good enough vehicles with real consumer appeal across the board. Has the G6 sold units? Of course. But how many of those units have produced profit? How many of them were to real consumers (i.e. sales that matter)? Has GM broken even on the development costs for the G6? Here's what GM apologists forget: if GM were building desirable cars that even attempted to be in the top THIRD of their class, GM wouldn't be in the financial situation they currently are in, and we'd have G8 STs, Zeta Impalas, Cadillac Sixteens, and all the other little goodies the site's populace is bitching about being "shelved." Car companies NEED to build ultra-competitive cars, especially in VOLUME SEGMENTS, because that subsidizes all the other little niche vehicles that appeal to enthusiasts. Acura never would have built an Integra if Honda weren't selling a $h!load of Accords. BMW couldn't make the 6er if it weren't selling a $h!load of 3ers. Simple economics.

Meh...the 2000 restyle is often referred to as the "2nd gen" because of all the changes, as well as the much-improved reliability.

Really? That's not what I've heard at all. 1st-gens were very hit-or-miss, but the 2nd gens were consistently good.