loki

assume i still had my regal wagon. lol

the supply/demand view for the work... there certainly is the supply for the work, but obviously there are logistics involved that also prevent alot of people from being able to meet labor demands... immigrants have it much easier logistically. i do think the wall solution is just stupid. it didn't work for china, why would it work today. we do need immigration reform, maybe as radical as no quota and just have an easy process to make immigration possible... but in this post 9/11 mindset, i don't see productive reform happening.

in your case you're hurting someone trying to make a living, and providing for others trying to earn one. the laws for immigration need to be reformed, but in lieu of that, it's the federal's responsibility to control the border on a state/country line, there is no enforcement on state/state lines. if ....say 1/2 of our military wasn't around the world, there would be more than enough to patrol our nation's borders, and probably noone would be getting killed.

surely the 1 barrel would end up starving the outside cylinders...? would that be both air and fuel? i would vote the 3.8, but i don't know. it is slightly apples/oranges.

ewwww, OUCH!.... best of luck with the options....and such

http://www.xkcd.com/730/ awesome! hahah

well.. doubt anyone here will miss the grand pri, i mean galant. lol

isn't that kinda typical of all NA engines? why would the peak move lower just cause of DI... shouldn't the torque curve just move up, maybe flatten in the lower ranges...

just some things that come to mind.... that's a low redline for the V6. think the weight/cost issue would only come into play if it's pushed into another's price range too much. yo umake the 5.5L premium for the power or because it's a cadi so it doesn't matter?

prolly like my 83 regal... except it did raise made 4" for those maybe 5'4" or so.

03 buick lesabre, leather. flat, slide around... you know by comparison the best was the 91 camaro, side bolsters, cloth, the back had the neck bulge right where mine should be (i'm ~6'2)

good to see you back.... however long it lasts again.

why isn't it a buick.... i want. what a great car mine was.

hahahah. nice.

first point, the fact that Smart has done... decently? i guess... now of course it might just be how different the product is from others, so i'd have to say our "market" is open to new ideas, even european ones i agree otherwise. if you make vehicles that aren't good or people don't like for whatever reason, they won't sell and the manufacturer has to change or loose it's business.

ok, but if silver keeps going like it has ... towards $20 an ounce... that's still like .20 a gallon if we used silver dollars... that's not horribly that expensive. right now it's ~2.60/gal and $18 / ounce, that's like 14 cents per gallon...that's pretty damn cheap. but silver is prolly under valued right now because of probable fraud in the paper silver market. update: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/gas-prices-history.html 1950 - 1959 $0.19 to $0.26 http://inflation.us/coins/coin_details.php?coinID=20 $3.2782652989664 is the melt value for the 1932-1964 Washington Quarter on Apr 10, 2010. using the local price of ~2.65 ....price of gas would be 20.1 cents. on the low side of the 50's price, but not as low as it is right now.

where aren't they regulated? and the first part, obviously.. they're given monopoly status, they better be regulated.

cars have gotten very cheap over the last 10 years....but here's an example from before that too... model T first year "$825.00. Over ten thousand were sold in its first year, establishing a new record. Four years later the price dropped to $575.00" the first year was ~41 ounces of gold... the 4th year was ~29 huge inflation leading up to the 70's "Buick Le Sabre $3,337 1970 " that was ~95 ounces of gold, but obviously isn't a bare bones car like the model T "Ford Pinto $2,078 1972 " ~60 ounces. if it was $35/.. but looked up the high/low and it's average was 57.. so that'd be 36 ounces a new aveo? "MSRP1: Starting at $11,965 " that's ~ 11 ounces so even with all the regulations, prices for a car are practically rock bottom... until GM (and others) has to raise prices because of previous and most likely more future inflation so of course if prices increase substantially, very few people could afford it, so i don't see any positives from these "urgent regulations"...or it just shows how bad things are gonna get if it raises the $$ prices >10%...? ... if they have to keep raising prices, they'll corner themselves, except for exports.... i'll stop there.

an auto? oh the horrors!!!! lol

cause it could easily be the successor to the camino? lol could be a good wagon platform too!

the ssr was on the trailblazer frame GMT 360..?.... same idea, yes, but still different. vs a gmt 355, right?

saw my first crosstour... and a camaro that was green w/ black hood stripes.... the camaro looked kinda bad ass. lol

ham is overrated, Satty. hehe

happy birthday guys!

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