gm4life

Shoot, I need new glasses I guess. I thought it was a Silvia. It's pretty. The G5 looks good with rkSport stuff on it, I find their stuff to be not horrible.

No your right after looking at in more it isn't that bad. I guess I wouldn't want mine to look like that is all.

Took me a few minutes to figure out what that beautiful blue coupe in yer sig is...it's a '90s Eunos (Mazda) Cosmo! Cool.

Yeah I actually did the same thing, and wondered what the heck kind of car it actually was.

Test...

Much better, but it still looks to "riced to me".

YAY! Someone finally gets it! Volume doesn't equal profit. If they feel they "need" to unload 100,000 Camaros, they're going to feel they "need" to put a pile of cash on the hood and it'll dilute the car.

I agree, I realize that, GM actually might make money on this car.

Uhh back to the car shopping...

Go for it, I wish I could afford to do stuff like that for my kids! So what model is it? Base or GXP, 5spd or automatic? Your daughter will certainly love that car, I am sure mine would too.

Do I have to post another picture of a G2?

Please don't they hurt my eyes.

Hopefully they don't add too much new stuff for the silverado. That would make me jealous!

Doubt it, prolly just more six speed automatics.

I thought it was a Polo at first because you cant see the badge.

You know how you guys always bitch about people buying Toyotas without looking at anything else? Same thing. Just sayin.....

I don't look some place else because I like what I have gotten from GM. Ain't no changing that.

There are many fine non-GM automobiles out there. You've just got to open your mind up. And I did suggest a GM, the Corvette, maybe a little pricier than anything else, but so much appeal on so many levels.

I understand that but... I said it must be GM for my reason listed above 1.) the dealer/service department I like and trust and also 2.) I grew up with GM cars and always gravitated towards "there" products and 3.) I have had good luck with my GM cars. It will most likely be a Pontiac or Chevrolet this time around I am betting. (Almost always is!) I know I deserve some of this, but uhhh this is a GM forum after-all.

Hmmm...

DO IT. Your car will thank you. But either way the new rims are sharp.

I still have to wonder why Firebird wasn't re-introduced along with Camaro, I mean performance was what that car was all about! And don't put something stupid like 'people with mullets drove them'.....Pontiac had a chance and they blew it big time, I'll be sad to see all that heritage and coulda-been-American Mazda-potential not gone to waste, but I think its time to pull the plug.

I can be done easily, and if Pontiac wants to niche performance they need to do that.

Is this really GL8 based. Um, U-van redux?

Reminds me of something i did in 2002...

Wow TED they might have stole your idea. Wow yours is actually very close... Maybe GM should just hire you...

If a GM lifer wants to show his loyalty for GM on a GM website and instill said loyalty into his son, just let him do it.

gm4life: how about considering a mid-nineties Z28/Trans Am? You should be able to find a very clean example in your price range. As long as it hasn't been abused, it should last a long time. The LT1 is damn near bulletproof and can respond very well to even bolt on mods.

I do find it funny how we suggest so many NON-GM cars on a GM forum! Thanks for the support! As for the Z28/Trans Am I really like those cars but I am going to go "responsible" with FWD and a V6. But I never said I wouldn't do Flowmaster and an intake on it... (A GP GT that is!) They tell me the 3.8's sound good with some work.

gm4life, my friend, I'm afraid you set yourself up for this one. This innocent thread posted by a GM fan has turned into a piranha feeding frenzy, and you're the hapless goat.

Listen up: the guy wants to stay loyal to GM with his car purchase. He wants to instill in his son a loyalty to GM products. He's a good man. All of your suggestions to stray from that are for naught, so cut the crap. It's HIS CHOICE, you rabblerousers!

That blue Si, no f@#king way would I buy a Honda with a modified engine... why spend all that money only to get rid of it so soon after? SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THAT.

The GTI? Check out those cataracts. It's got wear, too, and the photos are taken to try to avoid showing it... like the hole in the driver's seat.

The Supra? Another modified car. Stay away from cars with modified engines, especially when the seller admits the work was done recently.

Thank you. I do want to stay loyal to GM for my next car even if it is USED. My son is already a GM man, maybe a loyal than me. I have had good luck with GM products, and grew up with them. I want my son and daughter to do the same. I make a choice to buy GM, my wife knows that, my son and daughter know that and my extended family/friends know that. I have a dealership in a small town 20 miles South of me that I TRUST, a dealership where I get treated with respect and honesty. A dealer that when I took my Impala after a small run-in with a snow-bank removed the dent for free. (Wasn't perfect but much better.) I didn't even ask them too, and when asked "how much" don't worry about, your a good customer. That is why I buy GM, hell my last two Pontiac's have come from different dealerships because I could get a much better price than at this little dealer. I always tell them what I am buying the car for and say can you come close? The response is honest, no but we'd love to service it and do warrenty work for you. My son or I plan to get the new Camaro from this dealer. Trust me that dealership doesn't sell alot of cars of have a big inventory, the service department is what keeps that dealer alive. Sure I have a loyality to GM, a great one to domestic cars and even larger one to the only dealership I have EVER trusted. It just so happens they service what I like, and that is GM products.

As for a CTS, my wife will most likely say no, she was never to excited about a Seville either. As for a V8-powered F-body great idea but I think I can hold off until someone in my family or I get a new SS.

The clear leader for me is a 01-03 Grand Prix GT, followed by the Cobalt/G5 and then Impala.

Well that is interesting, will Pontiac get any of them?

any new updates on the rest of the line? Usually can find it on the web, but so far nothing. Interested in changes on the tahoe

I do not know. Let me check, to see if I can find anything out. Doubled checked, nothing.

Well if this is what is in store for Buick in the US, I am okay with it. And just maybe I could be seen drivng one someday. I really like it and if priced right this thing could be a huge sucess world-wide. Start slightly under 30K and loaded for 40K. I am starting to see the vision for Buick and with a nice performance Pontiac line and GMC they actually would have a pretty strong showroom all together. I hope they bring it to the US. That is one van I would consider, with a 2.8L DOHC Turbo V6 it actually might be fun to drive. Hell even the 2.4L DI Turbo 4 would be nice. So what do you think will power this puppy if she is sold? Either way I like it alot, I never thought I'd say that about a MINIVAN. Give us the G8 the Safari verison and you have a world class performance wagon, van and SUV all in the same showroom.

State Farm just quoted me $120/month on a '98 Corvette, barely more than the Prius.

I am sure all these cars I have been looking at would be less than that tho. A Corvette is a sweet car, but I need a rear seat, and a trunk sorry.

Where does "VW repair bills" work into that equation, again?

I, personally, think it's pretty funny that I've already spent more on repairs for the Cobalt than I did for my "unreliable and costly" Volkswagen that is 7 years older with 70,000 more miles on it. Wait... What? That can't be! I'm crazy. I must have made that up. I'm such a dirty, filthy, deceiving liar. I can completely understand your mindless, nonsensical retort at the realization of such. Clearly, GM rox ur sox and VW is teh loser!!!!!11!!!1!!1!

So, how 'bout that Yugo? I think it fits you perfectly.

I have just heard horror stories from people I know. Having said that a neighbor down the street has a 2002 Passat 4Motion W8 and that think sounds sweet! I am a GM guy and that won't change, Satty you have found some nice Vette's but a GP GT would be fun to me and keep in mind my son will be driving it some too. He would be thrilled with a 01-02 GP Coupe and I actually can afford the insurance on that. With the Vette I am not so sure.

A million times more fun than anything in your poll, and its a GM hatchback.

Nice car but fun to drive is a relative term. I would never ever get a 'Vette sorry.

That Civic is stock in appearance, but its a beast under the hood. I'd love to have a Supra, they're capable of putting up stupid hp numbers. Yet tragically, the one thing a 500hp Supra, a 700hp Supra and a 950hp Supra have in common is that they all run 12's.

I wouldn't call any of the cars in the poll fun to drive. With one exception, they're generic GM FWDers, and the one exception makes 63 fewer horsepower than a Camry V6.

Well fun to drive to me is my Bonneville SLE and my Impala would be what I call boring. So something closer to my Bonneville would be fun to me. Then again I haven't had a real car that was hoot to drive in a LONG time. As for the Supra no just no. The Golf is nice but not for me although I do respect them. The Civic would have something I call torque steer like crazy, but still is "too modified" for my taste, the big wing really takes away from it and silver window tinting. Had in had a factory or small "tail" and black tinted windows I might think differently. I would like a GM car as I only go to one GM dealer to get all my cars serviced. To me a Grand Prix GT with Magnasteer or a little G5/Cobalt with a 5spd. would be plenty fun for me. Keep in mind a new Camaro SS will be coming to someone in my family with in a few years.

The Patriot is pretty sharp, much better looking than that sorry excuse for a Jeep Compass.

Will it be a 5spd GXP by any chance? If so that thing will be pure sex.