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Oh thank goodness for that. I have never understood why the XTS was not a Buick in the first place. Less weight is always a good thing. Because Cadillac needed a bridge gap car. You know...traditional Cadillac buyers needed to go somewhere...so...why throw them out to the curb? And traditional Cadillac buyers didnt necessarily mean they would automatically go to Buick....now that the Cadillac CT6 has arrived...traditional buyers of Cadillac actually have a choice with the CT6...and now that Buick has fixed its image...traditional Cadillac buyers that dont want a RWD car...might actually consider a Buick...now that Buick is slowly filling the premium class of luxury that Cadillac had....because lets face it...Cadillac was not top tier luxury 5 years ago, Cadillac was really premium and Buick was not really premium...Buick was more or less...mainstream...like a Chevy...

For me #1 is not of an interest. I could find that kind of info anywhere else. Not that I wouldnt read about it here....I would...if fact...it probably make my automotive news that much more complete under one site...but its not something Id look for primarily. #2 is more like Buzz's post...that is why I quoted him. Id like to compare and contrast all the financials behind Uber and Lyft as compared to ownership and leasing Also...any personal stories of people using Uber and Lyft pertaining as how convenient or inconvenient those services are or arent.

I would like to see a Grand National....but not as you think... My idea of the Grand National would be based on the next Regal...TTV6 with AWD...For sure the next Insignia would be getting an OPC version...well, my Grand National would be based on the OPC...with a tad more bite. I dont want a RWD Grand National... 1. Buick is no longer where it was in the 1960s...nor the 1980s...and thank goodness...no where near it was in the 2000s....which means that Buick's renaissance is made with Buick's new image...therefore a new Grand National also deserves a new formula. 2. A Regal hasnt been RWD in over 20 years...a FWD W-Body Regal had ups...and then it had its downs...bad enough downs that they muddled the name Regal and the name Century...bad enough downs that Buick stupidly merge the two into one....bad enough downs where enough years went on by that NECESSITATED Buick to just merge the two COMPLETELY together and rename the two into one FWD W-Body Lacrosse...But....with a surprise renaissance...Buick gave us back a very European and competent Regal...and so a Regal T-Type, Grand National and maybe a GNX top dog....deserve a brand new identity too... 3. Leave Cadillac with RWD/AWD TTV6 performance...Buick can handle all the FWD/AWD performance... Next up...Id like to see an Avenir type Park Avenue with a 4 door coupe version called Riviera...just like how Mercedes does an E Class and CLS...

Maybe they will just stick to real Mopar SRT engines and just deal with the Viper's own V10... Listen SMK...it has been done...with LS swaps and Ford 302s...and...its not as if Mopar's 5.7 liter V8 HEMI is a super expensive exotic motor... No...a car like that wont be like a nimble AC Ace....nor like a 289 Cobra...it'll be more like a 427 Cobra... Yes...front heavy...but V8... Some of us like that kind of...muscle car formula...some of us dont... But...to argue with a dream of a post that I made...its kinda ridiculous...dont you think? That post was made in jest...pointing out some very eerie similarities between a AC Ace, a Miata...a Cobra...a Viper...a Fiat Spider....Carrol Shelby...FCA...MOPAR and Abarth...

Ill try to work myself up to 69.... I know what you dirty dogs are thinking... Shame on you for having sinful thoughts... I was thinking more in terms of a 1969 Hurst Olds...like my name...TSK TSK TSK on all of you with your dirty, perverted minds...

On a lighter side of things....about my rep....I guess Heinz was my inspiration.

It could be done... It HAS been done...with Ford 302s and Chevy LS swaps... Not sure with a 5.7 Hemi...and that is where I may have hit a snag...but suspensions systems and cooling and transmissions and rear ends and motor mounts that fit oil pans so there are virtually no issues with clearances of any kind all have been solved a long time ago allowing FORD 302s and GM LS engines to be swapped quite easily... So yeah...Id welcome a SRT8 version of a Fiat Spider... an Italian version of a Viper....which in turn is a Mopar spiritual version of a Shelby Cobra....which ironically Shelby himself had a say in the Viper while being with Chrysler in the 1980s....because he got the boot from Ford...and the Cobra was based on a British Roadster....which the Fiat is based on the Miata...which is a spiritual successor to the British Roadster....can you say this crazy thing I just dreamt up has "come full circle"? I think its a neat way of seeing things... And I definitely think its a neat thing to want...

Have fun on your vacation, Drew.

Duesenberg...wow...never even crossed my mind...because I dont get to hear things about them anymore...anywhere about anything...Duesenbergs are rarely in my train of thoughts... I did not want to go with Rolls Royce....but I did not have any other ideas...I was stuck... Thanx for that...it made me use my automotive knowledge logically and I used process of elimination to the best degree that I could. I may have a limited amount of engine builders knowledge...Im just happy that at least I was in the right direction... PS: The Spitfire....and as it happens, the Mustang too... in my sig, pushed me to say Rolls Royce.

I know Oldsmobiles and Buicks had inline 8 engines...and they were in big cars... But somehow I dont see that many timing chains in them... Which leads me to ask this...if not a tank...because the engine looks like a robust engine so... many timing chains....that might suggest a racing car? Alfa Romeo had inline 6s and 8s for their race cars...but I cant visualize a big robust engine in a small Alfa racer... Mercedes raced slightly bigger cars than Alfas...but you said it aint a Mercedes engine... Im leaning towards European though.... I dont know enough about Rolls Royce or Bugatti...but Ill go with Rolls Royce...their cars were big cars to house a big engine...because I keep on coming to that beefy engine... Rolls Royce is my final answer, Regis.

Fiat Spider Abarth Edition...with the Fiat Spider coming from a Mazda via the MX5...aka Miata... Mazda...Miata...FCA...Fiat Spider...ABARTH...MOPAR...VIPER... Why is it that I keep on thinking about a Monster Miata...but in crazy MOPAR SRT8 fashion where the MOPAR boys take that Fiat Spider and create another Viper roadster.... Id rather an SRT8 Fiat Spider than an Abarth one I think... PS: No need to go crazy....no need for a 6.1 or 6.4, just the regualr 5.7 Hemi would do, I guess.

Id like to say that I too...prefer a 300-E as a Mopar rather than a German... Inline engine... It looks like a husky motor. That is why I said tank motor. Its automotive...so...if the motor is beefy...that means it belonged in a huge car....and if I was right is saying its an older design... Jeez Louise...inline engines of the 1920s,1930s, 1940s.... Stove bolt 6....not big enough and Chevys are not beefy enough. Its too late in the night for me to start thinking about 1920, 1930s, 1940s inline engines... Good night.

Could this be one of the Military spec engines Chrysler built for the war effort or Ram did for an old Power Wagon? I was thinking tank engine....during the 1940s... And after close inspection of that pic...I FINALLY saw where the cylinders call home and go up and down...and I realized that....they are in a straight line...

I think I detect some sarcasm in that post. A Mercedes CLS 63 AMG is a 4-door coupe that I absolutely love. Me thinks a Riviera comeback should be a 4-door coupe that closely resembles that M-B CLS 63. Just as how personal coupe luxury cars took the scene by storm in the mid to late 1960s, so has the 4-door coupe in the 2000s....and I view millennial 4-door coupes as modern luxury personal coupes...so it would be befitting for a Riviera comeback to be a 4-door coupe. Id rather not talk about crossovers...

I couldnt tell if it was a 6 or 8 from that angle like Thed or if the cylinders are inline or in a Vee formation, but I have a feeling this engine is older than all of us. It aint a modern piece of machinery. I think its older than what Thed's suggestion of the 1980s....I think its from the 1950s. A 1954-1957 Mercedes 300SL perhaps?

AH!!! I FOUND IT!!! Thanx Buddy! Cheers. Unfortunately...its Trans-aint. I wonder if Kevin Morgan will continue this conversion with the Alpha Camaro.

sex (especially with the sheep part above the group post) Things that make you go hmmm??? Dont question it...Im Greek. Maybe this emoticon is appropriate right about now.... Hey...I found a way to use that butt head emoticon...and in this case...it has multiple meanings 1. Sheep, Group...Sex...Im Greek...butt... 2. I could be such a butt head sometimes...... .kudos to me for being clever.

I recorded on PVR...Dont Mess With the Zohan...and I still have it...

Im set to see that darned Minions Movie sometime in the next two weeks... I saw Despicable Me 2 in 3D at the Movies....top that Mr.Debonair...Mr Savoir Faire.

nope. not me. Between the Acura TL's hard drive and USB ports...I have forgotten what CD's look like...I still play DVDs in my home...so I havent totally forgotten how they look, but as CD/DVDs replaced cassette/VHS tapes and I havent look back at tapes...same for USB keys and CDs...I dont miss CDs at all... Now...the next step for me to just get comfy with the "cloud" and I wont be missin' the USB key either...

Sorry. However....that sorry I just gave you was not a random sorry. Sorry about that too.

I see what you mean. I wanted to contribute...but Drew knows his stuff. I also wanted to talk about Hellas...but this place aint about politics..I respect this place and Drew...so I aint gonna go down that road... I just wanna point out...in the Random Thoughts Thread...because I too...am Greek...and it pains me to see some ignorant folk blame socialism... Greece's economy consists of figs, olives and olive oil and feta cheese....and tourism....and when people cease to fly...because they have over extended themselves...whether they are indulging in the American Dream...or the German Dream...the credit crunch killed the world...Greece's tourism went down....see 2009 worl crisis...not only in America...so Greece had to pay the bills solely on feta cheese and olive oil....and lest not forget...that there are several ranches in Texas and Alberta...I repeat...SEVERAL RANCHES that raise cows that are LARGER in surface area than the entire country of Greece... Montreal...just finished paying off the Olympics of 1976...with Canada's and Quebec's help....of cigarette taxes, gasoline taxes...federal payments...and Oshawa building Camaros and Impalas...Greece....well...the Olympics took place in 2004...and Europe does not help Greece pay off her Olympic debt of new airports and highway systems and Subway systems...let alone the Olympic venue buildings themselves....in fact...German Banks have pretty much raped Greece for that loan...then there is the F-16s that Greece had to buy from Nato...but Greece....builds none of that....no factories....BMW, Audi. M-B, OPEL...most if not all factories are in Germany....employing German workers....Renault, Citroen, Peugeot....almost if not all factroies aee in France...employing Frenchmen....Siemens and Miele....factories are in Germany...I think...employing Germans...yet Greeks...buy these products by the boat load...but not one Greek benefits...funny...I thought Greece was in some sort of a European Union....free trade...OH...brain drain from Greece to work in Germany...pay German taxes to the country of Germany....yeah...socialism is at fault....lazy Greeks they say... OK...RANT OVER!!!

I fully understand Drew. And I will do my best to comply with your request... And I 100% agree with you on his ability to be a formidable poster. He has some excellent qualitiies about him and is a very intelligent poster full of very useful information...its just too bad he spoils it all by being a man-child... Ive heard about his past...he is some sort of legend concerning trolling... Many problems with this... 1. His reputation of trolling is hitting a milestong of close to 15 years of doing the same act over and over and over again... 2. he is PROUD of that reputation and Im assuming he aint about to stop... 3. For crying out loud (pun intended) he is a 50 year old man...he aint a trolling teenager on the interwebs trying to frustrate other teenaged interwebbers...he is a grown man talking to other grown men that simply want intelligent conversations...

LOL... A grown man is having a childish tantrum complaining to mommy. Drew, with all due respect...Id check El Kabong's downvoted reputation and see who keeps on down voting him...you would see that most of his downvotes...I presume....are of the whiny man-child that loves to....whine... You have a special member in this man-child... PS: I have, for the most part stopped down voting him, and If Im to believe his PM to me...you have upvoted 95% of my downvotes to him anyway...and he still has managed to collect 107 downvotes...Im assuming...that the problem lies not with the messenger himself, but with the message he wants to convey...making him a crappy Messenger to begin with...but...him whining to you about it wont change the fact that he is a less than honest poster... My dad always told me... Its the squeaky wheel that always gets the grease, in the meantime, the other three wheels eventually fall off... EDIT: remember Drew, he has mentioned Im on his ignored list...Im willing to bet Ill get a downvote in this post...by him...ignoring the message you have just conveyed...and if that much is true...oh the bloody irony...and, wheels that dont complain falling off syndrome...

+1 On this story. I cant upvote...Ill upvote tomorrow. My dad and his 3 brothers all served in The Canadian Army and fought over seas. My dad being the youngest of the boys. The oldest....well, I dont know what my uncle did during WW2, and my dad never mentioned anything and I didnt get a chance to talk to him as he died at the age of 65...and I was 6 years old when I lost him. The next two were in tank battalions. The second oldest when he came back from the war moved to Vancouver, he also died at the age of 65 and I only met him twice. So I dont know his story either as my dad did not talk about that brother either. Next up is my Uncle Tassos. 2 years older than my dad. He was the gunner in a MK IV Churchill. He was in France when his tank crew got decimated. The tank hit a land mine...my uncle was lucky to live...some minor burns to his body...his crew...all dead...and that was it for him. His duty as a soldier came to and end. I dont remember the year nor the location...and I dont have my dad nor him alive anymore to ask these questions...that is what I hate the most about losing loved ones...the stories they leave behind them...I wish I paid more attention to the war stories. I still got plenty of information in my head though. My dad....he was 17years old in December 1944. He was in England training and getting ready to fight at that time. At the end of January 1945...he was in France. By that time....I believe....the war was not in France. They were marching onwards towards Germany. Collecting any German POWS they saw on the way. My dad told me there was some resistance from some German soldiers, but he did not see any action on his march towards Germany. Maybe...he shot a German soldier in a dark alley...he heard footsteps, he said "Achtung"...there was no answer, my dad shot in the darkness, he heard no more footsteps...The war in Europe ended in May of 1945 and his time during the war ended as fast as it started for him. He did stay in the occupation of Germany 1 year and he was in Wilhelmshaven, I believe this is the port-city where the Allies were separating amongst themselves several German war ships....he witnessed the German cruiser Prinz Eugen being awarded to the US Navy. Yup...Prinz Eugen...of Bismarck fame. The sinking of the Hood...Prinz Eugen.