daves87rs

It is not so much that. Everyone thinks if we stop buying Walmart they will be enriched. That is still a dead end just as if we continue to pay lower prices. The key to getting ahead is to improve your life and not rely on just the cost of items or hand out from governments. The path of improvement is shown by many who come to this country with nothing and have nothing given to them. To do this you must educate yourself or attain a solid needed skill few have and work hard. The problem today many in this country grew up with everything and have had many things handed to them. Then they get out of school and expect to have it all handed to them and live like their parents who worked 50 years to get what they had. Lets face it so many younger people today want the fancy car and the big house at 24 years and still not show up everyday at work because the new Call of Duty game just came out. I see it often at very good paying jobs. I worked near a Cambodian community years ago. They were in a bad neighborhood and most came here with nothing after the war in the 70's. They took nothing from the government but were a tight family based community that worked hard. They got their kids educated and started business. That group today is one of the most successful groups of people for miles around. They should be used as an example of what can be done. Yet we have so many people going around wanting things given to them just look at the latest round of mess at the universities. The bottom line here is the path of prosperity is not from stop shopping at Walmart, the government giving you free collage or the union that demands more and more wages for the same amount of output. That is just all parts of the viscous circle that continues to repeat and repeat. If people want to advance they must break out. While I did do all the Cambodians did here I did work my way through collage and I worked some crappy jobs to get where I am at today. I may not live in Malibu but I do have it well and earned what I have as no man gave it to me. While the depression did a lot of damage it taught a lot of people how to survive and thrive on their own. We have lost that today. I can not get people to show up to work daily and they lose their job. I had one woman who got drunk and ran over of all things a cop. It is just getting hard to find people with what it takes anymore. Sorry for the rant but when I see the full on attacks on Walmart I am not defending them but just pointing out they are just a symptom of what greater is wrong here. Too few know about it and even many who do they don't want to hear that it is on them not Walmart or the government to enrich their own lives. Sorry for the off topic but I was painting some rooms tonight and listening to the TV and Paris and I really worry about my family and my teen. What will he contribute and what kind of a world will he face. I will prepare him but it is up to him if he makes it or not. I had some expectations too but I learned I had to do it myself and did. I hope he does too. You're fine...agree with a bunch of that with my son... Believe it or not, I'm more worried about production in mexico than china....

While true, I see quite a few Focus hatches around here....thinking a Cruze hatch would do just fine... Like the Buick idea though...

Nah, I think i is just the grill getting you there....

Ah, so slap a (new) Cruze front end on it, and we have the upcoming Cruze hatchback as well. Really think they should do hatch for both Chevy and Buick..... Then sport them up a bit to play with the ST (forget the RS).......

+1 Pretty much my thought as well.....though I do like the rear of the car here...

Thinking that as well. Might just eat into their share as well...

Looks okay.....need to see that snout in person......

Thinking the front matches the back better.... Model looks more relaxed than old stiff look it had up front. Took a few minutes, but I like it....Side view of it there helps.....

Going for bang for buck again....though this time it's game on..... Think there is a winner here.

And so I would agree as well.......

That nose....looks out of place somehow......

Yawn....

Have a feeling the ugly is not quite dead yet. They are going to get punished for a while.....people are not going to forget this...

Might have helped them sooner....

Things are going to get messy soon.....

No Hatch yet?

Really? Like what? The only thing I bought there, a car wash brush hose attachment, broke after 3 uses. I realize Costco has various different product for areas depending on where you live, but they do have a nice assortment online that can be shipped anywhere. http://www.costco.com/wash-wax.html I do like the Mothers packages they have, one that is local here in Seattle but does not seem to be online is their $99.99 bucket package. This is a 5 gallon bucket with 3 pack of mitts, and their premium exterior car care kit. Another package they do not have listed is their Mothers Drill Rim cleaning and polishing kit which is $29.99 at Costco and I find it in the auto parts stores and Fred Meyers for $39.99. They always seem to also have a few generic packages also. There is a 3 pack of 1 gallon containers, Cleaner, Wax and Clearcoat sealer for $19.99. So this always last me the year to keep my auto's clean. Some of their auto options that I would pass on, the GOODYEAR Wipers. I have tried them and even though Costco brings in their top of the line version and sells them for $9.99 per individual blade, I have never had anything beat the long life and clear windshield I get with Bosch wipers. Thought I did find these new blades online that I have not seen in the store. http://www.costco.com/Scrubblade-Platinum-Wiper-Blade.product.100041251.html# Anyone ever hear of Scrubblade before? That might work for me...

It's a bit windy around here today.....so much for bagging some leaves.....

strong

Wow they messed this up.......

Hmmm..could be very interesting!

Yep!

That thing is sexy!!

Happy Birthday!

I see a good idea floating here.... One of those few times cheaper willl be a good thing....they need to get bodies in this car...... ... well. yes... now that the Town Car is no longer in production. But I don't see what trunk size has to do with sales figures. I see what you did there... And LOL.......