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What I hate is when the stupid servers try to EXPLAIN Italian food to you... and all I can think is "shut the f@#k up, I know more than you do"... but every once in a while, like the tacky Olive Garden, they get a dish right. PB, glad you enjoyed your b-day.

Welcome back, hope things settle down nicely for you, and I'm sure you'll make the right car choice (in the end, we tend to sign on the correct dotted line...that is, if we have a backbone...referring to myself, who analyzes things backwards and forwards).

I'd go for the entry-level G8. But if it doesn't pencil, pick one of the others you mention. The Vibe shares Matrix reliability, right? Hmmm. How about an entry-level 4-cyl Malibu?

Wait, for your birthday, you are taking all of us to Romano's Macaroni Grill, right? Seems you like that place.

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I will keep your uncle, his family, you and your family in my prayers. I will do the same for reg's mother-in-law and the families. It sounds like he was a very good man. I am very sorry to hear this.

Very attractive car...good getting better. It's hard to explain how someone would consider a Cam-cord with these kinds of vehicles around. And they drive as good as they look. Also rooting for a Ford comeback with great cars like this and the upcoming updated and unmistakably American 2010 Taurus

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I should have said "historically." That ethnic segment has moved out to the suburbs. Case in point is Montreal. While there was a larger European immigrant contingent in Cote-des-Neiges/Snowdon (near St. Joseph's Oratory shrine) in the past, there is now a large Ethiopian/Eritrean community in that neighborhood...just the way things evolve.

I think I'd take the Buick over the Cadillac, both for the engine and the more comfortable looking seats. The Cadillac is 4.1 V8 equipped, which is synonymous with headache. The V8 in the Buick is of Oldsmobile lineage, thus a "Rocket"...that's awesome. Also, had it been a 4.1 V6, which was only around a couple of years, that could be good...but they had their mechanical gremlins which can be learned if one looks them up on various engine reference sites. Yes, those large early 80s sedan were attractive vehicles, with the Parisienne (or whatever it's called, depending on where you are) being the best looking.

Saw 2 different black (or dark primer) Ford Falcons over the weekend in adjacent communities. Hadn't seen a Falcon in months, though I see a Maverick every now and then. Oh, yeah, had to throw this in: Saw a late-model white Ford Ranger pick-up truck on the freeway coming home Friday night...nothing unusual except the driver. She looked like one of the Heart sisters way back when, with hair parted in the middle, a mean look on her face (though not a particularly large woman), and flicking her cigarette out the window as she drove...I was wondering if there was any carpet left on her floorboards

So where are you going to be based? Or will you continue to be a jet-setter? Do they have gated communities in Munchen...I only saw highrises, townhomes and unfriendly people?

You tell us over and over ... and so? :AH-HA_wink:

That's awesome. Some of those communities in Queens are Guido Central.

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Hey, noticed this b-day on the forum list. Have a great birthday, Carbiz, down in the tropics! Jealous.

Happy belated birthday (by one day). I wasn't on-line yesterday. DF !

Nice 1977 and nice stacked lamps / vertical bar grille. That year's Malibu Classic coupe was sort of ok. You think this is a nasty form of separation anxiety? I like mellower pets, that's for sure.

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This question is too easy. My Mom and Dad got married in and emigrated from a small town in southern Italy. I was born in the U.S. I'm so damn inbred that my parents couldn't identify anybody above their great-grandparent level that came from outside of Sicily. Scary. I've got dark hair, but no other dark features. Nobody on either side looks southern Italian, either.

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This is a great thread. I have a reciprocal problem - seeing certain cars I loved as a kid/teen/college student and wanting to buy them: 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme or Salon coupe with buckets 1975 Pontiac GrandVille coupe with Rallye wheels 1976 Pontiac Grand Le Mans LJ coupe with 260 V8 1982 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham coupe 1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo with buckets and 4.3 "Vortec" TBI V6 Since my 1992 Regal is already my "second car," I won't be buying any of these.

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