trinacriabob

cry (as in that dumb song "don't cry for me, Argentina")

I like the tallest of the towers - I think it's B of A. It tapers off with a nice layered "crown," if you will, from a distance. Seen closer up, it's a little too "chromey" and busy. But I agree with you. A lot of the southern cities, for some reason, have these parking lots here and there in their CBDs. In ATL, they are pretty much GONE with all the infill and development, but you'll see them in Montgomery, Jacksonville, etc. (They're not Montreal in terms of its downtown urban core, that's for sure).

Wait, thus far, over 18% of the posters here make over $ 100,000 per year and the average age, per a poll run a few years ago, is in the mid-20s?

saeurkraut (estava pensando duma pessoa alemanha e italiana que fazeva muito "posting" aqui)

food

You shouldn't have told me about the first one. I will probably go! And the Charlotte International Raceway tour with that perk costs how much?

methane

corny

emotional

Going to be in both Raleigh and Charlotte about a month from now. What are they like? Are they similar or dissimilar? What's there to do? I've heard that North Carolina is a beautiful state. I've only been near Raleigh for a wedding while I was living in Atlanta. I know I liked Atlanta.

crocodile (I used to think pyramids, and then I saw a nature show describing the Nile crocodile, the most lethal of the species)

I'm sorry to hear that and hope the future is better...some of my friends and acquaintances have had a rough time. Anyone who has had a "rough spot" at one time or another can relate... For me, my earnings are fine. Technically, they should be "better"...that means avoiding comparisons with my friends from undergrad, most of whom I'm not even friends with anymore. So now, I throw away the alumni magazines and don't read them.

the Nile

I think the Coupe de Ville I am describing was badged with a 4.5. I'm almost sure, as it was a 1988. So, they had no problems with the all-aluminum construction? It had to have had steel sleeves.

Right, and that Bonneville's name in the upright notchback G-body sedan was the Grand Le Mans a year or two before. As far as spotting goes, lightning strikes twice: On Saturday, on the same major boulevard, but at a different intersecting signal was a mint-condition 76 Grand Prix SJ or LJ in a darker silver color, a black landau, the 5 spoke rallye wheels and T-Tops. Between the 76 and the 77 I saw over a week ago, I think the 76 had better lines in its grille and taillamps.

That's what went through my head. In 2005, 6, 7, and 8, the LaCrosse was the best looking of the domestic mid-sized sedans. IMO In 2009-10 +, the playing field will change. This is pointing in that direction.

I agree with you on this. The proportions are very nice. I am as GM-centric as they come, but I had to give them credit for the Fusion and Milan's good looks, especially the Milan's. Not only that, the Milan I drove had great road manners. Still, I hope people buy any and all of the American cars out there. The success had been shared in the past and hopefully, it can be shared in the future.

pretentious

accessory

If I was in the market right now, it would be the Pontiac G8 in base form. While there are things about it I am not crazy about, the proportions are more restrained and in good taste than the GP that preceded it (though, for the umpteenth time, I love the engine in the base GP, as I currently own two of those engines). I would take a G8 over the next-gen LaCrosse any day of the week. The G8 looks good from virtually every angle. So that's my answer right now, given what is, and what will be, on the market.

Thanks for the post and the link. That's right...in that year, the smallish FWD DeVille series and the big RWD Fleetwoods coexisted. It saddens me to know that the tufted cloth or leather interiors are gone from our automotive vocabulary. The feeling of a "living room on wheels" is a part of Americana that has "left the station." I once had a neighbor that had an 88 Coupe DeVille (no vinyl top) in that "mauvey" brown with a matching cloth interior. It was stunning. He told me it had 147,000 miles on it. I always wondered how 4.1 or 4.5 V8s with aluminum blocks and heads made for transverse mounting in Cadillacs would fare over the years. Actually, I still see a lot of FWD late 80s DeVilles on the roads. Apparently, these little aluminum V8s have held up.

machine

Right. This was worded very well. I wanted a LaCrosse that didn't invite comparisons to so many other cars. I've read several times that, when Buick first launched the Riviera coupe, there was nothing to compare it to. It set a benchmark. When Cadillac introduced the Seville, it also set off a trend that others followed. Yes, yes, agreed...the quality looks high, the attention to detail is obvious, and I'm sure it will be a very sound car; however, I'm a little disappointed. Like H.E. said, it's the "look" people want today.

awaited

intense