trinacriabob

You evidently like bombastic styling. All the crap that is coming out of Chrysler (the 300, the Charger, their trucks) are all pumped up on steroids and will look stupid in just a matter of years...just like the PT Cruiser, and even GM's HHR, look stupid and will look more stupid. The Lucerne is a leap forward for Buick (especially from the last LeSabre) and is beautifully detailed in its exterior (I don't like a few things about the interior). It will look contemporary and tasteful for quite a while.In fact, isn't it kind of a riot how you can see the big Dodge trucks (some of them with a construction box in the back) and look at the driver and say "Yep." Seems like a certain type of person gravitates to those. Go Lucerne!

If there's no option groupings, then the LT should just be the LT, not the LT 1. Leave the 3.5 in there....some of us are cheap. You know how great it feels to cross 30 mpg? Comment: Will they be leaving the mechanics behind VVT untouched? Do you know how it works? Is it electronic (solid state, bolts on) or mechanical? EDIT after visiting ordering guide: There is no 3.9 to be found. Unbelievable. This is now too simple of a car to order...there are NO option groups. They've just bumped up the content on the LT to sort of capture the critical options. Negatives: they went up to 17" tires (which I don't like, I like the simpler 5 spoke aluminum wheels) and they force you to take the ABS...on the plus side, the spoiler is the race inspired one that flares upward.

1. What? Not a single 78 to 82? I had one from that vintage for a short time...it was a 5.0 Liter V8. Not a good car, though, from a mechanical standpoint. It had some problems. But I liked the way it looked. 2. Best photo of a car: Kirk Olson's, taken near a river, which almost looks like the road to Leavenworth coming from Seattle. 3. Best photo of something else: I like the photos of Ren Cen. It stands there by itself. Nothing else around it. I think there's more stuff in there besides GM, right?

crocodile

race

Yeah, well so was I, and they are not fascinating to me. I went to Univ. of Illinois and was on a plane 2 hours after my last final.

clay

house

Yo, I like the house (or at least I think I do, at first blush). What part of the country is it in?

Euro

check

Considering it's a LeSabre and a Park Avenue rolled into one, they should be selling about 15,000 a month. And they need a bigger margin over the Charger, which is butt ugly while the Lucerne is pleasing to the eye.

diapers

puke

Gregorian

tribal

True. The price point for the amenities is what makes it sell. I've rented a few. Its body structure is definitely taut though the E.P.S. hits people in different ways...I like it, I know you commented that you DIDN'T like it (once upon a post). I think the seating fabrics are absolutely horrendous, though. The seat itself wasn't that comfortable either after a longish drive. A little 2.2 EcoTec LT with a couple of nice options is truly a good buy. And if it can turn over 200,000 miles, like the EcoTec is supposed to, all the better.

Where are they "wedged in", PB? C'mon...fess up.

Panama (Ipanema is a beach in Rio de Janeiro)

Ipanema

thongs

Is the Zeta a for-sure thing as far as (since I'm a little myopic, for those who know my posts): 1) Release date of 2009 or 2010 2) RWD 3) larger than current W-body Impala? 4) will Pontiac, Chevrolet and Buick each get one?

ego

cut

Yeah, Vahn-koo-vair, baybay! Been more times than I can count. Stunning...right up there with SF for taking someone's breath away...every one I've taken there does the "Ooooohhh" from the viewpoint coming off of UBC into the Kitsilano area, with the West End and North Van in the backdrop. However, it is awfully gray (thanks for the summer pic), expensive, the women are unattractive as this is an extension of the Pacific Northwest (except for Diana Krall), a little smug (it is British in its roots) and the multi-cultural aspect isn't as "multi" anymore (it tilts to a few dominant groups) whereas years ago, it was a true mosaic. The other thing is I tell people not to get TOO excited for this is Canada's Miami. Left to right: West Van (beyond), West End, Granville Island, Yaletown, Cambie Street Bridge, Canada Place with Hyatt revolving rooftop restaurant (beyond), GM domed stadium, False Creek, Expo 86 site, Grouse Mountain (beyond). Gorgeous!