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Being concise has never been one of my strong points. ^ Look at that ... this very sentence is a step in the right direction!

Ok, this one I like. The vinyl top shape is unusual, or maybe I don't remember it, but that's a nice looking Cutlass coupe. My votes for GM mid-size COUPES based on appearance from from '70 to '07 would go like this: 70-72: Buick Skylark (1), Pontiac Le Mans (2) 73-77: Olds Cutlass Supreme (1), Buick Regal (2) 78-80: Pontiac Grand Prix (1), Buick Regal (2) 81-87: Olds Cutlass Supreme (1), Pontiac Grand Prix (2) 88-96 (transition to W-chassis): Buick Regal (1), Chevy Lumina (only part of this span of years, see photo below) (2) (Looking at it, this was a very clean looking car that was fairly timeless for a while) 00-07: Chevy Monte Carlo (1) - - - - - Edit: I've owned THREE of my (1) choices. Perhaps I'm biased. Or perhaps that's why I bought them, or encouraged my parents to buy them.

@oldshurst442 You've covered them all! I'm going to disagree here. However, I liked one year of Cutlass during this 1968-1972 period. And it would have been the more formal coupe of 1970 - nice front end, nice side view, and nicer twin vertical lamps inset into the bumper on each side. One car my dad had, although a purist 1970Pontiac LeMans, was just like that GTO, but without all the bells and whistles. It had a 250 c.i. inline 6. That color, if I recall, was Bimini Blue, which I believe is in or near the Caribbean. Good call on Pontiac's blending the various C-pillar treatments. You are right in that the Skylark and Malibu coupe are almost too twinned. So, I think I still like the Buick coupe the most, closely followed by the Pontiac coupe. It saddens me that, to get a coupe from GM these days, the main offerings are the Corvette or the Camaro. It used to be raining coupes!

Sure, I have a computer and a phone. But I also always get a calendar from my GM dealer. And what a beautiful sight in terms of classic cars on it for the month of June. Voila: Come to think of it, for once, the Buick was the best looking of the Malibu-LeMans-Cutlass-Skylark fraternal quadruplets. The front and rear were clean and interesting enough. The side profile had nothing garish about it, including when closed up with a hardtop. And the dash had tasteful square bezels with small rounded corners. It came with quite a few engines. There were definitely 350s and 455s, but I learned that the 250 c.i. 6 was also available (read the fine print), possibly in down-line models. It would have theoretically been cool to have a purist convertible with the 6, no A/C, crank windows, buckets, console, gauges, and the alloy wheels shown ... as a hobby car. Nice car. Beautiful photo. Welcome to summer!

I've now spoken to quite a few people. Most of the ones thrown for a loop were recipients of Moderna. It was after the 2nd injection. It was just what has been described - malaise, tiredness, achiness (for some, it was very bad) - and then it was gone in 24 to 48 hours. Most Pfizer recipients don't report much after the fact. I had Pfizer. At first, I wanted Moderna because of its less stringent storage requirements. But, then, the storage requirements aren't my concern. So I'm glad I got Pfizer. Right now, and being vaccinated, I'm doing some "California dreamin'."

Gray interiors are a turn off. For me, gray and tan interiors with black door trim, black consoles, and black dashboards (when you can tell it's to save money and are done cheaply) are also a turn-off. Black interiors are not my favorite. Nowadays, you might pick one because it's the lesser of two evils for a particular car. Thank God that avocado and mint green interiors are gone! At least, for now. I am on board with solid dark red and solid dark blue interiors. Along with some variants of tan interiors, these would be my preferred options to trim out the interior of a car.

Okay, we can agree to disagree. This is why I say this. Those interiors were pleasing to MY eye. I had a blue one in a Cutlass Brougham coupe and my dad had a gray one in a Regal Limited sedan. My criteria is this: how did I feel after a 10 hour jaunt from NorCal to the PNW, or vice-versa? I felt better (more relaxed, less fatigued) in these than I did in my current and last intermediate GM cars' fairly substantial bucket seats. Now, I can tell from their appearance and ergonomics, that I would like the seats above based on their boxiness and contours. I like the placement of the seat belts up front ... I have always preferred that location. I would want such seating to be in cloth, though. The very last Monte Carlo coupes I've rented had plumper and squarer bucket seats (much like this), finished in cloth, and they were great for long-haul driving.

Spotted on Memorial Day weekend ... yesterday, on a Sunday. Something "right up my alley." Here's a Regal Limited coupe parked at a repair garage in the downtown of a small city while I was headed off searching for coffee. It is an '81 to '83, based on the rear light bar without the dual horizontal division. I thought it was hoisted up on a "metal platform." Hell no. Those were dual exhausts I was looking at! Wonder if its stock engine was the 3.8 V6, the then-newer 4.1 V6, or the small block V8 produced by Pontiac ... or something else the owner dropped in. (The differential looked chromy and not OEM.) I have, on rare occasions, seen this combo of enamel beige with the burgundy interior (and burgundy landau roof). It's unusual. The burgundy Limited interior was in fantastic shape. To the left, you can see that it had crank windows. It had the full gauge package in the square bezels, but the clock did not work. Never again will we see automotive interiors like this. Anyone driving by might have wondered what the hell I was doing. I would just have to explain to them how much I love the old school GM intermediate coupes!

A very cool and unique piece of music. And also very suited to the movie to which it attaches.

Sort of a cool photo. Love white Chargers, though I don't need all the bells and whistles (and costs) of the top of the line model. For me, less is more when it comes to cars. Also cool that it is staged at one of those storage lots or graveyards for airplanes found in the Desert SW. This beast in the background is obviously a KLM 747 that is basking in the desert sun.

Probably so. But it looks like she has had some practice on "The Jerry Springer Show." If you ain't wearing the pants, gents, run while you still can. If you can. (Spoken like a true Southern European reared in a patriarchal household. No apologies for that, either!)

Also, I hope everything goes well for your family, and you, based on a post you wrote a day or two ago. The first weekend of summer is only hours away.

Triangles! That's great. Right after college, I was over at a Hispanic friend's house, who was doing the community college thing, and was about to put a glass with a soft drink down on the coffee table. He said, "No, no, Robert," pointing to a set of coasters, "put a circle down."

Good morning, folks. So, I look at G&G birthdays on the home page and, what do you know, it's the birthday of member Charger4U, whose Word Association thread lives on and on. And, as far as "famous" people go, it's Marjorie Taylor Greene's birthday as well. Woohoo. Happy Taco Thursday.

Saw an immaculate last-gen (2006 or 2007) Monte Carlo tonight. Couldn't take a photo. It was an LT, based on the spoiler and the alloy wheels. Driving it was a septuagenarian, complete with a thick mane of silver hair like the guy in "The Godfather" who ended up with a racehorse's head in his bed. So he was probably the original owner. Just like with the Grand Prix of the same period, white is a great color for this car, and it makes the good lines of this coupe stand out.

Interesting point. Since the sedans followed the styling cues of these bigger wagons, Olds might have put together an attractive full-size RWD sedan (with that grille and then some). Or, as Olds used to say, "We've had one built for you," which I thought was one of their better ad slogans. Right. As long as one could get the year, engine, and color/interior trim they wanted ... more or less. Ok, now this is a little scary ...the creased rear flanks, the wood grain, the wheel covers, the body color on the door frames, and a spooky grille that Olds later cleaned up for the better. Not to mention the thirsty 455 cubic inches probably lurking under that hood. In the next 2 years, the quad rectangular lamps helped some.

Agree. This reminds me of a kid from NJ who was in the undergrad part of my grad program. I didn't know him that well but he was of smaller stature, looked like he was still in high school, and had a turned up nose and freckles and, whenever I would see him driving around in the full-size Pontiac station wagon he probably got from his parents and from which he could barely see over the dashboard, he looked more like a kid that the car didn't belong to and like he was taking it for a joy ride. Quirky times ... school. - - - - - Back to the early '90s Olds full-size wagon. It has an attractive front fascia. The rest of it can get a little bloated but I do like the glass roof treatment that Olds used to call a Vista roof. The front of the same M.Y. Buick Roadmaster looks like a sperm whale that is grinning at you. As far as the Olds front end, it looks like it could even graft on nicely onto a mid-size or full-size coupe or sedan.

My homepage told me that, today, "Thelma and Louise" turns 30! A painful movie to watch ... unless you're a feminist. But who can forget the unexpected finale ...

I think I like the equivalent Olds full-size wagon a little bit more because of its grille. I still see some of these on the road. They are doing their job for their owners ... 5.7 V8 et. al. However, I do like the interior of this one. The simple, vertical dash is nicely trimmed out and makes a good statement. The price of $ 24 K that it sold for is no surprise, given that colonnade coupes from the '70s in great condition sell for anywhere from $ 10 K to $ 20 K.

The camouflage effect makes this scary. I suppose anyone could walk out of their car and head into a fast food joint.

Interesting event in SW Florida. They make the news from time to time. A nuisance gator was chasing customers in a Wendy's parking lot! Sadly, I didn't see any footage ... just photos. Why would you even get out of your car if you saw an alligator in the parking lot? A similar sight took place in Texas. Yes, they live there, too. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/alligators-spotted-two-separate-restaurant-154200844.html

True. I can see that. So it's probably better to cut your losses. This happened in 2020 ... and it happened in 2016 via social media. You cut ties with people. I'm even seeing that I probably have to cut ties with some anti-vaccination folks I know. It's a predictable kit of parts. - - - - - On the brighter side, the EU is poised to reopen to North Americans who have been vaccinated. I have watched airfares take a big jump. Nonetheless, it will be reopening and I'm very happy about that.

Most of the people you argue with, but, at the same time, don't want dialogue, tend to be those who don't know how much they don't know. So, yes, there is no point when you look at it in hindsight.

So, I'm at Costco. For Cafe 1.50, of course - a hot dog and a soft drink. Nah. I look at other items and at their new tires. They always have new cars out front to promote their buying program. I have had various issues with new ielly bean Elantra, but the list keeps growing. If I ever need to be reminded not to consider buying one, I can just think of this cheap black plastic "trying too hard" grille. Blech.

Saw a few odd ones this last sunny Sunday. This appears to be a Cadillac STS, which was the alphabet soup replacement for the Seville. There's nothing weird about the car except that different fenders were different colors, including this one that looked like a grapefruit. - - - - - I went to the market. What the hell is this? I haven't seen one of these in a long time! After shopping, I ran into the chick who owned it. She told me it was a 1998 Ford Escort coupe with about 130,000 miles ... that she got with about half that mileage and for under $1,000. And was dependable.