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The Olds announcement came on December 12, 2000, IIRC. Not the sort of news I wanted under my Christmas tree. Back to the Malibu and without talking about EVs. Hold that thought. The final model year is likely to be 2024. That means it will arrive in the fall of 2023. They are supposedly budgeting for a refresh in 2022. (Please get rid of that noxious kink in the rear C-pillar ... thank you.) What would you see them doing to it while still an I.C.E. vehicle for those last 2 years? Here's the problem with SUVs and CUVs for me. As others had stated, I don't like the way they look. Then, it's about money. At the price point of what used to be a decent heirloom GM sedan, I'd be forced into a crappy SUV or CUV. I do not like the Trax and the Encore ... clumsy looking, too rounded, small engine that gets poor mileage when in that sort of platform, and poor visibility. The one CUV I sort of like - the Envision - is too highly priced and I'd have to get the base engine and FWD. Again, let's not talk EV because I am not interested at this point. I would want an I.C.E. that has been around for a while. The reason this stuff is even interesting to me is because I got an automotive loyalty credit card instead of an airline miles credit card. I didn't see this happening. Now I'm wondering if I would have been better off with an airline miles credit card.

Even if it hasn't technically happened, it is very much a reality and has been for years.

@Robert Hall I will say that both the Cisco and Sun Microsystems logos are cool. It would have been a huge marketing gaffe if Cisco had instead gone with Frisco.

Did the group E.L.O. use General Electric?

I am okay with an overcast day. You can still do a lot. In fact, you can do many things very comfortably. I am a little less okay with drizzly or rainy days.

Everyone would love be told they're a 10, right? Well, it's out at the end of the bell shaped curve of probability, so it's not likely. However, there are only 10 more days. So, 10 is a good number after all.

I got a kick out of the first photo. As for the second one, it sort of reminds me of the kin folk that the Griswolds had in Kansas in the movie "Vacation" that they visited en route to Wally World. MCM is a weird thing, to me, because there's MCM that's too, too time stamped and MCM that is timeless. One would have to look at each table, sofa, and even house to decide if it's an MCM that they could live with.

One liner play on words, regional in nature: "Reno is so close to hell you can see Sparks."

In 1934 and 1969, the final stroke of the E curls a little more. In 1986 and 2003, it curls less (no serif?) but I don't see a difference. The current one is about a color change. I've seen this one on the nacelles of engines of commercial aircraft. It's a known quantity. I'm just wondering how it will hold up over time since I hear kids are no longer being taught cursive writing in the school system, unless it has recently returned. - - - - - directed elsewhere: can we skip the sensationalistic conspiracy theories?

Pluses and minuses here: Yes, the color is more electric but the standard GM dark blue has withstood the test of time. Couldn't they use that and give it the different gradations like they did here so it looks as dynamic? I immediately saw the electric plug and "E" turned sideways. I don't know what to think of lower case fonts. In the past, they have been trendy and then they go out of style. For such a big company to entertain a logo change, they had better think it through such that it's not a fail and then have to resort to changing it or reverting to the previous one.* * The LaCrosse was badged the Allure in Canada from 2005 to 2009 because of the potentially humorous Quebecois double entendre, but the next two generations of the model did use the LaCrosse name in Canada ... all across Canada.

Model trains and cats sort of go together ... sometimes ...

Cool. The one cat we did have when I was a kid was just like this - all black, medium length coat, great personality (from constantly being played with by us kids) He seems sure of himself and looks like he owns the place. Does he live in the past?

This car has a commanding look and an interesting silhouette. It would be nice if some of this could be incorporated into a mass production vehicle on U.S. soil. This would make for a good Pontiac, for example, from looking at the divided effect up front.

Yikes. I see that demerits (down votes) are being doled out because conscientious C&G folks are showing their objection to disturbing and serious national events that just happened, the perpetrators of these events, and their cronies.

That photo over Manhattan - more realistically over the Hudson River - is wild. It did pave the way for the 4 engine Boeing 707. Immigrants to the U.S. were then arriving by 707s and ships, until transoceanic passenger ship service basically became extinct because of the 747. Among current commercial aircraft, I admit to being a big fan of the Airbus 340 ... the only Airbus plane I like. In -200 and -300 form, it's the closest modern aircraft to a 707. I'm talking about its size, its 4 smaller engines, and overall look. The only thing is that it had to be a twin aisle plane or it would not have made sense when it was released in 1991. The most flattering photo of one I could find is of a Lufthansa one. Here's one that was flown by Olympic. If you look at its name in the nose cone, you can say "it's Greek to me."

Siamese is another good breed. Many of them "talk" constantly. I don't know how much would be too much. I am aware of 4 Siamese varieties - blue point, lilac point (maybe the red?), chocolate point, and seal point. We see the beige types more often. I would prefer that the dogs didn't chase the cats! I hear it's mostly a matter of which animal came into a household in which order, and at what age.

Changing the subject, I'm not a huge fan of cats, but they can be okay. Among cats, Russian Blues are one of the coolest breeds. Beautiful animal. Smart and good natured, too. Since I like blue merle Australian Shepherds, it would make almost sense I like this breed of cats.

Help me out here. I'm confused. I've been seeing the signs, and slogan, "No More Bullsh!+" for months. That would imply those folks believe we are CURRENTLY in a state of bullsh!+ and therefore seek major change, am I right?

Love the classic ubiquitous wrought iron spiral staircases one sees on the exteriors of older apartment buildings in Montreal. Maybe the Montreal police wanted their cops to be celebrities? I don't know. But, from the labeling of it, that looks more like a community affairs liaison type of police car than a squad car that would give chase. With our more globalized society and especially with how diverse Montreal is, Dafuq might just be the name of a foreign exchange student in your city. When I first read it, that's what I immediately thought.

The Ann Coulter of Georgia?

This Buick's MSRP would immediately send me running. It's priced to be the top of their line and is equipped as such. The closest to anything like this I've driven is the Traverse, with a 3.6 V6, and I was impressed with how it handled and how quiet it was. That means that those qualities would be found in this Enclave, and then some, since we're going upward in GM branding. I still can't warm up to this segment. It's not my niche. I get that people like this niche and/or require it. With that, I will say that a simply equipped Buick Envision (2020 and prior) with the N.A. four banger, and its price point, are more suitable for me, while Buick's Encore is too small. When I see these on the road, they seem big and bulbous, and have from the beginning. The one time that this would come in handy is when moving. BTDT ... yikes. You covered all the bases in your write-up. Nice.

Indeed you do. That's probably the situation for most C&G folks who have been on here for a long time!

Wow. A coupe doing police work. You don't see that too often. Pontiac could make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Clearly, I'm kidding. What I meant is that PMD could take a more generic GM product that it shared with other divisions and do something with the nostrils so that it snares you and you won't easily forget it.

I love pastitsio. I order it every time I go into a Greek place that offers a combo lunch or dinner. I have usually seen it baked with noodles that are flatter ... or are bigger tubes (that's just what I've seen). I will not touch moussaka, just like I will not touch eggplant parmigiana. Let's not even start talking about Greek desserts. If a Greek or Middle Eastern Orthodox church has an annual festival, I will drop by to eat their overpriced food ... because everything is a la carte. However, if it goes to help operate their churches, that's fine with me.

As long as that bird doesn't squawk like a magpie ... It would be great to cross the entirety of Canada. And, just like the middle of the U.S., there would be some parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba that might be a little trying on someone's patience. On the flip side, you get an extra time zone (Atlantic, in addition to our Eastern) and the beauty of their far flung Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia, etc.) This is whacky. It could be a parking lot or, most likely, a street with parking in the middle. Nice first-gen Toro over there to the left. However, that Sedan de Ville looks like it's about to be t-boned by a full-size Oldsmobile!