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europe has more factory radio options than here. if you look i think on blaupunkt website for europe you will see all the OEM opel radios including SD based nav, bluetooth, aux in.

Schosche? as of Nov 2008 is making an integrated install / face plate kit to match factory finish to allow seamless install of an aftermarket double din unit. the silvery color and trapezoid shape etc. Also, there is a Euro company that is making OEM designed aftermarket radios for the VW's and Astra/Vectra, which have full connectivity. At this point i am not sure when those will be available for sale. Info for both is in the saturnfans astra forum. i'll post the info later when i get the chance.

the whole point, a person like me does not want a Buick. OR a chevy. and cannot afford a cadillac. Pontiac or Saturn, I'll bite. GM is screwing the pooch, but it appears saturn is gone and pontiac will be put in a coma for awhile to appease the critics. NFW can i drive a buick astra.

I've often thought many of the same things and HEY. if we want to steer a POLICY? IMHO, the best way is tax incentives. Want hybrids? How does NO SALES TAX sound? How does, 5000 deduction from taxable sound? It's a daily tight rope we walk. Sell enough foreign oil to keep the people across the pond feeling wealthy, conserving our own. Prop them up enough so they don't shoot bombs at us. Stimulate our overconsumption of everything because that keeps the Chinese working in factories, so they spend time making lead toys, not war munitions to invade us and take us over by force (they'll take us over in sheer number and via economic asset takeover anyways). When the other countries see our copious consumption backs are broken by high prices, they just turn on the faucets more and the price goes down and we buy bigger vehicles again. we love paying a lot less on gas than we do for our car payments themselves. Y'all need to remember that paradigm.

man or a woman? with the social advancements in this country, etc.....why can't we have a man and a woman (if you so chose and if everyone was amenable and jiggy with it)? or two women, three guys.....

x2 on a future astra purchase. i hope it isn't a buick. i could handle a pontiac or saturn badge on it. cruze is too daewoo for my tastes even though its a big upgrade over the cobalt.

that indeed is what seems to be happening.

and you wonder why the rest of the public (i.e. mainstream folks) think architects are a bunch of whackos they don't have to pay.

seriously, that site is the best ever.

ain't that the truth.

well they are just overly vocal then. it's kind of like 'who killed the electric car'. i finally watched that the other day. You'd swear that by the tone of the movie, California is all that mattered, and the only car people want or need is a 2 seat electric car. but, they have the pulpit. what if you are a farmer living in the cold tundra of north dakota and have 4 kids and you need to tow a trailer. that EV1 is useless to you. my basic point is for all that 'california' complains about its air quality and things needing to be done, to me, its partially a product of their own behavior. The walkable communities types are clueless about things like taking your crying and hurting kid into emergency room at 2 am on a cold winter night. Like that is a situation where mass transit or walkable community is helpful? electric cars as they said in the movie, need to have 300 mile range and 5 minute refuel in order to be the 100% solution. The 90% solution is not enough for everyone to invest in.

1.mazda 2.nissan 3.mitsubishi 4.honda 5.suzuki 6.subaru 7.toyota as far as Japanese brands go. whoa! too many brands. THEY NEED TO CUT. (sarcasm)

VW's drop is not as steep because they have good 0 down sign and drive leases.

you make more money and create more worth for yourself off of reporting failures than you do off reporting good things.

a whole can of crushed tomatoes, several garlic cloves, and some onion combined into a killer italian sauce.....to be the source of a very strong car air freshener this evening, once it was processed through my internals.

of course they treated you well. they are getting free work. warning, its a profession that cultivates the non worth of its services, both from clients who don't want to pay, and the people who work in it and teach. So enjoy those sweet perks now it may be the last time.......... LEED = let's see how LEED survives the next few years. Clearly it is turning into its own profit center. They are trying to infiltrate it into codes and laws. Not saying that's all bad, but let's liken it a little to cafe in terms of how it will hamstring an industry. speaking of something that is under my skin, I'll PM you.

californians seem to forget that their lifestyle (excessively long commutes, excess lifestyles) contribute a lot to their car problems that they want the other 49 to pay for and solve. stop crying about smog if you're all driving BMW's. Stop complaining about green and mpg when you all drive audis and mercedes on you 70 mile commutes.

mks is heavily discounted. they should drop the msrps

i have no issues with company jets, it allows the execs time to be used more productively vs. their 'cap charge' do we want more work out of them? by the way congress people and senators fly private jets provided by lobbyists a lot, but you never heard about that.

they need the 7 billion so nardelli's golden parachute far exceeds the one home depot gave him

return to greatness!

har har. seriously though, sounds like a fun car. will you even get to drive it? for the record, i actually like the fake alunimun/matte finish in the astra. i don't like glossy/piano black or big swatches of real metal in cars. i don't care much for wood, either. i like the geometries of the design of the buttons and such on the astra dash. and the nice twin panel sunroof and electric shade and advanced audio EQ customization more than makes up for some painted plastic. the mini also has a lot of interesting shapes and details inside, ok, a lot more, in my opinion almost to the point of being overstyled. i don't much care for the HUGE center gauge but what would the car be like without it? Probably would lose a lot of sass without it.

POISON FLESH AND BLOOD album...far and away their best. cannot listen to this one loud enough. could perhaps be the best recording / sound job on an 80's style cd......although there are many fine contenders. (cherry pie/warrant, winger-in the heart of the young, danger danger)

i was just thinking the same thing.

you know, with the import brands seeing huge drops too last month, you'd think at some point people would see how much of a storm this is becoming.