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fix the lumina. 800 bucks is a cheap car repair for a school year of driving. plus you already have a stereo in the lumina. either way, it may be at least a year before you get another car. the caprice is a nice option to have though. i iwish i could get my dad to part with his 92 seville and sell it to me. i would use it as my winter car (its not a beater). then i could buy a RWD CTS or G8 for summers. the rural labor is cheaper. that 800 repair may be 1200 or more in some other locales.

can't the volt run on hydrogen and electric? honda, you've been punk'd.

what is toyota's warranty? 'point of sludge minus one week?'

oh, so he knows how they make light bulbs then. that also explains why the light bulbs are on the main aisle as soon as you enter the store when you go into a home depot.

well, i sure would like a G8. i like the current grand prix somewhat but would not buy one because of the poor packaging and pancake roof and lack of rear seat. and 4 speed.

i finally saw a turd driving around here today. i had to do a double take because i thought, how did a turd get let loose on the roads? i wish i would have knew ahead of time about the bridge collapse. i would have gone back to the future and ushed everyone off the bridge and replaced them with a few hundred empty tundras.

there are some good deals to be had right now on the current CTS BTW. what's left of them. but the 08 is so phenomenal........ a good dilemma would be wait for G8 vs. any current leftover 07 CTS.

someone beat me to mentioning the subaru. the additional benefit of the boxer 4 is low COG. v4's would require extra bends in the intake path vs. an inline 4.

this is an interesting thread because it is an example of the function/need vs. want/fun dilemma everyone faces buying a car. i would lean to the T/A, although check the T/A for rust before you decide. at least you know what's wrong with your focus. hard to be sure what the 'issues' might be with the t/a. it's like when they were running 199 leases on new GTO's....my gm card would have taken care of the downpayment and the wife said 'you can have one'.....but she knew putting the kid in the backseat of the two door would make me mad, and she knew RWD on winter ice would make me mad and she knew the 9 cu ft trunk would make me mad. so i ended up with the 500 instead. GRRRRRRRR

you guys are making me hot talking about taurus', galants, and mazda 6's........i need to be alone........

yeah, those W bodies are so hot.

i thought the toyota echo was?

you can look at a picture of the 08 accord grille / front end and like it? my God, do we need to call the priest to exercise the CR demons?

i think saab may be on the uptick in a couple years. new 9-5, 9-3 and xwd.

mullaly was in a related industry. he understood the engineering component, the manufacturing component, the labor component. the 'global' component. In many ways, Mullaly is perfect for the job at ford now. Nardelli might know real esate acquisition, distribution and retail operations, marketing. i doubt he knows jack $h! about what effect re-engineering a crash structure has on a product timetable, etc. Home depot is retail...not manufacturing and design.

honda's oval piston v engine would be an interesting application of that.

in line 6's are too long, hence the v6. i doubt you'd reduce the size of inline4 much by going to a v4. in fact, it probably becomes heavier and more complex.

i am already ready to burn the new vista laptop i got 3 months ago.

look at an 08 accord, an 07 camry, or a sonata, and you'll understand why we would get excited about an asian sedan that doesn't look like puke on a stick

you rock. i'm jealous. what you doing with the old car? ?????

i've heard northstars burn oil. not just a little. i have not heard of anyone having their northstar die on them however.

now that is refreshingly different and very nice. take that, CAMRY and ACCORD. its a very nice aero form that does not appear blobbish. The new Accord is postively dreadful in comparison. automakers have gotten very ballsy on putting the hood seam right on a major sculpted character line. look at how tight it is on this mazda. wow. BTW, km77.com has a high res version of that photo. i don't even need to read a review. this is already superior to every other midsize, assuming the duratec 35 or 37 is included in the deal. A new mazda6 with a duratec 35 or 37 and a 6 speed manual and I'd have my soulmate back.........

joshiepoo? are you ok?

the new iMac's are being announced right now and should be up on the apple store sometime in the next couple hours. bye bye windows. you SUCK.