Everything posted by regfootball
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2006 NAIAS: Buick Enclave Concept
regfootball replied to Northstar's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)the other thing that is kinda cool here, there is even a hint of lineage from the redezvoux in terms of 'stance'.
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2006 NAIAS: Buick Enclave Concept
regfootball replied to Northstar's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)absolutely. perfect SUV form.
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2006 NAIAS: Buick Enclave Concept
regfootball replied to Northstar's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)dude, there is NOTHING goofy about the exterior. the side view shot shows perfect proportioning. The sculpting of the hood is perfect. the chrome stripe on the bumper, the headlights and grille, and the ventiports, all awesome. this is one of the best looking crossovers ever. let's just hope they don't mistranslate the interior. ah, no brainer to trade the aztek for this. now i don't have to suffer with a minivan. room for 8 and storage AND style.
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Excuse Me While I Scream...
sure, in 2009, half a million units later.
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Chrysler Aspen Official Picture
ROTFLMAO!!!!
- Sigh my mother *rant*
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The Caliber just looks "off"
they probably should have squared off the backend more like a typical SUV
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The Jeep Compass... Trail Rated - Nope
BIG TIME
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that and they are cheaper than smaller hatchback cars. some folks and couriers just want a hatchback type vehicle to haul stuff. a SWB caravan is way cheaper than a lot of Vibes etc. nowadays.
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the quest is good to look at outside,they need to fix the interior and the bugs. the current vans ARE better looking than a lot of cars. it looks like chrysler botched these new vans big time. what ugly lumpy crap. now i can scratch this off my list. i might as well go look at a new SWB van while they are cheap.....14k. these new ones will bu UGLEE apparently.
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Official Camaro concept thread - for now
inline is cheaper to build than v.
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Official Camaro concept thread - for now
(the hood silly, not the shaft!)
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Official Camaro concept thread - for now
is that hood long enough for the inline 6?
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Camry named best-selling car again
carbiz, i agree with your take. the whole key is the product needs to be good to impress the renter and to make them love the car. i bought two diamantes because of the rental we had on a vacation for a week. the resale dived because the car was never updated or kept pace with the market. GM does that also, theri resale has more to do with not updating the product.
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Official Camaro concept thread - for now
2 year cobalt SS lease to tide you over! imagine the nutspray if Lutz said this thing would be here Jan 1, 2007.
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Official Camaro concept thread - for now
I'll admit, I even like it now. Makes the Challenger look ridiculous and the Mustang look pssy.
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Official Camaro concept thread - for now
LOOKOUT FOR THE FLYING NUTSPRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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07 Yaris
all they need is a 2.0 version of the ecotec, with vvt, and a six speed manual....putting out about 130/130 and economized for fuel economy and put it in the Aveo. Mpg is affected more by car weight than anything. Such a car would need to be below 2400 pounds or so.
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GM's Lutz: In It for the Long Haul
GM clearly has still been restricted by its bean counters and management from going balls out to improve the products. That is extremely clear. Sure, the bad union and manufacturing contracts don't help either. But primarily its the management not commited to doing things like, 'we will have better interiors than Audi' or 'we willhave better plastics than Toyota' or 'our v6 engines willbe better than Nissan'. Clearly GM is not commited to going balls out yet because the people in charge of the dollars and making decisions are not taking the chances and being aggressive about it.
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Camry named best-selling car again
Lindsay Lohan is a virgin who's never had a drink before....!!!!
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07 Yaris
again, this car only exists in the US because its so popular in Canada.
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GM's Lutz: In It for the Long Haul
it seems that in reality, lately, GM is in theirs. Mr. Lutz had better get some changes done around GM.
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2007 Cadillac Escalade EXT
regfootball replied to avant1963's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)nice ridgeline
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How reliable has your car been?
some of my cars 95 tbird, owned from 4k to 75k -replaced windhsield due to improper seal, however I suspected the car was a repairable. aside from that i only did oil chages and snow tire swaps. I never did a brake job on the car and my OEM tires were still on the car when i sold it because i had put about 15,000 combined on my blizzaks. The auto tranny was getting very sloppy but i never had done any tranny flushes so there you go, plus its a Ford. Oh yeah, i had to put a battery in that car. 89 SHO, bought at 57k, sold i think around 100k. -rear main, clutch, brakes including leaky alum. calipers, tires, AC died, defroster in rear window stopped working. The car was becoming a rust bucket. But the engine was like new, it ran fabulously and burned absolutely no oil and Ibeat on the sucker. Still wish i had that car. 99 Prizm. bought new put on 20k miles in 3 years. I did like 6 oil changes on the car. That's it. Everything was fine although i suspected the clutch was getting sloppy and that couldbe due to my wife's bad driving habits. 99 SHO. I owned from 6k to around 74k i think. I replaced tires and brake pads in the mid sixties. I didn't have to fix anything else. I did coolant and tranny flushes at 30k intervals. i had developed a bit of coolant leak that seemed to go away towards the end. The auto tranny was getting a bit sloppy. The rear driver door was a bit fussy. That's it. A very reliable car. no cam sprocket issues. My brother in law owned his 97 SHO from new to 160,000+ with no issues until the tranny finally gave out. He fixed that, gave the car to his nephew and he's still driving it today i think. its likely at 180,000 or more right now. 04 Aztek, bought new. Its at about 33,500 now and I had to get a wheel beaaring replaced under warranty last week. Otherwise its been fine but starting feel like the interior trim is loosening up. Still rides and drives well. No issues. 06 Ford Five hundred- no issues yet, except for very small paint bubbling on the aluminum hood which i will get looked at after winter. two Diamantes, an 01 and 02. Combined mileage I put 75k on them. Both were well built. The 02 had about 64k when the heater core oring started leaking which required dash teardown to get to. Otherwise, just tires, brakes, coolant and tranny flushes and a tuneup with plugs and wires and timing belt. they fixed a motor mount i think under warranty. all my domestics have been good, except for maybe the SHO but i got that at year 7 so no one can expect a trouble free car after year 4or 5. both my mitsubishis were very good. my toyota prizm was good. My American cars have all been very reliable, I feel.
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GM Executive Regrets Employee Pricing
LaNeve is lying. He has to say he wouldn't have done the promo again because it is criticized so much now. And, with a new agenda to promote 'value pricing' of course he's not going to endorse something like employee pricing that is a totally different deal than what they want to accomplish now.' GM was LOVING those employee discount sales numbers. The whole big screw up was not restocking the lots once they found sales to be much greater than expected. Lots sat 95% empty for two whole months DUH! of course you won't sell any cars if your lots are empty! JEEZ! GM missed on the sales forecasts for the first month of the EPP. they got caught with their pants down, no product to sell to chase that. simple as that. this is just them covering up their stupidity in not properly projecting sales and subsequently proving enough production soon enough to replace those sold cars.