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  1. they had to cost production costs to pay the labor wages and incentives? J/K....
  2. the crash dummies have higher IQs
  3. maybe no one likes Dan Neil.
  4. there are no pics
  5. I don't know why people bitch about incentives. C'mon, the cars sell price has to reflect what the market thinks its worth. Otherwise its rots on lots. Successful retail is based primarily on fast inventory turns with low actual inventory $$$ on hand, and its based on profit margins. Since GM insists on artificially inflating its sticker prices to hook the occasional sucker and artifically inflate loan values to cover negative equity trades, they have to discount to move the iron to avoid them rotting on lots. There's two options......cut MSRP's. or, have incentives and sales. I'm tired of all the pissing and moaning about the cars having incentives on them. Or, they are fleet cars. Let's all just f*ing come on here. The issue is that the cars suck and nobody wants them. Build better cars. THERE, someone said it. VW will sell every 38,000 Passat it brings to the US. Meanwhile, those of us with yeoman pocketbooks need something affordable. So, a lot of the population needs to shop on price but still doesn't want a piece of crap to drive. Just improve the f*ing cars. I read a story once that said the last version of the Chrysler 300, if only Chrysler had alloted 200 dollars more per car it would have allowed them to substantially upgrade and improve the interior, as opposed to the cheap bits it had. Instead we'd rather put pushrods under the hood, melt kids toys and turn them into dashboards, and leave off folding mirrors and grab handles above the doors. Nope, the marketers would rather have the thousands to play with to make their own jobs easier. As long as GM is selling crap for cars, then they will need to mark them down. Why is it when Best Buy marks down that digital camera 50 bucks, we get all damned excited and run out and buy it and tell everyone we got such a great deal on a great camera....but the moment a car gets marked down, you're a scourge to society for buying a goodwill shirt? Well, I guess its because the world must see you as a poor lemming if you only have 20,000 to spend on a Malibu. They seem to think you are a lower life form buts its acceptable to toss 29 grand out the window for a Camry? -drop MSRP's to relfect true market value -improve the cars to reflect the MSRP or do both, improve the cars and drop the MSRPs.
  6. judging by all the new 06 A6's I see driving around here, I'd say Audi has NO PROBLEM selling iron around here, even at 45-50k a clip.
  7. the v6 passat is a rip off. get a BMW 3 or Lexus IS instead, not a freaking veedub. the 2.0T makes more sense because its much cheaper. I drove an 06 its a great drive but the interior was offputting to me. materials etc. were good, i just didn't like the dash and door panels. too chris bangleish.
  8. the quest had major problems with rattling sliding doors. just now, 2 years after release, the sliding doors are coming off the line defect free mostly. aside from that the quest had numerous other problems. I honestly would be here all night if i tried to list them all. it was 16 days ago i agreed to terms on getting a new quest. the sales gal went to tell the sales manager about when i wanted it delivered so they could get the car prepped. she came back to me with a bombshell. i couldn't take delivery of a new quest. nissan, due to a recall on the middle row seat latches, had decided to not let any quests leave lots until they could ship dealers the part and get them fixed...minimum three weeks. they said they would guarantee my price and give me a free altima loaner for as long as it took to get the recall done and such. an altima......hmmmmm....like i want to drive a cheesy piece of sh--t/crapbox like that. even if its only for a 'minimum of three weeks'. so i said, 'see ya' and went and got something else. bye bye nissan. the quest and many other canton cars and other nissans have all sorts of dumbass crap like that these days. too bad, their engines kick ass.
  9. The implication that CA 'matters most' in spite of its large population and free flowing culture.
  10. wow, did they recall the civic because it is UGLY?
  11. a bit pompous on your part, perhaps? that's said, why would you locate your headquarters among the hillbillies? either is better than Detroit, perhaps...if you want to avoid mono-think and tunnel vision.
  12. ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!! its like seeing hicks on CMT
  13. "URETHRASPORT"
  14. Obama, not Osama...right?
  15. i think women soccer mom voters will put Hillary in office and she will have funding support like no other. Personally, I think Hill in office is worse than GWB (and that's already a bad deal), which means sad choices for us all......but Hillary already has 8 years experience running the country so I guess this time we're just making her earn it by getting voted in. When I think of all the choices we've had for presidential elections in the last 15 years or so, I cringe. And its only getting worse. I was never a big Clinton fan, but lately i am thinking maybe he did an ok job.
  16. msn
  17. "quarters" is an old reliable. my buddy and i used to drink to 'saved by the bell'. everytime they would say 'oh screech' you'd drink. there was all sorts of other drinking prompts...like whenever you saw tiffani amber thiessen being hot, or whenever they were at that soda cafe or whatever. i can't remember them all, i just know it was on like twice on TBS every afternoon.
  18. plastic looks like plastic and aluminum looks better than plastic
  19. what its missing NAV 5.1 audio power pedals (even my lowly Ford 500 has those) telescoping SW, much less an attractive one or a power one 5 or 6 speed auto with manual shift handbrake w/ floor shifter keyless starting and access continuously variable valve timing (does it have it or not) 3.6 vvt as base engine (the 3800 is an embarassment in a new 2006 car that weighs this much) a less conservative dash design does it have bluetooth? available dvd rear seat system unfortunately shoppers and the idiot journalists judge a car by what's missing, not what's there sometimes. its 2006.....it should have a telescoping SW in this price class.
  20. the cobalt's a good car.
  21. good looking cav......i think the paper floor mats make it worth a lot more.
  22. y know, come ot think of it, I've never seen a Tundra that was towing ANYTHING. honest.
  23. [quote name='evok' date='Nov 7 2005, 04:30 PM'] I wonder if that's what the honda mechanic who had to change all 4 struts on a brand new vehicle was muttering... [post="39902"][/post] [/quote] You know what, that is just childish. These Ridgline owners came over here with good intensions to share their experiences and reasons for making the purchase they did. Personally I have learned a lot from their responses, particulary from their replies to my post on their site. I think it is time for some people or children around here just to grow up. You might learn a lot if you try to educate yourselves instead of hiding behind a wall of ignorance. [post="39918"][/post] [/quote] 15 mpg from a v6 and a bent up frame at 6,000 miles as a reality is not something that's rippable? dare me say that in this case at least one Mitsubishi (Raider) is likely a wiser choice than a Honda, if your road has the slightest hint of say, gravel or loose dirt on it. God forbid there would be dead rodent remains on the road you may run over. that would likely spell the end of the Ridgeline. Unless of course, bleeding heart as some Honda owners are (not as bad as say, Prius owners, but anyways) maybe the better choice would be to stop the vehicle before running over the rodent remains...and utilizing the trunk in the bed for cleaning up the road and transporting the rodent remains so the smell doesn't get around so badly.
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