Intrepidation

1. If you say the dash looks similar to teh Malibu again I will hurt you. You are blind. Please do not say it again. 2. Lexus was not the first company to do integrated exhausts.

Certainly looks better, but I want to see the front of the car, and see what's been done with it.

I have a Kyocera Cyclops I got on clearance for $30 last month. I'm very happy with it. It looks nice has a camera, and works better than my old phone. My only complain is that speaker phone isn't very loud. I use Virgin Mobile and recently switched from the $15 /month plan which gave me 100 minutes I always use up to the $25 /month plan with 200 anytime minutes and 500 night (starts at 7pm) and weekend minutes, and $10 unlimited text and picture messaging for a grand total of $35 /month. I'm happy I upgraded, totally worth it. I actually had minutes left over this time.

Vista is not hard to use. It's interface is similar to every windows program since 95 save a few details. I can easily access files from my backup HDD. Dude have you prices an Apple lately? I the PC I just build has an AMD Dual Core, EVGA 8800GT, and 4 gigs of Ram for $700. I dare you to find a Mac that is better that costs twice the price. Also, before the 4 Gigs Ram I ran it on two and it was just fine...4 is just better I thought XP Home 32 bit (what I use) couldn't support more than 2 gigs, or was it 2 gigs per app? I have a Foxconn mobo and video card and both have been very reliable with no problems. I guess it's a hit or miss sorta thing. I haven't used DFI but ASUS and EVGA have been great products as well, so has my older ABIT motherboard. Which reminds me: Chaintech. Total pieces of $h!.

Toyota Echo.

What is the bitching about Vista? I just did a PC build with Vista Home Premium, because I wanted 4 gigs of Ram and XP only supports 2. No problems with it. It looks nice, and can better make use of newer CPU and GPU technologies. The only thing that is slightly annoying is that it asks you for permission any time you want to run a CD-based game or install a program. So I have to click one more time than I did with XP. So what? Vista is a resource hog, but if your computer doesn't suck it runs great. Wanna talk a $h!ty OS? Besides ME of course, OS X Leopard. Unstable as hell, and my experiences with it's security settings were worse than anything Microsoft has done. The OS is so unstable last year my school uninstalled it and put the OS X Tiger back on the brand new computers. What's wrong with Flourescent bulbs? Foxconn Motherboards? My computer uses a Foxconn mobo and it has been excellent for me for 2 years now.

That's too bad. I did enjoy his different perspective, although his holier-than-thou attitude was sometimes annoying. Still, he had a lot of good info to share. Too bad we scared him off.

It looks like a MKZ. The concept looked so much better, and even the US spec car has a better nose.

I'd rather drive a Prizm than be seen in an Aveo. At least Prizms aren't ugly, and if I had to choose which foreign company is building it, Japan > Korea.

What the hell would you need an artificial ice rink for in Alaska?

Oh yeah. Last week was it? We made a 4 hour trip in the GM from Lawrence to North Dartmouth and back and it averaged something to the tune of 38.6 mpg while cruising at 70 the whole way over a distance of 180 miles and refueling 4.6 gallon. I had to check it 3 times to be sure. The numbers my be off slightly...I don't have the text message I sent to Sixty8 that night anymore. Score one for the RWD V8 powered BOF cars.

Potato

What did it look like again?

Hmm... Pontiac Aveo or Ford Fiesta...? Tough Choice.

I like the interior. The exterior is alright, but at a quick glance seems more like a refresh with a new nose.

Same engine and suspension bits, but you will get a Bugs Bunny Grille as well as a big ugly spoiler.

It appears that badge engineering crappy cars is alive and well at GM.

Source: Autoblog

That Lincoln is pretty cool.

I think you'd have a far greater pain in your ass after the procedure.

Next up will be Anal Singeing . That's right folks, a layer of napalm on your pooper with a 2 second shot from a flame thrower to remove those unwanted butt hairs/ It's the next big thing!

My bank seems to be doing pretty well. 4 Stars and a rating of 2.

Also...

I for one greatly appreciate this thread as it's given me much more info about the candidates than I knew about before, pertaining to the ones with actual sources.

Excellent read. Thanks for posting this.