Mike The Canadian

Yeah, let us know :P

Yeah, they werent in the parking lot we were in, they were in a closed off parking lot. (There was one) So you would have to stop off at the side of the road or walk. Let me tell you this, there are tonnes of parking lots, and huge ones too. Lol last time we drove right past the parking lot security, right into the impala/allure plant :lol: Although I must admit, there were some other surprises in there (such as malibu ss) Do me a favour, and look around thoroughly in the parking lots, Jim said he saw some sort of white coupe he did'nt recognize deep in one of the closed off parking lots, but I couldnt see it or zoom in far enough. I dont know why, but they had some equinox that was all camoed. Lol enjoy your time there, tell me when your going, i'll see whatshift my dads on and maybe I can drop by. (Shut up, I only have my g1 :lol:)

Bah, personally screw dohc's, I am sturborn when it comes to pushrods, I just love them, and personally thing dohc's are overhyped. If gm put real money into a pushrod (look at the Corvettes power and fuel economy) they could get one kick ass pushrod, that makes those dohc's look like shit.

Lol. hah, im the youngest buick driver :) If I actually bought the car, I could single handedly bring down the age demographic for buick sedans.. :lol:

Driving dynamics (handling, body lean, ride comfort etc), exhaust note, speed... thats all I can think of for now..more later maybe

Nice try, keep going... edit - I saw this on a TV show :lol: I will givea little hint if no one can get it.

:rolleyes: Common man, read :lol:

Yeah, I posted some pics of that.

Thats a shame.. :( Although I like it in the pictures, I was hoping that it would look even better in person. I guess I will start to see it once it goes into production... I think it's supposed to go into production October, who knows when the heck it will actually go on sale?

Which car was the first to offer a spedometer?

yup, me too..

This is what I was talking about ;) http://pong.server2vh.com/~cheers/forums/i...hp?showtopic=88

I'll go tell him the site is up, he should be on soon. We gotta get all the members back.

No problem ;) When are you planning to go there? Make sure you take a Camera.. I was kind of a dissapointed to see no Lucernes (I really wanted to see one in person) How far are you from Oshawa?

Ah, my fellow buick brothers, welcome :)

About a month ago, before C&G went down, me and my cousin Jim (Aka Montana on this site) Went ona trip to the Gm Oshawa plant to check out some of Gm's new models. Particullarly, the Pontiac Solstice. Now we have all heard about Gm improving thier products, some people like Gm's new line of products, others despise the bread-and-butter fwd sedans but love the new sports cars coming out of Gm. Now on my trip to Oshawa with my cousin (Thanks for the transportation) I investigate Gm's new offerings, some upclose and every detail on the car, (Solstice) and others that just got a snapshot. (Torrent) I hope C&G enjoys looking at these pictures, and I hope I am able to help you, the members of C&G to decide on thier own. (Oh and a little note, the one wearing the White shirt in most of the pics is Jim, He is mostly in the pics because i'm the guy behind the camera 95% of the time..I might be in a couple but am not sure, never really checked for the reflections on the cars.) Definatley a great sight! Hot rims! A view of the back. Man, I dig these rims! Malibu SS anyone? Nice Impala... ...and its corporate brother, the Allure. Man, has the front end of this thing improved. Yup...another one... Man i'm good at this..lol Sweet SSr Some more....(and the new Sabb, which I never knew was new when I got there, and I call myself a gm enthusiast, lol) Nice... V8 anyone? First one of these Envoys i've ever seen! Not a pretty site at all, the front license plate bracket is rather ugly! Not bad at all.... A different view.. Gm interiors are getting NICE! Yup, definatley.. Grand Prix GXP! The seats of the Solstice. Nice view. Bet you have never seen so many picture of this car in one day? Yeah, well this is the filtered version of the day, there were tonnes more of the Solstice. Damn thats nice. The G6 coupe sports some nice rims. As does the Allure! Nice! Part of the lot. http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/6334/dayout0520bt.th.jpg Cobalt Coupe anyone? http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/7743/dayout0533pi.th.jpg The Torrent. http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/6320/dayout0547yu.th.jpg The 2006 Saturn Vue. http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/3627/dayout0569pb.th.jpg STS-V! http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/9969/dayout0583nx.th.jpg The nice 2006 DTS and 2006 Torrent. http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/3494/dayout0617zh.th.jpg What more is there to say? lol. http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/6154/dayout0650sy.th.jpg How could I leave without taking a picture of this? http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/4203/dayout0667vn.th.jpg One more. (There was a Yellow Z06 but the pictures didnt come out for some reason) http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/3757/dayout0676vt.th.jpg The new 2006 Impala. http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/1637/dayout0687up.th.jpg The Truck plant. http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/390/dayout0625wt.th.jpg Good bye Oshawa. http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/3750/dayout0748qs.th.jpg Wait a minute....lol Well I hope all of you enjoyed this. I know there was excessive pictures (especially of the Solstice) but I felt I couldnt filter some of them out...they were just to good. The point of this Article is, that I think this parking lot at the Gm Tech Center in Oshawa (W-body plants) is a good sign that Gm knows what it's doing. I think this is proof that Gm is on the right track, there may not have been a Camaro (new one atleast) in that parking lot, or a Velite, but I think the cars that were here, the roadsters, the sports cars, the bread-and-butter sedans, they were all vastly improved. Every single car new car I saw, I liked. I think Gm is on the right track and know what the consumer wants. It looks like they have covered some of the bread-and-butter section. (There is always room for improvement) They are also getting into the roadster segment, I hope soon we will see cars like a new Camaro, a Velite, some RWD Pontiacs and some brand definition in the near future. Use this parking lot to look into the near future, I think it looks good! - Mike Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting

This is from after the vacation...man you should have seen the carnage on the grille. There was a huge bug stuck in it, split in half by the waterfall grille lol... Here is what I think is the best picture of my car.. Oh that and im testing for a little surprise I have coming up..

Once again, i'll say congrats. Hopefully theres more awards to come :)

Takes lots of pictures guys, and of everything!