balthazar

Intersting: Motorweek just this past weekend said the exact opposite.

I do not care for modern 'wood'- either real of fake. It all looks too fake to me- not the general look but the glass-slick finish on real wood, which makes it all look like plastic. Give me the real wood in my '64 Pontiac anyday.

Looks awful dicey: seller has zero feedback, auction says a rear view is available and it links to the page Fly linked to... with no rear shot. No interior shots. Photo of car 'on sand dunes' is marginally clearer than 1950's UFO pics. If you read the 42 questions asked, the seller is a notoriously bad speller ('know' instead of 'no', 'write' instead of 'right', etc)- certainly not proof of anything, but not a good sign in my book.

Hell if I know; nissans stick in my mind like water on a duck's back. You tell me. But it's a sentra- my grandmother has a '97 and the bumpers droop on it & every single other one, there's an infiniti-badged version with the same bumper & same problem.

Then I'm not thinking of the g20; there's another infiniti model obviously & clearly based on the sentra: same drooping-cornered rear bumper and everything, just larger taillights. Every few months I have to poke of of those POS out of a wheelwell on my truck.

>>"If free means being able to pump your own gas, then you can't do that in: Oregon, New Jersey"<< I already pump my own gas about 20% of the time (I'll wait a minute or 2 to let the pump jockeys do it)... but I could easily pump my own 85% of the time. I just about always get out of the truck anyway. Thge law is very lax and never enforced.

What about an aftermarket fiberglas dash, such as for race cars, to start with? No glovebox, no vents; you could cut what & where. Lots of these types companies out there- try VFN fiberglas. I'm not too helpful in this era; I never owned an '80s vehicle so they don't 'speak' to me as far as inspiration goes....

Not true. Buick matched it's sister divisions for the most part in the '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s- it was really only Chevrolet that had more than one unique model (Corvair, Corvette, Chevy II); Olds & Pontiac were always well matched with Buick. B-O-P all got A-Body intermediates at the same time... Buick got the unique Riv for '63 whereas Pontiac's '62 GP & Olds' '61 Starfire were trim & equipment variants only. Buick got an H-body when P & O did, also, same with the X-Body. Well matched over time.

OK, so why not bump west a bit? And you know you can't tell me about population from that side of the Delaware, right?

Not to long ago infinti had an econobox: the thinly-disguised rebadged sentra (g20).

It ain't Jersey, I can vouch for that. Unless you don't happen to feel excessive taxation is intrusive... then it's fine. I do wonder about Wyoming. Isn't it the least populated state (maybe per sq mile)? I could go for that. What's your beef with PA, Camino? If it weren't for niggling things like work & family, I could go for central PA in a big way, even tho in my dealings in eastern PA, it's earned the derogitory nickname of 'Pennsyltucky'. Very relaxing out there, at least it seems so for this occasional intruder.

It matters to me. Should it not? Am I 'wrong'? Am I doing something unpopular by caring? Should I feel pressured to do what my neighbor does? Should I care if others care that I care?General Motors is an American corporation- always has been. Some of it's products are assembled in other countries, and some of it's parts are manufactured in other countries. Does this change the fact that GM is an American company? Some people would (mistakenly) lead you to believe: yes it absolutely does. Funny how those same people never include toyota or honda or nissan when they're moaning about the 'sorry state' of the American auto industry, or the 'uncompetitive product' from American car makers. Consistancy seems about as fashionable as driving an American vehicle these days.

The '90s certainly made some fair technological strides, but that decade pales in comparison to the progress made during the 1950s.

I for one hope there's an option package that includes more tacky add-ons & extra panel seams. Maybe then most people might miss the fact it's still a hyundai.

MM- is the Turbo Titan III XP-805 or XP-809? I show a Cadillac "Stallion", shortened convertible coupe under XP-805. Come back....

Saw a stunning '55 President Speedster a few days ago. Nothin much else in a while.

It's not the size that's the problem. Never has been.

Comes off as completely derivative when it desperately needed to be ground-breaking. I fail to see this pulling down 200K sales as predicted by some.

Check the pic in the M/T page above.Forklifts have one continually-rotating knob because they're (always? often?) connected to a single steer wheel. Merc's Wrist-Twist used 2 about 5" diameter rings, spaced about steering wheel width apart. Instead of turning a big steering wheel, you turned the rings, which were connected under a cover via chain & sprocket to the steering column. Merc's system featured something like 1.75 turns lock-to-lock on a 5" wheel.... the potential for dangerously quick steering is obvious. Add to that Merc also had 'thumb holes', 1 per ring, so you could stick your thumb in & twirl and.... just wow. It's just wild to see instead of a steering wheel, which we've had since the tiller steer days.

ALL of these 'deficiencies' are NO WORSE than the honda I rode in yesterday or the passat I rode in & drove about 6 times this spring, or the '97 audi a my friend's son owns, who's interior I detailed as a favor once. ALL cars have fit, finish & material deficiencies if you look hard enough. If the armrest pulled apart when used, yes of course; that's bad. But the collar under the steering column is not designed to be pulled on, is it? In fact, isn't it likely it's designed to be easily removable for under-dash access? Hm-mmm. Really only the door/dash trim misalignment & the seat trim are the ones I would take issue with- all the other points are merely indicative of modern interiors ('Snap-Fit' plastics). As far as the fake stitching goes; it will last far longer & be much easier to clean than real stitching, anyway. BTW: Holy sh!t- 36K?? Egads.

yippee-sh!t. Guess you must think toyota trucks are "junk" too, seeing how 'no one wants to buy' any.

6-spd auto Allison! Cool. I hope like hell this monster is hiding in a warehouse somewhere. I so wish someone (either Chevy or Merc) produced the 'Wrist-Twist' steering system. If I ever get real time in my shop, I need to engineer one- I have the construction details for Merc's system.

IMO a car like this A-M is so about image & presence, that to have a wrinkled cloth top atop of artful sheetmetal like this is nearly criminal. A retractable could continue the stylistic theme into the roof (esp since that's commonly viewed with such a low car). It supercedes trunk space in my book.

Thanks a bunch for the pics of the Titan, Harley- I'd looked around more than once for pics online but came up empty. Ford had a turbine truck in this time period too, I think it was called 'Big Red' or something like that. I would like to see a pic of that one alongside this one. {checks files}: yup; it was "Big Red". I have a pic, but couldn't find one online. Not sure if Ford's was turbine-powered or not (doesn't have any obvious air intakes). Wonder if either survived.

I understand that (canvas top = special), but more crucial to me is, how does it look with the top up?? Frankly, very few convertibles look good with the top up period.