bobo
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Happy Birthday to Dear Leader, wherever you are and whatever you are doing!
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My parents didn't buy cars very often, but in 1978, when I was ten, they bought a Ford pickup and a Cadillac Seville. The first car magazine I ever looked at was an issue of Motor Trend at a grocery store that year, and it had the new Fox-based Mustang on the cover, and that became my favorite car. From that point on I was reading all the car magazines and drawing them, mostly Cadillac sketches. The cars I grew up with were mostly GMs, so those were my favorite after the Mustang lust wore off. My favorite cars in my childhood were the Cutlass Supreme, Eldorado, Camaro IROC-Z, and Firebird T/A. My car interest turned more to imports during my college years after I drove a friend's Honda Civic wagon.
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$1.799 at Costco.
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2 smarts, 1 Flex, and a 68ish Olds 442.
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Better than the Fushion refresh.
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It looks like the old Cube after given the MRDETROITMETAL treatment.
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I don't consider it ugly, but it is overstyled. And yes, it's smiling a bit too much.
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The new Lexus interiors are unremarkable. They are not really offensive, just nothing sets them apart. They do not reek of cheap, however, like a Toyota. I still like the interior of my IS300. It's Toyota-grade, because it wasn't designed to be a Lexus, but it suits me fine. BMW and Mercedes interiors aren't a whole lot different than Lexus interiors in terms of quality.
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The whiff of bankruptcy is enough to cause people to look elsewhere unless there are incredible deals. For myself, tanking resale value would be my biggest concern, but warranty is also an issue. It is not inconceivable to me that GM will not exist in five years, at least in its current form. Does anybody think that Chrysler's lifetime powertrain warranty will outlast the company?
