Z-06

It has been bankrupt and long gone before Lehman Brothers.

Smurf

I gotta agree here. If the competition has the goodies in their vehicles, GM should have them too if GM wants to be competitive and wants their sales to go up. Engineering is overcoming difficulties and solving problems, not creating excuses.

Chamois

Do those over/ underpass lines meet about another 1/2 mile away? Usually two parallel lines with a cross line stands for an intersection. What is baffling is the three lines. Was there a track parallel to the current one which was decomissioned? The dead underpass at the intersection points out that there was one. That might explain the three parallel lines. I am however rusty with those signs, and the book I used as a reference is long gone at a used books store. Any ways, it is fascinating to look at ancient industrial architectures, back when Civil 3D, AutoCAD 3D tools along with modern finite element analyses were not available to an engineer, yet the structures stand. It always intrigues me to put me in their shoes and imagine what were those blokes thinking when they designed the marvels.

Approximately how far is the underpass from the location of the sign?

As a part of railroad design class that I took in my undergraduate courses, the rail road company often remarks its mile markers or put new ones, possibly when they add a new line or the tracks change in length because of addition a small section, those mile markers change. The rail road workers then "erase" the old markers and rehash a new one.

Truthfully, capitalism, has not existed, is not existing and will not exist in its purest form in the world period. The real trick is how much you balance the socialism and capitalism to create the so called free economy. Asians learnt it early and have been doing it for a long time, Americans are learning it the hard way. It is a necessity in pure capitalism to let those who do not succeed to fall and honestly according to hardcore Adam Smith theory GM and Chrysler should go down, but there is a difference between theory and practice. The practice is that the competition is not following pure capitalism, the practice is that other parts of this automotive ecosystem - which are 10 times more than the auto manufacturers - are going to be endangared with GM failure, the practice is that lawmakers know they have FUBARed the situation and need to cover their hinds, the practice is that failures are going to trigger the collapse of this nation and the entire world. Therefore like it or not bailouts will come for the Big Three.

You were NOT arguing SIZE, TAX, A CUT-OFF POINT (luxury cap or whatever you call), FAUX WOOD. You were merely pointing PRICE DIFFERENCE among comparable vehicles distinguishes those vehicles' classification of being a premium or a luxury vehicle, so stop prodding around and get back to your own point.

Point VERY WELL Noted: Audi A6 3.2 - $42,950 Base MB E350 - $54,075 Base BMW 535i - $50,080 Base Based on your logic - Audi = Premium, BMW = Mid way between luxury and premium, MB = Luxury Now if you put all those three aforementioned brands in the same breath again, I will have to treat you using Archibald Bitchslap theory.

First - are those striations man made or natural? If they are natural - based on your New Jersey area - it looks like the rock is a sedimentary sand stone or mud stone or shale stone then such out of place striations are common place in those rock formations. Possibly during deposition (millions of years ago), some sand layers might have been interspersed with smaller clay seams. If it is human made sign, then it possibly might have been the quarry people who slash multiple lines for the rock that needs to be blasted. Or those old rail roads had mile marker rocks which they put in for different positions. It is intriguing. Can you zoom it in with even higher resolution?

Long night heh?

Enclave was released in May 2007, not 2008. So far the RX has been holding strong except for last month when Enclave bumped it. To give Enclave the credit, it has not seen decline in sales if compared to the same month last year.

BV sorry to hear about that. Seatbelt is the only reason why I am still typing here after my horrid crash. It is the best safety invention ever. I hope he has a speedy recovery.

True dear sage. You did not get what he meant dave, :wink:

Detach yourselves from both good and bad. Life is too short.

It possibly will be a second/third car for me.

Did you get it brand new or used? What options does it have? Do you mind to post pictures? - Yeah I know a lot of questions.

Ganesha I hope that helps.

I think I am going to go with the Cyber Gray Metallic or Imperial Blue Metallic with black interior. However, I am going to backtrack on my engine choice, after looking at the V-8 options, I am debating whether to get the LT2-RS or SS2-RS.

Bingo! Ganesha ... or Ganpati - The lord of Peace, Prosperity and Intelligence.

As far as I remember there is an inferno Orange two tone interior that is going to be available for limited time on the 2SS, Camino can help me on that.

Guys before we get political on this thread, let us just stop.

Rogue is an underwhelming vehicle. I have to agree with Reg in the sense that its build quality is poorer than the Kia, and its CVT just kills it. I do not think it is available with manual transmission which would have not been a bad idea for this small vehicle. If people are shopping for vehicles in this class they should seriously look at the Patriot which is not a bad vehicle.