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Never realized people had pleasure from the door hitting their A$$

Well come Brian. I am glad you like our website. Go ahead and post whatever you think of. Our moderators are good folks. I hope you will enjoy it here. And BTW if you feel that you are not getting attention and you feel like leaving, please do not leave a post saying so, just pack the bags and leave while watching the door behind you, so as it does not hit you hard on your hiney.

You are right. What I meant was DI pushrod is under development and we cannot see a reason why cannot it be in place few years down the road, may be as soon as the end of the decade.

No that is too early for stardom. That is what he needs. May be Chris himself.

The tree would not be existing forget making sound.

Both weigh the same dressed up. Yeah the AMG engine costs $40,000 vs. the 11,000 for the LS3. LS3 gives better gas mileage (even a light CLK and its "godly" seven speed cannot beat the gas guzzler.) LS3 is about two inches smaller than the AMG because it does not have to lug the camshafts. If you want a good critique of pushrods vs. DOHC V8s see piece by Csaba Csere in the car and driver's August (or may be September) magazine. No way did he mention that the pushrod is "inferior". As a matter of fact he dared to say that pushrods will still remain because of their simplicity, versatality, and now the DI giving them added push.

I smell media bias

Death of BOF on the cards. Long live shortsightedness, and inablity to innovate and ability to give up.

It is because of this philosophy that they did not put a 4 banger in it: “The Saturn Vue Green Line 2 Mode challenges the notion that a compact SUV can’t be both powerful and efficient,” said Jill Lajdziak, Saturn general manager. “Customers tell us they want a compact SUV that will respect the environment and save money at the gas pump, but they don’t want to give up performance and utility. We’ve responded with the Vue Green Line 2 Mode.” It is a fancy idea on paper and theoritically it will yield higher fuel economy numbers, but the GM's chief two-mode design engineer told Fly and I that the cost to benefit ratio is higher than the two-mode hybrid and thus not worth pursuing it. You already are spending a lot on making diesels cleaner and powerful by turbo charging using common rail etc. and add to that the price of the hybrid, but he did not rule out the possibility in the future. Crapmunds is their name, and putting crap is their game. Look for a 2009 intro.

A good note. Now tell me the real reason why Fly is underground? . It seems like he is gone hiding, not posting anymore, neither took part in the major shake up of the website. Is he a Toy fanboy now and you booted him?

Someone watching too much of SNL.

I was being sarcastic.

I did not know Oldsmobile made those. The Dolphin Motors guy who writes up the description is a deuschebag. Always writes it in caps, always uses pompous words, and always makes mountain out of the molehill about how good the car is.

Yeah that comes to about $48,995 ONLY fully loaded. For a car size of a Civic. Pontiac needed RWD Alpha yesterday. There is a market for$35k max small RWD sedan which can dance like a BMW and yet save money in the pockets. Even BMW missed it with the 1, GM better get it. And if they put the RWD Caddy Alpha, that platform will even get a better profit. A fully loaded TL is $38K, and it comparably equipped to the 335i.

A BMW 335i SEDAN with every option available in the book and that does not include accessories. And with most expensive accesories it is $61,531.

It is not about pining RWD from Accord or Camry buyers it is about a. Creating a new market. b. Catching a market that may be nascent. c. Not being an also ran in the industry.

With current GM economics, it is not entirely possible.

Was it "updated" on an existing 20 year old block or it was thoroughly revised in 2003?

Write it. May be Mods permitting we can send it as an official question from C&G.

First of I do not hate you nor hate anybody. You are trying to show a different perspective of looking at potential problems GM was, is and will have. I have never believed in golden parachutes, as for one it puts complacence in the leader which is the worst thing to have. It is like Genghis Khan going on a battle and even if he loses he can keep his kingdom, what an irony. GM has had problems since before Rick. Just because a landslide takes place at a date does not mean it was a near problem that caused it. GM's problems started in the 70's. It may or may not have coincidentally reached the apogee during Rick's tenure. That said, the Fiat fiasco started before he took over in 2003. If you have to blame, I honestly think you should lay the blame on the middle management of GM, because they still do control indirectly the GM screws. It is the middlemen that is killing GM not the big ones apart from their golden parachutes. Another thing which pisses me is the fact that the top execs seem to not have balls against these middlemens in skirmishes. Like the clout of Chevy dealers about Traverse, or some bin counters that still exist. When I referred to Volt, I was refering to the E-Flex system in general, which will see proliferation in other cars as well. Volt is just going to be the tip of the iceberg if the future holds true. Battery is the most significant part here. And if it fails it is really red flag for GM. GM is concentrating on HCCI and has some development for Hydrogen fuel. I am disappointed that they are slacking on the hydrogen research but at least they are pursuing it.

What about the HCCI technology that GM is developing? In lab it is been achieving about 25% more fuel economy compared to the DOHC, they were planning to introduce it in 2012-13, that will be a big bump in the CAFE. As Northie said, GM needs to put its vehicles through Weight Watcher's regime. Those 1-2 mpg gained by lowering weight will help a lot.

Do you want your dealership and your wages to survive till 2015 or 2050? Because if the Volt is NOT done right, it may certainly be an end to GM's destiny and its impact on the perceptions of the people. If not Rick, you wanted Carlos the Ghosn with Jerry York and Kirk Kierokirorkirkorean? Because the way I look at it the silver boy Ghosn is not doing good either. The entire auto industry is in doldrums. If GM was sitting on cash like Toyota, may be time would not have been an issue. But even if there are greenbacks available, they will not prevent any technical difficulties which may have arosed around testing. The fact of the matter is it is not 2011 to bitch about GM not delivering the promise. At this moment most of us are playing couch football to really get into the matter of what is happening inside GM and battery providers' premises regarding the Volt.

Fixed

Impala was always blamed for that and was the Fleet Queen two years in running. But the poster child Nissan is having more problems about selling their cars here than they want us to believe. Reed Nissan here around Orlando who claims to be the largest in the Southeast has already started offering $3,000 on the 2008 Altimas.

Altima Fleets its way to glory.