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  1. A Horse With No Name
    I am so spoiled on the big American sedans of the 60's and 70's that nothing else has ever come close. When they can build a car as sexy as my aunts Buick Wildcat, my neighbors 1970 Bonneville, my Grandfathers Olds 98....call me. These cars set the bar for me as a young boy...and budding enthusiast. Until then everything else in the puff cruiser realm is a weak imitation. Sort of like wanting an autocross prepped Miata and getting a Barbie edition Fiat 500 Cabriolet... Both the Miata and 500 are small convertibles...but that is where the similarity ends. Chocolate wrapped Bacon seems to fit well with the Barbie edition 500 Cabriolet.....just an idea no one should have tried.
  2. A Horse With No Name
    Probably two guys 6'3 if no one adult is in the back seat behind them.
  3. A Horse With No Name
    As a sumo wrestler (or at least Sumo/Shrek sized) you would think he would support Japanese products...
  4. A Horse With No Name
    I am working on that with the wife. I actually really like the 6th gen Camaro, Also GM has a fantastic Blue BTW. Interior is an upgrade over 5th gen also.
  5. A Horse With No Name
    The lack of a sport compact would do it for me. At least with Ford we ahve the RS and the ST twins, until Focus and Fiesta get the plug pulled on them.
  6. A Horse With No Name
    We really have different tastes in cars in many ways.
  7. A Horse With No Name
    Hmmm....Okay. The last of the Interbreeds and Concordes fell to rust and transmission failure seemingly years ago here in Central Ohio. My memory (like much of the rest of my so called thinking...) is probably flawed. Thankfully, youngest kid goes away to college next year...so Beetle can be trade in fodder for a BRZ or Miata. Back into a fun car....could not convince the wife we needed a V8 Camaro.
  8. A Horse With No Name
    At my kids middle school a few years ago woman who was 4-8, 90 pounds at best, drove a lifted Hummer H2 with oversized tires. We frequently wound up parking next to each other. me at that time 5'11 and driving a MINI Cooper S. And hanging truck balls...although a few of those ladies could probably piss further standing up than any guy here. We have a secretion (and yes, secretion not section) of town (Johnstown, small community outside of Columbus) where yuppies have moved into the bro dozer community. Everything is either an Audi SUV or an F350/Ram 3500 dually diesel. LOTS of Bro dozer type trucks rolling coal over there.
  9. A Horse With No Name
    Really...hmmmm.....Never really thought of the Intrepid/Concorde as that much larger than a Mazda 6. Passat also has decent interior room for a lot terribly large car.
  10. A Horse With No Name
    Not very much, actually. One word...Stinger...that thing is gorgeous and i would love to own own. historically Hyundai has had a lousy track record at building cars that are desirable from a styling standpoint.
  11. A Horse With No Name
    You are very correct in that...but they were not really full sized either.
  12. A Horse With No Name
    Right...and when Hyundai builds a distinctive car, Ocnblu and i will show up in matching Ford Focus electrics to celebrate. Mixing BMW thinking in with Hyundai design...is turning my stomach before lunch... What for gods sake is the design look for involuntarily celibate and overweight female office worker? ....ohh wait...that would be Kia Soul. Maybe they can learn something from Kia...
  13. A Horse With No Name
    That was the beauty of the Chrysler cab forward cars like the Intrepid and Concorde. They had loads of interior space in the back. We loved the one that we owned.
  14. A Horse With No Name
    Might be painful, metal conducts electricity.
  15. A Horse With No Name
    The truck overcompensation I would like is an Ls6 1970 El Camino...in honor of our once frequent member. Maybe a camper Special 396 powered half ton as a garage mate. Overcompensation is not always bad.
  16. A Horse With No Name
    If Chevrolet put the 2.0 into a lower level of Malibu it would be an obvious choice over this...but given the extra power...I think I would take the Mazda over the Malibu. Nice looking car and I wish them well with it. Chris
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    Not to be political, but given the mishandling of trade by both political parties and the apathy of the American people...the 21st century will be the Chinese Century. 19th century should ahve been the French century but it was the British century. 20th Century should ahve been the Germany century but it was the American century. 21st century should ahve been another American Century but it will belong to the Chinese. We might as well hand them dominance in electric cars...we have handed them everything else on a silver platter.
  18. A Horse With No Name
    Making luxury goods employs a lot of people. I have zero problem with it at all.
  19. A Horse With No Name
    I am a Hellcat fan if that counts.
  20. A Horse With No Name
    They have a market of ready buyers of people willing to step up to pay it. In a lot of the better urban neighborhoods people will pay a million dollars for a house just to tear down for the lot. What you want, and exactly what you want, can carry a huge price tag. On worth Avenue on Palm beach a sweater is 3 grand...again....if you have a luxury good that people want, people will pay.
  21. A Horse With No Name
    Years of building product that is not as desirable as the competition put them there. I still say that Ford will be fine. Dropping passenger cars and building vehicles they are passionate about (transit, F series, large SUV, luxury SUV, Mustang) is a huge win for them. I am more concerned about GM actually.
  22. A Horse With No Name
    A lot of luxury car leases are subsidized by the car maker I think.
  23. A Horse With No Name
    Ohhh I agree with your point of view. There are about four levels of automotive class above the Audi and the Interceptor. They are like a decent high school Freshman football game. Cars like the GTI and WRX STI and the Ford Focus RS are like a good high school varsity game. Cars like the Miata are like a good D2 or D3 game.... 60's Pontiacs and thirties Fords are like Watching Alabama play Georgia. Duesenbergs true classics and thoroughbred race cars are like Packers vs Steelers.
  24. A Horse With No Name
    It is cool in the same way that a Harlequin VW is cool. Just kind of odd and funky. Not everything can be a 60s era Pontiac. Although I would happily live in a world with nothing but 60s era Pontiacs.
  25. A Horse With No Name
    Drive what you love...I have cars on both highest and lowest list I would be proud to own. Most of the people buying them are not that worried about resale.
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