A Horse With No Name

I bank with Chase and am not happy with them. I'll never do another loan or credit card through them. Chris

Fair enough, Camino.

Amen brother. Think of how sweet an LS1 TA would be, tuned to run on ethanol...with a turbo on that nice high octane ethanol. Or how nice it would be not to have the Saudi's own ten percent of our nation. OR how nice it would be to drive a one ton crew cab dually truck with no guilt about future generations, money going overseas, or blood for oil. Chris

Yes it is good news. But we need to not put off other sources of energy. The denial people have been in denial since the early 1970's, it's time to do something. Chris

Like I said, in 5 years cars like the Camaro and CTS-V may well be out of production. I would bet that Arizona will be really interesting in about seven to ten years. LOTS of nearly new or late model airplaines parked out in the desert, never to fly again. I remember Trains magazine from back in the mid 1950's, from when railroads went from steam locomotives to diesel. LOTS of nearly new steam locomotives sitting lined up on rail spurs, waiting for the scrap man. The same thing happened at the end of the Ocean Liner age...sister ship of the Titanic, the Olympic, tied up in a scrapyard alongside the Mauritainia, the sister ship of the Lusitania. Same thing will happen to our air fleets. The 787 really will be the dream liner, because most of the fleet of them will be put to sleep soon after they are flying. Kind of sad, really when you think about it. Trinacriabob was talking about how beautiful the 747 is. Bringing my daughter home from high school past Rickenbacker air field...747 Cargo plane is sitting there and she is like "wow...that is one huge plane. And it's beautiful!" If we don't do something soon, regfootball is going to be road testing rickshaws before his kid is out of high school. My two cents, Chris

Balthazar>>> That answers my next question as to why the 1-series, 6-series, Z4, X3 and X6 are still in production over @ BMW !<<<<< I actually like the 1 series....but I will never own one. Neat little car, actually. The Z4 has become a bloated pig...and the X3 and X6 production needs to be recycled into something more useful and better looking, like beer cans. Chris

Like I said...I hate banks. Hopefully yours gets whats due them. Is your loan through US Bank? Had a terrible experience with them. Chris

...since the Buick is dormant that air compressor needs to pump SOMETHING up, eh balthazar? Chris

I can see a bunch of 'blu produced porn movies with "automotive" themes. "Hammer and Dolly" is the sequel. First movie should be cast in the south during the glory days of stock car racing and be called "Bumping and Grinding"

It did during the parent teacher conference, that's for sure. Chris

That would explain a lot about our culture. Chris

RAV4 is one of the worst vehicles built IMHO. Can't imagine wanting to own one... Chris

Awhile back I had to do an electrical repair in a body shop and they were putting a new roof on a Corolla. Who the hell fixes a Corolla that's been hurt so bad it needs a new roof? Chris

I think he was being sarcastic... Chris

Scion is WAY down...as I predicted. They will go away, methinks. Chris

Keeping with the PG nature of the Lounge...here are the rules of the thread. Someone from your day to day life that you would like to get to watch get nekkid. Not so much as sleep with them...but you could be a "fly on the wall" in the morning when they take a shower. I'll go first...just got back from parent teacher confrences...the woman who teaches my younger son's science class. She just has this nice midwestern look to her and she's really a sweet person. Okay...who would you like to see get nekkid?

GM nailed the color on this thing. I just love it! Chris

Off topic rabit trail but... Just picked up my 8 year old daughter from girl scouts. Girl in her troup is named Alexis...parents like calling her "Lexus"...think it's a horrible name for a little girl. Back on topic ...and yes, why Mitsu is still here...I don't know.

Agree with Bond, James bond. To me, bankers rate right there with religious prophets (think Jim Jones, Sun Yung Moon, Mohommad, et al) and child molesters as people I pretty much have no use for. No be like Mr Bond and fis yourself a martini, shaken, not stired, and not too much of that nasty vermooth. The truck is worth the money you are asking...a buyer will come forth. Chris

Sorry, I'm a little bit ADHD today. Chris

Too bad Lawyers don't have to take a 6 month sabbatical every 5 years to make something actually work, or do something useful. Chris

Still a pretty dismal month for Chryco. Chris

Getting back to GM...a version of the Retro 1953ish Nomad built on the Kappa platform. THAT car idea keeps me up at night. Chris

I do too. Some days I think that 95% of what's wrong with the world is the fault of lawyers. ...and the best man at my wedding is now a Judge for the state of California...hmmm. Hope things work out on the Silverado sale. WTF did his layer find wrong???? Chris

Look at the bright side...Scion will die also, I think, and Lexus will loose an assload of market share. Acura will loose a lot of market share also, as will Infinity IMHO. We may very well see Suzuki move off of our shores, and Mitsubishi is burning cash at the same rate the space shuttle burns fuel. There are BRIGHT spots also, my friend. Chris