A Horse With No Name

Fun getting together to wrench isn't it? Our local TDI VW group does it quite often. Chris

Which is why BMW will be a luxury leader for years to come. Chris

I would agree. The tomorrow car may well be a dead thing for those of us who love cars. The US Auto industry in some ways peaked around 1970 and hasn't been the same since. From a design standpoint, Japan has already peaked. Chris

That's why I do everything I can to enjoy my family and my car hobby and enjoy roading. Things may well not get better. That being said, I don't know how guys who live alone like you, or 'blu, or some of the other guys here do it. I think without my family I would have checked out a long time ago. The world really is nuts, and Cars and Family are in some ways all I have got. Chris

Both the 88 and 71 are great projects. Was 88 a shortened year for RWD Cuttys? Chris

Biggest thing I see is that both Ford and GM have some of their mojo back, whish is a good thing. Besides, I think everyone is missing the point. This change in the auto industry we are going through has been coming for a very long time, as I said in another post. The real test will come in 2015, when the next generation of cars come out. Let's see them both build on what they have and then move forward. Chris

Hyper, I think both Electric and Diesel will be around for bigger trucks. Also, with the foreign debt and our declinging currency, the number of imports will drop and it will be less profitable for Camcords to be built and sold here. Thus I agree on the Fusion and Malibu as the workhorse cars of the future. Camino better get that Challenger now, as it won't be around in 5 years. I think the Camaro and Mustang will be dead as hipo cars within 5 years. Chris

I think I hear an SRT8 calling with your name on it. Seriously, the Challenger is a great car and it fits you perfectly. That plus the Holden/Pontiac and a couple of projects and you should be set... Chris

Steak! Chris

The interior does look good, DF! Chris

Methinks Dodge builds a car called the Challenger that should suit your needs fine, Camino! I just want to be behind you at the Dodge dealer getting an Alfa MiTo. Chris

...and FWIW my wife is with you guys on Orange. She hates it on a car. Blue on the other hand...she loves. Chris

That's perfectly Okay. So long as you guys don't mind me enjoying the GTO in balthy's post and the GTO in GM truck guys post, we are all good. Chris

Adding too many miles in the top down days of summer. Chris

Today-40 Buick, really clean 70's Toranado, nice 60's Eldorado, several C6 Convertibles. Chris

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And I think your right on the "Endura Cars." I seem to remember a Mayfair Miaze 68 GTO around here that looked good. Back to car spotting, 65 Impala. Forgot to tell you guys about that one. Chris

As for me myself I think GM cars do look realy good in dark colors. As far as Chrome bumper GTO's and dark colors, I think having neighbors that had a maroon 66 Tripower GTO convertible probably ruined me for life. Without that car, I would possibly be watching baseball and be worried about the Yankee's or something. As it is.... And I'm glad to get some Bonneville love here. The later 60's Bonnevilles are kind of overlooked by a lot of people. Chris

I'll take any color I can get...even if it's Iris Mist (which I like, light purple) or Panther Pink. Creativity is the whole key to the muscle car thing. And actually I like orange also... Esp. Orbit Orange on a 70 GTO. Not to bright but different. Chris

Oh,and if you ever come to Columbus Ohio, and happen to go to the Dublin Car show in July... We have a Camaro that shows up at that show and a few others, but it is mostly garage kept. It is a 67 SS/RS 396 that was bought new for drag racing andonly has like 4,000 or 5,000 miles on it. It is about the same light yellow color, and it is God's own original survivor. No chips in the original GM paint and the interior damn near smells new. I'm talking it might as well be 1968. I'll post some pics if I see the car again...it just makes my jaw drop every time I see it. Chris

Who said a 60's PMD had to be masculine? Back in the day, when cars actually looked like something other than an Acura crapbox, women actually liked cars and what they looked like. I have not only a wife, but three daughters as well. For me, having a car that is "wife friendly" and "daughter friendly" shares my love of cars with them. Like I've said before, my wife/girls loved our 55 Chevy, which was two tone baby blue and white. And my mother still talks longingly of 50's and 60's cars. Besides, I'm tired of seeing muscle cars in red, blue and black. One of the best looking cars I saw last summer was a real Hemi GTX ragtop at the mopar nats...and it was light yellow also. Just a little bit different. YMMV. Chris

For some unknown reason, I have faith that GM will get the next small cars as right as they got the Malibu, Corvette C6, CTS, Camaro, G8, Solstice, Sky, et al. With the Ford Focus coming from Europe and Fiat helping Chrysler we may very well ahve some very good small cars in 3 or 4 years. Guys...this shake up in the auto industry has been coming since the early 1970's. I am suprised our domestics have done as well with it as they have. It is going to take until 2013 or 2014 for the new product to come out. REALITY CHECK-go to your nearest Chevrolet dealer, sit in a new Camaro, and think...this car took 5 years to get here and it was worth the wait. Let's have a little faith in GM. I get discouraged, and make some pot shots on these forums...but lets have a little faith. Chris

I do agree with the idea that Buick does know how to do an interior. Just love how well put together and laid out it is. And I do agree the Tundra interior leaves a lot to be desired. Chris

+1. Cheers and Gears is a place where we all love GM. We don't love only GM, but we all love GM and wish the best for it. For GM to prosper, it must have free market competition. We also celebrate what the competition gets right, because we are sane, rational individuals. We celbrate our diversity of opinion here, and welcome all voices that are rational and thoughtful. That is the Cheers and Gears I love. Chris

The Japanese have built some brilliant cars (NSX, 240Z, Miata, MR2, Supra, et al) The Americans have built some brilliant cars (GTO, Camaro, Mustang, Impala, Et al) and the Europeans have built some brilliant cars (BMW M3, GTI, Audi TT, et al). Get over it. And I have a good friend who is a Honda engeneer. Honda has done some brilliant things. As well as some dip$h! things, as the styling of the Acura lineup will relate to... Cheers Chris