A Horse With No Name

There is just something very special, almost sacred about a pre-WW-II car that is restored stock. One of the grandfathers of one of the boys in my son's scouting group has a 1940 Plymouth 2 door that he just did a beutiful, wonderful restoration of. And he resisted the temptation to red it! I love old packards, BTW. Some of the coolest pre-war cars made, FWIW. Chris

((Enter Sarcasm mode)) Sixty-Eight is a closet liberal. The idea of drivbing a rainbow butterfly powered Camry IS positive. ((Exit Sarcasm mode)) Seriously, I am very sorry about how divided our nation seems to be becoming in a political sense. I have very good friends that are arch conservative, and very good friends that are very liberal. Both sides are worried about...the war, the debt/deficit/ jobs going overseas, the environment, terrorism, too much government in our lives, education for our kids, health care, etc. The good news is that as AMERICANS (we'll include the Cannuks too ) we share a whole lot more common values than we realize. Chris

I love working hard physically. It keeps you in shape and builds a sense of friendship, as you have written. And V-8's rock! My son Joel and I looked at a GTO the other day. It was an LS2 car, bright red, leather, about $15,000, and IIRC it had like 23,000 miles. Just superb shape. Good thing it was an automatic and not a six speed car or I'd have had another car in the driveway. Looking forward to the new Camaro. Chris

While we are talking about poop (I'd use the "S" word but I am trying to swear off swearing)...let's talk about...good news from Toyota. Went on a Scouting trip/campout with my son Daniel this weekend, and one of the other dads has spent 23 years as the manager of a local Toyota dealers bodyshop. He said they are still jammed solid with Tacomas being sent to be crushed, and that they are sending them away 35-40 at a time to the scrapyard on car carriers. Almost every single truck they look at has fram issues. Here ih Ohio, the "rustbelt" go figure, eh? He said that they are crushing trucks with less than 20,000 miles on them! This is very bad for Toyota and very good perhaps for GM. Chris

I do think we need to work with Ethanol, though. It can be a great fuel if it is developed right. And yes, Americans don't think long term. Chris

Actually there is a very famouns 68 or so Dodge Dart Hemi GTS pro street ragtop that was on the cover of Car Craft or Hot Rod a few years back...and then fell into decay...and then was restored to its former ground pounding glory. Apparently the roll cage in the car was taken out when one of the owners wives was too big to fit in the car with the cage. I actually like my females curvy. But not "huge" Chris

I feel as though GM is screwed anyways...pretty much. But I don't think Oil will stay that low. I think the people buying new F-150's and Tundras are the ones who will be screwed. Chris

Keep us posted! Chris

+1. Too bad most people won't check this out for themselves. Regardless of who wins in November, we need to get Big Oil and their lobbyists OUT of control in Washington. Chris

Sadly, I've found that few people inside or outside of media are interested in reality. Carbiz, O.C., it's too bad you guys don't have kids. You should try explaining "reality" to a teenager. Chris

Sadly, I think your right. Chris

I wonder where these Idiots live. TheSHO looks like an Ohio vehicle...Lord knows enough people here in Ohio would drive something like that. Be glad, be very glad that you and Cmino live in PA. I think your level of inbreeding is less there. Chris

+1. I still think Camino needs one Ranchero just "because" Although that might be like getting Sixty-Eight to drive a non-hardtop FWD car. Chris

+1 Chris

+1 Chris

...almost...if she has hips so big that she can't fit in my Miata or in a Solstice...that is a BAD sign. Chris

Camino, it is for sure the worst driving car I've ever driven. A 38 Olds on four bad bias ply tires drives/handles better. I just hate the driving dynamics of the Prius. Chris

I would love to see the Alfa MiTo come here. I like that and some of the other small euro cars. +1 On the Fiat thing. Chris

Outboard (like a Johnson outboard boat motor?) Chris

...assuming it would work out that way...yes. But a lot of chryco customers might go somehwere elese other than GM. Chris

Hmmm....+1 on the Olds version... Chris

WOW! Wish I could buy a small diesel car like that now. MINI sells a diesel in europe that gets that kind of fuel economy, IIRC. Chris

Great Quote! Chris

I don't like the VW six, actually. It just doesn't feel "right" somehow to me. And the Passat seems to lack the handling of some of the smaller VW products. Passats seemed to be the worst for reliability amoung the VW's. It will be interesting to see how American Labor changes or improves the reliability thing. I do know the cars built in Brazil and Mexico have had their fair share of problems. Chris