A Horse With No Name

And actually, I prefer buying Coffee, because I can get a good look at the cute gal that works at the little local Cofee shop I've been going to. Chris

This reminds me of one of the funniest things I've ever heard in my life. I was in the Atlanta airport, and a rather large and outspoken african/american woman was just screaming at the woman at the counter...as I walked up to them, I heard "...if you can fly this damned airplane 600 miles an hour, in the dark, and find Atlanta you can FIND MY LUGGAGE!" Chris/66

Actually I don't think the CTS is too big and heavy... Chris

As a Mustang fan, I think it would be cool if Ford brought the first ever Mustang out to the "show" per se. Chris

I need to put the Blizzacks on the car. Been running around on summer performance type tires with too many autocross runs on them, and it has been "interesting" commuting to work. Tonight I am going to go to the TDI Club dinner and then I am going to get very comfortable on the couch under a wool or down blanket, and watch movies with the family. I love watching Movies with my children. I forget the movie, but there was a beautiful pre-WWI Oldsmobile touring car in one of those girls movies my daughters were watching. Actually, the girls have been watching a lot of historical type stuff, as well as older movies. Seeing all those old cars again is sweet. I can really relate to 68, XP715, balthazar, etc. There needs to be another vintage car in my garage, so on nights like tonight I can go out, pull up a corner on the car cover, and drool. Chris/66

Let's hope people keep conserving. Chris

Exactly, Nick. Chris/66

The Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup cars use a DSG (semi-autotrajic style self shifting gearbox) and some modern Ferrari's come with an automatic/paddle shifting tranny. However, I passed on God's own original clean IROC Camaro this week because it was autotrajic. Chris

120 must have been a little hairy on those all season tires. Next time you try that, you might want to try it on better rubber. BTW, How did it handle at that speed? Chris

Another good idea. Get some POSITIVE press for the automakers for a change. Chris

This would be an exceptionally good idea. ...and the day the president rides in a toyota limo, I'm moving to Canada Chris

No kidding! Chris

Flu can't love you back, tuck you into bed and bring you a tea when your feeling Ill, play Grand Tourismo 4 with you, Graduate High school, Graduate College, Play Baseball, pass a football, etc. Having kids, if your ready, can be the best experience of your life. Chris

That would be correct, sir. The original K cars were well marketed, and the included wagons, a minivan spinoff that defined the market, two door hatchback, four door hatchback, sedan, coupe, convertible et al. Chrysler did pretty well with this one, a simple car with a simple marketing plan that worked. Gm would do well to copy the formula, yes? The Astra, if it had sold, would have been logical basis for this as it has a lot of variants in Europe GM could pull from for US sales. As it is I think MINI is selling more small cars than Saturn. Chris

We need a thread on how the automotive market will change in the next 5-6 years. We have a lot of good minds at C and G, and I don't think that we really think about the context of what the automotive market really is/will be sometimes. Camino, I couldn't agree with your rational and reality based post any more. I personally think the Volt will be one of the cars that saves GM. Rush Limbaugh was bashing the Volt and GM the other day, and that Idiot can't get anything right...so if he says its going to be terrible it';s bouund to be a hit. Chris

That's a good way to put it, Satty. GM could have and should have done so much better than the Ion. Chris/66

I would be interested to check one out "in the flesh" to see the interior. Looked at the Solstice interior again, I like how it is simple and functional. But this Z car interior is starting to grow on me as well. Yes, the design works, I could go for a little different treatment right at the front. The blue color is wonderful, though. Chris/66

It is so hard to find good journalism anymore. Honestly, if it's not the Economist of the BBC, I am afraid to trust anything. Chris

But fair wages shouldn't be $12 an hour and a temporary contract. If we want good cars we need good people. We've let eleventy billion good people go from GM, from line guys to engeneers to sylists to management. We need to keep what we have left. Chris

Exactly. They work and deserve to be compensated, just like the guys on the line building the cars. I think the biggest issue is jealousy. These gentlemen have the chops to run a multibillion dollar company and I think the rest of us are jealous of their ability and their pay. Chris

Actually, I would like to se what TTAC would say if GM is in a really good position in about 2 or 3 years. Chris

So what is GM's biggest modern flop...The Reatta perhaps? Chris

We just had a plant close in Dayton...things are going to get real ugly in the Buckeye state unless things change real fast... Chris

Here is what they think of it over on Miata net. Far from 100% positive, even from the Mazda crowd. http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=307813 Chris

Go get a Starbucks, then. Seriously, I think it must be tough being a gay man and trying to find a serious long term relationship. Chris