A Horse With No Name

QUOTE (Sixty8panther @ Oct 26 2008, 09:07 PM) I seen dem truk nuts the other day on a Dodge Ram, the truk was blak but the nutz was blu like a po-lice light, I thuink it was been a few dayz since that Dodge rammed a Toyo-dur Tah-coma. Lord God Almighty, I'd hate to see the "love child" of THAT union. Chris

QUOTE (MikeyMo84 @ Oct 26 2008, 06:52 PM) you need truck nutz on the back of that thing I've seen truck nutz on the back of a Miata, and on the back of Nash Metropolitan. Chris

QUOTE (Sixty8panther @ Oct 26 2008, 06:03 PM) Apparently this old beat up, rusted Buick that looks as if it survived two tours of duty in Afghanistan and two dozen hailstorms is mistaken for a 9C1 Caprice quite often, & I get asked all the time by kids and adults if it IS or less often, WAS a Police car. Don't ever restore that car, please. I love the "patina." Seriously. Chris

QUOTE (FUTURE_OF_GM @ Oct 27 2008, 12:42 PM) It's ok man.. Most imports can generally be confused for other imports all of the time... I mean, they're all bland, organic and awkward looking, so go figure. Except for the Pious... It looks 'extra special' awkward and sad, much like it's drivers. Given that the planet has too many people fighting for too little space...isn't a car (like the Prius) that produces celebacy a GOOD thing? Chris

QUOTE (MyerShift @ Oct 26 2008, 11:21 PM) Strange things said about my car? Well, for my Mk V Golf (Volkswagen Rabbit) the strangest thing I've heard is that... "It's a gay looking car." I don't get it. It isn't a gay looking car. No gay guy (other than Blckviper) would be caught dead in one. But I still lust after the GTI, both the first/second gen and the current one. Chris

In all seriousness...you have a really cool mind, you need to try your hand at writing Sci-Fi or Fantasy. Seriously. With your understanding of people and what makes them work from your years in the car biz, I bet it would be a good book. Chris

+1 Chris

There is a Jesus for President sign at the exit ramp from Rt 23 onto I-270 on the north end of town. Ohio is full of Morons just like you describe... Chris

Impressive! Thanks, Camino. Chris

Also, to add one thought to the debate..TDI rules! People in my local TDI group are both Democrats and Republicans, so I guess it has less political baggage than the Prius. Chris

+1 Chris

+1 Although watching them drive down the road is about as boring as watching a walrus take a dump. Chris

Or visually challenged...but you own a couple of great Mustangs so we'll forgive you. Chris

No, your wrong. given the fact that Satty drives a Prius, I am quite sure that his girlfriends vibrator gets quite the workout. Sorry Satty, that one was just too easy. Chris

GM needs to build Halo cars like the Solstice. I want a solstice really badly, it is about 1 of 5 GM cars that I really like and would consider buying. Watching a Solstice GXP show GM tail-light at the last Auto-cross to a bunch of WRX-STI's, S2000's and the like convinced me once again that GM can be truely great. They can build both cool cars and daily drivers. And I agree, I'd rather see them die than sell only rebadged Kia trash. Chris

+1 chris

Actually having owned a Cutlass from the era...the midsized Gm cars didn't do badly at all. I got 21-22, sometimes 23 with my car. Not bad at all for a 307 4V car. Chris

We are just in so much trouble if we elect that assclown McCain. I used to really like him, but I think he's sold his soul to the neocons in hope of becoming president. Chris

Mine is named Kim also, a common name for the era, just like Linda was common for girls born in the 40's and 50's, and Britney and Kelsy are common for girls born today. Chris

I'm in an ungodly state of lust over the 'camino in the background. Glad your in a financial state to be able to save these cars. Really sad when you see 25 68-72 midsize GM cars show up at a show and you get 1 car from the 73-77 era. I remember the 73-77 cars as new cars my parents friends and enighbors bought. They were not the fire breathing monsters that an LS6 Chevelle. GS skylark, or ram air GTO were, but they rode well, ran forever with minimal repairs, and looked good doing it. LOTS of good boyhood memories here. Please, please...keep the pics coming. Chris

Rational common sense has left car buying, just as it has left voting, sex, and every other area of our lives. I really don't know how you deal with idiots day in and day out without loosing it right on the showroom floor. Chris

Usually when I canvas for Obama I lead with the question "what issue bothers you the most/interests you the most" with this years election. It gets people open and talking. I would put about every liberal psychotic bumper sticker there is on my car, but my wife might not like it. But she is voting Democratic for the first time this year. She really dislikes McCain! Chris

Don't get me started. I know of three active Ohio Science teachers who think the earth is 6000 years old. My son's eighth grade science teacher said that the theory that seasons are caused by the tilt of the earth and the earth's rotation around the sun was just plain wrong, and she said that if Science could be in error about the cause of seasons it could also be in error about the age of the earth. When I went to the library today, i parked next to a Minivan that had the bumper sticker "Answers In Genesis-Taking back Dinosaurs" Answers in genesis publishes books for kids where kids are shown playing with dinosaurs in a parklike setting. Is it any wonder that as a nation we elect idiots like Bush 41, Bush 43, Reagan, et al? These are the people with McCain signs in their yards. In Darwin and Reason... Chris

I know this post is 2+ years old but A big +1! Chris

Given that EVERY British Sports Car enthusiast has told me to NEVER buy a British car...maybe his wining is a little misplaced. However, compared to the G6 and the Mustang, it is no comparison. I'd buy a clean older Sebring regtop for $1500 for my teenaged daughter to drive, but I wouldn't pay $30,000 for the Sebring. Clarkson was in some ways more charitable towards the car than I would have been. Chris