A Horse With No Name

Ditto on the GM paint thing. My Safari van looked good until the day that I sold it, and it never spent a night indoors through 11 Ohio winters. Chris

That would be my thought, along with India, Germany and Japan. Really the 20th Century should ahve been the German ?Century but they pissed it away with two world wars. Chris

+1 Chris

As for my choice, I am going to spell relief either VOLT or TDI. Chris

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Thankfully. They also have been droping amoung hispanics, which bodes well for Obama in florida. Chris

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Which when you have sons approaching draft age settles really good with me as a voter. This just shows how little he learns from his mistakes. Chris

...and then at some later time, he'll tell us how he's going to be responsible and reduce the budget shortfalls and reduce the size of government. Just like reagan, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr..... Chris

Democrats excell at providing candidates that understand the issues but don't have a clue how to get elected. Republicans excell at providing candidates that understand getting elected but don't have a clue how to run the country. Take your pick... Chris

...besides, I don't think you'd be test driving cars on a weekly, if not daily basis, and asking us for months for advice if your heart was in keeping the Aztec. Dump the thing, IMHO, and drive what you want. Life is too short to drive boring cars. Chris

I have a fetish for smaller, lighter cars, and to me driving the Aztec would be hell on wheels, and not in a good way. I would either go ahead with the Astra thing, or do some (used) sport compact in really good shape. Get a 5/6 speed SVT Focus, Cobalt SS, older Civic SI, Used Astra, used MINI, etc. these cars can all be had with good miles for good money. And they will all be cars that people will want to play with, so you should have a good resale 75-150,000 miles later when you sell it. But that's jsut me. I couldn't handle driving an Aztec. I'm facing a similar decision myself as I will soon have two more drivers in the family. FWIW you could also buy a used plane jane Cobalt, they are inexpensive and run well. Plus a set of Salvage yard Alloyws and some nice detailing could make one really stand out. Chris

right...because if a person just wants to get from point a to point B, a two year old Cobalt or Corolla will work just fine. For someone to pay the premium for a new car it usually has to strike an emotional cord. Chris

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The Sky, A3, Rabbit, and Magnum all make the list, and all are cool, creative cars. No wonder everyone seems to drive a Camcord. Americans must want really bland cars. Glad to see the RL make the list, though. Chris

I think I want a bus pass now... Maybe my daughter would like that, she is into all things beetle... Chris

Sounds like I need to bolt on some rally spec tires and take this thing to the local SCCA Rallycross. Either that or the local roundy round track (Columbus Motor Speeday, we call it Columbus Monkey Speeday because it is the shortest NASCAR rated oval-1/3 of a mile!) has a 4 cyl class. This Chevy's best/most interesting days may be in front of it... Chris

Exactly. I used to drop flags/corner work during the vintage weeks at Mid Ohio. Saw a real Shelby GT350 Clock one of the actual Monte Carlo's that Earnhardt Senior had driven to win the 86 Championship, both cars ended upo in the tire wall right in front of me. Thankfully, both cars were rebuilt and are still racing. Also had a Jag drop oil right at the end of the main back stretch, sending first gen Camaro's, Mustangs, Cobras, and Stingrays sliding like girls scouts at a skating rink. Thankfully, due to some AMAZING driving, no one bent anything...but they did have a big wreck up at Road America IIRC a few yars ago involving a lot of the cool, old V8 cars. There is nothing like a Porsche 356 firing off first thing in the AM or a 67 Z28 with the Pensky Sunnoco paint colors sliding around a curve... And I have seen Camaros just like the one you posted vintage raced. I would much rather see cars like that on track doing their thing than as part of a static display or at a drive in on a Saturday night...not that I mind car shows in the least. Chris

As a coin collector I am jealous! I have a lot of old Indian head penny's, one from at least every year they were made IIRC. Chris

I believe it is moded 50th anniversary, if it shows up Saturday I'll check it out and let you know. Chris

Check out the marron C5 ragtop also if your interested, nice pics of that also... Chris

http://www.incom-racing.com/images/gallery...2008/index.html Check out the ZR-1, the G8, the Nice 4th gen Firebird, the Sweet C3 Corvette, the gold C4.... Enjoy! From my SCCA region. We aren't biased, we beat on GM cars just like we beat on imports... Chris

Wish I had $600, but I don't at the moment.... Chris

Come door to door with me Saturday...(assuming I skip the SCCA Autocross at National Trail Raceway). You will be amazed at the average "undecided" Ohio voter. Never has so much been decided by so few who are so unable to comprehend any form of reality. Be afraid...be really afraid for our democracy, seriously. We need well educated people voting who want to understand the issues. This thing comes down to a popularity contest or the usual Republican chant of God, Guns and Gays. The Titanic has no one at the helm, it would seem. Chris

Let's just hope that it is this way in November. I have been going door to door for Obama and a strange thing has happened. Several houses in Circleville (white mostly Republican community south of Columbus) where I was told they were definitely voting McCain now have Obama signs in the yard. Although the Republicans around here still have a strong base. They don't seem to be working as hard/campaigning as hard for McCain as they did for Bush, however. Chris