A Horse With No Name

Actually if something happened to my wife, I would WANT to find a single mom, as I love kids. to each his own, I guess. But having kids is an attraction to dating older females for me, I would guess. Chris

Pauli, I have a lot of friends who are either female or gay, and I feel sorry for people who are looking for a stable relationship with a guy because it seems that the pool of good, available men is rather small. As the father of three daughters (two of which are teenagers) I can tell you that there is a very good reason that both of my teen daughters are very much turned off by most guys their age. That being said, Mandy, the daughter of my good friend Cindy, is getting married to a great guy in April. There are good guys out there. But a whole lotta guys, esp. between about 13 and 35, seem to have no common sense or maturity whatsoever. Good luck, dude. There are a lot of gay couples here in Columbus, and every time I see one I think of you and pray to the god of internal combustion that you find someone you like. Chris

I feel the same way about the Rougue that you do about the subie. I'd buy the Subaru about a billion times (ok, eleventy billion to the billionth power times) before I'd buy the Rogue. Hell, I'd buy a CRV before I'd buy a Rogue. Chris

I just hate busyboidies like that, 68! Glad to hear you and Julie are doing well. Chris

Someone needs to bring this country back to reality....glad Colin could be of service. Chris

You will have logged more miles on test drives than you will put on your new car... J/K! Good luck and keep us posted! Chris

My wife lived in Philly for a little while before we were married. Nice place to visit, but I don't know how anyone lives out there, or in any of the "Caostal" areas. Where I live is pretty peaceful, I am just south of Columbus, Ohio...25 minutes from downtown, but I am surrounded by farm fields and horse farms. Still too many idiots for my taste, though. Chris

My parents live in the blue ridge mountains, they are wayy to overpopulated for my taste. IMHO I'd still prefer to be just up north. Living with -20 weather is preferable to living with most people. Although I can find myself "alone" in a crowd, which i sometiems enjoy. Chris

I feel the same way, Camino. If there were jobs wayyy up north (UP Michigan, door county Wisconsin, Wyoming, SD, Etc.) I would love to live away from all of the ufking morons.... People make me sick...this woman makes me sicker... Chris

Reminds me of a very pristine 65 Imperial a woman I know saved from becoming a demo derby car. That Impy looked about like a two year old car...glad to see that one saved. Sadly, a LOT of cars like this have ended up as derby cars here in Ohio. Brother in law of someone I know brings them up from the south by the car carrier load just for the purpose of using them as derby cars. We need lots O ammo... Chris

+1 Bigtime... Chris

Doesn't really matter so much about price...You've driven everything other than a Maybach and a Veyron Buggati (both of which are more than $1500-2500 out of your price range) and the Astra is the only thing on the market that seems to fit you. Buy the Astra. If you get laid off you'll get another job, if you move to Georgia and are no longer worried about snow you'll still like the FWD and the handling, and this is clearly the car that fits you. Just if your ever in Columbus bring it to one of our club Autocrosses and have some fun with us! I know I keep saying this but that thing is sooo sweet in the way it handles, it needs to be pushed...and the local HONDA guys need to see some GM tail light.... Chris

I like watching 19 year old girls get out of the swimming pool in wet bikini's, but the women I really like and think that I could date if I weren't married are all 35-45 years old. Chris

The CTS is about eleventy billion to the eleventy billionth power more desireable as a car also. Chris

I AM a railfan, and this is exactly what I was thinking...I didn't want to write this idea up because I thought I might look stupid, but to me this is almost the best choice. Chris

Subaru WRX Used prev. generation? I know, crappy gas milage, crappy ride, crappy interior, you don't like Subies...but it may be what you need to get through the weather where you live, and nice used ones are dropping in price. Seriously, though, I think the Astra may be the best car for you right now. I think MINI or TDI Jetta, along with a Cobalt, will be the next cars in my garage. Chris

The real question is, how much of the Reagan era will be swept away by a hugely Democratic Congress, Senate, and president? Or, in the event that McCain wins, how will he deal with a Democratic house and Senate? Chris

This refresh is indeed terrible, I would agree. Chris

+1 Chris

Actually I think you really do like less radical cars than I do. I could drive a focus that's about one step removed from Colin Mcrae's Rally car and I'd be happy. Agree that the Astra could use more power. Jetta is a decent and under-rated car. Let's take a different tack. For about 20K you can buy (at least around here) a pristine very low mile G6 convertible/retractable. Room for kiddo, top goes down, its fun, it does a lot well... Also, have you thought about a used CTS? A co worker was looking at a very nice low mile (sub 20K) that was a few years old and it was in the teens, price wise. I still think a MINI would be cool for you, but it really probably isn't your speed. I just happen to love them personally... Chris

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

+1 Chris