A Horse With No Name

Keep the Sonoma and make the 944 a hobby vehicle. I would NOT want one as a daily driver. Chris

Actually I had a friend who bought one of those and it got over 20 MPG on rural roads...until he dropped in a Supercharged 454. Then it was more like 6. Chris

Lightly used (yeah, I know not new) Lucerne would def. be in range. Hell of a car. A friends brother bought one...and my friend keeps calling it the Cistern. But I digress. Hell of a nice looking car...but more your speed than mine. Chris

Interestingly, the Columbus, Ohio Dispatch mentioned the Avenger in a front page article. They are actually one of the cars in Central Ohio appreciating the fastest in value on the resale end. Probably not just the high price of gas...maybe Cerebus is doing something right? Chris

Actually I love VW interiors. Not great looking in the vintage car sense, but VERY comfortable IMHO and nicely done. Why not get a base GTI for about 23k? Chris

I agree on the vintage car thing. Although I wouldn't mind seeing MODERN muscle cars used in chase scenes. Chris

After my grandmother died, my grandfather dated a woman that had a full sized (about 1970) Buick convertible. My grandfather bought a matching car (actually hers was gold and my grandfathers was yellow, IIRC) Some of the happiest moments of my boyhood were spent cruising around in those cars. NOTHING beats a ragtop. Chris

You have entered the Matrix, and Sixty Eights brain is out for reprograming. He will be back spitting up jell-o on himself and driving a Camry shortly. Seriously, a family I knew that I used to park my 66 Stang' next to at car shows had a 51 Dodge. They took a lot of crap from some family members for letting their grandchildren ride in such an old an obivously "unsafe" car. People just kill me with their stupidity. Chris

I'm a huge convertible fan. I not only get rid of B pillars, I get rid of C pillars too! Chris

Okay, Boys, I've got a major leage stupid question...has ANYONE got any real world cost data on what a B-pillarless car would cost to make? I'm thinking about getting a used RX-8 (going in halves to buy the car with my son). The car has rear suicide doors and essentially NO structure around the passenger compartment other than doors...and yet it passes side crash test safety just fine. If Mazda, one of my fav. carmakers but a tier 2 Japanese make at best (and part owned by Ford) can do this with a sub 30K car, why can't we have a B-pillarless Camaro? Chris

Damn, Sylvester, you and I might not always agree on everything, but that is a fine looking Benz! (Enter sarcsm mode) Now just step away from the car. The safety Nazi's are coming to take you away, and mAssachusetts childrens protective services will be taking Sophia because you let her ride in an obviously unsafe car. (Exit sarcasm mode) Chris

Exactly. Why can Harley Davidson make motorcycles that are a million times more likely to kill you if you are hit in the side? Chris

Bingo! Chris

For those of us with families to take care of here, there is almost nowhere to run away to and "hide" Chris

You might read the book "generation debt." Things are going to really suck for your generation, DF.

...and I'd love to live out west if I could afford it. Housing is high, and I have 5 children sooo... Chris

It's nice and green here, but the economy sucks. I am right now debating the merits of relocating, although I love where I live. Where are you from? My Wife has family in Holmes County, near the Amish. Chris

So much for all FWD cars sucking. GM is onto something good... Chris

...as a guy who would like to live in podunk, Ohio...I sadly agree. Chris

Hopefully they are still selling over 100,000 per year in about 5 years. That will be the acid test. Chris

We need to build things here. Another big waste is that everything we get from China is crap. China is only efficient at filling U.S. landfills. Chris

+1 Chris

Get the best one you can buy, repairing them is expensive. But this car IS on my list of cars I would like to own. Chris

I would agree. Chris

+1 Chris