A Horse With No Name

I wish that I could convince myself that the Accord was sharp...I love Honda engeneering, and the one Accord I did own ran for 225k of trouble free 35 m.p.g. miles. Your love of Honda is not unfounded...I just can't personally marry the present accord for 60 payments of $459 to put it in my driveway. Chris

Amen to that, brother. Now if we can just convince everyone else in America... Chris

Agreed 100 percent

I'd like to try this... Chris

It isn't that easy...these people can't be replaced overnight and they know it. This is one of the reasons that I bought a Toyota for my last new car purchase. I can't stomach the thought of my money going to UAW workers. Chris

...ah yes, a RWD GM car with v8 power in every other driveway... Damned glad I grew up when I did. Chris

Hey, my whole family (mother, mother in law, father in law, father, sister, brother in law, other brother in law, etc.) has owned at least one Honda product as a daily driver and loved it. My whole family thinks this thing is UGLY. Not that we are the sole arbiters of good taste...but this thing has far from unanimous approval on its styling. Chris

The Jetta I really could live with but the Accord and Camry...UGLY IMHO. I don't think the buyers of Camry's are just ignorant and sheep, but I do think they buy a car as an appliance more than on appearance. Chris

If it is American made, I may ahve to buy one for the Mrs. Chris

This is one reason that I am proud of being non-union. Chris

The economy sucks, and will continue to do so for at least 4 or 5 years, if not longer. The new Fiesta can't get here from Europe fast enough for Ford Chris

The Charger is a really nice product. We are doing a lot of work lately for a client who uses them as fleet vehicles, so I have been seeing a bunch of them up close. Sweet cars! Maybe with your graduation you can upgrade the Intrepid? (((Chris imagines DF and Jessichan in a bright metallic Blue SRT-8 Charger, womewhere OTHER than Mass.))) Chris

We need to provide vasectomies for all of the guys who work in the Mitsu styling department, lest they reproduce and we have a new generation of people styling cars this ugly. Chris

That would make me about as excited as watching OSU beat up on Michigan in football. Chris

It would be a cool partnership...but I think Oldsmoboi wouldn't be happy about it. Chris

BMW...there BAAACK. I haven't been as excited about a BMW since the E-30 M3 of the 1980's... The one series is just awesome. First the Volvo C-30 and now this. Europe is building some great small cars! Chris

I think this is going to be our next car perhaps...I just LOVE this car in the same sort of way that I love old GM muscle cars... Chris

I just loved the Astra when it came out, but I seem to be one of 7 people in North America who feel that way. At our local Saturn store, I took Joel, my son in to look because I was thinking of buying one. The sales lady indicated that they have been getting very poor feedback on the car here in the Columbus market, and far fewer people seem to be sold during a test drive than any other Saturn product. I thought my wife would love the Astra, but she found the interior dark, the shifting to be much worse than our (previous) Miata, and the controls awkward...and the car we test drove was test driven at our local Toyota dealership because the previous owner had traded the Astra in on a Scion TC after a mere 288 miles. Previous owner just HATED the car. Everyone I talk to that has sat in one/looked at one/driven one seems unimpressed. Seems strange to me, as the Astra seems like a great small car...but sadly I won't be buying one for the Mrs. Chris

You know that there is a gas crunch when my mothers Aveo is getting the kind of stares, turned heads, and thumbs up that my 70 Chevelle used to get...and I'm not kidding. More people come up to her and say nice things about her car/ask her about her car/make positive comments about her car than you can shake a stick at... The Aveo is a decent product, but GM needs a car in this bracket that is class leading. Chris

Not to hijack the thread but... Tested a WRX SCCA pace car when they first came out about 2001 or 2002. They are indeed electronically limited to 141. Buried the 160 Speedo on a Plum Crazy Purple 70 Road Runner, No idea how fast we were really going, not sure I want to know. A friend got clocked at 156 in a modified turbo RX-7 by the Ohio State Patrol...and then talked his way out of it. NOT kidding here! Done enough stupid stuff when I had my 70 Chevelle that I shouldn't be alive now... Chris

GM is gaining in quality, but it does not seem to be resonating with as many people as it should. We have a long way to go. Chris

Boy, these guys aren't selling that many cars, are they? GTI down, Eos and Rabbit seem to be the only ones up. Chris

I personally can't think of better people to be down 26 percent. Chris

Year to date the 3 is still down a little bit. It looses a little bit in price to the Cobalt and the Focus, so this is about what I would expect in a tight economy. Chris

...on the great cars thing, an interesting thought. Ran into one of the maintenance guys from the local Honda dealer at the Electrical Supply house this A.M. while I was picking up some cable. He said the wait is a minumum of six weeks for a new Fit. Wow, If Gm could have seen this (fuel crunch) coming and brought out a class leading small car.... Chris