A Horse With No Name

A little off topic but my fav. is the bumper sticker available at our local gun store...the one that says "I don't call 911" I also love those cars that are held together with 9 million bumper stickers about hating bush and saving the planet. Chris

That Camaro has this Mustang fan thinking there is another V-8 bowtie in his future... Chris

Let me rain on everyones parade with...Solstice GXP. Although CTS, G6 Retract.,Sky, Astra, and Cobalt SS TC all rate, as does the C6, esp. Z06. But for my real world money it would be a Solstice GXP all the way, baby. Chris

Just don't set the autopilot in that Mercury. It will head to the 4 O' clock early bird special at the old folks diner in Miami, Florida and you'll never see it again. Chris

Your not all alone at all, I've been looking at ragtops of the Era. Dirt cheap and good looking...there may be another Chrysler in my future. Chris

Charger is doing VERY well for a large RWD car with a design that's a few years old. Chris

Jeep better put it into 4low and try to pull out of this...man are they down! Chris

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+1 Chris

It should outsell all of these, it is IMHO a MUCH more impressive car than any of the ones you mentioned. Chris

True on its shortcomings, but for what it is a damn fine car. Chris

What GM movie car do you like the best- To me it's the Impala ragtop in Boyz in the Hood. What's yours? Wasn't it a Pontiac Grand Am or something in that really wild chase in The French Connection? Also like... The 58 Chevy and 55 Chevy from American Graffiti, the movie Two Lane Blacktop, and theTrans Am in smokey and the Bandit. Non GM car things that were obviously cool were the chase in Bullet, but I loved watching Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. The ending where the Charger slams into the train I saw when I was like 7 years old and it was my first real taste of movie violence involving a car. That scene has stayed with me for a long time. Chris

As a huge fan of ragtops and pontiacs, all I can ask is "why is this car not in your garage?" IIRC pretty much all third gen Camaro/Firebird ragtops were pretty low production. Get that convertible, you won't regret it. Chris

Hate me for sayig this, but I love that paint job on that car! Chris

Either way, both are horrible... We just need to get one of those Cudas out of your garage so we can make some REAL noise pollution.... Chris

Pretty good for a 2.5...the 2.0 Turbo motor is supposed to be better. I've known people with GTI's to get into the low 30's with a manual. Is your car manual or autotrajic? Chris

I like some aftermarket exhaust notes on the Boxter four in the WRX or WRX SRTI. Sounds like an angry insect in a good sort of a way. Worst exhaust note IMHO is the Nissan 240 SX... Chris

I'd like one of each, please. A clean 442 Hardtop as a weekend cruiser and a SRT-4 as an Autocross car. We had someone bring a GTO or a 442 to an SCCA autocross a few years ago...that thing was a hoot to watch...but they don't like to turn like a modern sportscar. But that's whats so cool about being a "car guy" there are lots of little interesting corners of the automotive universe to explore. Chris

Last gen Prelude and Saab 9-3 are both way under-rated. I've also thought of both of these. My friend Steve has a 98 Prelude in great shape he keeps threatening to get rid of, and I think a Saab 9-3 would be a very cool and unique little family car/freeway cruiser. With a Miata and a Scion xB (first gen) in the fleet I'd like to pick up another car that is a little larger for road trips...in addition to the 9-3 a used G6 Convertible is on my short list. Chris

I was thinking of cars built currently. The only thing I don't like about the SRT-4 is that the motor compartment is very tight if you have to work on them. That being said, I've seen amazing things done with them as Autocross cars and track cars. I've thought HARD about buying one myself. Chris

+1 Chris

Be interesting to see what they do with the Caliber. My son Joel and I looked at a Caliber SRT-4 in the showroom when we went and looked at those Challengers, and it seems like they are doing a better job getting assembly on the line done well. Like I said, Cerebis is giving me some hope for Chryco. Chris

I would agree. When I bought my last new car, I went into a Chevrolet delership to look at the Cobalt. I was told "you don't want to look at that, its not a very good car." GM needs to do something NOW to get people excited about there products. Ford seems to be doing the best. With Chrysler, that lifetime warranty is going to be for the lifetime of Chrysler, which may well be in months if things don't change. Chris

I can appreciate how you feel. When we moved in, our subdivision was 90% domestic. It's probably 50-60% right now, but most of the new cars I see are foreign. Two years ago there was one toyota truck in our whole subdivision, now there must be 15-20. Chris

...ouch, Solstice, one of my fav. GM cars is down, and buick is down big. Hummer is down huge... Chris