A Horse With No Name

I just love this thread, keep it coming. There was a set of pics on a nudie car site of a pink 59 Invicta (I think it was nudeautomall or something) with a couple of topless chics. Then there was the pink 59 Caddy with a nekkid chick in playboy a few months back. ...and then there was a pink 59 Chevy ragtop on the wall of my local bodyshop in an old girly calender. I guess this makes a Trifecta of sorts...now I just need a photo of a pink 59 Olds and a pink 59 Pontiac with chicks and I'd be all set! Chris

Around here there is a waiting list from hell for a Fit. I asked my local Honda dealer about a manual Fit sport, and was told I could get one...in late August. Honda IMHO has MUCH better engeneering than Toyota, and I would own a Honda or Mazda before I would own almost any other Asian or Euro car. Chris

The sprinter really is a nice product... Chris

Agreed, good to see the bu and the CTS doing so well... Chris

Oh, and...HOLY $h!, Lexus is taking this economic downturn hard... Chris

TC is a dated design and not a well designed car. I own and drive a first gen xB, and we looked at a TC for the wife. TC is NOT an impressive car by any standard, IMHO. Yaris is doing well but other small subcompacts are much better cars. Chris

Hell yes it's permanant. Get used to the idea of $6.00 a gallon gas. One of the mother's of one of the boys in my sons cub scout troup tried to trade in her late model F-150 on a Fusion. The Ford dealer wouldn't take the F150 at any price. I have a friend that sells Honda's. A customer came in with a Tahoe, the Honda dealer told them that they'd give him $10,000 towards a Civic. That was when gas was $3.29 When it went to $4.00 per gallon, he wanted to trade the Tahoe. The Honda dealer reduced their offer to $6,000 for the Same vehicle. Demand for Trucks just isn't coming back. Chris

Don't worry, when the new Camaro comes out you will be assimilated to the "dark side" just fine... Seriously, it is a hot car and even though I am not a big fan of Chrysler I find myself wanting one a little bit... Chris

...but what we need now is a dinstinctly American MODERN car, not the rebirth of a 40 year old Idea. I'm not saying it isn't cool... but... Chris

Exactly...in 1970 I would much rather have bought a sweet Mach 1 or Boss 302 or a nice z-28 rather than a Challenger. Thirty eight years later, I'd still rather have the Mustang or Camaro. Chris

Yes, revive Olds! I wish it were that simple... Chris

Congrats on the new ride, BV. Chris

I agree with Oldsmoboi, I just love Amtrak. I would gladly pay a two dollar a gallon tax on gas just to have a decent rail system...seriously... Chris

The best yard around here is just west of Mount Sterling, Ohio on route 56 headed west, go about 4 miles or so west of town towards I-71. Tons of vintage stuff but they don't crush much of anything... The other local yard that had tons of old cars crushed EVERYTHING about a year and a half ago. Money talks, and when you can crush cars and send them to China for cash for steel... Sadly, Sixty eight, you may yet own that 61 caddy...in the form of a Toaster from Wall-Mart! Chris

On some collector cars, yes...but I was at a Car show this AM and a woman there turned down 90K for a 67 Camaro SS-350 ragtop... Some of the less desireables are going down, but the primo p-ieces are still bringing big bucks... Chris

Having lived in Atlanta and Chicago, I can tell you that we need to reduce congestion. We've got twice the population of the sixties and we seem to all travel about 4 times as far. Chris

+1

Yes it is, but I'd still rather have it on the floor. Chris

Our Astro took a nasty 30 m.p.h. hit in the ass end from a Semi...that pushed it through a busy intersection and about 40 feet beyond... My wife drove it to work after the accident. When it went in to get fixed, the body shop guy said that there was no frame damage. Chris

...easy on us Miata fan's... Actually one of the Local SCCA guys is selling off his cars. In addition to his Miata he is selling, he is getting rid of a really nice 63 Cadillac. I was going to go look at both but I think he's got them both sold. At the very least I could haul the Miata around in the trunk of the caddy... Chris

+1 Chris

Those GM 76's were good looking cars for there Era...however, the 4 door hardtops of the sixties were just great! Chris

One of my friends has a G35, the G35/G37 are growing on me also... Chris

I've vented and pissed here myself. The point I am trying to make is that we should be untimately really proud of the current GM lineup and be Positive about that... I own both Toyota and GM products...there are Zero Current production Toyota products I like, and about 12 current GM products I like... But please, rant all you want, I am enjoying it... Chris

Seriously...damn...I've been looking for a good reason to 86 our Safari Van (Astro twin). Methinks I may have a good reason. THANKS! Chris