A Horse With No Name

Even those of us here who lust after say, a GTI Volkswagen or a MINI lust after the bananna boat. Just wish I could still find these cars in any kind of shape here in the midwest. Usually the resemble the Titanic when you go to check them out in person. I'm impressed with your ability to car shop, and also your desire to remain debt free. Chris

...and then these MORONS berate GM for building a low quality automobile and buy a Toyota... Chris

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Ditto, congrats on what you do as a car nut... Chris

GM automatics are usually great... Chris

Depends, I've seen a few that were never cared for that did fine...one in particular that ran 80,000 miles w/o an oil change, woman who owned it just kept topping it off...and it still ran fine... Chris

The best thing is to work for people you want to see in office. Thinking seriously of volunteering for the Clintons if she is nominated. Chris

The largest problem here is religion. The Hindus in India don't want to be overpopulated by the Muslims, the Muslims want to outpopulate the Christians, the Fundy Christians are reproducing like rabbits, some orthodox Jewish people don't believe in birth control, etc. Down play the role of religion first, and then you'll be able to start on the population problem, not before. Chris

I know a physics professor at The Ohio State University who would profoundly agree with you. Chris

He will make for shure the worlds ugliest woman if the Flybrianna thing is true... Chris

We want the human race to survive and survive on a planet that is worth living on. Since I have children this concerns me greatly. Chris

The Volt won't get here a day too soon. Sadly, I think my days driving my Safari van are numbered. Chris

Exactly. Why in India do families still have 9 children? Chris

Actually auto's use something like 14% of the energy we use, so to be fair here are my real world suggestions, of which I think we can't do without... 1. Shut the damned lights off in commercial buildings wwhen no one is there. Cities are full of buildings where there are tons of large buildings burning lights that don't need burned. There are intelligent building energy management systems in use now that can acomplish this painlessly. 2. A real world rail system, including a passenger system that doesn't go from nowhere to nowhere in the middle of the night. 3. Cut down on the size of our retail stores. Why do we need nine million varieties of dogfood, six million varieties of breakfast cereal, a billion kinds of soda, etc? Or why do we need a ton of clothing stores at the mall? This is all space that is heated and cooled at great expense. Smaller stores and more online buying would mean more money available and more choices for those who like nice clothes, not less. 4. Cut down on the amount of busieness travel. The airline industry uses enormous amounts of energy. 5. Stop importing so much stuff. Moving all this stuff (mostly junk) from east asia to the west coast and then across America uses huge amounts of energy. We would do better to build things locally. 6. Cut down on school consolidation. More smaller schools. We wate huge amounts of time busing kids long distances, and they are in much less a state to learn after an hour bus ride to school. Just a few thoughts, there are millions of ways more to save energy that don't involve automobiles as a main culprit. Chris

This is one reason why I'd like their to be an alternative to petroleum to power our cars. Part of me would really like to drive a Tahoe daily. Although it would be interesting to see a Tahoe/Escalade collision. Chris

Actually I hate stereotypes but...as a strait guy I've found that a lot of the most creative, enteresting, informed, whatever people that love cars happen to be gay. I am even thinking about joining the local Lamda car club. They have some great people involved...and like the Local Miata club, they seem to know a lot of good local places to get together for a good meal for meetings, etc. Seriously, thanks for sharing this with me. Although my wife and three daughters will want to know why I am now surifing Gaywheels.com on the internet. Chris

Cobalts are usually about as reliable as gravity... Chris

One word-Manual. This is one reason why I don't buy Automatic trans vehicles. Yes, I know most of them (99.7%) are reliable, but the same damned thing happened to me driving an Econoline at work. Shifted from 3rd to first just as we were crossing a major interesection with some cross traffic. 32k should still be under warrenty. Back in the Day the trans was rebuilt in my Safari under warranty for just such behavior. Chevrolet dealership held all of the parts and it took a little bit of fighting, but in the und I got an $1800 covered with no out of pocket. Chris

Also, Dodgefan I am as mystified as you are about old Cadillacs being junked. I've seen a lot of decent Cadillacs scraped for no reason and I just don't understand it.

Timing chains will streatch and go bad with time. Chris

Exactly. Talked to a guy today who is getting rid of a 2002 Cavalier to get a 92 Accord with twice the miles because "Hondas are better cars and more reliable." He's had zero problems with the Cavalier. Chris

I miss high school. There was a Cutlass just like that every day in the school lot with a 455. Chris

Audi is under rated. Thinking I might eventually buy a used TT myself, glad things are working out for you. Kind of nice having two different cars to drive, isn't it? Chris

Cool! Chris

When a Chinese made Demon starts winning in the SCCA against the Solstice it will be a disgrace to everyone...assuming Chrysler still builds it. Chris