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I'm not buying a Chinese made car... from any manufacturer. That would defeat part of the reason I support American manufacturers in the first place.

I guess it's true what they say about Abilene in the song, eh? Nice work DF and keep those miles cranking!

Nein.

Card and flowers and then to Denny's with my recently-widowed grandmother in tow... my mom punished the entire city by wearing a blazer that could only be described as "I killed and skinned the Easter Bunny to make a blazer out of this lovely pelt"

That's an even more ominous prospect in Canada where GMC does about as well comparatively buy Pontiac is waaay more popular than Buick.

I'm glad I've got one of the earlier models is all I can say- before they started cheaping out on stuff like the exterior black plastic on the doors (not glossy anymore wtf?).

Umm... the new LaX has a huge trunk... 17-18 cu ft...

A friend of mine recently got back from college out of town and left his car here... now he's here to stay and wants to run it again. It's a 1996 Oldsmobile 88 3.8L Series II (Naturally Aspirated) with the 4T60E Transmission with 180K. It's been parked on a quiet street but has been exposed to the fury of -50 degree weather. There were no mechanical problems or otherwise when he parked it in August. I've been making a laundry list of stuff that needs to be done to run it after a cold Canadian winter outside. I think he should just get a new car considering how much a lot of this is going to cost in my head, but he's adamant about driving the car. So far I've come up with some problems and stuff that would need to be done Laundry List: -Oil Change + Filter -Brake Fluid Flush -Battery -Drain Gas Tank -Re-Inflate Tires to proper pressure (they still hold air) -Relubricate Top End -Check Spark Plugs -Check Steering and Transmission Fluid -Coolant Flush -Full Inspection for Rust on Frame and Critical Parts -Inspect all belts and pulleys Potential Problems: (in my mind) -Rear Brake Drums have the potential to be rusted on -Could be a problem with the transmission's park linkage -Parking Brake should be checked -Bearings will probably need re-lubing -Mice are a possibility but not rats (Alberta is a rat free province though) Am I missing anything? Any Pointers?

A Dodge Grand Caravan covered in binary code.

*RAISES HAND*

They probably save like 7$ per car by not putting those badges on.

Gone completely. I enjoyed this feature in a rental Lucerne and they have been offered on the Deville/DTS since 1996... doesn't make sense to suddenly can a popular option. Additionally all Lucernes have the "Super" Fascia right now

Off topic they also canned Rainsense Wipers from the DTS and Lucerne

I was reading on the New Vehicle information thing for GM that 2010 will see the discontinuation of the Impala SS and the removal of the gazelle logos from the C-Pillar. Ugh...

not yet, still looking...

I recall seeing that statistic somewhere... let me dig it up in today's dollars.

I know exactly what he did... but I'm not telling, and going to see if anybody else gets it.

and if not GM for the sake of the MPG not being competitive with other hybrids AT LEAST get FUSION HYBRIDS INSTEAD.

Sign of the times...

Better them than the UAW and the Fed.

I hope they don't go for this either... at this point I'm hoping for bankruptcy because frankly in that scenario we won't see an ownership makeup like this... http://photos.leftlanenews.com/photos/cont...ownership-1.jpg The Government and UAW/VEBA owning a combined 89% of GM? I don't like the sound of that.

Well if it's a Toyota with HHR styling that's just perverse.

Look I completely agree with Ocn... Some of us have a "threshold brand" that would ruin it for us if it was gone. Mine happens to be Cadillac... outside of GM that brand is Lincoln.

... and the beat goes on.

It's what I do...