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The short wheelbase van needs to be available here in the US as well.

That's a very cool picture of the '69, but are my eyes bad? Does it really say "1978" on the front license plate? I watched the movie "Constantine" on my pc this afternoon. Very cool.

Karmann Ghias are cool. Thanks Northie. I try to proofread as I'm typing and I try to present a good readable post every time, but sometimes a guy really needs the edit function, for typos, and to complete a thought after the fact.

I want Buick to return to market with a sporty trim level... sportier than "CXS" I mean...

Rutro Rastro!

The car looks pregnant. The interior in these pictures is too weird. Did anyone buy the Prius because they thought it was good looking? I don't think so. They bought them because they fell for the inflated fuel economy numbers. Why would Honda think they could go all Jetsons with this thing? Long lost Honda slogan: "We Keep It Simple." And how will this dash go over with the ricer crowd? No more custom instrument clusters and no more aftermarket stereos, Honda has seen to that. This car further distances Honda from the grass roots tuners that made them big in the 90's. Cobalt is highly customizable, which should play in its favor.

I see a typo in my post above Harley's. Admins, give us an edit option please for posts that have been replied to.

Oh jeez, where's that *blush* smiley? :unsure: :blush:

Advertised horsepower is at or near the top of the list of importance for bragging rights. Car enthusiasts remember and tout published horsepower ratings all the time. Car enthusiasts sell their less informed friends and family on vehicles all the time, and horsepower ratings are almost always mentioned. Toyota and Honda are guilty of fudging the facts, it seems to me.

That's crazy! :CG_all:

So, I went lot loitering this afternoon. The Ford dealership has an awesome '06 Mustang V6 with Pony Package. It's the one with the cool new grille, 17" rims off the GT, and other trim items. Titanium Gray with black... very goodlooking car, and should help sell a lot of six cylinder 'Stangs to guys. Only thing I don't care for is the spoiler... I prefer the clean, low, lightweight looking, stealthy deck of the spoilerless car. '06 WRX STi and '06 base Impreza sedan. The new front... actually looks good, imo. It's better proportioned than the Tribeca front ned, but even that is growing on me with its Swedish/Italian flavor. '06 Sierra extended cab, SHORTbed 4X4. I thought, after seeing the pics, it'd look dorky, but, I gotta admit, it doesn't look that much shorter then the 6' bed version. I really don't get the point... unless it is to eventually phase out the regular cab shortbed... which I dread. It's my favorite fullsize truck bodystyle. I had to stop and stare at the bright red G6 GTP six speed coupe again. Even though I prefer another color, this car with the polished 18s ROCKS. Their silver GTP sedan has a SOLD tag on it already. It's been there less than a week.

Yeah, I wasn't even going to make a fool of myself on this one. It's a bit confusing. :wacko:

It's kinda neat that Sears still does siding and windows and such. I get a flyer in the mail from time to time.

Does it tick mostly when it's cold? GM fuel injectors are known to tick when they pulse, and it is loudest when cold. Just a thought. It's normal, as far as I know.

Oh, duh, yup. The 11th grade picture was taken in 1981.

My mom lived in a Craftsman bungalow for a while. It was a really nice house that just needed updating to be awesome. Very solid.

I'm just repeating what was said to me and a friend on Friday night. That old dude was scary! :blink: ;)

Yes, I believe Allstate Insurance Co. was started by Sears & Roebuck, wasn't it? I remember reading about the rebadged Henry J, but I didn't know they did it earlier as well.

You kids get off my lawn! Damn kids! Can't you read? It says "NO LOITERING!" Now get out of here before I call the cops! Damn kids! :angry:

I wouldn't mind taking a couple of creative writing classes to get the juices flowing again. I was heavy into it in college.

Does the trailer float, or sink like a stone? What if you forget to unhitch it when you get the urge to take a dip? Does it pull the car down with it? Does the ship's orchestra play in the background as the headlights slowly but surely point to the sky, then dim as they go under? I wonder......

It's a nice looking car, Vipes. When I was your age, I wanted to modify the hell out of my car too. My '81 Grand Prix (brand new at the time) had those little chrome manual mirrors on each side. I didn't like those, so I planned on replacing them with those black euro-style mirrors that were popular then. Thinking back on it, I'm glad I didn't because they would have looked like crap on the GP. Then I wanted rims. My car had the Pontiac rally wheels. I wanted Keystones, but I couldn't afford to put a set of 4 on all at once. I bought one rim. It sat in the box for a year. I eventually took the wheel to a tire shop to put on consignment and that was the last time I saw it. I never got paid for it. The point of my longwinded story is... it's your first car, and you have big plans. That's natural, but the best thing to do would be to get the head gasket situation fixed, along with any other mechanical issues. Driving it every day will help you get a feel for it and it might bring out some other things that you'd want to do before you start your customization process.

Sounds like an awesome vehicle, GMTG. Those pics will be great, but I'm sure your new little son is taking up a lot of time right now, and rightly so.

About the '06 Grand Vitaras, nah Fly, since all of the pics we've seen so far are of the Japanese market vehicle with their little fender mounted mirrors, and of course our US version doesn't have them, I was just making a stoopid joke. I ALSO SAW MY FIRST SOLSTICE ON THE ROAD! IT WAS WHITE WITH DELAWARE PLATES AND IT WAS HOT! I ALMOST HIT A PARKED CAR FROM RUBBERNECKING! whoops, sorry, caps.

Hey bud, there was certainly no offense taken. I was only kidding with you, as usual. :)