Camino LS6

Quite different, actually. And I know you are smart enough to know why without me listing the reasons.

Please. That is seriously rediculous and you know better.

It's over, Rover.

You and I could have a very long talk based solely on this post.

No, but let's bring back Pontiac as the brand it should have been without all of the jokemobiles.

This comment over at jalopnik made it worth sitting through that mess: saw this last night. Not listened to mind you, but saw (I turned on some lyric-less electronia to go over it). I was enjoying the strange display of sex and costumes set before my eyes when lo and behold, what is this? Virgin Mobile? What are you doing there? Prisoners don't have cell phones! Slowly it dawned on me that I was not watching a music video, I was watching the future of television advertising. Polaroid, Diet Coke (sneaky bastards), Virgin Mobile, HP Laptops, Plenty of Fish.com, Virgin Mobile, Coors Light, Wonder Bread, Miracle Whip, Virgin Mobile, Polaroid again, Virgin Mobile, and Virgin Mobile. All dancing before my eyes, taunting me for not owning a single one of their products, edging in ever closer with custom made prison weapons. "Stop!" I shouted, "No more!" I heard laughing as the strangely dressed corporate exec stood over me, watching with full knowledge that she could stop them at anytime. Suddenly a familiar face appears. A certain yellow Chevy who went by P.W. I met him at the theater once, but I didn't think he remembered me. Needless to say, I was relieved to see him. "Get out while you still can!" He said, "I'll create a distraction." P.W. grabbed the corporate ringleader and her personal assistant and crammed them into the cab. "What about you?" I said tearfully. "Its too late for me, I've already been placed. Just go." P.W. sped off to the south, taking out the group of Coke cans as he left. I pushed past the rest of the products and ran to close the browser tab, barely escaping with my wallet intact as I landed safely on the home page. Later, I learned on the news that the exec and assistant had both been found poisoned at a Texas diner in the middle of nowhere. As for P.W., his whereabouts are still unknown. At least that's how I remember it.

Hmmm...

Awesome.

I sure hope so, I'm seriously underwhelmed by the status quo.

American cities are designed to do one thing: extract money from people. They are perfect environments for corruption with fees and taxes on every aspect of life. I'd let them rot.

More and more I'm seeing GM trucks of this era done very well. Beautiful design.

Because socialism is a failed system.

Philly has a long history of adding new taxes at random - they already charge an extra percentage point in sales tax above the state rate, and have a "city wage tax". Meanwhile, they are cutting basic services and closing libraries... Same old crap, pay more and get less. Corrupt city governments designing new ways to fleece their citizens to cover their incompetent management of city affairs. And they wonder why people move away.

Yup. Many a GM truck of that era wore that color.

Nonsense. Just a money-grubbing tactic.

The city of Philadelphia is planning to tax soda...

That color is factory, believe it or not.

Nicely done, but very pricey.

Had a bunch of stickers with his stuff when I was a kid.

I guess. What was done to Pontiac has left me cold. That, and the fact that nothing they are offering right now really floats my boat, just means I will stay out of the market for the forseeable future.

Woke up before dawn, then fell back to sleep until after 11:00 - yeah the old internal clock is all screwed-up.

This thread is back from the dead, I see. Anime still creeps me out.

Obviously, I'd like to see this happen. Holding my breath isn't in the cards, however. Until then, Chevy is my only hope.

It's as bad as the mandated monster bumpers in the seventies.

Cars like Charger, 300, Camaro, Mustang, etc., can meet the standard without looking goofy because they are based on designs that look right with the height. Where things get ugly is with other cars that seem to be designed with a lower nose in mind such as the current Malibu, or the XTS - these cars end up looking like they have something tacked-onto the nose or piled on the hood. When coupled with the trend of headlights being drawn way back into fenders, the result is hideous.