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Gray Pontiac G8 GT in Laurel... but not on a dealer lot, and not with dealer tags. Actually OWNED by someone. '01 Pontiac Bonneville SLE... the one that I sorely want to buy... and it's still there. Anyone feeling generous wanna get it for me for my birthday on Tuesday?

We know, we know... Maybe when GM can afford it, you'll get your wish. :AH-HA_wink:

During college, I hit exactly 100 with the Pathfinder... fun. Then the whole truck started shaking... not fun. I'd love to take my wife's Maxima that high... but she probably wouldn't let me.

Dang, son... sorry you had to witness that. It was good you WERE there though... so that there could be a witness beyond just those involved.

You should stop there one time. It's nice, especially in the summer.

Passat sedan's up too. If they fixed that wagon price, it would help the model as a whole.

Ouch @ the 300. Look how much Viper sales jumped. You think a lot of them got the message that the Viper is ending production?

Can anybody produce the sales figure table? I was trying earlier, but it never came out right.

As the Yaris, Prius, and xB increase, so do the Land Cruiser/LX and Sequoia. Green indeed...

I was born in Atlanta, so of course it's cool.

1. Atlanta, GA. 2. Philly, Memphis, St. Louis, LA, Phoenix, Seattle.

Be nice if I could mod my cars to run on beer instead of gas...

Just read about this on Autoblog. We already get the 3.6 with 280/265... but not the DSG. Still, I doubt it'd make sense to bring it here unless they reworked the lineup and put the 3.2 in the Passat like they do in Europe. Off-topic: O.C., I've only seen 91-octane gas once in my life. Everywhere else I've gone, it's been 93.

That's an average of 46... consistent with findings... I haven't chimed in on this post yet... and I don't quite advocate trading into a dead-feeling Toyota sedan... but if the OP is trading into a Toyota, wouldn't the Avalon be a more lateral move?

Two '09 Muranos. Not as bad as they look in pictures. Earlier today: El Camino in red, with a soft tonneau cover. I tried to get a picture, but it wasn't working out.

Not quite sure how much Amy and I get, but chances are the bulk of it is going straight to savings.

I didn't crawl through the whole vehicle, but I did glance back; the 2nd-row was folded down to show all the cargo room. It easily bests my Pathfinder.

BRAVES! Early-season inconsistency has to work itself out though...

I still stand behind my "decontenting" explanation, then.

Someone said to me before that it could have to do with incompatibility of map systems between the US and the rest of the world. My guess is still "decontenting," however. Especially considering the outgoing Grand Prix had one. Strangely, though, I think I read somewhere that the GXP would have the option. I may be imagining things though.

My mom has been talking about buying a luxury sports car for the longest time now. I always ask her "Mom, why do you want a sports car? You don't drive sporty at all." I guess some just want the look...

Jaguar XF, silver, being delivered. I about gave my wife a heart attack over the phone when I announced the sighting. VW R32 in a great shade of blue, while crawling along the Capital Beltway. It lost points when I saw it was being driven by a girl on her phone. Ya know, just like the girl I saw driving the previous ZR-1 a couple of months back, I always wonder how many of these girls know how hot their cars are under the skin or if they just think they look cool...

I agree. I don't think a decidedly-upmarket Chrysler version would be a bad idea either. Don't know why they axed that one.

OK, so on a whim, I test-drove the Dodge Journey at my local (as in "across-the-street") Dodge dealership. Specs and options: - 3.5L V6. 6AT - MyGIG with video screen (also backup camera) - Only 5 seats (they didn't have a 7-seater on the lot) Interior impressions: - Decent interior, actually one of the best I've seen on recent Dodge offerings - Shifter has a weird downward angle... it's on an incline away from me instead of flat or toward me - Couldn't pull up the nav screen for some reason... I don't think the DVD was loaded, and so the option wasn't there... and just now, I realized that the LCD screen goes with the entertainment system and that the nav would have its own screen, which this model didn't - Looks as spacious as my Pathfinder, and a lot more versatile - The dash is EXTREMELY long... it makes the nose of the vehicle feel longer than it really is Driving impressions: - I only stayed in neighborhoods per the dealer's instructions, so no word on how easily the Journey can take off - Steering feels nice... real nice... communicative is the word, I believe - Backing into a space (one of my tests) took me a little while longer than I'm used to doing, because the blind spots seemed kinda big Verdict: I probably wouldn't get one in the future, but I wouldn't bash anyone who did. It's perfectly liveable.

That was probably it. Obviously I didn't see it for long. I found/figured out that the immobilizer in her Maxima freaked out and, well, immobilized the car. Amy's Maxima is still going along nicely... there's one serious job that I have to have done with it, but it's not going anywhere just yet. I am really trying to get out of the Pathfinder though... maybe into an H-body if I can find one.