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Over 200,000 miles and still going with ice cold a/c...

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Okay, it's twice recently people here have mentioned GM's upcoming 2.5L 4-cyl engine... can anyone enlighten me about it or point me to a source of more info? Is it just a bored out 2.4 or entirely new?

Okay, just saw the renderings of the exterior for the first time and gagged a little bit. I surely hope they're off. They seem to at least be slightly off with the taillamps as in the camo'd pics it shows amber directionals but in the rendering they're solid red. I love the exterior of the current Malibu--easily one of the best-looking midsizers out there. I just hope they don't Mazda3 it (i.e. ruin it).

I absolutely want to see a V6 option in the Malibu.

I'm still holding off on final judgement until I see the finished product. I am wondering if the "ribbed" area is incomplete... perhaps a piece of plood or brushed aluminum slides in there--there's plood around the driver's side window controls and I don't see it elsewhere in the car so I'm assuming it'll appear somewhere else. If plood fit in the ribbed area it'd be a reinterpretation of the "dual cockpit" thing the current Malibu has (which also has plood trim).

This. It's driving me CRAZY. I have some friends who've said that Toyota has slipped way on their list and they'd probably never buy one again. I also have friends who have had Toyotas. Have had problems with them. And stand by them and say, "Nothing like these claims have ever happened to us... Toyota has been good to us. GM probably has their own skeletons in the closet and they just haven't been found out yet. I'd buy another Toyota in a second." My brain was fried at that point and had to change topics.

Not sure--need better pictures. Not digging the pods for the gauges though. Nice to see Nav, Pushbutton Start and Dual Zone Climate Control finally though.

Many people who come to this country find it difficult to get used to the same sized, same colored, currency for each denomination. I wouldn't mind seeing an update to our currency. I'll be honest though, I debit 90% of the time, and rarely have more than 20 bucks in my wallet. EDIT: I wouldn't mind seeing an update to the value of our currency compared to other countries, but that's another, more-heated topic entirely.

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When that first aired I was crying... it was the perfect way to end my day.

Corrected.

1993, industrial park, Syosset, NY 1992 Plymouth Sundance, White Exterior, Red Interior

Modern Family is a riot... just picked up the emmy for Best Comedy too. I admit it irritates me too, Usonia, that the gay characters are too stereotypical, but that's also part of the fun. Another funny comedy on Wednesday nights before Modern Family is The Middle. I just started watching the DVDs and was highly amused. Glad sitcoms are coming back!

You can barely hear it for the Lincoln video, but at 1:17, he starts the car: And now for a clearer version, the Ford...

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When my car was new, I was just got my license. I, of course, didn't own it yet Now, uh, I've been driving for 17 years.

When the GS comes out, it'll remedy that. As for the 2.0L turbo, every review of it I've read stated it's a gem.

My problem is, I don't want to see certain things disappear when they switch to the NA plant. I don't want the colors to go, they're very upscale looking and complement the car well. I don't want the quality of the materials to decrease. I'm fairly certain I'll be getting a 2011... if for some odd reason I have to put off for a 2012 lease, I don't suddenly want to know what "could have been". Although truth be told, I'm not too worried. GM has been moving in the right direction and it seems each new car just gets better.

I have a few pictures of it on my computer... it looks so rich and classy. I know it's plood, but it's good plood. And there are so many textures and colors going on--cashmere, cocoa, a satin-nickel finish for the door handles, the wood trim, etc. It's very warm and inviting to me. I actually care more about the interior of a car than I do the exterior. It's why until recently I couldn't entertain ever owning a Ford/Mercury. Lincoln barely made it on the list. Right now my biggest beef with Ford/Mercury/Lincoln is the startup chime. I guess it's cool to have a retro-sounding Gameboy Advance dinging when you start your $50,000 Lincoln or your $16,000 Focus. If I'm not mistaking, the Regal is heavier than the Insignia because of QuietTuning and some other minor changes. It may receive a higher city rating in Europe.

True, cars can get up to temp fast, but I will say, you had to see my dad's reaction (the most conservative man on the face of this earth--doesn't want power windows because it's another thing to break, doesn't use the auto climate control because he wants the control over it, doesn't use heated seats, who needs it, etc., etc., etc.)... ... but when we had one of our million heavy blizzards this winter and I started his car from the living room, it turned on the front and rear defrost and heated the mirrors, his jaw dropped. He just couldn't imagine that he could get in the car and drive off. That is something that is essential to me... I have to leave the house at 6AM to get to work... it helps bigtime if my front/rear windows and side mirrors don't need scraping... I can just scrape the sides which are loosened because the interior is now warm, and go. I, too, have very green friends. Ironically, the one feature he doesn't have on his Prius that he had on his Lexus that he greatly misses, is the remote start.

See, I don't understand the problem with that as you have to have your car warm up anyway... I know on the icy mornings of Long Island I can't drive until the windows are scraped and the fog has been defrosted sufficiently or I'm blinded by the sun. That has to happen with the car idling. And as Oldsmoboi mentioned, most cars are manuals in Europe... it's very true. A lot of Italians think automatics are for "pigri" (the lazy) and they feel disconnected from the car when not shifting.

Buick got back to me a week ago and said it wasn't an option at all. I can't imagine what would prevent it in Europe. Never know what crazy laws they have. I mean, in Italy, they don't allow anything but public transportation every other Wednesday (at least they did last time I was there) so maybe they feel remote start has the car idling while not being used.

Auguroni!! Congrats man, dream come true

I really hope they get rid of Midnight Blue Metallic on the LaCrosse and add the Majestic Blue Metallic. Midnight blue in person is nothing what I thought it'd look like--it's not dark at all. I was hoping it'd be very close to black, but in reality, it's lighter than navy blue.