Paolino

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Wait a year or two and you can I'm considering either a new Regal or 2008 Lucerne CXL.

Happy Birthday man.. hope it was a good one!

I like built guys with a brain who aren't afraid to express emotion.

FAVORITE game of all time... still waiting for them to decide to remake it One line that stuck with me was from Good Will Hunting, and it's when Robin Williams was telling Matt Damon repeatedly, "It's not your fault."

A recent cover of Jump.

I've only had to ignore one person (which is pointless because when someone quotes them their post appears in the quote), but I think I will like this system more.

1994 Buick Century... oh wait... ... New black Camaro SS.

RIDICULOUSLY hot science teacher/lacrosse coach/soccer coach who happens to be purely the nicest guy you'll ever meet in your life. Football coach from h.s. My friend Marco.

Yeah, my friend was in a bind... he grew up in NY and had his front windows tinted. When he moved to NJ, they wouldn't pass his inspection because the front windows can't be tinted. Each state has has its own little nu(is)ances.

2011 Regal CXL 2.0L Turbo, cashmere interior, either black, dark blue, or some other color I don't know of yet.

I didn't try polarized lenses and did try sunglasses at night, but became too concerned that I may not react to something in time (person/animal in road) if I couldn't see them. I've had close experiences with people crossing illegally and not wearing any sort of clothing to make them stand out at night, and with oncoming traffic I almost didn't see them. My scariest moment was when I was a new driver and a child wearing army clothes playing on his stomach in the street of a residential neighborhood. Because the light was filtering through the trees and creating dancing little spots on the road with breezes, he blended in very well. It wasn't until a friend said, "You see the kid, right?" that I slammed on my brakes.

In his defense, I can understand partly what he's saying. Years ago I was on a medicine which made me very sensitive to light at night and headlights were at times blinding to where I felt uncomfortable driving and would hand the keys to a friend. I would occasionally be in a very dark area divided by a large group of trees/shrubs so you couldn't see oncoming traffic and have someone's rear fog lamp blaring in my eye, and although it didn't really upset me as much as oncoming headlights (especially HIDs!), it was a distraction to me.

When my friend had his S4 years ago, he put the bulb in the other rear fog lamp and anytime someone was tailing him, he flipped them on to simulate a brake light... worked every time.

Deal

Okay, so apparently you can get the TSX in a neutral color, but no wood.

It has a very rich look to it, I'll admit. When I first saw the "cashmere" color in the Lucerne, I was impressed because it was anything but "tan/beige", it had a very warm, inviting color to it--very creamy and rich. I'm not a fan of "gray" on interiors... I've seen way too many of them in the past decade, so I'm done with them in modern cars. Example, my friend has a red C240 Wagon, and the interior is light gray. There's dark wood, but man, the interior looks so cold to me. Ebony I love for sportiness, but sometimes (as in the ebony interior pics of the Regal), it can get too monochromatic and dark for me. I admit, the piano black is nice, and yes, I'd have to see it in person, but it's not my idea of "warm", but more it reminds me of sportiness. I'm hoping for some creative "ambient lighting" like there is in the LaCrosse. If not, I still like the interior enough--although I will have to reserve final judgment until I see it in person.

I was discussing overall design. The TSX is so bland, monochromatic, etc. IMO, this has a lot going on... chrome/silver accents, wood, two shades in the brown family, etc. I realize that the ebony version looks just as stark as the TSX, but you can't get the TSX in a neutral color anymore, as far as I know of.

That interior blows the TSX's out of the park. It's gorgeous, luxurious, and everything about this car screams New Buick to me. I was upset that I wasn't going to be able to handle buying a new LaCrosse and didn't want to settle for the older one, but this (depending on pricing), should be right up my alley.

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!

I apologize. I was under the impression these were those steel wheels that "look" like alloys. I didn't realize they were still using wheelcovers. I think it's absurd since the 2009 LaCrosse made alloys standard on the CX, as well as dual-zone climate control (while single zone is standard on the 2010 CX)

No Buick cars for 2009 or 2010 have offered plastic hubcaps. In 2012 though, when/if this car gets a CX trim, I'm guessing it'll have cloth seats. And I'm a "young person" and I know at least 2 others who are young and would love to own Lucernes. I agree with you though, if customers don't give this Regal a shot, it's their fault.

Only two things I don't like on this car are the wheels and the rear. Wheels are an easy fix, and the rear I could live with. That cabin to me looks like a great place to spend a lot of time (and driving on LI, well, that's where you spend a lot of time)

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I want to see the interior and exterior in other colors!