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Pardon my ignorance, but I'm always confused with acronyms when it pertains to cars... what is CIB?

Well, I have mixed feelings about throwing the 3.9L in the Lucerne. Yes, the additional power is welcome, but the fuel economy will suffer bigtime. I'm going to guess it's true the 6A wouldn't work for the Lucerne's platform because if it did, they would have most definitely put it into the Cadillac DTS... I mean, the only other $40,000+ car I can think of that still uses a 4A, is the Town Car. And yes, Buick should have those little things as standard equipment. However, doing so pushes the base price up--which also makes sense for cars entering premium territory. However, it's difficult for Buick to do that as it converts its customer base, as well as shaking itself rid of old platforms and technologies. I remind myself to be patient and follow the saying, "Good things come to those who wait." I see a healthy outcome for Buick. It's just going to take time, and patience on my end as I want more product and faster turnaround than is safely possible.

According to the list of standard equipment (I checked by the above link), standard on all trims is: Mirrors, outside heated power-adjustable, body-color. So, maybe they're just being replaced with heated. It was previously not available on CX, available on CXL, and standard on Super.

Nice that the DI 3.6L will be putting out 290hp now.

I'm going to doubt it. I'll bet it'll have the 3.6L standard. GM seems to be ridding themselves of pushrod V6's, being they only have the 3.6L available on the Malibu and Aura now.

I'm sure the added power will be welcome. It's just a shame it's going to get such poor fuel economy!!

Ah, the CX on the LaCrosse gets standard 16" aluminums found on the CXL... and CXL and Super on the Lucerne get integrated turn signal indicators in the side view mirrors.

Okay, so looks like the 3.9L is rated at 227hp/237ft/lbs... 17" standard on the Lucerne as is Auto-Dimming mirrors on CX.

Uh oh. If that's what it looks like, I'm going to have to cut cable, internet, phone, and air conditioning out of my life so I can afford it :AH-HA_wink: The taillamps look very LS460 to me.

How do you know? Maybe the new Buick will handle and drive less like previous ones.

So, the only difference that seems to be with this new corporate steering wheel is that there are more buttons on the production version and the metal part is on the inside of the production version whereas in the sketches it's on the outer parts of the spokes.

If it's what I think it is, I'm not a fan of the heated seats switches being located on the side of the seat... they can be awkward to reach with the doors shut.

It looks to be. And I was noticing that the conceptual renderings of the steering wheel and gauges that were posted a while back were accurate.

Okay, they got me. I'm very impressed so far!

No smoking ever!

I take it back, a `97.

Is it me, or do the wheels look like they came off a `96 Town Car?

I wouldn't say there's more temptation... it's just that men are assholes. Plain and simple. Myself included. But for the faithful thing, God, I'd be destroyed and I can't even imagine that feeling if a guy cheated on me.

Single chrome exhaust, chrome grille, SE badge, metallic center-stack, different carpet, and, uh, that appears to be it for any physical changes. I guess it's just all packaging.

I admit to cheating on my left hand with a man. But that's it. I've never cheated on anyone I've dated. I would never cheat on someone. Honestly, if it comes down to cheating with someone, then I'm going to break up with the person first.

Okay.. I'm running at a resolution of 1920x1600, and that image didn't fit the width of my screen by far...

I can top that... my friends had their Prius for 4 months (I think... might have been 6 months). Battery went. Since the entire car is keyless... they couldn't get into the car. They had trouble even getting into it when Toyota arrived to try and jump it, but they eventually got it open. It had to be towed out of the driveway. Wish I took pictures. Oh, let's not forget that during a tornado with my goddaughter in the back seat, the windshield wiper motors went. And of course... the craptacular REAL mpg it gets...

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Thank you thank you thank you!!

Okay, that's it! I have to ask... I keep seeing "FTW" and I asked like 10 people and they all have no idea what it means! What's the deal? If it had a "C", I would say For Those Who Care... but alas, it's c-less!