Robert Hall

?? What difference would the cab make on having a plow (since the plow is at the front)?

Looking forward to seeing that episode. BBC America is still behind, it will probably be 6 months or a year until they show the current episodes.

I have checking & savings accounts w/ Chase (had for over 20 years, from when it was Bank One) a checking account w/ Wells Fargo, and savings accounts w/ ING and E*Trade. Generally, I prefer WF over Chase (not just because I work for WF, sort of). I try to avoid cash (use debit and credit cards) and actually going into the bank..I avoid writing checks whenever possible, about the only things I have to pay w/ check monthly are the yard and pool service, everything else, I do electronically. Checks, money orders, etc seem like artifacts of the 20th century, kind of out of place in the modern world.

Dew98 was the Lincoln LS/Thunderbird/Jag S type platform. The Mustang platform (S197/D2C) is different, though loosely based on Dew98. I assume it will evolve/be replaced w/ a next gen platform in 4-5 years. After Panther goes away in '11, the Mustang will be the only American Ford RWD car.

I'd love to see a Cougar revival, based on the Mustang. No FWD Cougar, please.

The original US Camry came out in '82 or '83 to replace the Corona. Looked it up, the first JDM Camry was the 1980 Celica Camry, derived from the Carina....and a legend was born. That pic was of a Carina from around '80. Camry

100%. Wasn't sure with the Camry, never seen one that looked like that, but knew it wasn't a Civic or any of the others...

Sounds like the Mini E is still very much a prototype..

Pingas

Wherever you go, there you are. - Buckaroo Banzai

Sounds like a solid truck..low miles for a '96.

Used Tundra?

I checked my ignore list..it has one, a banned user called 'lance armstrong's testicles'...someone long gone, I think. IIRC, I used to add 68 occasionally when his delusional hysteria got too over the top, but then remove him from the list after a few days.

Just watched Countdown w/ Kieth Oberman on MSNBC..in their 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Passion' segment, they aired a couple funny animated (Sims style animation) videos from Apple Daily News from China.

Imagine if he had been driving a Lexus. I didn't give much weight to him being in an Escalade, since his Buick contract was over.

I wonder if there was an On-Star call after the accident? Latest theory I've heard is he had gotten out of his Escalade after his wife smashed out the windows, leaving it in gear, and it was unoccupied when it went across the road into the fire hydrant and tree (and that his injuries are from when his wife hit him w/ a golf club). Interesting little story. Sounds like Le Tigre is quite the philanderer (or philanthropist).

Good point. He seems to be a 'just the facts' kind of guy, no bias or editorial slant that I can see..

Isn't there a GTD version of the Golf coming also? GTI+TDI=GTD. I think it's on sale in Europe already.

Ahh...finally noticed it. Pale blue 2 pt font on dark blue strip.

Saw an accident w/ two new cars yesterday evening..woman in a black '10 SRX ran a left turn redlight and got broadsided by a dark red '09/10 Dodge Ram 1500 (both still had temporary tags)...the right front door and front end of the SRX was pretty mangled...

Unknown. Is something big happening today? Any more GM announcements expected from the LAIAS?

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I brought up the recent Toyota quality issues, recalls, etc w/ a co-worker recently and he responded that his Toyota was built in Japan and of highest quality and the ones w/ the problems were probably built in the US...ooooohhhkkkkk...

Yes. That is what I was thinking of. That is a truck I'd buy...it reminds me of an old Land Rover pickup.

I'm not so sure Mexico is all that stable, what with their drug wars and government corruption. But they do provide oil and cheap labor for the US.