Robert Hall

I thought this thread was going to be about Toyotas or other generics.. I've always had good luck w/ Kenmore appliances. I have Kenmore stainless steel fridge, dishwasher, and range in Denver and Phoenix. So if you are just now washing dishes after 7 years, A) you either have a lot of dishes and let them pile up, B) ate out all the time (that gets spendy), or C) used paper/plastic plates..

I do that when I'm out of town...find if I don't do it, the sound quality of the calls are horrible. Oddly, I've only noticed that I have to do this w/ the LG phone, never had to do it w/ the Motorolas I had previously on Verizon.

Get some pretty good seafood and sushi here, what with it's close proximity to the West Coast, I assume. I generally avoid fast food, though I have a weakness for the occasional McDs or Jack in the Box. Have been sick all week w/ a nasty cold, not much appetite..been eating a lot of soup..

Probably not legal, though. No taillights. Also, seems like it would be illegal to drive around w/ the dirty bits exposed (gas tank and filler, axle, muffler, etc...)

I've had great service with Verizon..had them since '00. About the only dead spots I've found were on I-80 in Nevada, I-40 in NM, and some back country areas in Colorado. Been fine everywhere else I've used it--Ohio, S. Florida, Arizona, California, Hawaii, etc. I currently have an LG Chocolate slider w/ them. I've never been able to get a phone to work inside my Mom's house in Ohio, but that is due to the 150 yr old construction w/ foot thick sandstone outer walls and lathe inner walls, I think. Always have to go on the porch to call or check email or surf the web when out in there in the sticks. I want to upgrade to a Smartphone when I get a new phone (I'm eligible now for a new one), thinking about the Blackberry Tour. I like the form factor on BBs and the keyboard, don't think a touch screen would work well for me...I prefer a clicky qwerty. Interesting in seeing what new comes on Verizon in the next few months, esp. something with Android. I really want something compact enough to fit inside the front pocket of my khakis (no goofy belt holster for me) w/ a real keyboard, and a screen big enough to be useful for some surfing. I don't care about having music on it, since I have my iPod Classic for that.

Yeah. Looks like the regular Middle East Caprice grille and trim looks like the cop car concept.

I think that car and the company (Carbon) is vaporware and will never get off the ground. And even though it's a diesel, isn't it likely to be 2-3x the cost of a regular cop car?

Hmmm...in my cul-de-sac, 'my' garage and carport content is not bad--'84 Merc 500 SEL, '91 Merc 300CE, '00 Grand Cherokee. Interesting is the house w/ the white '94 Merc E320 convertible, yellow Merc SLK, and yellow '70s IH Scout II. The one at the end of the street w/ a late model BMW 5-series, Audi A4, and Chevy Avalanche isn't bad. Next block over, though, is the house w/ the maroon '08 CTS and white '62 Fleetwood Sixty Special...that is sweet. As is the house w/ the black Porsche Cayenne Turbo and black 997 911 Turbo. Worst? Maybe the house w/ his and hers gray Priuses, or the one w/ his and hers CRVs. Or the guy next door who's 2 car garage is full of stuff, and their '00 Tahoe and '00 Ram sit in the driveway. Or the house across the street w/ the late model Monte Carlo w/ #3 decals, the skater kid's new black Kia Soul w/ the rear window decal that says 'My other ride is your mother' and a Nissan Frontier (they don't keep up their front yard, just full of weeds).

Kinda looks like the grille from the mid east Lumina (SWB Zeta), IIRC the middle east Caprice has a fancier grille w/o a bowtie..

Amazing..I couldn't imagine driving a subcompact with an automatic....

Maybe they assume the masses will just think it's an Impala from Avis.

And Fritz was right also, this is not a rebaged G8, since it's the LWB Statesman/Caprice...

Jalopnik article

Cool. I remember that thread. And now we know.

Saw a black V6 '10 Camaro at the grocery tonight....with..... Fake portholes on the front fenders and huge cheesy chrome bling wheels!!! Tasteless.

I saw a 2010 Outback parked outside my office yesterday. They look huge compared to the original Outback from the '90s. White w/ gray trim. The new face has a very strong Toyota/Lexus vibe to it.. The rear of the Legacy sedan reminds me of the Sonata.

Cool... Not automotive, but I've received a free ticket to the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in January in Vegas... I think I'm going to go, supposed to be quite the event.

Here's a site that sells some, but it appears they are sold out.. Blinker Fluid

The time of the year when you don't need air conditioning 24/7. It's convertible season here.

Don't forget to replace the blinker fluid before winter also.

The thing I observed living in a very conservative Republican area (Colorado Springs) was that American trucks were very popular, yet in cars, it was Toyota and (to a lesser degree Honda and Nissan) that dominated, and SUVs (a huge market segment in Colorado) were fairly evenly split between domestics and imports.. and that was in '97-02.

And as I know from 13 years in the West (Colorado and Arizona), Toyota does extremely well in parts of the West... Rob

My oh my. I wonder if the Stig did a lap in the dirigible.

Wierd... I have yet to see a 2nd gen CTS-v...I did see a black 1st gen CTS-v a few days ago. Saw a gorgeous 2nd gen CTS at the airport this afternoon, black w/ blackout windows, and custom mesh grilles..

Funny