Robert Hall

I like black, never had one...dark blue (like my Jeep) has the same problems w/ keeping clean, unfortunately. Generally, I like dark colors more than lighter colors---dark gray, dark green, dark red, maroon, dark blue...

Speaking of black paint, I like matte (low gloss) or flat black. A few high end Euro models have it as an option..would love to see it more common. Low maintenance, and looks great w/ matching black wheels.

They've never been exposed to HD. I haven't paid attention to LED, will have to look into it when I buy my next TV...still enjoying my older 1080p DLP and 1080p LCDs...

Sounds like it must be something w/ your browser settings.. I can go several days w/o logging in, both in going to the main page from a bookmark or directly or clicking on a update email.

A silver '10 Camaro from a distance on the freeway this AM, second '10 Camaro I've seen this week, and 2nd I've seen period.

Would have been cool if it had been the same guy...the Olestra article is the funniest thing I've read in a while. Reality-based poo humour never goes stale, IMHO.

And what about Magna? They are NA based..will be interesting to see if they have any vehicles in the NA market within a few years...

As PSA has stated this week they are considering more JVs or mergers, so who knows? These are strange days, times of failure and despair, yet also times of new possibilities and opportunties...

Maybe they will cut a deal w/ Chery or another Chinese sh*tbox maker to bring over a sedan to be the new S-series.

That's pretty funny...I managed to get $1500 out of my '88 Bronco II (even w/ the rust and broken drivers' seat, etc) when I traded back in '00...seems like long ago and far away...

..And GM has pretty much axed all the middle rungs--Oldsmobile, and now Pontiac and Saturn. Buick is all that is left.

Yes, esp. in northern climes...it's the opposite here in PHX...a convertible is very much a winter car here..

An uncle had a '71 ragtop and later a '73 coupe, both Centurions..I have vague memories from about age 4-9 of riding in them in the '70s.. I love the fuselage styling of the big GMs of that era...my dream car garage would have a '71 Centurion convertible, '71 Riviera, '72 Impala sport coupe, '71 Olds 88 ht, '71 Catalina or Bonneville, a '71 Coupe De Ville, amongst other '60s-70s GMs, Fords, and Mopies...

I think if I had any classic GM convertible, I'd want a '71 Centurion...I just love the '71-72 B-bodies, and esp. the Buick body sculpting...

Yeah, I just saw it quickly breeze past on the opposite side on the freeway...pretty sure it wasn't a GS..didn't have a blacked-out grille. Had the Buick road mags. Don't see those very often. Rob

An interesting mix tonite on the way home.. A white w/ white top '88 or so Town Car that spotless--looked new...have a soft spot for those, since my Dad always drove them and I drove his to high school occasionally. A white w/ white top '71-72 Buick Skylark convertible, very clean.. A very clean bronze mid '80s Celebrity 4dr, A/C must have been out--had the windows down A worn out faded red late '80s LeSabre, also w/ the A/C out and all the windows down, no rear window, and decklid tied w/ a bungee cord An '00-05 Impala, painted 4 different primer colors. No idea what color it originally was.

First I've ever heard that...I've always read of the Lambdas described as full-size, everything from Autoblog to Car & Driver to Wikipedia. The Equinox, Torrent and upcoming Terrain and SRX are the GM mid-sizers, GM has nothing in NA that really is a compact CUV/SUV, even the Vue is more of a small midsizer.

Happy Birthday!

The Enclave is full size, it's huge. An IS convertible fighter is where Cadillac should be at with the CTS or a smaller model eventually. (I can't see Buick having a $40-50k RWD luxury convertible).

It is what it is. Whatever will be, will be. We are but pawns in game of life.

I've worked with a number of Ys (recent college grads) in the last few years in the Denver area and Phoenix area, and AFAIK, 100% of them drive Japanese (Civics, Camrys, a G37, Priuses). Not encouraging.

Good analogy..I think GM's state currently would be like a ship with a bent propeller, broken rudder, and the whole bottom rusted out, taking on a lot of water, with people bailing water as fast as the can to stay afloat. Lots of good products right now, but lots of corporate problems..the next few months and next year should be very interesting to see what happens.

I predict GM's market share, realistically, will probably be at most 10-15% in 5 years. Can it be profitable at the point? Lots of variables.

I think that 'niche brand' was just spin...I doubt if they really intended to keep it that way..the whole integration with Pontiac into Buick and GMC was to make it easier to phase out than they did with Oldsmobile.

Well, the current LaX and Lucerne are pretty old and outdated, esp. the LaX..the new LaX is coming out for '10, so that should definitely help with the sedan sales. And if they add the Insignia-based Regal and a compact sedan on Delta within the next 2-3 years, that should help. I've wondered if GM has considered a midsize crossover for Buick, but maybe that niche is too full with the new Equinox, Terrain, and SRX coming..