Robert Hall

Since SAAB is stronger in Europe than here, and Saturn has some Opel-based models, why not give responsibility for SAAB and Saturn to GME, and keep the rest under GMNA direction?

Interesting..didn't know this one was coming...looks like SAABs answer to the Allroad, XC70, or Outback type of wagon. I thought they were going to be doing a Theta-Epsilon crossover like the next SRX?

Interesting...I don't think I've ever driven without using a belt, and I've been driving for 22 years now. Definitely prefer a 3-point belt to the old timey two piece (those are uncomfortable because at least in '68-69 Fords, the upper piece doesn't retract once in place).

I haven't see a Fox 2dr in years...back around 2000 a sys admin I worked with drove a red one that was completely faded, flat no shine. I saw a silver VW Pointer hatchback today, w/ Sonora plates.

Mmm..nap. We just had some baked lasagna w/ broccoli & cheese for lunch, w/ pumpkin pie. Went light on the Turkey Day fare this year, finished the leftovers yesterday. Just chillin' right now..

I've heard that elsewhere...remember, for many people, their only encounters with American cars are rentals or riding in a taxi occasionally.

In the US, I thought seatbelts became required as standard around 1964.. I couldn't imagine driving a car w/o seatbelts... I've driven cars w/ the lapbelt and separate roof-mounted shoulder belt arrangement, rather uncomfortable (my '69 Mustang has that). IIRC, my folks' '67 Cougar has lap belts in the front only, no rear lap belts. The '68s have lap belts in the front, the separate shoulder belt, and rear lap belts.

Yah, I know..but I still know plenty of people that still support W... I assume they are delusional.

That seems reasonable to me..it is the driver's responsibility to ensure their passengers are all buckled in.

Interesting..by your posts, I've always assumed you were a right winger and supporter of W.

Rockferry- Duffy Loving this CD.

Well, the internet is a series of tubes, not a big truck.. Packets move in mysterious ways some times.

This thread reminds me..does any state still do roadside vehicle inspections? I remember those in Ohio back in the '70s--cars flagged to over to check your headlights, wipers, etc. Haven't ever been stopped at one as an adult. The Denver area had the sobriety checkpoints, but they would be announced on the radio so I knew which roads to avoid. The only checkpoints I've ever been stopped at are at the California line where they are looking for veggies, etc and ones in NM where they are looking for illegals.

Interesting...I wonder when it was last widely below $1/gal for regular. I'm sure in 1986 in rural Ohio it was probably under $1.. This morning I was driving to work in the rain (first time I've driven in the rain in the dark in over 6 months--rain is so rare here in the desert), stopped to fill up the Merc @ 1.93 for 87. Total was about $28, compared to over $60 a few months ago.

You are lucky to have gotten away like that...in many parts of the country, backtalk like that would have resulted in an arrest or a beating w/ their batons, tasering or worse... I'm sure many police cops are honest and legit, but many are armed sociopaths.

Yah, Charlize is seriously hot... though I'm totally hetero, I'll admit to having a man crush on Brad, George Clooney, Clive Owen (handsome, cool, British) and Russell Crowe ( brainy badass Kiwi), and Chow Yun-Fat.

I liked SNL when I was in college and grad school, late '80s-mid '90s...Phil Hartman, Kevin Nealon, etc...it was overall still pretty funny then, IMHO. In recent years, overall, it's just $h!e.

Yes...the red state retards like Sen. Shelby that hate unions and have Korean, German and Japanese plants in their states..

I saw a bright blue SSR go rumbling past the other day...it's definitely grown on me...it's fascinating for it's outrageousness (hardtop convertible pickup!).

Cincinatti

Ya, it's not really a humor topic, IMHO. Of course, the demographic that watches SNL today (20-somethings) mostly drive Hondas, VWs and Toyotas, so most of them probably couldn't care less about the Big 3.

The key thing is to trade it before it's out of warranty. I wouldn't want any of today's complex cars once they are out of warranty.

Well, the Chicken McNuggets at McDonalds in Rome were so-so..

I found in Italy, even the by-the-slice pizza from vendors on the street in Milan or at the fast-food restaurants (Spizucco) or the Auto Grill restaurants in the autostrada rest areas was tasty...