Robert Hall

I bet McCain has stocked up on his Viagra or Cialis.

Looks like a decent $20k compact. I don't see it having many takers at $40k.

The Fit is Go!

The chicken and pig analogy is part of the agile/scrum software development methodology....I've heard it for years...in the scrum daily standup meetings, we have the chickens (project managers, SMEs, domain business/product owners) and the pigs (the developers, architects, testers, etc..those of us in the trenches)... It's a good one.

No idea...I don't see any correlation between a Peugeot concept, Infiniti wagon, or a Mazda CUV and Buick...though the Mazda does resemble a mini-Enclave in profile, somewhat.

So if they do a performance version, will it be called the Volt Super Shock? (SS)

I've been using Open Office in lieu of MS Office for the last few months on my newest laptop, it's fine for my needs... otherwise, there is the student/home version of MS Office that's about $150, which is the cheapest way into the MS line.

I'm liking the aluminum rim, black spoke styles quite a bit...I esp. like multi spoke beyond the usual 5 spokes.... wheels like this: or this, I find quite appealing... as well as the DTM style with 20 or so spokes..

1) HP Compaq Presario laptop Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.86Ghz 3.0GB of RAM Windows XP Pro (my general purpose home machine for surfing the web, tracking my finances, documents, etc) 2) Apple Mac Book Pro laptop Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5Ghz NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 4.0GB of RAM Mac OS X (which of course has pure UNIX goodness inside.. (my professional machine for learning, writing code, development, consulting, etc) I have 4 old desktops (2 with Linux) and an old Sun Sparc Ultra workstation back home in Denver, but rarely use them anymore..what with splitting my time between Denver and Phoenix and travel, I use only laptops now...

What is this 'CIB' (cam in block?) acronym? 'pushrod' is the usual description for old school engine architectures...

And the SL55 is gone for '09, replaced by the SL63 AMG. No supercharged AMGs for '09 AFAIK. The M156 engine is an impressive piece...M-B claims it's the world's most powerful naturally-aspirated V8 engine. AMG V8

Interesting detail in how the fender trim extends into the side mirror..

I saw a '79-81 Chrysler Newport or '80-81 Plymouth Fury a few days ago from a distance...I don't know how long it had been since I had seen one...those R-bodies are cars that seemed to dissapear from the face of the earth (90% were demolished in '80s TV shows like TJ Hooker, probably..)

Cool..looks like it has ordinary side glass instead of the funky glass of the concept, but I didn't expect that detail to make it to production. Looks like it has ordinary FWD proportions rather the wheels-forward look of the concept. Oh well. Between pic 1 and 2 you get a pretty good feel for how it's going to look overall. I'm wondering about the black roof and the area at the bottom of the hatch...is that black paint or glass?

The two-tone paint is slimming perhaps? The Traverse is the largest Lambda, isn't it..longer behind the rear axle I thought...

I think HHR stands for 'Heritage High Roof' (i.e. supposed to look like a scaled-down '48-54 Suburban), rather than 'Heritage Hot Rod'..

Makes sense...also reminds me of people screaming while suffering from the horror of explosive diarreha.

That description reminds of the drive on I-25 from Colorado Springs to the south Denver metro area through Castle Rock.... when the weather is clear, it's usually 2 lanes in each direction (widening to 3) at a steady 85 mph or more during rush hour---SUVs, Camrys, BMWs,pickups, semis, etc...people doing the 60 mile commute north...then it repeats in the afternoon in the opposite direction. Lots of tailgating and drafting. The posted speed limit is 75 (65 within metro parts) but the traffic is usually 10 mph over in clear weather....with a 7500 ft pass in there, wierd weather stuff can happen from Oct-Apr. I don't miss that commute (did it back in '02 for 4 months, when gas prices were alot cheaper).

Yes, I would think all the screaming and 'barking' would be hell on the vocal cords...keeping it going for a couple decades is no doubt quite difficult. I can't recall which band it is, but a friend of mine always described some metal singer--it may be Wayne Static--as having a 'demented Cookie Monster' voice... I'll have to give the new Metallica album a listen..I haven't listened to them in years...I did listen to them a lot in the Load/ReLoad/S&M era, after my mid '90s NIN period...also listened to Static-X and Powerman 5000 quite a bit back in the turn-of-the century period when I working crazy hours at dot-bombs, and Rage Against the Machine, NWA, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Snoop Dogg around then. After age 30, I mellowed out and went went back to Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Who, U2, and my '80s and early '90s favorites...

1997 was a huge life transition year...from academia (U. of Michigan) to corporate America, moving from Michigan to Colorado. It was quite a year... I had the '87 Mustang GT and an '88 Bronco II then. In going from working as a research assistant (grunt) in a university research lab to a developer in a cube in a major telecom company, I more than quadrupled my income, which very nice. Interesting about that Tahoe ad..never thought anything about it...figured they were prairie birds or something.

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Yes...I was shocked when I first saw the concept...I had assumed it would have the same trunklid, rear quarter shape, roofline, etc of the sedan, but noooo...they went bold. Can't wait to see it in person.

And the beltine definitely is sloping downward from the rear to the front...it's a wedgy shape.

Wierd. I'm sure it's just that the website hasn't been updated.. if the 2 main party candidates weren't going to be on the ballot in the 3rd (4th?) largest state, it would be all over the national media by now....

Heh-heh....maybe they will do something off the wall like a album of Lawrence Welk covers...that could very interesting. I really liked the S&M album.