Robert Hall

Someone was arrested around here for that a few months ago, they were stuck under a car trying to cut the CC off..

Ahhh, you know you want it...it's a forbidden fruit... never sold here.

Heh-heh... the coupe would be a nice 40th birthday gift to myself. Though a Camaro SS convertible would be awfully nice also. We will see come June 2010.

Forth, the new album from The Verve.

I got broken into in a well lit movie theatre parking lot last summer...argghhh.... I had left my iPod adapter plugged into the cassette deck (white cable in plain sight), which must have been what attracted them--otherwise, why break into a 2000 Jeep in a parking lot full of newer and more expensive vehicles? They left that, and took an empty Foo Fighters CD case and a Pink Floyd CD that I had between the seat and the console. I never leave anything laying out visibly now. At least it was just a broken window. A few years ago, a coworker had his 2000 Jeep (Cherokee) broken into while he & his wife were having dinner at Olive Garden--they drilled out the lock cylinder and cut a 2x3 area around it to get into the door release...stole an Alpine head unit from the dash. Had to replace the door.

Interesting... Tacuma was the name of the Daewoo model they had in Europe and elsewhere. I would assume for NA they will call it something else (Tacuma sounds too much like Tacoma).

I would assume by 2011 there will be a new, 4th gen MX-5....it's been very popular, so I'm sure it will evolve.

Toyota Mega Cruiser...built from '95-02. Had front, center, rear differentials, four wheel steering, 4.1L 4 cyl turbo diesel. Toally badass. They should have sold it here with a Hybrid Synergy Drive as the Prius Green Beast or something..

Hard to believe it's been less than 3 years..just seems longer. I was thinking 2005 NAIAS.

Yes, lots of delusional folks around here, I think you will find.

Could be...10yr/100k miles is my current cycle...

blah blah blah blah blah...endless bench racing and pointless blather, nitpicking, etc. Why not celebrate the CTS-v for what it is...a great American performance car that is competitive in the big leagues.

I love those big boats...another '75 GM I like quite a bit is the '75 Grand Ville convertible..the thing I love about the '75 convertibles is that they still have the curvy body work of the '71s, except for the big front and rear bumpers. I like the '75 Caprice convertible also, but prefer the '76 front end with the rectangular headlights (too bad Chevy didn't change over in '75 as well). Likewise, the Buick LeSabre convertible...would have looked better w/ the '76 rectangular headlights also, IMHO.. Likewise for the Olds 88 convertible '71-72 are probably my favorite years for the B- and C- bodies, but the '75s still looked great, even with the big bumpers, IMHO.

Gray plastic interiors are one of my pain points with today cars... I can tolerate them for a couple days in a rental, but if had to drive something every day with a cheesy gray plastic interior I'd probably start riding the bus..

One of the best qualities of the cars of 1975, IMHO, is the lack of DEPRESSING GRAY PLASTIC INTERIORS. Lots of interesting colors, materials, and designs in '75.

Yes... a CTS-Z...take it to the next level.

Right...no doubt Cadillac has the Germans in their sights, but it's the press proclaiming it an M5 'killer'...

Peace and quiet...I plan to get plenty this holiday weekend...out on the pond, floating around in a little wooden boat, in the wooded foothills of Appalachia. Peace.

Autoblog...it's inevitable this car will get compared with the Teutonic 3 + the Lexus F. With the Germans, it will no doubt be compared against both the compact (M3,RS4,C63) and midsize (M5,RS6,E63) because of the price/size positioning.... Speaking of press hyperbole--the lead article on Inside Line calls the CTS-v an 'M5 Killer'... Road And Track has a CTS-v vs M5 article posted also.

Speaking of engines and usage, AMG is definitely spread the 63 V8 far and wide.... in at least 12 distinct models, I believe ---3 sedans (C,E,S), 3 coupes (CLK, CLS, CL), 3 SUVs (ML,GL,G), 1 CUV (R-class), 2 roadsters (SLK, SL). No A, B, Sprinter or Vito AMG 63s though... And I've read the GLK isn't getting one either. It is impressive--no other automaker has a dozen V8 high performance models, across a wide span of sizes and body styles.

But more importantly, are the cupholders heated/chilled/lighted?

I've read that the next M5 will have a twin turbo V8 instead of the V10.

Yes on the headlights..the '76-77 Cutlasses looked better than the '73-75 up front, at least...I like the rears of the '73 A-bodies, they had the smallest bumpers. I've always thought it was odd that GM went to 2 headlights on all the A-bodies in '73; most of them from '64-72 had quad lights, which look much better on a car of that size, IMHO.. For the Cutlass, I like both the regular and Cutlass Supreme front ends in '76-77..nice job with the waterfall grille.

Yes, it's pretty special....this summer, I've been asking myself why the hell I'm in Arizona. Flying back there for the holiday weekend.

Sounds nice....my family's barn in Ohio is a big, slate roof Amish horse barn...2 stories, built into a hillside so you can drive in the top and bottom. Room for up to 8 Mustang/Camaro sized cars up stairs (or 6 cars w/ a 33 ft Winnebago). Downstairs, there are probably 10 horse stalls on each side w/ room to store parts and stuff and a concrete-floored area down the middle (with sliding doors on each end) with room for 5 Mustang/Camaro sized cars end-to-end, with back-in spots for 2 more cars amongst the stalls. Currently, my Mom has 3 cars in there, I have 2 in there, my brother has 3 plus a John Deere tractor stored in the barn. Wood construction, with sandstone block on the lower part. Was featured in the 1978 TV movie 'Centennial' posing as a Lancaster, PA Amish farm. In addition, there are 2 late 1800's vintage 'carriage houses' on the property, each of which hold two cars parked end-to-end. Plus the house (also 1859), 2 guest houses, and 2 6 acre farm ponds on 150 partially wooded acres. Here's a pic from about 15 years ago..the barn, the Winnebago in front, my '87 Mustang GT and an '86 Mustang LX I had in college after the Escort. One carriage house garages is in the background (red building).