Robert Hall

Hmmm...sounds more like they are Lesbyterian more than Lebanese.. (mmm...Lebanese...hummus...kebabs...schwarma...)

Several of my married friends (both DINKs and DIWKs) have the best arrangement---hubby picks and buys his cars,wifey picks and buys hers. Had I married my ex-fiancee, we planned to do that...my money, her money, and some shared items.

I had a smash and grab last summer....was parked in a well-lit movie theater lot in a Denver suburb...I guess the thought I had an iPod in the car since I had my iPod adapter (cassette adapter) in plain sight...they smashed the driver's window and stole a couple of CDs that were in the center console. First break in I'd had in over 20 years of driving. I take care not to leave anything out in plain sight now..

Interesting...it definitely looks like a CTS tall wagon, which is the most appealing aspect of it to me..it looks so much nicer than the obese Escalade, IMHO.. I'd like to have seen the SRX updated with '08 CTS styling cues inside and out..

Yeah, unfortunately, it would be way too expensive to change what is really bad about the car (the C-pillars and rear end).

QUOTE(frogger @ Jun 23 2008, 02:46 PM) [snapback]406261[/snapback]After being there earlier this month/taking this pic, if I could get this for a backyard I'd choose country as long as I wasn't more than 2 hours from a major city... Not happening though so I'll stick to urban living. There are views like this less than two hours from Denver....a couple of friends of mine have moved to Summit County (Breckenridge, Dillon) full time....the downside being the cost of living there, and that they work from home or travel for work (2+ hr drive to the airport). One thing I've thought about if I go back to Denver full time is to buy a weekend getaway cabin or condo in the mountains...I do love it up there, even if I suck at winter sports...

Suburban in a large metro area for me...I like being able to go downtown when I want to, and I like the convenience of having things that are important to me close by (Target, Starbucks, a wide variety of restaurants, airport, tech company jobs, etc). I couldn't handle the isolation and lack of access to stores, a wide variety of restaurants, etc in a rural area or small town.

One scenario I know of specifically where I need a land line is a home alarm system, at least with ADT. I have a land line in AZ for that.

I'm not sure how relevant cars from 25+ years ago are.... what is important is the reliability of modern cars, built in this decade...which the domestics seem to be overall pretty equal to the imports.

Lancer

I've used it for over 4 years. Cheap, effective. Sound quality fine. Haven't had any problems with it. I had to configure the 911 service for it through the Vonage website. I'm using it in AZ now, still have my CO area code and number. One feature I like is I can listen to my voicemail through the Vonage website...I also can forward my calls to my cell (which I do when traveling). Overall, much better than the horrid land line service I had from Qwest previously...

And it this point in time, exactly what constitutes a 'division'? Is it just a marketing (brand) organization? Everything is corporate..

4 hrs, eh? Lately, I have over 12 hrs of sun everyday...from before 6 am until about 7:30 pm...but it's over 90 by 6:30 am and over 110 in the afternoon...

30mpg? Canadian MPG? I didn't think the Tahoe and Silverado hybrids even managed 20 US mpg..

I never saw them with both Waters and Gilmour, but I did see PF with Gilmour on the '94 tour, and later saw Waters on a solo tour and Gilmour on a solo tour. They are probably my favorite band, along with U2. And Gilmour is probably my favorite guitarist, along with Eric Clapton. Their music is definitely from the baby boomer era, but it is timeless IMHO. Unfortunately, I can't fit into my Division Bell T-shirt anymore...grown a bit since age 24. I did buy a repro Dark Side of the Moon t-shirt last year... my sister still has her original PF t-shirt from the '70s.

One thing I always wondered about Saturn...the 1st and 2nd gen S-series--were they on a unique platform or did they share the platform with other compact GMs? The old Saturns always seemed so different, so non-GM.

Haven't seen it in years...saw it first in college around 1990..pretty trippy. Watching it got me hooked on Pink Floyd music, been a fan ever since.

Woo hoo... it's already been over 100 every day here since around June 1st, though.. yesterday was 114 with 2% humidity. Kind of surreal...was 95 at 6:30 am today.

Can you guys take your pissing match about styling trivia elsewhere and leave this thread to the new Camaro? The history stuff and trivia is interesting, but not relevant to the 5th gen Camaro...

The polymer panels were a neat feature as far as dent resistance....however, production realities no doubt make it more expensive to build such models on shared platforms...

Well, we grew another that is already dead (HUMMER).

Ok..ok...leave the styling influence trivia to the past. It is what it is. To bring the thread back on topic, the new Camaro convertible looks like it's going to be great...I can't wait to see the production version and read about the specs....what engines, transmissions, options, etc...

Strange phenomenon, don't think I've ever 'popped' my collar. I wore dress shirts with button down collars or collars with stays for years when I was in big corporate environments, polos in the summer.. The 'dress code' at the small company where I'm at now is what I'm calling 'Arizona business casual'--- dress shirts or polos over khakis, jeans or dress shorts---never tucked in.

I think GM is at the point of trying to figure out how to survive...sometimes you have to amputate a limb to survive. Does a car maker with only 20% (and falling) market share in a non-growing market (NA) really need 8 brands?

Well, the Acadia is a car, right? Unibody FWD/AWD platform...not a truck.