Robert Hall

Yeah, they did do it well...I esp. liked the profile of the Legend coupe...

A Warm Place--Nine Inch Nails

Interesting..I seem to remember a similar recall with the original Grand Cherokees back in the '90s. SSC--Spontaneous SUV Combustion.

The reliability issue is one reason I wouldn't want to drive an oldie very often. The other reasons for me are the lack of modern brakes, lack of modern safety features, and lack of modern creature comforts (i.e. giant steering wheels w/ a skinny, hard rim and no tilt, uncomfortable vinyl seats, am radio, no cupholders, no a/c, etc are a turn off). For a daily driver, less than 10 years old/100k miles is my threshold.

Yes..not a surprise they want to carve up the company..Cerebus are ruthless, greedy capitalist sleaze... anything to make a fast $100 mil or two... Sell Jeep to Mahindra, Dodge trucks to Nissan, and Chrysler division to a Chinese company...

Yeah, apparently amongst some people in India, small SUVs are called 'jeeps' in a generic sense...I worked with a guy from India that referred to his Rav4 as a jeep, event though it's not a Jeep..

That would be interesting..I've always thought of Hummer as macho bling poser junk, while Jeep was the brand with legit 4wd history and capability...

I could see that happening... the Genesis will either be a dud or a hit, I think. Is the Azera sticking around or is the Genesis more-or-less replacing it? Oddly, the Hyundai website lists the Azera as 2007, while the other models are 2008..

There's a really clean silver w/ red vinyl top '76 GP around here I see occasionally... I like those mid '70s ones. I haven't seen a '78-80 in years, I've always liked that style..

Wow..it has a B-pillar and unibody construction...what next, a Buick with FWD? J/K

Yeah, I wonder what form it will be in in 2010...

Ummm... 3 generations of what?

I was a teenager in his heyday (mid '80s) but never really cared for Jacko...decent pop music, but I preferred new wave and rock of the day...(New Order, Talking Heads, Flock of Seagulls, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, U2, Prince, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, etc).

Cool... you find some amazing cars... I can't remember the last time I've ever seen one of those. Speaking of vintage Buicks, someone at my company has a derelict '64 Skylark 2dr sedan w/ classic plates.. I will have to take a pic of it one day..

Hmm...good point... I think there are a few 5-spd autos-4cyl combos, but I can't think of any 6/4s...

That's a beautiful car... I need to increase my hourly rate..

This is probably my favourite pic of my Nauti-P. I was sitting at the desk one evening, and look down... and she's watching me. Caption: Plz pik me up NOW!

True enough, and alot of that is due to the RWD proportions....one thing I've wondered is why they can't build FWD cars with RWD proportions--why does the front wheelwell have to be 2 inches from the door on FWD cars? Back in olden days, there were FWD models with nice proportions (think Toronado, Eldorado, '79-85 Riviera).

I'm not really a fan of the Viper, but it would be nice to see it stick around, it's a low volume niche model and shouldn't impact their overall CAFE rating as much as the obese Ram trucks do..

I caught some footage tonight on Entertainment tonight... Beyonce looked goregous as usual...Tina Turner looked incredible (I keep forgetting she's 68). Blonde does not work for Nelly Furtado, IMHO. Since I missed the broadcast, did Springsteen or the Foo Fighters perform? They were the only nominees I was really interested in and saw that they both won some awards.. I spaced on the Grammys..I usually watch it and FF/mute the dull parts, but totally forgot it was last night and watched both movies of Grindhouse instead..

Yeah, looking at those pics, because of the different angle, I'm not even sure if the front fenders are different...or the hood. This may be completely plastic fascia and lighting changes...

Right..and it's not like they don't already have the FF technology...I wonder what the production cost per unit is for flex vs. regular..

Having spent plenty of time in the Burgh in my youth, I get the references....the traffic can be pretty bad around there. I like Pittsburgh...it's on my short list of metro areas I'd consider living if I ever move back to the Ohio Valley.

Yeah, why not 100% of gasoline-powered vehicles set up for flex fuel?

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