Drew Dowdell

this is going to ripple through the entire economy

it can be done in non-paypal ways. PM for details.

We already rank pretty well in SEO, so I'm not worried about that. I'm looking to sell advertising on the site and then turn around and use that money to drive more traffic. Before anyone says "adsense", that's out. Need more direct selling of advertisements. We have Double Click fully installed on the site, so we can do highly specific targeting, even down to the sub-county level if anyone knows of local advertisers that might be interested.

Interested in taking on a charity case here on CheersandGears.com? I'm looking to start marketing the site to advertisers and marketing it to outside users as well.

I think before you do this, you need to sit down and have a talk with yourself. Ask yourself, are you willing to put the wrench work into buying one of these older cars. Even one in excellent condition will require it. If you're not willing to put the wrench work into the car; are you willing and able to put the money into having someone else do the wrench work for you?

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Just a reminder to anyone who wants to get in on 18 months of advertising free C&G

It's coming, I just haven't completed it yet.

SWEET! and I can totally get behind the "buy an Oldsmobile" sentiment.

Symptom of the angle of my driveway

As I said... back to Cadillac failing in Europe.

very nice write up

No, GM is a fool for producing it as a Cadillac XTS and not a Buick Electra. K. Cadillac will just sell CTSes and SRXes for the next 3 years while it spends time granting your wish.... seeing as the STS and DTS go out of production like.... now.

Fine DF, how about from me seeing as I have a 2011 Camaro in my driveway (that I'm not all that thrilled with overall) and I've been in every car listed in this thread so far. The Camaro does beat the Challanger in material quality for now. As Potluck said, that will probably change once the Challenger gets refreshed if the Charger and 300 are any indication. The Camaro isn't a very high hurdle for Dodge to beat, but they aren't there... yet.

What about a Jbody owner interested in the door handles not falling off after 5 years? Americans have proven time and again they'll drive.... they'll even wait in line... for small cars that aren't afterthoughts by the manufacturer. 3-series, Corolla (up until recently, but people are still buying them anyway), PT Cruiser, New Beatle, the old Jetta, the Focus when it first came out, the Mazda 3.... the list goes on.

There are two sides the the global warming argument: Those from scientists and those from scientists funded by Exxon. That said, back to Cadillac going for strike three in Europe.

The wagon is coming.

Simply too much fun.

The Kizashi has a chance especially in the northeast. The ability to flip AWD on and off as needed is compelling. Only Subaru offers AWD in this size car for that price. If Suzuki offers that "AWD on demand" feature across their lineup, that could really be their "thing" that sets them apart. I pretty much agree on Mitsubishi. They really don't have much of a chance now. They'll survive on crossovers a couple more years, give another try at a mid-sized sport sedan, fail, and throw in the towel.

Which is why every car purchase needs to suit the individual buyer. See the XTS thread.... I'd love an XTS, but apparently I'm a fool for being interested in buying one because I'd never get it around the Nürburgring faster than an M5.

I would say a lot more people today are keeping their cars longer. A lot of people only drive 10,000 to 12,000 miles a year. On the CR-V, Albert typically does around 11,000 a year. He's put 25,000 miles on it in the 3.5 years we've been together.

+1

If I were to buy it, I'd keep it as stock as possible (just my thing) but it is sweet looking. No, we're not going to replace the CR-V. It's 6 months from being paid off, so we're just going to keep it until the wheels fall off now and maybe next year buy something else for Albert to drive daily.

Pontiac has never really been my thing, but it's right around this year where they really lose me and I forget about them until about 1992.

I think he is contrasting that with something like, the Camaro which gets you the same dash and interior bits regardless if you bought the $24k LS or the $39k SS Convertible.