Drew Dowdell

How about "You're dying"

Chazman, GM just announced the 5.5 is going to be built at Tonawanda

What build quality issues are you seeing with the CTS? I can see how you be upset that it doesn't have seats that give a reach around like the BMW does... Even if Cadillac added all the content that you deem necessary, it still wouldn't add up to the price that BMW is charging for the M5..... So I ask again, assume the content of the cars is the same for a moment because I'm comparing hardware here. Shouldn't Cadillac be commended for being able to beat "the king" with substantially simpler equipment?

Is it not a testament to GM's skill that they build cars that out perform the Germans without having to resort to mechanical wizardry?

I disagree that GM couldn't come up with a car to rival the what the Germans were doing in 1983. They had certainly figured out insta-rust bodies with the Vega and Chevette. They had all the vinyl experience needed for crafting German style interiors. They basically defined the market for slow, unreliable diesels plopped into ill handling RWD tanks. They even waded into rather Germanic, under developed yet overly complicated engine technology with the 8-6-4 and 4100. So GM certainly could have used all those technologies in one car to make a 3-series rival.... but given what the market was demanding back then, I can see why they didn't. Back then, the market was very different. "Luxury" back then was defined a very very different way. In 1983, BMWs weren't luxury cars for the way they were appointed.... they were only a luxury to own because only the rich could afford to keep them on the road. A 1983 3-series is every bit as drab and spartan as a 1983 Cimirron. "Luxury" in 1983 was the full sized Devilles with plush, living room like interiors. Oh sure, the top of the line Benz was more expensive, but it's interior was rather on the drab side... the luxury was just the statement that you could afford to blow that much money.

one good spelling FAIL deserves another I guess....

My dieing... what?

They currently build nothing that was designed post-bankruptcy without all the cost saving measures built in to counter balance their debt and UAW. The Alpha platform will be the first post bankruptcy platform released. You can't use any previous assumptions.

I saw this earlier today and I'm appalled by it. The officers who did this should be removed from the force, all charges dropped, and reparations made to the family. I think weed (and a few other drugs) should be decriminalized.

If all you can point to is the old GM stuff as evidence.......

The ATS is going to be the first platform released that had a greater part of it's development time under the Post-Bankrupt GM rather than Pre-Bankrupt GM. All bets are off for weight and build quality.... especially considering the build quality GM is putting out these days (world class) The EPSII, Sigma II, Delta II, Theta II were all pre-bankruptcy development have all the baggage associated with it.

Since BlackViper's Cobalt bit the brakes and ate a rock and the VeeDub is not yet in da house.... i picked out a car for him to be a daily driver until his two other love muffins are out of the hospital.

+1 Rock.

SOLD!

I already have Civ 4: Colonization (it can run independently of the main pack) and I enjoy it.

I should have bolded the part I that raised my eyebrows. Considering that a perfectly legal visitor from Mexico was nabbed by Arpaio's deputies and detained for almost nine hours even though he presented several forms of ID, including a valid visa Apparently, he shouldn't have left home without his Amex?

Interesting for a guy who gets worked up over property rights and rule of law...

wish it was on steam

From Andrew Sullivan The law recognizes a driver's license from another state as proof that one is not "an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States," but only if that state "requires proof of legal residence in the United States before issuance." According to this fairly recent summary, about half a dozen states don't. So Latino drivers from, say, Michigan could be in for a real hassle if they happen to be pulled over in Arizona, even if they are native-born U.S. citizens. Considering that a perfectly legal visitor from Mexico was nabbed by Arpaio's deputies and detained for almost nine hours even though he presented several forms of ID, including a valid visa, Latinos from states that don't meet Arizona's criteria probably should carry a passport. Or just avoid Arizona.

Converj What did you think of the 9-5? I really liked it.

Good thing they're showing a car they've already canceled.

I wish Dodge could have seen fit to put a better interior in the Challenger.

It still surprises me that Volkswagen thought they could suddenly yank Passat owners up about 8 grand.......

nice pics... but WOW what a huge sig!

I can only post them as often as I get them.