Drew Dowdell

cranks are lighter weight....

3-series wagon on stilts

I use my Avalanche almost exclusivly for hauling/towing. I keep all my tools locked in the bed for when I'm doing repairs at an apartment building. I have my CTS for all non-hauling/towing needs.

1. Bluetooth integration - major luxury feature. I want to be able to use handsfree without having to have a seperate OnStar voice calling account. 2. AWD - I live in the north east.... enough said. 3. More than 3 settings on the heated seats - Rheostats have been around since what, 1910? I need settings other than just Tepid and Broil. 4. A major shift away from wishy washy colors! If there is any debate as to what the color is <ie, a greenish blue, no wait, a blueish green> toss it. Vivid and bold. The color palet of the corvette should be lifted directly. 5. An optional non- V-series V8. Personally, I like the idea of the 5.3 with AFM and FFV. 6. Rain sensing wipers - already standard or optional on much lesser cars. 7. Rear LEDs - it's almost becoming a signature to see the slender verticle LED tail lights and know immediately it's a Cadillac.

GM is steaming in the right direction. It takes a long time to turn the Titanic..... but Buickman is still out there paddling the other way.

Didn't Kirk try to sue DCX over the merger?

It's because Buickman has been around a lot more than normal recently.

The advantage of course is weight savings. Those steel wheels are slightly lighter than normal steel wheels, which in turn are MUCH lighter than alloys. And if you can't tell the dif without touching them, who gives a &#036;h&#33;? And if you get curb rash on one of them..... it is substantially cheaper to replace.

thanks :AH-HA_wink:

How many brands to they sell over there? I know Buick and some Cadillacs are sold there, but what else?

Maybe Hyundai/Kia should be worried. Toyota is eating GM, Hyundai is eating Toyota, the Chinese will eat Hyundai.

I don't know if the whole post was a cut-paste job, but I wanted to address this point. 1. Who's to say that a man can't be a nester or a woman can't be a predator? 2. Who's to say that two predators or two nestors can't understand each other's nature enough to work together? Personally, I'd consider both me and my partner to be 75% predator and 25% nester. We've come to an understanding of each other's needs and don't let that interfer with our love for each other.

More vivid color choices. I'd like to see the following: Arrest me Red Corvette Yellow British Racing green Carribien Blue Traffic cone orange

The DTS's handling is entirely appropriate for it's class.

last gen Aurora, GTO, GMT-900s, all are superior to the 9-3 in my book.....

Can't in a Saab... not with that new fangled key they have.

BM, I'm sure you sold a lot of LeSabres in your day, but imagine how many more you could have sold with a more competative engine and higher quality <and better designed> interior. GM is heading in the right direction. They are making much better cars and doing so at higher profits. GM's goal should be to make your job as easy as possible. With the new product that is here <CTS, Kappa, Lucerne, GMT-900 SUVS> and coming < NG CTS, Lambdas, GMT-900 trucks> being on par or above the competition, if you lose a sale, that is on you.

Buickman, you may know how to sell cars. Hell you might even be the best car sales man that ever lived.... but you don't know about the rest of the process of designing and building them. A great commercial and a crack sales team means nothing if the product isn't there.

You didn't need any help from him Cap'n

what a waste of a perfectly good Ambassador

Maybe we could lend them Buickman

Give this man an award! I forgot to add this myself.

Not so bad after all. That's a fairly sizable increase for a month of minimal incentives.

apparently I'll be in the minority here, but I don't really care for either of them. Too Jelly bean for my tastes. The BMW just looks like it has Downs Syndrome. An A&S Eldorado or a modern Mark IX based on the Continental concept would be far more attractive to my eyes.

up 4% in the car market != win