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Nah, an old, full-size van would be a perfect bike/kayak transport mechanism. I would be able to change clothes easily before and after a strenuous workout. And I could tell girls that I have a van. They would be totally impressed.

Fly, I want that van, badly.

That $h!s bad for you.

Well, as long as we're going off on people of a different generation... This is all about supply and demand, and who do you think demands the most? Probably the largest section of the population, those f@#king, self-indulgent baby boomers. They're the ones who buy gay guzzling trucks and suvs, thereby increasing the demand. Christ, they're also going to eat up all of the money in Social Security before I even get a sniff. Hopefully all the drugs and VW Beetle exhaust fumes take years off their lives. And no, I'm not being serious, its just that the above posts are downright stupid, so I thought I would join in. We need a depression? Please. We need a federal government that acknowledges anyone who makes less than $500,000/year.

What about door pulls and armrests? Since they're all usually made of the same stuff.

I'll paint it yellow, add a fart can, then disconnect half of the spark plug wires. Oh what a feeling.

I've had their wings. No wonder they cant fly, those wings are tiny.

Why wouldn't you?

All has to do with CAFE. A 15mpg truck doesn't hurt as bad since the HHR helps raise corporate truck mileage. GM cannot do a small car with fantastic mileage, so they need all of their cars to do pretty good.

I saw that one and another one that had what appeared to be a Camry and Accord, dont remember what the tagline was, may have been the same. Good ads so far.

With gas at $3/gallon, the Fairmont makes more sense if I'm going to use it as a daily driver for any period of time. The Caprice makes more sense if I'm going to grab up something else a couple of months down the road. The Fairmont would be cheaper to insure, although only marginally. Another thing to consider is that I have a friend with a couple of 80's Mustangs in non-streetable form, one was wrecked, the other is a parts car. A 5.0 and stick in the Fairmont down the road could be fun. I got a better look at the Caprice today (its parked at a crappy car lot) and apparently only reverse is out, according to the writing on the window (which I couldn't read last night) it still moves forward.

This all goes back to my decision to sell the Fusion. I've decided that I want something that will be cheap, that I can use as a stop-gap between the Fusion and whatever good car I get to replace it. The Aurora I posted the other day had its price drop to $800, but I dont have that available to me in liquid form right now (unless I want to pay some $h! late) and its not really local, so it would have to wait until the end of the month, by then it will probably be sold. The Fairmont that I looked into back in September for $700 is now $495 and just flat-out quirky-cool. Tonight, I stumbled upon an 80's Caprice wagon with a rust-free, straight body and decent interior. It apparently doesn't have reverse, and I'm not sure what kind of mileage it has on it. But for $450, it would be perfect, especially if all it needs is a new transmission, which I estimate would cost about $9 to buy and take 45 minutes to swap out. (OK, exaggerations, but how many of these cars were made, then junked?) It would be nearly perfect as a kayak/bike car too, not as perfect as a minivan, but not terrible for the chore. It wouldn't be as slow as the Fairmont (2.3/auto) and would likely last longer (with a new tranny) but doesn't have the character of the old Ford. Decisions, decisions.

Please, for the love of god, tell me that the stupid "HYBRID" graphic on the side isn't going to be put on production models. Its cheesy and tacky and stupid and ugly.

Do this, then branch out further. Saturn brand merkin anyone?

Detroit Free Press sounds like the name of a dirty sex move.

Too many buttons, too many displays. Do they really need separate HVAC/radio/NAV displays? Otherwise, I like it.

Trust me, I'd love to have it now. But I'm not going to buy it without having my mechanic give it a look, the ad seems honest enough, but you never know what else may be going on. The problem with that is time. The car is a couple of hours away, and I have next to no free time.

Road and Track did a G35-CTS comparo, the Infiniti won, mostly based on price and out-performing the CTS in a few, objective areas. For the record, I really really really like the new C-class. It may be the only car in this price range that I would consider instead of a CTS.

95 Aurora- $1000 I'm thinking about it, but I dont know how bad the described problems will be to fix.

Have sex with fat chicks, they pay.

Cant be any worse than the Aerio.

Hell, the nearest dealer to me usually has 3 Corvettes in the same color in the showroom. Lately its been 3 orange ones, two coupes and a vert. The Malibu is a pretty big load of "meh." Pretty good interior, pretty bland exterior. Nothing overwhelming.

'57 Bel Air '54 Corvette

Hannibal is on the Mississippi River, north of St. Louis. It was Mark Twain's hometown, and thats about it.

Very north of me. Actually, now that I think about it, I've never been to that part of that state, nothing there, really.