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Pretty soon he'll be an old dude with a Buick!! :AH-HA_wink: Yeah, I agree. 22nd birthday is a letdown. After that you get used to your birthdays not really meaning anything.

What is this?

That's funny - shows how much I watch TV. I had no idea this was even on North American TV! I just found it on the web...

A friend of mine was commenting on how many nice cars there were in my parking garage. Then we walked around the corner and saw one of those Excels. I asked him to repeat himself.

This new 6 is not spectacular, but it's good. I'm still not drinking the GM kool-aid on the Malibu... why does everyone like the Malibu so much? IMO, the only car it out-classes style wise in its class is the Sebring. That's like winning a beauty pageant against Rosie.

What about a Camry Heritage edition? Comes in a muddy, brownish shade of pink. A curly tail complements the snout already found the front of all new Camry models.

Step 1: Bend over.Step 2: Plead with them to use lube ...

Introducing the Ford Murano...

I financed my car for 4 years, which is longer than I ultimately really need to pay it off. However, GM charges 2.9% financing on the loan. I have a mortgage that charges roughly 6%. It makes much more sense to pay as little as possible into the low interest loan and pay down the high intrest one first, you save money in the end.

:AH-HA_wink: Congratulations!

This metallic orange was essentially also a Nissan colour, the exact same as the GM one. However, I feel it was very trendy, and went out a couple of years ago.

Volt.

Cheap midsize coupes. We finally have the Altima coupe, but what else is there?

Here's me doing my best "don'tfallonyourface.... don'tfallonyourface.... don'tfallonyourface..." During a 24 hour mountain bike relay. Yes, I'm nuts.

Yeah, I thought that was a pretty sweet little obstacle. It's like a hamster wheel for bikes!

I think you hit the nail there. I personally can't believe there's a new one already, the outgoing one still looks so new.

Work desktop.

Where is My Mind? - Pixies (Closing song from Fight Club, if you don't know the Pixies)

Saw an '80s Renault convertible with Michigan plates yesterday. Where are my points?? :AH-HA_wink:

A friend of mine just bought a coupe last-generation 3-series (don't know the Exx numbers). He was looking at snow tires because he lives up north, and gets a lot more snow than Toronto. When he found out the price for the snow tires he decided to buy a beater instead, since the beater would likely be about the same price as the tires!!

Speaking of which... has anybody else seen these automatic bicycles??? I saw an informercial late one night for one of these things. Essentially your derailleur (gear changer) senses the hub speed and changes the gears for you. It was all mechanical and not sensor based, looked pretty interesting.

Just to clarify - I was picturing this more for weak or older people who can no longer climb hills themselves.