Sixty8panther

more hardtops than you can shake a stick at... and yes, those days people KNEW what a hardtop WAS and they apreciated the luxury.

Moltar: HOw can you hate on the pushrod V8 with today's LS-series motors?

V12 are played out, everyone's had them from Jaguar to BMW... I for one could give a f*** less about twelve cylinders, either go BIG, (sixteen) or don't even waste the money to being with. There will never be any exclusivity from a 12 cylinder when page 4 iof the owner's manual has a photo of a '31 Cadillac phaeton w/ a 452 (ohv) V16, where's the BEEF? GM: Either stop being pu%$ies, step up to a V16, or stick to V8s.

And BTW... along with the super-cool split-windshield, it also reminds a bit of a certain famous Porsche, esp. from the REAR, the designer of the 928 credited the Pacer's crazy rear as inspiration but this not only (also) predates the 928 but looks a lot more like inspiration for the 928. One thing I have never liked about this car, even years ago when I first saw it in a book at barnes & noble, is the quad rectangular headlights that were such the new, GM-pushed rage in the early 1970s.

THE SKY IS FALLING!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!! I've said it before: it's like 1974 all over again. Relax, those are stome strong (IMHO stupid) words, and quite a bold prediction.

Loki: The '67 Camaro had had a V8... it's the 'Vette that had to make due with the blue-flame-6 for '53 & '54. The 327 (2bbl & 4bbl), SS-350 (sbc) & late-year-intro SS396 (big block) were all available in 1967 m.y.

Yup. Although don;t you think it's a little too early for any 6th gen. discussion to be even semi-relevant?

we'll see how those coil springs hold up... get back to me in 5 years & 140,000 miles. I wish Dodge the best of luck.

NO I DO NOT. But that was spoken like a true brainwashed consumer. :AH-HA_wink: I'd rather have a hole in my head than be obsessed with new technology... it does NOTHING for me, and most car nuts I know would give a crap less either. To each his own I guess but I have a "mental list" of about 50 more important features in a car...

Congrats...? You'll have to excuse me if I do not get all giddy like a fat kid in a candy store the day after easter. This Free-TaurusX-style is a perfect example of a vehicle that reminds of how "Ford" is still a four letter word starting with F, & should only be spoken in anger. That being said how does this have anything to do with GM points on your card, it's not new OR GM!? It's a TaurusX, how's that much better looking than the Asstek? It looks like someone backed up into a mailbox & smashed the tail light lens right from the factory with those horrific, ugly "semi-euro" lenses.

CMG: what in god's name is that mercury-mopar enclosed-towncar-panel-hatch thing?

I drive it 40% of the time.... and the title is in my name, plus recently she's been on a BMW 5-series wagon kick. ...not that i was dead serious.

Hmmmm... the NSX is from louisiana.... can u say "flood car"? either way while 24K may seem decent for a clean NSX but 146k miles? There's not many cars with 146k miles worth $24... the NSX is NOT one!

LA: With all due respect do NOT pull some race-card nonsense. My buddy Sean i mention is S. Korean, he hates most non-Datsun asian cars... owns like 7 Chevy cars/trucks & has had dozens of muscle cars/hot rods incl. a '32 highboy with a 5.0 & the 69 camaro all of you have seen. The only Japanese car he's ever owned was a Datsun 240Z and he converted it into a Shelby roadster repli-car using some kit from a '70s catalog... is he racist too... Like Camino said, its a car forum.

The last 2 gens. of the civic have def. gone way downhill... esp. mechanically, (suspension...) as well as styling goes! Satty, small car perfection was achieved in 1959 with the Original mini!

why is satty "denali member" and not "tmi/toilet-humor member"?

overly annal inspections are ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION!!!

either way moltar... we're drilling in alaska but all the crude goes to Nippon & countries other than the USA! That, my friend is stupid!

I've experienced 2nd gen. F-bodys: heavy... 77/78/79 coupe deville: heavier... '76' eldorado 'vertable: heavier still but I think my award goes to the '74-'76 coupe deville. exactly... although, good point 'bout the Lincoln mk.IV

HAHAHAHAHHAHhhhahahahahahaahahahha! I get it... hence no B-pillars, right? ...WRONG! Originally i gave ZERO thought to that, just posted a stupid statement to be funny but since you brought it up.... look again dude: [we now return you to your originally scheduled thread...]

We have to think ahead.... if we had drilled in Alaska in 2000 this fiasco of $4/gal would have been avioded!

Oooooops, gotta go... some gentleman in black suits & dark tint glasses just pulled up to my house in a 'Burban with goverment plates & run flat tires. Moltar: Yeah, you're right, I'm an idiot. As soon as I posted that I was thinking that it was maybe a tiny bit too over the top. The FBI & CIA do not have a sense of humor.

B-pillars are the DEVIL. Did you know that B-pillars are responsible for the assasination of JFK (& framing of Oswald) as well as the Black Plague & even the spread of HIV!? Recent evidence has come to light that points to B-pillars in the John Bennet Ramsey case...

Yup... that's MY biggest complaint.

The Cobalt coupe is pretty nice for a modern econo-box, (we're talking styling here) but the sedan is downright birth-control material from any angle, esp. that C-pillar & rear end. DO NOT LIKE! Here's something to consider: This whole "I'm having a baby so I NEED 4-doors" mentality is stupid as all hell... TOTAL misnomer. You want to know what the toughest part of getting a baby in the car seat is? TWISTING to get them buckeld into those giant Darth Vader pod recepticle/ F14 Tomcat rocket-powered ejection seat things. TWISTING is what causes back injury (ask any UPS-er) and the rear doors on modern econoboxes you have to get in & twist your little bundle of joy into the seat.... HOWEVER with a coupe, you tip the front seat forward & VOILA'...you've got access to the rear seat in a striaght line, through a LONGER, larger door that opens up wider & without that ever annoying dogleg & C-pillar cut. of course I HATE glued in rear side glass... that's for $h!piles like Civics and Corollas from the '70s but the market has spoken & that's what you get in 99% of today's coupes, from the Hyundai Accent to the G35 coupe. Which is all the more reason why my wife is currently 6months pregnant and driving a TWO door Mercedes. She saw my point when I had her TRY it out on the Benz.