G. David Felt

Trust me, living in seattle I love, but we have way to many *&%$# Tree Hugging, Granola Munchin Hippy Enviro Nuts that have taken California emissions standards and took them status quo and made them even worse. Both Oregon and Washington thought WOW, CA is good but we can make it better and all they really did was *&%#$(@ up the process and cause more problems than it is worth. Example, If you take a old Leaded Burning auto and put in a modern engine running unleaded, according to the NEW NEO SS of washington, you can be fined, imprisoned and your auto taken and destroyed due to it no longer being true OEM. What morons these people are!

Heart is OK, nice but not really igniting my fire for Caddy. Crest is awesome, I really do like this one. That is pretty hot!

Damn, Guess this means they will waste the space under the hood of the new SUV's and miss out on a butt load of sales by having the duramax in the new SUV lineup. Some people just do not seem to get it.

Just make it a standard feature now! People will love it and not want to go back to regular radio any time soon.

Never under estimate the germans, they will make fine front wheel drive tranny's.

AUTO REVIEW 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer SS 'Big Gulp' on wheels for those who don't mind gas pains PrintE-mailDisable live quotesRSSDigg itDel.icio.usBy Ron Amadon, MarketWatch Last Update: 7:15 AM ET Aug 12, 2006 DARNESTOWN, Md. (MarketWatch) -- How you feel about the high-performance Trailblazer SS -- no, make that very high -- all comes down to gas prices. If you're in the camp that feels they're no big deal at current levels, this limited-edition SUV might just ring your chimes. The SS means that GM's performance guys took control of the project -- and they did a lot more than just shove in a big V8 under the hood. The first Chevy SUV to wear the SS badge packs a Corvette-derived 6.0-liter, LS2 V8 that bats out 395-horsepower and yields zero to sixty accleration in 5.7 seconds. It's tied to only a four-speed automatic, whereas rivals have smoother five and six speeds. Yet for power buffs (like us), this one is a hoot with a seat-of-the-pants feeling that it's much faster than the stats say it is. If this really matters, look for about the Trailblazer SS to average 14 to 15 miles per gallon -- if you are good, really good, that is. See slide show. But GM went further still, cranking a healthy dose of handling into this 4,552-pound vehicle. You actually will have to drive it a while to get some idea of how good the handling is -- far better than would typically be expected from such a vehicle. Once your confidence is built up, you'll find that the SUV's performance suspension, refined at Germany's famed Nurburgring, is really rather spectacular. It's a far cry the old days when Detroit would simply shoe-horn a hulking V8 into a vehicle and hang the handling. Inside our test truck, options galore included heated leather seats. We felt that the design of the interior looked a bit dated, but the controls were generally easy to figure out. It came with $11,770 worth of options, putting the bottom line at a hefty $40,305. Major items included the $5,195 SS package, for which you get the big V8 as well as all-wheel drive, a limited-slip rear axle, performance seats, and nice-looking polished cast aluminum wheels measuring 20 inches and with six spokes. Again, if a prospective buyer isn't bothered by pain at the pump, then the SS Trailblazer is simply a gas to drive. Comments? [email protected] Ron Amadon is an auto writer and morning news anchor on the MarketWatch Radio Network. Gotta Agree with totally, it really is a sweet ride, just wish you could find a 2WD only model rather than the AWD or 4x4 SS models and get a really fast fun 30K ride. Guess as the dealer said, will have to special order it. They feel everyone wants either 4x4 or AWD. I disagree. My suburban is 2wd with Posi and it is after all my customer work an SS version of what they could have done. plus it handles great off road and at the boat launch. No need for 4x4 or AWD.

So other than Toyota and GM dudes bashing on each other. Back to the thread. This does, wether it is world wide or North America only show's leadership by a company that is working to be more responsible to the world. Leadership comes by working to build a better place for the workers, the environment and still being profitable. GO GM! Course being First and that Toyota does not have this yet.

Very nice, but way to Similar in my book. Their should have been a bigger seperation at birth of what they trucks look like. As for me, I would take the GMC over the Chevy as it looks way better. The reverse of the SUV. Chevy has the better looking SUV were as the GMC SUV is just plain ugly. Crazy, seems they are truly improving but not yet there to being the Worlds best. Keep working GM.

The GMC Is HOT, This is a Truck I could drive with the Duramax and 6 speed allison along with adding the Banks 6Gun kit. This will be a killer on all those over blown, noisy Powerstrokes and Cummings. Go GM!!! Now we just need an updated Smilie with these new looks.

I so disagree with you. The Lucerne while a nice car is just another boring conservative dullmobile. The Charge is hot, this is a love or hat car. Some thing GM has yet to realize. Perfect case in Point is the Escalade, no longer a distinct hot ride, but a clear rebadge of Tahoe and Yukon. Yukon, what the hell is up with that ugly Auto. Only SUV they got right was the Tahoe. Even the Avalanche they just did a dumb copy of Tahoe. No longer distinct vehicles that will sell but a blander tho much higher quality product line. By all merits, I took my coworker who was a nissan only owner due to his father who worked and just retired from Nissan and we test drove all 3 SUV's. He needs a larger vehicle for family, camping and towing. We'll clearly the New Yukon Denali is the one to get. Not much differant than the Escalade. Only a few items missing but much cheaper for the Denali XL over the ESV here in Seattle. Yet the design of the exteror is butt ugly. The only Vehicles they have right in my book are the Caddilac CTS, STS, DTS and XLR along with the Corvette, Tahoe and New Camero. The Cobalt also is a must mention for a hot ride. Other wise currenlty the new vehicles are just not that inspiring. My dad just bought a Colorado and while nice it is far short of what it should be. Interior trim is a disapointment, Exterior fit and finish still needs work. Born and raised american in Seattle will continue to support my american companies to keep the profits here but also a strong critic as I know GM can still get better. Last Grip, when will they wake up and put that ugly onstar / satellite antenna in the middle of the roof rather than over the driver. This truly looks like an after thought, cheap ass job done by Best buy or circuit city. This should either be center in the front or center in the rear to clean up the exterior over all apperiance.

T - Technology O - Older n Y - Your O - Old T - Teacher A - Admires S - Sucky C - Cheap I - Imitation O - Ocassionally N - Needs Towing. Anyone else have a take on what these two words stand for.

This sounds like your carburator is boiling over so it vaporizes the gas and then you are having to wait for it to cool and start. Usually this is a problem with your float in the float bowl on the carburator. I would have them look at the settings or a new carb as this is not uncommon on misset floats on the carbs. Vapor lock is another common problem with carbs on cars that run for a few minutes and then turn off and they will not start back up again till you let it sit. Again, an issue with the float in the float bowl, the jets and mixture setting on the carb. My input on this problem I have seen on many auto's.

While I like the center stack in my Wifes CTS, how about shrinking it down. At 6'6" tall, it really cramps my legs. Even the new STS with it's center stack cramps my legs. These units seem to eat up vital interior space for us big guys.

Nice Truck, I just wish GM would put all those ugly antenna's either in the middle of the back of the truck or in the middle of the front but not off to one side, it looks hideous like that.

These Auto's are already being sold here. There is a company in Kirkland Washington that is selling the smart cars. I see a number of them here on the east side and around Redmond. UGLY these Coffins on Wheels need to be kept out. The last thing we need is more ugly, slow death box's. IMO

Car is very nice, the sun roof Rocks. Being 6'6" this allows us tall guys to have a sun roof, otherwise we have to delete that option. Looks good as is. Rock on GM!

What you do not want to pay more for less from an american auto company???? Yea I stopped by as the wife really likes the H3 and we looked. I was surprised to see every H3 and H2 running from 5-10K below their MSRP. The dealership said it was Hummers Red Sticker Summer Sale. So they had a near fully loaded H3 MSRP $35,465 stickered at $29,999. Great deals for sure and was pleased with the inside room. The test drive was very underwhelming. This thing was slower than a slug. The H2 was nice and they had many that were almost fully loaded for $50K way under their msrp. So I have to figure that GM is doing some quite heavy discounts. Wish they had the Duramax in the H2, I would grab one now. Course just think how many H3's would be sold if GM would put in the Baby Duramax V6 that Isuzu has running around the world. I checked a couple medium commercial trucks out while in Japan last week. Nice Package and they really move. The H3 then would beat the competition in HP, Torque and Milage. This would be a market segment Owner.

New York TImes like our current Idiot administration could not find a cure let alone lead any real change. GM on the other hand attacked the bigger poluting vehicles first. Our Hybrid buses in Seattle have clearly cleaned up the streets and as some one else already mentioned saved more fuel than those Coffin on Donuts Prius toy's that only get 3/4 of their advertised gas milage. Course GM has built more E85 auto's than anyone else. Reality is that if GM, Ford and Chrysler got together and stated in 5 years they would have us off Oil but using synthetics only to lubricate and cool and then have all vehicles on E85 and BioDiesel only, we could and would shake the Arabs to their knees. With out the Big US consumption machine, they are nothing more than a desert area with no real way to make money. We could gain on our own fuel dependance if the Government would stop paying Farmers to NOT farm their land and clearly state that X amount of land if ro public consumption so that prices stay steady and X amount of land is to be used to produce the right kind of Alternative fuel plants that are needed. We could clearly get off Arab Oil and be self sufficiant. Look at www.BioDiesel.com This company has 2 plants in Hawaii, 1 in Oregon where you can purchase BioDiesel up and down I5 freeway and two plants in Texas. Given time, we will be off Arab OIL. Just need to draw a line in the sand as we did with going to the moon, the cold war, etc. We can win this war of oil dependancel

GM, You need the Concept wheels, 18" size. Have 3 of the spokes go in and 3 come out. This will give it a very nice, classy look. This Vehicle will Rock.

The exchange rate is almost 1 to 1, I bet it will not be far off from this pricing.

8) Here are two companies that sell H2's with the Duramax HO and Allison 6 speed tranny. You can also get the smaller original Duramax and 5 speed allison. Pretty cool and at 22MPG way better than anything else out there. :P Predator H2 Duramax Hummers Stallion Customs Duramax H2 Conversions. Enjoy, I for one am looking forward to an H4 Pickup Truck :D :truck:

NY Times, Another way to say East Coast Trash Reporting. I have yet to see any real benefit come out of that over priced News Paper. Course, NY is just a Cess Pool of @#$@! IMHO. Very disappointed when I visited Time square for a business trip. They have no clue about the real world. Just their smelly lousy city of filth and stench. :fcvxplode:

This is Great! The Chevy Luv truck was IMHO the best small truck Chevy ever had. My 1976 Series 5 Luv truck is still owned by the gal I sold it to when I left to go overseas. I see it all the time in great shape. Isuzu and GM can expand glabal market with this truckline and bring in a diesel to the model line soon I hope.

My brother inlaw who has been a die hard Ford guy, bought a new 2006 HD Crew Cab chevy with the Duramax and loves it. He got the new HO Duramax with 6 speed allison and can not praise it enough. On his second tank of gas driving it over the mountains here in Seattle to eastern washington he averaged 20MPG for his trip. He is jazzed and his wife loved how quite it is. I like the current pissed Chevy Avalanche look on the pickups. This has grown on me, but will have to see it in person to make a final decision. Hopefully the GMC looks even better. WHY WHY WHY RED! This color totally SUCKS! Must everyone copy Dodge and their damn ugly red auto's???? I would love GM to do a Very Metallic Black, or a Green Candy Apple. I am going to assume this truck will look so much better with a differant color on it. Over all, Cuddos to GM for finally making the trucks look differant than the SUV's. now if they can only do this with the Avalanche. It's unique look is what made it a winner and now that it has the same face as the SUV's, I am not sure it is that great anymore.

Hudson has a point about old cars not attracting the youth. Think about it, who really wants to remember the K-Car or any of the other cheap ass 80 and early 90's cars. Hell even the mid to late 70's were pretty ugly and non-inspirational auto's. Today youth like my son looks at the STI, WRX, Evo, Cobalt, Retro Mustang, R35 and this is what kids are into. They can look at the 60's and early 70's and see great road machines, but for the last 30 years auto's have sucked pretty much except for the rare machine like the early 90's monte carlo, the Impala SS of the mid 90's, the GMC syclone and typhoon. There are those rare glimps where you could find amazing machines, but the cost are just too high now adays. Auto Clubs will grow in some areas and die in others. Based on the cost of things this will tend to bring more and more seperation between the have and have nots that can really afford auto"s. We will have to strive to keep the memory alive so that it does not burn out and die.