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Just sit in a Compass. Then you'll be inoculated for life.

Right, because General Motors' chassis development engineers have all been cryogenically frozen since 1993 and were only revived in 2009.

Why do people assume FWD automatically equals 'DTS Buyer?' There may actually be people out there that want a sumptuous, high-tech urban cruiser, and wouldn't touch an old DeVille with a ten foot pole.

Plenty of trucks sold with V8's, so I doubt engine choice had much to do with it. The Titan simply doesn't offer anything that cannot be already be bought from a competitor.

If the NHTSA had the funding it actually needs to operate effectively, this money may not have been wasted, and the bureaucracy would have done its job effectively.

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If it you mere making this statement in 2001, then it'd probably be fine. But 2011? Thirteen years after the RX's debut? I don't think this 'trend' is stopping anytime soon.

If you are interested in journalism, I can lend you a couple insights from my education: 85% of journalism is research. Only 15% is writing. I'm being trained to bang out 350 word articles complete with lede and nut-graf in 15 minutes. In order to get all that info, I have to do five hours of research and interviewing. You have to become an "expert" in order to write effectively. I have to be an expert on uranium mining and exploration in the next couple days. Last week, I was an expert on a local municipalities development and traffic laws. Before that, nicotine addiction. If you like to write creatively, be prepared to throw away your flowing sentences, and confine to a format. It's a different method of writing - one that is governed by plenty of rules, and has to match your editor's/publication's parameters. That being said, the ability to be creative is still there, just in a different way. You need to good with people. I'm fortunate that I have a 'folksy' demeanor (my instructor's words, not mine) so I'm always at ease during interviews, and so are the interviewees. Cold-calling people you've never met, and asking them tough questions about things they'd rather not talk about is no cake-walk. Read. And read some more. Anything. Everything. If you're not writing or researching, find some time to burn through a book or magazine that's interesting. Find publications that challenge your view, and have half a dozen sources of reliable news-media at your fingertips. Do stuff that's out of your comfort zone and out of the ordinary. It's all useful and relevant at sometime or another. Not being able to publicly hold an opinion or take sides, or join many groups is incredibly tough. Most importantly: You will work hard. Really f&%king hard. You will sweat as you wait for people to respond to your emails and calls, knowing they may ignore you as the clock ticks down to the deadline. There are other caveats. I would recommend a degree, or some area of expertise before going into journalism if possible. That way, you have a potential 'beat.' Fostering good contacts is incredibly helpful too. But so far, I am doing the most rewarding thing I ever have in my life. Despite everything I listed above, I haven't had more fun doing anything else.

Because nothing says 'Pinnacle of American Automotive Engineering History' like a beige, Pontiac X-Body!! There are some things that are best left to rust in a field, and this is one of them.

300S is nice, but I'm not sure it's that kid friendly. Especially after what my brothers and I did to our the interior of our parent's Mercedes SL. You'd probably want something a bit more 'Rubbermaid.' There's better, more economical choices out there.

But common sense ain't one of them.

I have to pick between three booty calls. God, this is the most challenging decision I've ever faced... ... since two weeks ago when I had to pick between two.

Will the new article section reintroduce a 'newsfeeder' application?

I'm not sure I'm a fan of tailored View New Posts though. Will all forums be on by default, or will members have to choose which ones to monitor from the get-go?

Really? Could have sworn you loved this thing. Maybe until there was a meeting at C&G that decided anything with a Hybrid technology, battery assistance, taller gearing, or a green badge was deemed to be a terrible, inferior product. I missed it too.

They were out of Raspberry Cheesecake gelato so I had to settle for Rocky Road Fudge. It's like I live in Somalia or some $h!.

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Happy Birthday WMJ!!

Ones that will ensure we'll have resources and clean air in one hundred years.

I have no sugar to sprinkle on my Captain Crunch for breakfast tomorrow. No sugar and no Cap'n means a good day can't happen.

Awful? Based on what? Compared to what? Is it any more awful than a Scion x.D/xB or Smart? I can think of vehicles that are far more awful like the Vega, Chevette, Nova and Metro. The Spark offers a compelling mix of amenities and economy that will appeal to young people and those who want a small, high-MPG city car. Very few vehicles in North America occupy the niche that the Spark will. GM is ahead of the curve on this one. I'm not the biggest fan of its design, but I can see a lot of people having a more positive opinion.

GM had variety. It was a RWD performance sedan called the G8. It was affordable, yet it didn't sell well at all. The reason GM has no 'variety' is because serving the 5000 internet people who wanted the vehicle, and subsequently didn't buy it was a bad strategy.

My hyperbole is still less absurd than plenty other things that have been said about this subject on this website.

Know what? I want GM to make V8's mandatory in all its vehicles. Then they can go bankrupt in three years and bought out by a Californian-Chinese conglomerate, which will only make the Groove, Spark and Trax, with a version of the Trax that replaces the rear seat with a box, all complete with 1.3L 3-Cylinder engines, with the option of a turbo for the SS models. And that will be all you can have. No really, that's what I want. Because right now... buying these compact vehicles and smaller engines is a choice. You don't have to buy them. You can still get a V8 in quite a few GM vehicles, or a powerful V6. These vehicles are what'll allow GM to continue to produce the Camaro, Corvette and ATS into the future. But hey, since offering these engines for the 75% people who don't need or WANT a stonking V8 is apparently leading to a sad future anyways, let's just do away with anything 'good' now. That way, instead of complaining about the choice of having a V8/V6 or an I3, you can just have the I3. Then people's complaints may actually be far less moronic.