trinacriabob

I see you're in Michigan. This could spawn a lot of orders for V-8 Camaros. Sidebar: will they be following with a Firebird?

Lake Mead

What is it? Response to thread: roquefort

How seriously messed up. Unbelievable. That's almost kind of a liberal brand of "packaging." I had a friend who went to Berkeley who said "how can a place be liberal when it has a list of 'shoulds' as long as your arm?" I've never gotten grief for my car. In fact, people at more than one employer have made fun of my cars all in "good fun"...the burgundy interior in the Regal or the trademark "loose pillow" seats in my mid-80s Cutlass Brougham coupe. However, I have gotten flack for NOT wanting to go eat spicy Southeast Asian food. Sorry, but Thai or Vietnamese or Indian food makes me gag...and I've gone home sick within 2 hours after eating it. It's almost as if I'm not cool or even ethnocentric because I tend to eat Italian, American or Greek food practically all the time. Back to cars...

the Bay Area

Oh, yeah, here's another one that might be inconceivable to you....unless you live on the "Left Coast:" "eeew, you like American cars?" I've actually heard that before.

C'mon, Reg, is there an easier question for me to answer? A Subaru!!! Now, if she had a Subaru, chances are she wouldn't have accepted the invitation in the first place.

annual pass

I love it. The math: .829 x 3.785 (liter to gallon) x 1/1.225 (current exchange) = $2.56 US a gallon. Not bad.

calorie counting

Last night, I was driving home and saw some nice gas prices. I found, at a Safeway filling station, in Northern California (though not coastal), gas for $ 2.52.9 and that was prior to the 3 cent Safeway club card discount. That puts it at a hair under $2.50. That same Safeway, 6 months ago, had gone as high as $ 4.49.9. Looks like I may take a few road trips. What's happening with fuel prices in your area?

Yes, ocn, I saw my beloved '75 Cutlass Supreme coupe. I've actually seen it a couple of times lately. It is Cranberry Metallic (really, the name for dark red that year) and has a white landau top and white (swivel) bucket seats. The problem: it had the bling wheels and a couple of bruthas driving it, blasting their 'effin music. I would have much rather seen a stock one...with the windows rolled up.

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Yellowstone

I'm very perplexed on the whole thing. Right now, I'd take Hillary, if she had a decent running mate...and I hate her. Point 1 - that's right, even W went to Harvard...W went to their B-school and O went to their law school. Point 2 - it crosses my mind every now and then, too...look at the funky Chrisitian church he hooked up with. Sidebar: I'm walking into Mass on Sunday and there is a Mexican contingent in the parish...as "Anglo" as I look, they were speaking Spanish...I heard them say something like "if Obama wins, there will be 'amnestia' (you know, Spanish for amnesty)" ... just great, just great...

reliably ocnblu! My response to thread: steroids

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chamomile

As I see the new Lexus (help me out on the model number), the Maxima/Altima and now the 2010 LaCrosse, I think the short stubby rear deck lid is, for the most part, hideous. They are sedans, not fastbacks. Not only that, it makes most of the trunk hidden, whereas with a "normally" proportioned rear trunk lid, you can actually look down at things from eye level and move them in, out or around. Maybe, in a rare instance, they might be ok, but mostly they are not ok in my book. Your thoughts/vote?

For me, the answer is: absolutely I can't even fathom Palin and her family in Washington, let alone running the country if that should ever come to pass... I vote Republican about 1/2 the time, Dem the other 1/2....I was set to vote for McCain, but was waiting to see how he would round out his ticket...NOT.

mirage

You mean someone actually thinks of Portland ME BEFORE Portland OR? Respose to thread: Visalia