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rather dated interior....? not bad, just.....meh, seen it before.

diesel fans are a bit non mainstream and probably would be independent thinkers and control freaks enough to want a manual anyways.

oh my

yup i remember...live and learn!

can a person get the HHR SS with leather or would one have to go katzkin? heated seats too?

but will the fit survive spring potholes? I am wayyyyy skeptical

it would be nice if the impy had the HF v6 and a much better interior at least. GM not correcting that is pretty sad.

simple starbucks with one or two espresso shots added are fine for me. jitters, i can relate. sometimes caffeine overload makes my arms shake. i read a report today that said coffee helps reduce chance of heart problems. YEAH baby.

I've lived through some floods up in the grand forks area before so i know how much it sucks for you right now. but its definitely a story to tell for you for years. re: cars.....next car probably should have black interior and i would like leatherette. you almost want plastic doors too. Maybe I should pay off the aztek and drive that not worry about how trashed it will get. Get the wife a DSG jetta wolfsburg to have ruined in the urban environment, and me to drive the piss out of on the weekends.

fiero meets supra. SHAWD! SHAWD!

my sister got me a panini press for xmas.....WHO NEEDS ONE? i am guilty of getting a smoothie blender from walmart last year. made in china, use #3 i fried it and burned it and now its garbage. we have like 4 coffee / espresso makers, but only use one. LOL by the way, the coffee press is the best way to make coffee.

i've changed most of my cars on a 3k schedule.....and even if i can extend it, i dont mind getting the car up on a hoist more often. Plus, in winters, the oil is BLACK and thick by 3k so I am still gonna change it at 3k in the winter, sometimes it needs it before that and you can audibly hear a difference in the motor (much quieter and smoother) after you get it changed. As a result, none of cars really ever burn oil.....which is part of the whole point. Ford did tell me recently they changed their interval to 5k so I may feel comfy with that when the climate is warmer. As far as 'wasted oil', recycle it, DUH.

thanks for the TIP. no pun intended. I think i will try that. the fords doors plastic is soft touch but fragile at the same time. i.e. i think marker can absorb into the surface of the plastic. if it were a sharpie or permanent wide marker, i'd be toast. She got more of the vinyl on the seats than the leather parts so i am somewhat fortunate there. Here is my luck with that car -gouged the rear bumper plastic with the snow blower -left one meter scratches in white on the side of the car with the trash can that the buffer at the body shop even couldn't get out -front fender replaced this january after xmas accident -new windshield in feb due to stress crack -recent hail damage -big massive ass door ding on the passenger rear even more recently. i worship those that restore cars for sale and make them look so new. Mine may be toast by the time my lease is up in Oct at this rate.

thanks for asking. It was a standard issue red felt tip, left in the car from being in transit to a meeting. the kind you use commonly for 'redlining' I know you know what I am talking about. Windex took care of most of the damage this morning and I do have to admit the drawings in particular on the windows were pretty cute. Still, the car's a lease. GRRRRRR

saturn fans dot com forums is where i read about it

cruiser, those HHR pics were nice. The orange one is a dandy.

I've been seeing that some folks have had problems with their 3.6HF engines in the outlook and stuff. Possibly problems with the crank or camshafts. What does anyone know on this?

yup. we haven't even had it 4 years. its up to about 90k. haven't had to fix anything on it. GM replaced some wheel bearings on it and I've done tires and brakes and that's it. Its completely trouble free. Time for another radiator and tranny flush soon. The thing holds so much gear it swallows more stuff than....well. I am itching for something new but its been good to us. I just think I should get rid of it while its still saleable. I bought it new for 16k. I might be able to find a sucker to still give me 8-10 grand for it. That's spending 8,000 bucks to drive 90,000 miles. Not too shabby.

my car, 500. tan leather and dash. 4 year old. In my car. red marker. seats, windows, dash, trim, doors. patience.

i have not driven the element but have ridden in one.....it is not at all a comfortable vehicle to sit in. It feels every bit like a truck and not a comfortable car. i will give chrysler major kudos for this....the magnum, charger, 300, all comfortable for passengers and drivers. too bad chrylsers v6 is outdated and their is no 6 speed for the v6. our success as a domestic industry will be to preserve those comfort traits while embracing more the fuel economy etc. want to know what else is comfortable? the front seats of the lambda and tahoes / yukons etc. but why is the second row seats so low on the lambdas? the press is something else. edmunds raved over the new maxima, but man go look on canadiandriver.com first drive....the maxima is indeed fugly as sin right down to its altima trunk. how can you gush over something that is a disaster like that?

i'm pretty tired of the audi look, although the TT and R8 wow me. Audi does enough with the quality of their execution to make their basic design themes come off real well. bmw, its getting old.. mercedes too. I'm a ford fan, but i admit they are not off the ropes but at least they are trying.

regarding the 500 trunk (of which i drive one) the hinges don't seem to be an issue here and the size of the trunk is ginormous. I can get stuff in the trunk of that car that you can't get in just about any other sedan, and i can outhaul a lot of the cute utes like rav4's and sportages, etc. My cargo area is bigger and more useful than the one in the rabbit with the back seat folded. I am able to get a kids bike plus a whole fam worth of luggage for a long weekend and still have room for other things like a cooler and such. I looked hard at the element before i got my 500 and i can tell you there are some instances where you can haul things in the 500 you cannot in the element. The elements cargo area is not very wide, its tall i must say that. I think the current outlander can outhaul the element. The outlander has the most useful cargo bay of all the cute utes, with the seats folded and tumbled. what kills me about domestic brand avoiders, they may not have driven or owned one in many years, if at all, and yet they will be totally open to drive unproven stuff like Kias and Hyundais, or spend a premium to drive expensive euro cars which don't always have big reliability themselves.

deep MOAN, you mean my 3.4 in my aztek is covered up by sound deadener but it still hints at vacuum cleaner. LOL

yeah but the 3.5 is a growler and doesnt redline like the ecotec.

well, detroits cars are damn good today but the fact that so many people think they still build crap pisses me off. japan's cars are not really much better if at all yet the press and public opinion is that japan inc is gold and us stuff is feces on the sidewalk on a hot day. there is not hardly that much difference in most price classes.