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yup. can someone photochop a GM grille on a new 2008 DCX van?

contour SVT!

Audi has run out of ideas. What a half assed effort. I could leave a Carl on the coffee table and it'd be more attractive.

i think there is a toyota decal on the car. they are sponsoring it.

"wow, I am impressed that toyota has been selling hybrid camry's in the US for 50 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" again, another attempt at a PR snowjob on the American dimwits. truth be told half our country is a bunch of dumbasses when it comes to buying PR spin so i guess this will work. how effing dumb do those toyo pricks make us out to be? GM has had airbags on their cars for like 100 years now. they are made of rubber and there was one at each corner of the car attached to the wheels.

AHHHHH Classic Toyota arrogance. STFU Toyota. GFY. Well, DUMBASS, maybe you should have done your product research before you bought that overhyped crackerbox. Typical Toyota lemming. I've had a couple instances with my 500 and my inclined driveway where I was not able to get up due to the traction control kicking in. i shut it off and I can spin the wheels like normal and I can get up. The trac works beautifully on a long sloped incline where you need to make it smooth and steady and you get a bit of a head start that you can't always get with your driveway. the car stays straight and you barely notice its working. But sometimes if the weather is too inclement, then the trac becomes useless so its nice to shut it off. I love how just now people are finally realizing there is no such thing as a 'no compromises car'. they all thought Jesus Christ the second (TOYOTA) had created a 60mpg miracle that would do everything their SUV, van, car, and fuel sipper would do, all in one package. Well, no $h! sherlock, if you drive a "60" mpg car, there's a good chance it will suck at many other things and it will be way too light. My old prizm was crappy in snow too. Too light. I love how the idiot in the article was telling this to Consumer Affairs. Cry like a baby to the consumer mags, aren't they the same mags you sent your owner survey too with glowing reports...you know, the mags that created the toyota 'legacy'? SHEESH.

you can't expect a 6,000 used car to not have issues, import or American. So really, what brand they get is moot. Its completely unreasonable for people to judge a brand's reliability rating on a 6,000 dollar used car because by that point the car has been used up already. This is what bothers me, people form their opinions of new product based on something that is used up already. Any 6k car you buy, be prepared to put about 4 grand into it in the next 3-4 years. A Taurus at 6 grand is a solid buy, if has low miles on it. For 6 grand you'll get a 97 Accord if you want japanese. When you are shopping the bargain bin on used cars, its less about brand and more about finding a model with decent reliability data and one that's been well taken care of and maintained. i.e. no sludgy camrys

dave looks great. i know he has continual plastic surgery. eddie looks like complete hell though and wolfie looks pre pre pubescent. i wonder if the Rock and Roll Hall fo Fame bit has something to do with this. I truly think Michael Anthony needs to be a part of this.

look at the top 10 topics on this Asian thread. faulty odometers toyota cheats convicted exec gets promoted toyota figuring out how to gash labor costs chinese 'crash safety' toyota sludge recalls aplenty and the ASIANS DO NO WRONG? they just simply have NEVER had to endure scrutiny in this country. And we want these 'better companies' taking over our American auto industry? its time for the free pass to be over and at least we get some equal time.

what a derivitive pile of dung.

I'm not Canadian but I know the parts you drove through so maybe I can throw in my .02 the only industry is farming, otherwise folks leave those ND towns to go to metropolis' like FGO and mpls. Ag is too dominant, it holds everything else back. And even then, in ag, very few operations makes big money, lots of them go hand to mouth, even with all the incentives. there is just no industry or real initiaitive to develop businesses up there and you cannot get folks to part wiht their money for anything. Once you cross and go into canada, the climate must change. I know there are some successful businesses just north of the border. They build prefab houses and also some places make granite countertops. I am sure there are many other businesses. Its because they need them there. In the US all that stuff is done elsewhere. The economy in the US is very climate sensitive. People in the US with big jobs do not want to run businesses where it is colder than hell. But in Canada its cold everywhere so I guess people grow their economies as they need to, wherever they live. My guess is also across the border people have a more focused attitude on life, because they are happy in Canada and don't feel the grass is greener. If you live in ND, or MT, or even SD you are always getting ripped about it, maybe it makes some folks more sour. There are other parts in the US where you see parts that don't seem to be all movers and shakers. But they don't always have another country on its borders. I think its what you make of it. I could move back to the GF / oSLo /ARDCH area and make of it what I could. I would just need to make good money. (even though taxes in GF are criminal and housing is way inflated there also) But in no way would i go to PEMBINA. I think if some folks would invest in some new industries and manage to make them successful maybe you'd see vibrancy. So bottom line, I don't think its that the Canadians are different, its just they their economy is more mainstream and that has cultural effects.

i love maseratis. this is not as sexy as i would hope, but still is a nice contrast to the dull german cars out there. this and the jag coupe are nice options to have.

sick joke opportunity I will leave by the wayside. re: DCX styling. I saw a new sebring today on the road and honestly it looked fine in motion. standing still, not so much. i think this car will take awhile to find its legs in the market. i do think it will be a fleet queen. I honestly think Chrysler's move away from cab forward to these ridiculous butch looking vehicles is to blame. I do like cab forward. The last Intrepid was a very nice car. The last 300 was very nice. The original cloud cars were the bomb. The current 300 I am lukewarm on and it goes downhill from there. The Jeeps I am ok with. One universal thing I see in Chrysler that just flat out downgrades EVERYTHING for me in one fell swoop are the absolutely terrible interiors. Even something as way cool as the PT cruiser gets a big downgrade because of the interior cheapness. Nitro, Caliber, etc.....HORRIBLE interiors. I think folks judge cars stylistically on interiors alone more than any of us think.

oh, blu, i know that! i was thinking about this the other day. i think harry and joshiepoo are the same person.

i fell in love the first time i saw him sing RHINESTONE COWBOY on german tv.......... (I fell in love with the female viola player, that is) although i am sure the hoffer is quite fetching in some way like that, it don't trip my trigger. i just think his anna nicole/britney type aura makes for great humor.

here that dash is the coolest.

toyota cheating, not a shocker

i won't consider going back to school unless i can do it online. oh wait, "University of Phoenix" here i come......

i think those breadsticks I just ate are going to come up now

The HOFFER as a woman

i want to be able to log onto the internet and remote start my vehicle. or locate it. or check the status of certain things (i.e. interior temperature etc., see if the engine is running, etc.). I want to be able to open my sunroof through the internet or with my fob. I know that trick fob GM had on display a couple months ago could do that. I want to check my gas level from the internet. I want to turn on my heated seats from the internet.

what happens in the cockpit, stays in the cockpit. "Joey, have you even been in a Turkish prison"?

why does this not surprise me.

not for all of us. i think flybrian got aroused at the bonne dash. i just don't think there are enough vents, personally.

boy, that guy who came out of retirement to head GM PR dept again sure is doing a great job. GM is really starting to become a PR machine. In good ways. its nice that they brag about the cool new caddy dashes but we still have the same crappy parts bin stuff in too many new cars including the new 08 malibu. how bout making the fob that also doubles as usb flash drive that you plug into a puter and open a program and use the program to customize the operator preferences of the car? i.e. which programmable button is for what, etc. That STS dash looks awesome and that other mock dash is phenomenal. Lets wait to see which of those make light of day. Here's a little something to bring us all back to reality.