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thanks, to answer your question, we just got a nice 2 jet/massage shower head system for our bathroom recently. I am able to keep my engine quite clean with the handy second head and hose. My engine stays nice and clean.

VW interiors show extremely well in the showrooms to the crate and barrel and pottery barn crowd. the passat 3.6 will be several thousand more than the Aura XR. the pushrod equipped XE will match up well power wise vs. the 4 popper Passat.

so, a four popper with vinyl.

a 2.0 T FOUR CYLINDER passat will be mid to high twenties and there's no guarantee on leather or not. v6 passats with everything are mid thirties. the Aura is priced way under the Passat. The Passat has a good interior but not top notch. The new interior design is offputting to some.

i got a full tank when i got my tek. i was surprised and thought it was a classy thing. to bad the beancounters oce again are $h!ting on customers.

its dated, cut the cord. its TIME TO MOVE ON. -aztek owner Maybe a two row shorter version of the Enclave is needed. In defense of the voux, its owners love the vehicle, and are a happy bunch, just like tek owners. Honestly, I don't think very many rendezvoux were fleet, if any at all. people love to bitch about ugly crossover vehicles and minivans but if you've ever loaded a large piece of furniture or something in one that you couldn't fit in a car, you'd understand. I just like to tell THOSE people to FLICK OFF when i see hilarious things like having to take a 20 inch tv out of the box in order to get it to fit in their sedan's backseat because the trunk won't fit it. So to some degree I see where Jim is coming from. Hey Jim, its two years to the day since we got our Aztek, my wifes run up 50k miles on it, and its been trouble free. So now be the saleman you are and take my Aztek on trade for a new RDV Ultra AWD with 3.6 for my wife.......if the deals are THAT good you should be willing to part with one for about 20. And give me 14 on trade for my Aztek. And since you are a proponent of home delivery I am totally fine with you having it sent to my wife's work right pronto. 0% interest is included, right?

they need to offer sunroof with cloth in the XR, if just the standard one. the interior is nicer than the 06 altima i got a ride in today, much nicer. i was borderline pitching a tent with how precisely the material transition seams are handled on the door and dash panels in the Aura. There are lots of material changes and cutlines coming together in pinpoint spots on the nicely sculpted and textured doors and GM pretty much nails it. Its insane how good they got these transitions. I do agree that the ribbed plastic on the gauges is a bit cheaply done. the gauges to me could be bigger. fly, your test didn't go much into handling feel, precision or steering quickness. can you feel the variable assist tighten up at speed? Does it flop in turns? brake dive? bump harshness? progressive bump absorption? did you slalom it? Also, on the tapshift, is there the annoying delay between flipping the shift button and when it actually shifts or is it RIGHT NOW? Are the tapshifts jerky? Understeer or oversteer? this thing have a handbrake or a footbrake?

does it at least help carpal tunnel? both wrists, by the way. damn if i have been researching that.

by the way. why anyone would get a Sonata over an Aura is beyond me.

i guess i would agree but what it means is that certain people's preconceived notions will kick in and just say 'the camry is better'. the aura definitely to me looks better on the outside, and it doesn't have a clock radio inside, which is a plus.

what a bunch of dumbass morons. the XR is going to sell at least 50% of aura sales if not more. when will GM get a clue on the powertrains!??????????????

i had a visual inspection of an Aura XE today. Its a nice car. I think will blend into the Japanese sedan landscape pretty nicely. It was an XE. It looks like it has really nice deep rear seat cushions and lots of leg room. The interior gaps and seams lined up precisely and were light years ahead of any other sedans GM has done in this class. I still don't find the plastic to be top notch, but certainly improved and not as nearly cheap looking as in the past. Where I think the Aura lacks is width (like all Epsilons). It appears to be lacking about 2" in width. The design of the door panels is really nice and the dash is pretty decent. The corporate radio looks cheap in the center stack, but not as bad as on other models. An Accord or Camry shopper would find this interior comparable, I feel, but maybe not superior. For me, its still not on the sporty enough end of the spectrum inside, which is why I think Pontiac still needs to exist. The exterior I would want to see in a dark color before making final judgment. It is a sharp car and a wonderful stance. It just needs to be wider to be a real mid size, I think. Not crazy about hankook tires. The hubcaps on steel wheels looked good actually. Still looks faux, but will fool many. I think this car will be popular, and take maybe a few Accord sales, but its not gonna lure Camry buyers. Its not different enough to do that and too many will still perceive the camry to have the better interior.

and the fact that one would have these two cars on their list instead of one of the 15 other cars in this segment........ really, this diversion IMO makes this topic irrelevant.

one half hearted feel good effort for them to fix the mess they created for the last 30 years. And ride off into the sunset, leaving the next generations in financial and cultural ruin.

they still need an engine fix and power window switches on the doors.

those 4 speed automatics really give it awesome mileage. pushrods too. the G6 is a heavy car which is why its mpg is not stellar.

damn, chrysler has some really cheap ass interiors these days. I can understand the XTerra simplicity of it, but it looks overtly cost cut by the bean counters. really, the Nitro is nothing but a 'hood' cruiser. Kind of an Xb on steroids. People rag on Jeep for the Compass, but honestly, this is just as useless. I guess this just strikes me as Dodge's answer ot the Xterra, that someone in the marketing department said it should mainly appeal to those in the ghetto/hood.

the new camry interior really doesn't look bad in pictures. but i sat in a couple at the auto show and they were quite honestly, very ordinary. they have cheapened the door panels and some other things. the gauges were nice though. its just that its nothing special. I would say the accrod's interior is still better.

it would be progress if they killed the LaCrosse as soon as possible, IMO. what they DO need to do is come out with a LaCrosse replacement ASAP on anything besides the old w body. Buick still needs to fill this segment, but anyone who thinks the current LaCrosse would be competitive beyond mid 2008 is on some crack.

true, the armrest does look unuasable, but no lie, the cupholders alone will sell this car to some people. re: handbrake, its so much more user friendly than a dumbass footbrake. besides, they'll sell this car overseas where folks want the handbrake.

religion has much more mercy and tolerance. political zealots desire to impose will on others, mainly because die hard fanaticals have no love for themselves. they feel dictating what others ought to do will make them whole and complete.

stop it! that was so funny i had to spit my cookie out!!!!

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the equinox is majorly deficient in width

yet, 'it's poised to take on honda' i'll give the malibu v6 credit, it spanks this thing.