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Sonata B- (still says 'third world' in too many ways) Azera C- (too many better choices at this level, incompetently styled inside and out) Accent B (outclassed by the Yaris and new Aveo) Tuscon B+ (nice interior, but bland exterior) Santa Fe C Elantra (my sister definitely is never buying another one, she wishes she had her Focus back, too many other killer choices) C+

this is ok, they don't serve rice at the concession stands at nascar speedways anyways

"Hey man, who cuts and perms your hair?"

OR! EDDIE VAN HALEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEPARATED AT BIRTH! CAMINO LS6 AND JACK BLADES OF NIGHT RANGER!!!!

oh, would I love a dual VVT, direct injection AWD new CTS when that comes out. if it was blown, even better. I think camless engines hold tremendous progress, this is an opportunity for the general to beat others to the punch and 'leapfrog' the Japanese competition. If I were GM, I would quietly co-develop a system with BMW and try to get to market with the first and best and most reliable version of it. We can't let the Japanese beat us to the punch with that one. I sure hope all of GM's mainstream cars get available OHC soon.

no, it doesn't, but it needs one!

a Lot of peopple I went to college with complained about this sort of thing A LOT.

UM, dude....I'm saying clearly that the FJ is a wiser purchase decision......... :stupid:

Star Tribune may require sign-in Last update: March 12, 2006 – 8:27 PM Those with thick accents need not apply? A Minnesota legislator says "clear English pronunciation" should be a requirement for instructors at state colleges and universities. Norman Draper, Star Tribune It's a scenario familiar to university students: One or more of your instructors is foreign-born and speaks English with a thick accent. Usually, you can understand, but sometimes it takes an effort. Occasionally, you don't have a clue what's being said. State Rep. Bud Heidgerken, R-Freeport, figures this is a problem and has proposed a solution: He's introduced a bill intended to ensure that all teachers use "clear English pronunciation" before being allowed to teach undergraduate students. Heidgerken, a former teacher and cafe owner, said he's gotten an earful about incomprehensible instructors from his own kids, former students and employees. "I've had many students say they dropped a course or delayed graduation for a semester because they couldn't get around this one professor they couldn't understand," he said. "All I'm trying to accomplish is getting the best education we have for postsecondary students." -more after the link. reactions?

the BU's aren't pretty, but I think a Maxx with its v6 and larger size and much better airy cockpit is a good option to the Caliber. I know the more expensive Malibus don't really compete but a low end Maxx in comparison to a high end Caliber is a realistic comparison for some shoppers. There were quite a few Calibers I saw with stickers at about 20 grand. That's not far off a basic Maxx with some discounts.

good work fly! now that you've achieved that, i think we can set you loose on finding Jimmy Hoffa. He exists, he will turn up, its just darn hard to do!

welcome!

I rarely do, if the stuff I got was expensive. I do tip haircutters a lot. I save the big tipping for restaurants. I'll go 20% there often. I'm not gonna give the chick who rang up my coffee lots of money.

i love milk i love juice (I only buy 100% real juice for the family now since we had our daughter, i know its 'natural sugar' but at least its not high fructose corn syrup) i like GOOD beer i crave diet coke and coffee and drink lots of each (I avoid nearly all splenda drinks but the aspartame is as bad or worse i guess) i can't think of anything that's good for me aside from water that I can drink and enjoy as much. Damn. anyone want some info on diet drinks.....go to www.mercola.com i swear the sh1t you read will frighten the pants off of you. maybe some folks on here can offer up some info on some good beverage alternatives. I've tried literally about 50 different 100% juice products in the last 2 years. There is an interesting product out there from v8 called V-Fusion. It is 100% juice and is about 50% vegetable juice and the other half fruit juice. Since my daughter shows aversion to veggies I thought it would be a way to trick her in to 'getting some veggies'. I had her fooled and hooked the first few bottles and then she was on to me and wouldn't drink the stuff, at least not the strawberry flavor. She did like the Peach Mango stuff. My wife and I both like the Peach Mango V-Fusion. Some of the juices out there have all sorts of stuff in them like added Calcium or Vitamins or 'antioxidants', ginseng and other trendy herbs, etc.

Good man, Josh. next time you're on that treadmill, be sure to have a cold one waiting off to the side.

G5 isn't a rebadge? Saturn Astra? otherwise, the interview foretells of progress.

can I use my GEM card on that?

to me the Avalon felt quite a bit more roomy in back and front than the Camry. The new Camry has a feeling of confinement like a lot of the newest cars do. It seemed to be to be just about the same size overall, if not for some smaller backseat space.

what i read from owner comments on Edmunds was to expect about 20 mpg with the Element. Hell, my ugly ugly ugly Aztek gets 20-22 mpg. If I were an Element owner, I would expect at least 25 mpg. I would be willing to bet that the FJ will get close to 20 mpg.

sat in a couple at the autoshow....mixed bag, in some cases the interior is nice (TIGHT seams, good upper dash plastics) and in some ways its not so good (cheap lower dash plastics and cheap vinyl on the doors, some loose trim and sloppy not to well fastened climate controls). The whole effect is BLAND. The look is mid nineties Millenia outside, and its almost too eerily reminiscent of my old Dimante inside. It will please Camry customers and the masses. Miilions fall asleep in the process. At least Toyota knows where the money is. Sanitize everything. At least this car is a huge upgrade over the Azera and Sonata.

here's your economy car then enjoy, i hope this works for ya in the rain, too

i think that's the exact same FJ they had here at the autoshow yesterday. They wouldn't let you in the seating area but the trunk was open. I was aghast at the cheapness of the interior from what I saw. i GET that this thing is supposed to be a no nonsense vehicle and all that. However, they took it too far. You have to make it livable. Some of the cargo plastics looked like they would not hold up six months. They already had one of the trunk area pieces taped up with black tape. It looked like thick trash bag plastic. From what i saw, this was even on the door panels. The S-10 dash looked really cheap. To credit, the seats, shifter and steering wheel looked ok. But, to put this in perspective......a bottom end FJ compared to a gutless gas sucking Element is a much wiser purchase decision and you can do a lot more with it. I have major ambivalence over the cheapness of the interior, yet at the lowest trim level, I think its a justifiable purchase because you are getting a real motor with usable power, its fairly spacious, and it should hold up for mild duty. If you buy one, be prepared to live with the horrific plastics inside. Is there a trim upgrade available for this thing?

sat in an AZERA yesterday at the autoshow. I am telling you, this car screams 'third world' like a cheap suit from K mart. The exterior is a limp lifeless blob that makes the Oval taurus seem like high well executed design and is among the most dull cars I've ever seen and the interior is filled with all sorts of mismatched materials. the design is a hodgepodge, and the cloth especially on the seats is worse than some of the heavily criticized cloths of the GM past. This, along with the new Sonata and Kia Optima, are three of the most disastrous looking products on the market. Friends, don't kid yourselves, Kia and Hyundai have made upgrades to their hardware, but they are still selling on price primarily. The press' love affair with these two cars will soon subside as the months go by and there is newer iron to write about. Anyone who buys this car is a fool. Sorry, but that's my opinion. Just by a damn Camry or Accord or Altima if this is what you want, because all three of those are superior. Aside-the new Camry is BLAND, but well built seemingly except for loose trim pieces and climate control knobs that move around sloppily. The Camry dash has GM cheap plastic on the lower half and the door panels are cheap ass vinyl that wouldn't even be acceptable in my Ford. The blue green center stack control look a bit cheap as well. As usual, it has the cheesy Toyota cloth going on. Credit, the precision of the dash fits and the almost unnoticable seams on the construction of it do make seem well done overall. Still, it comes off way better than the AZERA.

Yeah, on those 4 hour trips ont he interstate where traffic moves at 80+mph I bet.....