regfootball

i guess that my bob lutz and rick wagoner voodoo dolls are working..... wait i sold my mitsubishi last week, i must have burned those dolls now

i knew that, i was just kinda pullin your chain a little. :rolleyes:

blu always has the best one liners.....

the added blue graphics and stripes are horrible and don't make up for the lack of the 3.6 vvt

2007 tahoe in your future

nah blue, she's so hot she might even turn you back to the straight dark side

even REGFOOTBALL? THAT would even surprise me.

isn't sodomy sucking Richard?

the civic is flat out an ugly ass car and the shape isn't even space efficient, especially the coupe. The Mazda3 is still the classy compact. Honda admit it, you lost your ricer fan base with the last body style and you simply restyled the car to get all your ricers back.

the caliber by virtue of its hatchback falls into the same market group as vehicles like the Escape and Element and Vibe....smaller 4 cylinder getabouts with cargo room....and buyers, especially women, will compare them that way. patriot looks ok, but its not a REAL jeep. its a pussified non trial rated version made to look like a jeep. and already with the Liberty...why would they bother?

i thought maybe blu would like it :P

i love how hyundai styled its new Sonata off a successful Ford compact from the 90's

SEPARATED AT BIRTH 06 Sonata late 90's escort

one bonus Dave for the gay crowd......

separated at birth

the distinctive part of the Milan's ass end is the big chrome strip at the bottom of the trunk lid. that and high taillights give a real distinctive look on the road. saw one the other day and it really stood out, just like the Fusion does, but in a different way with the same sheet metal. good job ford.

my brother in law and myself talk about this stuff a lot lately. the proliferation of large companies and their taking over of the country, everything is franchised, large multinational, etc. this and that. our economy will become eroded if we move too far in the direction of a service economy. yet many in our nation have jobs dependent on the health of these companies. Personally, I think we have evolved to a selfish culture that encourages many in business to only look at short term company benefits in the US. What do we need to do to boost our next quarterly stock price? As opposed to 'building the company for the next 30 years'. Our business leaders get big outrageous pay, take jobs in high positions and move from company to company depending on whether the business hust down after a stock crash and they wanted to bail, or whether they wanted to take an insanely lucrative offer. We really need to eradicate our nation's culture of our Walmart mentality, but our desire to have 'exotic' things. We seem to all need to draw our esteem and standing in the social world on the products we buy? I think a lot of this is what is driving the import buying frenzy...as much as the whole 'they build better cars' thing. Its reached a cultural phenomenon where we automatically assume products produced here suck and are for rednecks and poor folk and dumb asses only. At least in some social circles. Want proof? I picked up my new Five Hundred yesterday, and already two people had a horrified response when i told them i got a Ford. What, I didn't get a HONDA or TOYOTA? I guess part of why I picked out a 500 was a maybe felt compelled to contribute to the US pot. It wasn't a big reason, but it was enough that I sure did consider it. Beyond that, most folks don't care. Most folks only care what kind of cell phone they have or if their clothes are from Abercrombie or Express. About 2 months ago I was riding with some coworkers to a work function and the conversation swung around to cars because one of our interior designers picked up her new AUDI. Sure, I like Audis but i didn't participate. It did become a 'Honda is so great everything they build is God' sort of thing. I just kep tme trap shut. If the president of my company says Hondas are God, fine I guess I better not openly disagree if I want to remain in good standing. I'm just saying that this is culture nowadays. The 'movers and shakers' and style mavenc of our culture have told the world what is 'right' to drive and its NOT GM and not Ford. What I am saying in a roundabout way is if GM and Ford could ever repair their image to the point where their market shares increased again, then I think it would help to strengthen manufacturing jobs. The benefits to workers are not going to be won only at negotiation tables, but by totally changing how the public feels about products American companies make. And there is the Japanese govt and their currency manipulation...........

chrylser and dodge with their whole hemi based image now and big trucks really has made them sort of a redneck image for a lot of its products. then they have the vans. aside from that, Chrysler is very anti meanstream right now and that direction could very well hurt their long term future. the upcoming stratus replacement is UGLY and will do nothing for them. Chrylser can only ride the hemi and 300 for so long before their well is dry. the caliber is a good start, but doesn't appear to bring anything truly unique to the table. As an example, wouldn't you still just get a four cylinder escape or an Element before the Calibre?

the escape takes sales from the otherwise awesome focus wagon

"Of the 31 cars that earned the top rating, only two were from U.S.-based manufacturers -- the remaining 29 vehicles were from Japanese automakers, and none represented European brands. Almost half of the top 31 -- 15 vehicles -- were manufactured by Toyota."

"The message to consumers is clear: You can't gauge reliability based only on a nameplate. Some automakers do have a better track record but individual models -- especially newer ones -- can have some problems," said David Champion, senior director of Consumer Reports' Auto Test Center, in a statement. "New-car buyers should always check our reliability rating for the model they're buying."

CNN "But four Nissan cars -- the Nissan Quest, Armada and Titan and and Infiniti QX56 -- landed on the list of worst for predicted reliability" Now I know I made the right decision.

i wonder what all the eco weenies in their Prii' are getting for mpg on those 10 below winter days.

preaching to the choir! the 4 cylinder bu is an awesome commuter car.