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Happy April fools day to all you guys! Woo hoo!

Must be Happy Opposite Day too!

Funny... I think of 1994 also, but because of the new 1995 Buick Riviera which was on the first version of the Lucerne's platform. So if you want a 2-door Lucerne, Buy a 95-99 Riv

The House in Washington just passed a mandatory 2% ethanol content for all gasoline sold in the state. It's a start. The Sierra Club was actually going door to door in my neighborhood proud of this passing because they heavily lobbied for it. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/02/washington_stat.html

Yeah... Washington only has three, and none of them are publicly accessible... http://www.e85fuel.com/database/locations....te=waWashington That needs to change!

To help fuel the efforts (pun intended) for more E85 stations, fill out this form: I need E85 in my area! It can only help GM!

General Motors Vice President Ken Cole announces the extension of GM's partnership with the Governors Ethanol Coalition--a bipartisan group of governors devoted to the promotion and increased use of ethanol--to provide several new E85-capable vehicles for use in GEC member states Thursday, March 30, 2006, on the steps of the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. There are 1.5 million GM flexible-fuel vehicles already on the road. GM will add more than 400,000 E85-capable vehicles to the fleet in 2006. Cole also announced E85 ethanol fuel will be offered at approximately 20 Kroger fueling sites in the Houston and Dallas area through collaboration with the retailer and Abengoa Bioenergy. (General Motors/Amber Novak) (United States) For more information about the GEC... http://www.ethanol-gec.org/memgov.htm I want to know when Washington (well, Seattle area) will set up E85 fueling sites? If you want to find where the nearest E85 fueling location is, look here: http://www.e85fuel.com/database/search.php

Heh... Buick owners don't die. Check our Average buyer's age I'm going to live forever...

Woo Hoo! Welcome Aboard!

The Pontiac G6 in Canada is still a Pontiac G6 in the US... unlike the Acura CSX.

Sounds pretty damn good to me. 270hp from the 3.9l makes it 100% competitive with the other V6 engines currently out there in the midsize/large car segment .

OOOHHHH.... nice! It is very Audi-ish as mentioned before, but the first thought that came to mind (at least the front) was Infiniti M-Series.

Simple quiche recipe Basic ingredients: 3-4 eggs ½ cup sour cream 1 ½ cup grated cheese (american, cheddar, swiss, combination, or other) Splash of worcestershire sauce Cap of lemon juice Pinch of cayenne pepper or paprika 1 uncooked deep 9”-12” pastry shell Select 2 special ingredients: Ham, bacon, sausage, broccoli, mushrooms, onions, chives, spinach, etc… Directions: Pre-heat oven to 375. Place grated cheese & special ingredients (pan fry meat products first if raw) into pastry shell while evenly distributing throughout. Mix eggs, sour cream, & spices (Worcestershire, lemon juice, cayenne pepper) together in large bowl until smooth. Pour mixture into pastry shell over the special ingredients. Bake 35-40 minutes or until firm. It’s very simple, keeps well, freezes great, and I’ve never had any complaints. As for the “healthy” part, I’ve prepared it with fat-free cheese & sour cream without any impact on flavor.

What's considered "unhealthy or expensive"? No eggs? No dairy? No beef? No white flour? Give a cost limit.

They're just abusing GM's promo... It's a "Build your own Commercial" site... You can pick the image clips, fill in the text, and choose the sound track. http://www.chevyapprentice.com/apprentice.php?country=us

http://www.thecarconnection.com/Auto_News/...173.A10203.html Another topic referring to Brilliance: http://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/index...?showtopic=6255

Why did this make me think of Travelocity's roaming gnome?

Congratulations guy! Very nice.

Yeah, but with an average $5,461 per unit in incentives, what will they do for the second year?

With a Lucerne, I have understated panache, 275hp V8 that is *still* one of the best V8s around, plenty of room for the golf clubs and a ride quieter then lexus. Don't forget better standard warranty, roadside assistance, standard theft-tracking, more interior room, ect...

http://www.thecarconnection.com/Auto_News/...173.A10202.html

GM Says Pricing Is Working PR spin prefaces sales figures due out this week. by Paul A. Eisenstein (2006-03-27) The "top-line" story isn't a good one for General Motors. The automaker expects to report a one-percent decline in first-quarter U.S. market share when March numbers are tallied up at the end of this week. But digging just a little deeper would reveal a more positive picture, senior company officials asserted during a Monday afternoon briefing for reporters. The decline in overall, or top-line, sales is largely the result of declining fleet sales, said GM's director of market analysis, Paul Ballew. On the retail side, he stressed, the automaker is actually showing some gains. As company officials told their story, GM's new Value Pricing strategy is finally starting to gain some traction, and that not only means increased retail sales, but higher transaction fees and improved residuals - trade-ins, in layman's terms. Even so, the automaker is facing some enormous pressures to turn things around even faster. "There's a strong sense of urgency to show improved results now," said Mark LaNeve, the automaker's head of sales, service and marketing for North America. "We have fixed many things, but we have to fix the rest on the run." GM's share decline reflects a conscious decision to scale back money-losing daily rental fleet sales, with the automaker focusing on profitable retail business, both executives emphasized, during a nearly two-hour briefing. There is where the automaker claims to be gaining some traction as the result of its Value Pricing program. Since the beginning of the 2006 model year, GM has cut prices on 66 of the 76 vehicles it sells in the U.S., representing about 90 percent of its overall sales volume. Since then, the automaker has been actively reducing its incentives. Overall, rebates and other givebacks have averaged $2702 so far this month. Though that's still $445 higher than the industry average, it's nearly $800 less than Ford has been spending and $1400 less than DaimlerChrysler. More significantly, GM's March incentives were down $1523 from where they stood in March 2005. At the same time, two other key metrics are turning in GM's favor. According to the influential arbiter of used vehicle values, ALG, the average residual on a 36-month-old General Motors vehicle rose to 43 percent during the first quarter of 2006, up from 40 percent a year earlier. On a typical car or truck, that difference adds up to nearly $1000. Meanwhile, noted Ballew, the average transaction price - the ATP, or actual selling price - increased by close to four percent during the quarter, roughly double the industry average. The biggest gains, not surprisingly, came on the newest vehicles in the GM lineup. A year ago, the typical Chevrolet Tahoe went for $33,394. So far this year, the newly redesigned version of the big SUV has commanded an ATP of $41,360. Other new models, such as the 2007 Cadillac Escalade, and the 2006 Chevy Impala, have scored similar gains. Still, LaNeve conceded "We don't find it acceptable" for GM's U.S. market share to slip to 24 percent for the first quarter, down a point from the same three months in 2005, and 27 percent for all of last year. But don't expect a return to heavy incentives, like those the automaker offered last summer, as part of its Employee Pricing program. "We're not going to gain share over the long run with incentives," asserted LaNeve. "We learned that lesson." The GM executive has shaken things up quite a bit in his year on the job. Among other things, he's pushed for a realignment of the company's eight North American brands into four distinct marketing groups, such as Pontiac, Buick, and GMC. At the same time, LaNeve has been a strong proponent of hanging onto existing nameplates such as HUMMER and Saab, which he called "a vital part of the mix." That runs counter to comments made by GM's newest director, Jerry York, the point man for the company's largest individual investor, Kirk Kerkorian. As part of a turnaround, York has suggested HUMMER and Saab be eliminated. LaNeve said he had not yet met with York to discuss his own strategies. But the marketing chief said there is little doubt GM has to redouble its efforts to right its core, North American operations. Simply having its troubles aired on the front page is "having some effect out there," said LaNeve, with some motorists reluctant to buy from a company they aren't sure will survive.

I noticed that also... Funny

Very interesting... Will this go unnoticed by Union members/leaders? Or will this bloodletting appease them?

Despite Car and Driver's awesomeness, Consumer Reports is more full of awesomeness than Car and Driver.