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Yours is 2WD, right? Yes to everything except the chrome grille. I prefer the body-color one with billet or mesh inserts. And hoperfuly there's an LS1 transplant planned sometime. I have the truck bug again, fueled by my desire to carry both bikes and passengers at the same time. If I had the space, an S10 just like yours would be in my stable.

Strange, but I see a lot of Saab in this design, as if this were designed when Saab and Subaru were in bed together a couple of years back.

Well, he is looking at his Bulk folder, which is Yahoo's repository for Spam. I generally get 1-2 spam emails in my Y! inbox a day. My work email server is worse. If I win the UK Lottery one more time I'm going to advise W to invade Britain. I get emails from the future too sometimes. The spam-bot that sends the messages must have the clock set way ahead. THe purpose of this is that, if you have your inbox sorted by received date (like most of us), those messages will appear on top always.

Oldsmoboi - what you're suggesting is that the rail industry become almost exactly like air travel. The FAA "owns" the skies in the sense that noone can legally fly an aircraft without FAA involvement (I'm sure Fly can provide more specifics on that), while the airlines just maintain their fleet. From what I understand, the airlines do have some sort of ownership of their routes and can buy them from or sell them to other airlines. But I digress - I never understood why rail was ever handled differently, since at one point it was vital to this country's livelihood. Given the curent state of things I think your 4th point would make the most significant impact in upgrading rail travel. For this to be effective, we'd have to come up with a way to speed up the freight trains. A passenger train on a freight line can only go as fast as the freight train in front of it, and passengers will not like going 35mph. I would love to see high-speed rail come to the LIRR. Let it run right alongside the LIE. People sitting in traffic jams will see a train whiz by in a blur, and think twice about mass transit.

I don't think I'd be bored at all....go for it.

I'd love to see high-speed trains make it in this country, but too bad the US railroad system cannot (and probably will not) ever support it. Our rail system by and large was laid down in the nineteenth century, with varying gauges of track that would need to be severely upgraded or replaced to support the faster trains. The airplane and the automobile have rendered rail travel all but done in the US. I once took an Amtrak from Penn Station to Union Station (washington DC), and I thought it was pretty cool, plus my first semester of college I commuted via the LIRR. There's a certain mystique to riding a train that's always intrigued me.

I have a rear license plate frame on mine. I don't mind it really, though I'll probably replace it with a nicer frame at some point. It's a good thing I didn't buy a truck from them, because they install rear mudflaps with their logo on them. I just don't want something permanently attached to the rear of my car. I do my share of spreading the word about the good experiences I have with my dealer, which IMO is more effective than the ad itself.

You're keeping this wagon, aren't ya. You big softie :wink:

I remember going on a tour of the original Queen Mary when it was in Long Beach, CA with the Spruce Goose- what an extravagant ship that was. That must have been an awesome sight to see. Great pics. So are you going to go see the maiden voyage of the first 787?

That's just NOS posing for us She looks great. The calipers/rotors look especially awesome. I'll probably leave mine alone till next year when the warranty expires, then powder-coat them and throw on a set of GM drilled rotors if they make them for 4-lug Cobalts.

I once found a Canadian quarter on the street and brought it to the bank to exchange it for American money, and I had to give them twenty cents.

This guy did. See how he went about bringing it there:

Trust me I know the feeling. I finally got the clutch/brake pedal assembly out of my car this afternoon, a feat I've been trying to accomplish for a week and a half but got delayed by the cold and lack of knowledge of how to take it out. After I got it out I couldn't resist reenacting that bit on the Simpsons where Homer sings "I am the Champion" while holding it in the air. I wish I had the foresight to do a thread like this. I'm loving reading along about your progress. It'll be amazing when you're all done and you'll be able to relive the whole thing from page one. When you're done, be sure to print this entire thread out and keep it with the car.

I won't say it's anything close to beautiful, but it's a lot better looking than most cars in this size class, which generally eschews form for function. Good for GM for finally preparing to have a presence in this segment. Seems like by the end of the decade GM's "green" quotient will be multiple times what it is now.

I like this car. The upgrades do help. The grille brings it in line with the 08 CTS, which it should be, plus it makes it look more expensive. I never liked the grey plastic grilles of the first round of A&S Caddies. The fender vent doesn't bother me, though I wish they'd have integrated the side turn signal into it, a la the G8/Commodore. The wheels look great! The interior changes are nice, but I'm one of the few that never had a problem to begin with. Oldsmoboi - I just checked cars.com for used STSs in my area. There's an '05 with the V8 with 7500 miles on it for 28K. Yum.

OK, after seeing this, I don't want to hear any more cracks about the GM "dustbuster" minivans.

The fenders would have had to be changed too. As I said in the other thread, I don't mind the revised front in the lighter colors. But, it's a bold grille on a softly styled car. The whole thing ends up looking nose heavy, which is the last thing needed on a W-body.

Yeah. That road sucks big time. Try making the left on it out of the Coliseum parking lot after an Islanders game. Whew. Another coffee related accident. Join the club.

The grille shape does not go well with the car at all. Really, the front was OK as is. I'm not too thrilled with this. Maybe, as with the pics of the LaCrosse, it'll look better in lighter colors.

I think I would have preferred the black chrome that the upper-trim Lucernes had. It's a loud grille on a softly styled car, which really doesn't work. I do like it in the lighter colors, though. Interior upgrades are minimal but they do help. I never had a problem with the car's interior to begin with.

Wow, that engine and tranny cleaned up pretty nicely so far. That setup will look (and sound) really cool in the wagon.

Cadillacfan, see my above post. I think the Chrysler 300 is ugly, hence my first post. Being a great seller or revitalizing RWD can't change the fact that I don't find it attractive.

I never denied the 300's success or its relevance to the Zeta program. That doesn't mean I like the way the car looks. Lighten up. seriously. I'll tell you what. When the LaCrosse Super pics come out, feel free to use this:

True. In a lot of cases the wealthy get wealthy by working more hours, though not necessarily by being smarter or better qualified. I could easily double my salary well into six figures by getting a job in Manhattan doing the eaxct same stuff I do now. But, with that comes sixteen hour work days plus a 2 hour train ride each way, and being on call 24x7. I don't want that, because I wouldn't be able to go bicycling, work on my Corvette, have non-work-related friends,, know God, or try to meet the woman of my dreams. I'd have to eat, sleep, drink, and breathe my job and that's just not me. So here I sis, a member of the middle class where everyone has their hand in my wallet.

Big business runs this country. Doesn't matter who's in the White House - he's just a puppet as are the 535 people in Congress. Anyone with deep enough pockets who's willing to share some of that wealth with the government can have some time pulling the strings. Until lobbyists and special interest groups are wiped out the ridiculously wealthy will be the only ones with a say in this country. Wind energy, solar engery, geothermic energy, etc., as infinitely promising as they are, are going to be relegated to interesting science projects for college students as long as Big Oil has its say.