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I like the interior but that front end is just BAD.

What if CTS is the middle car and the new compact RWD is the 3 series fighter? Where does that leave STS & DTS? Obviously something is going away but I don't know which name I would rather keep around?

Anyone else notice the double hump guage cluster like the last Grand Am had?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1991-Aston-...1QQcmdZViewItem Looks pretty cool to me, I am not up on older foriegn cars but this I could easily roll. Anyone else getting that Buick vibe from it?

It may look cool but the blindspot could hide 2 Suburbans.

So your saying Rick needs to cut cost, like eliminating TONS of excess jobs by starting the employee buyouts? How about his alliance of Saturn and Opel, eliminating redundant jobs? What about bringing Holden's expertice to GMNA and buying and then expanding GM Daewoo, the best deal in the auto industry EVER?!Do you not think these were good cost cutting moves? Oh wait you didn't see any more profit on the retail end so it must not have been good for GM.

I don't think that would be an insult to be considered like GuionM. He is VERY respected by myself and many others, as are all the other insiders. Also just because his information differs from others doesn't mean it is false. They are likely just getting information from 2 different sources.Also to evok, can you breath under that rock? I haven't seen you post in quite a while, hope everything is going ok.

Yep and word has it that Hummer was shopping the idea of a GMT900 pickup, maybe like the SUT but maybe an HD truck, that would certainly fit the Hummer image.

08 New York show?

I think someone has a big chip on their shoulder against those with more 'in the bank.' It seems like you are setting up the 'haves vs the have nots.' And to a degree that is true. BUT your way off on your assesment of the situation. My mother and brother work in aluminum smelters, basically the same work as steel workers, so I do know what their job is like. My mother will be 50 in Nov and she works her butt off 3 days on, 12 hour shifts, and gets 4 days off. Then back to 4 days on and 3 days off. I know what that does to a persons body. My older brother works in the next building over, working a similar schedule. And you know what NEITHER of them think I am doing the wrong thing by going to school and becoming a DC. They applaud me for it. I was the first member of my bloodline to graduate college, on either side. I paid for it with student loans and by working full time, retail at that! They don't get mad because I am 'taking the easy way out' or by 'avoiding real work', which is the attitude I get from you. I am putting my time into other things: studies, labs, hours and hours of reading with maximum comprehension. Since you have never been to college, much less a doctoral program like I am going through I don't think you get the chance to judge me! I am taking 27 credit hours this fall! To put that into prospective at most colleges, at undergraduate levels, the MAX is 17 hours a semester! That is right I am doing almost double. And you know what 128 other people are right there with me in my classes. Do NOT make the mistake of criticizing that which you do not know now or will EVER know! If you are mad because you think I, and other doctors, took the easy way out and didn't 'put their nose to the grindstone, then tuff sh*t! We WORK VERY hard in school so that later on in life we can help others with their lives and the quality of it. If we make more than most while doing that, what is the problem? When I graduate I will have approximately $80K in student loans thanks to my wife who is supporting most of our finances, she is a high school teacher, so that we don't have to take out as much in student loans. Most of the people I graduate with will have between $130K and $160K in student loans, from this school alone! Most people with MDs or JDs have in excess of $200K in debt. Just because you didn't choose a route doesn't mean it wasn't the right one. BTW what path would you rather have your child choose? The one with delayed gratification, education then work for better money. Or the one with instant gratification, get a job straight outta school and work at it for the rest of their life? I think you know the answer to that one.

Bet it is the first GMT355 to get a V8. <--more than a hunch. :AH-HA_wink:

Razor I have a few statistics you might like. There was a study in the AMA medical journal done in the 1990s about something called iatrogenic deaths, that means death caused by a doctor directly, a mis-performed treatment, a prescibed treatment, or prescribed medication. In that study the AMA found that 180,000 deaths a year due to iatrogenic injuries! Now lets put that into perspective because there are 300 million people in the US so the figure seems small. That is equivalent to 3 jumbo jets full of people crashing every 2 days. So how long if that were a different profession or career would people stand for it? Now that being said, mistakes happen in EVERY industry and in some cases injury or deaths will result. Am I advocating getting rid of medical docotrs? NO! There are FAR more benefits to medical healthcare than there is against it. Also we need to state a few things here. Medical doctors usually practice what is called the allopathic model or pharmasutical industry based medicine. There are vitalistic doctors but usually they are 'alternative healthcare providers', Chiropractors, Homeopaths, and other providers. Also you may want to reconsider the value you place on that doctors time. Lets remember they have TONS of training in understanding YOUR body. I am taking gross anatomy in Chiropractic College right now and let me tell you that you can learn by reading a book but when you have your hands INSIDE a human body you learn SO much more! Also they have overhead, staff, office bills, and HUGE amounts of student loans to pay back. Their time IS that valuable. Heck if a Mechanic who went to tech school is worth $40 an hour to diagnose your car, an inantimate object that can be replaced; how much is a doctor worth to diagnose YOUR BODY, which can NOT be replaced?!

Thanks, I don't know why I need to know this because I will never own any of the above super brands but still just got confused.

You have NO idea what kind of a mess the Healthcare industry is in right now. It is getting so bad that MDs, DMDs, DCs, and almost all other POS providers are banding together to get rid of 'managed healthcare'. To give you an idea of what that is: there is a company called American Chiropractic Network (ACN) who basically laid down some 'algarithms' to figure out how much pain you are in, when it began, and when you should be better by (this is only applicable to Chiropractic but there are other organizations like this for each specialty). They sell their 'management' service to insurance companies as a cost cutting measure. The patient fills out a survey which is faxed to ACN who 'rates the patient'. Basically they give you a window of time in which to get the patient better. If the patient is not better within that window then the patient has to fill out another form. And they can be denied coverage for care at any point! ACN can say "sorry but the patient does not meet our criteria for coverage." Which means that your insurance will not cover the procedures or treatment even though you are supposed to get X amount of visits and you have been X-5, 10, or 15 TIMES! So basically the insurance company pays them to deny YOU coverage to save THEMSELVES money!Things are getting bad enough that there are MAJOR lawsuits being filed against ACN in several states, for things like Antitrust and collusion. And that is just on the DC part. On the MD, like your Primary family care doctor, side they are getting absolutly crappy return rates for services billed. We are talking like 20% reimbursment rates!!! So the doctor bills $100 for a visit/exam and gets $20. Well that covers his 2 staff in the office for less than an hour, plus he or she is paying for rent/heating, cooling bills/power/water/malpractice insurance which is HUGE. And many other things people have no idea about. There is a reason that there is a HUGE drop in the number of MDs graduating and opening practice, it isn't as profitable as it used to be thanks to managed healthcare. I have tons more I could type but I gotta get to class. More to come later on today after class, if you guys want to hear about it.

I thought Mercedes owned Rolls? Is it BMW?

Cool name! Suprised it hasn't been done before. Territory won't be coming here unless Ford decides to spend the dough to get Falcon made LHD, which they SHOULD!!!, but haven't yet.

Also the motors and suspension would be under a LOT of stress when an HD is towing 18,500 lbs!

That tailpipe trumpet is a bit large for my tastes. And I don't like the Dually looks, though I normally do. Overall B.

Methinks Northie is liking this concept a lot.Maybe there will be a Euro only Caddy come outta this, anyone up for a chop?

You have shelved my reservations, will we be seeing new pics, maybe real world pics, anytime soon?

Take away the fender flares and the basic structure is VERY tall compared to width, maybe thinner than the Aveo, based upon looks. But still an overall very nice package.

If I remember right most plasma or LCD stands, for 37-42 models, are about 8-9 inches deep. So you should be fine. But find a way to secure it to the wall just to be sure. I would hate to have my new TV fall off the mantle because of some stupid reason.

Pics please.

WOW LOOK FOLKS WE GOT A G-E-N-I-U-S HERE!!! Have you not heard of direct injection, how do you know that these engines don't have it?