Flybrian

I don't like Saturn and Chevy needs another car like Mercedes needs another car.

Hey. The strawberries n' creme thing is good. Like I care what you guys think anyway... Excuse me, I have to go buy the biggest Dodge Ram I can find now.

Likely the crappy Firestones. Our '98 came with smooth Goodyears and was one of the quiestest cars I've ever ridden in thanks to the triple door seals - quieter than our current cars. I'm a little bigger of a guy, but had no problem being comfortable in the driver, passenger, or rear seats of our GS. On a 400-mile round trip, I sat in the back and was perfectly fine. We also took the car from Clearwater to Dayton to Toronto to Washington D.C. and back. Very comfortable. 1987 Toronado - 3800 I - 95k miles, no engine problems1998 Regal GS - 3800 II s/c - 45k miles, no engine problems 2000 Bonneville SSEi - 3800 II s/c - 110k miles, not a single engine problem. Ever. The Toro made daily 45-60 miles commutes with my father, the Regal went to Canada and back, and the Bonnie went to D.C. and back and sees 200-400 miles a week with my father. That's our 3800 track record. Take it for what its worth. P.S. Sweet choice.

I think Pontiac needs a real solid midsize entry more than it needs a hot Zeta car.

I'd like to offer kudos for your post, Christopher, and would also like to add that respect is a two-way street. For the record, those mocking aliases of members have been suspended. As for the specific instance of Buickman, I know that we all may not agree with some or much or any of what he says, but we can all agree the man is sincere and passionate about his cause. We may not agree, but we should all see his willingness to discuss in the face of so much adversity.

Slightly related to this is this venue for used police cars... CopCarsOnline Seems very reptuable and the vehicles come out very clean. They have many surprisingly low-mileage examples, too. I'm going to check them out soon because they're in my town.

Actually, its not; its called herpes (among others).

There are quite a few ideas in and around my head and the heads of others, some of which you won't expect. But, of course, we'd love to hear your suggestions and run competitions based on them if we can. Ditto for 'Chop.

So, would any Chrysler person care to explain why we have Pathfinder door handles on a Jeep?

Can we bitch about the thick chrome bezels around these gauges? That shifter is plain awful.

You kidding me? You can instantly tell the ergos are going to blow.

Dude, its cool you want every car under the sun and believe me, I still car window shop, too. But keep you car. Especially don't trade it for a 3-Series with a "partial M3 bodykit." Those are phrases that you read in AutoTrader and just laugh, like "really a Type R but no badging", "tuned in Japan", or "runs??". Seriously, you finally got a good car. Keep it. And don't wreck it. Or wreck it, but have it be at someone else's fault/expense and have tons of parts fixed and repainted for free...like me. I totally intended for all that to happen.

Well, much to your chagrin, the Alero was relatively popular among the younger set. So yeah. Anyway, Variance, its made the best financial sense to simply 'run out' the intended model cycles on the cars as was the case with the Silhouette, Bravada, and Alero. As for the Intrigue and Aurora, yes their platform mates went to 2003 and 2005 (respectively) before being updated, the Aurora 4.0l and 3.5l Shortstar were exclusive to those two car lines, so they were limited by the engine production. In fact, after the Intrigue died in 2002, all 2003 Auroras were only available with the V8.

Plane speed and wheel speed do not differ.

I don't see what the speed or friction or E=MC^2 has to do with any of this. The plane will not fly unless lift can be generated and if the plane is not moving in relation to the earth AROUND the treadmill, it will not attain lift.

I thought you guys were kicking me out or something. Anyway, the plane won't fly. There's no 'both sides' to it. Sorry.

...which was intended to succeed the Vision.

That, and you pull up to an office park, Starbucks, or Hertz rental return at the airport and see four in a row. Sucks the Jagness right out of it.

I would also argue the GTO had a similar market placement as the Trans Am, but not the entire Firebird line. Imagine taking the high-output power of the late Trans Am and distilling it into a vehicle with features and interior materials worth its asking price. You would end up with something similar to the GTO.

Exactly. Without the air moving, it doesn't matter. Differences in air pressure with an airfoil is what actually, physically, really makes an airplane (or helicopter) fly. Not propellers, not jet engines, not rocket motors, nothing else.

I remember the Impala in the trailer. I want to see this flick.

Rockets do indeed work on thrust. You can strap a rocket onto a maytag dryer and make it 'fly.' The principle is different because what keeps a rocket in the air is thrust while a fixed-wing aircraft is kept aloft by lift generated from the airfoil. Thrust is used to create that lift. That is why when a rocket motor quits in the atmosphere, it enters a parabolic trajectory and falls back to earth. If a plane's source of thrust quits in the air, it can remain aloft simply with lift generated from its wings until the airflow slows to the point where the wings cannot support the airfoil. This is how gliders stay up.

In layman's terms, yes. Technically-speaking, its lift that's needed and lift and airflow themselves is not something that can be directly measured, hence why airplanes can stall (not enough positive lift) at any airspeed. Believe me, I don't know all of it myself and I'm probably not explaining it the best either. I really haven't yet met a person who can really explain every facet of lift and how it works in a way that everyone can understand. I've read a book that says that Bernoulli's Principle as its commonly explained isn't exactly right. Lift is just generally something pilots accept as 'being'...and we always, always want lift.

So...you usually eat meat this early in the morning?