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Well, I also found an '04 Maserati with massive front-end damage and 4,000 miles on the clock. Someone isn't speaking to their father for a very, very long time.

Z's link to CoPartfinder leaves me sad. Here's a few reasons why... That one is a 1997 with 52,000 miles! What a waste... That's a Bonneville. Hard to tell. This amazes me... ...same car.

Care to elaborate on why you need 1/5ths of a Cutty Supreme?

This makes every other hardtop or whatever just plain suck in comparison.

I'm going to just come out and say I've actually learned quite alot on both sides because of this thread. For real. And I mean besides that Reg is totally going to buy a Civic.

Do it and you're banned. There's more, though. Just not as quick to end...or cheap.

Sorry to hear about it, Quad-A. I guess this will be the last time I post this. A special variation on my favorite car pun.

Near-'totals' don't always mean disaster. Speaking from experience, our 2000 SSEi was literally a thousand dollars from being totalled becasue of the catestrophic damage rendered to the transaxle (the left front wheel was the point of impact.) Intitial estimate at the time was ~$13,000 on a car then worth $14,000. When it was all wrapped up, the total cost - including follow-up repairs and problems that cropped up later - came to what I'd approximate as $16,000. The car had about 55,000 miles on the clock and ended up with a zero-mile transmission, supercharger assembly, axles, suspension componants, electronic hardware, and rebuilt engine in addition to sheetmetal, glass, and interior repairs (amazingly, no frame damage whatsoever). All this guaranteed for life. So, what to hope for depends on your intentions - if you're going to keep it 'till it dies, then you can come out of a major repair with alot of new parts with extended warranties unto themselves. If you're worried about resale, fuggedaboutit; its unsellable. Any dealer who even gives you a good deal on trade-in will junk it and that's something we couldn't bear considering our car still feels and looks brand-new. I will assume if the car skidded laterally that there will definitely be alignment and drivetrain damage since the IS is rear-wheel drive. Of course, frame damage changes the entire scenario and in that case, the best may be to indeed have it totaled. I'm pretty sure it won't be quite the same after a frame-straightening. I know Ocn will find this and be of tremendously more help than likely most of the rest of us could be. I know he helped me get an idea of what to expect when my Olds was hit...twice...in the same two months. Anyhow, I assume your sister is okay...if so, I'm glad to hear that. Oft-repeated here, but cars are replacable; people aren't. Good luck and let us know what becomes.

The average Korean probably makes less, too. In any case, this has nothing to do with the topic, which is the Hyundai Sonata.

Razor, you really need to calm down in these threads. I'm very serious. This tit-for-tat time has been over.

Dayton Engineering Labarotory Company.

Yes...I was indicating she'd remain hot regardless...especially if she's reading this. :P

My girlfriend may have to get braces (she's 21) and she hates the idea of it. Well, I think she'll look hot anyway.

I see a 'Noles tag! :D Welcome! Always loved the Av myself. Good to see someone with alot of obvious pride in their vehicle.

Yes* (*As soon as I build about eight other models I have)

Clicky Awesome. I'm bidding on it.

Wasn't it like Wingcast or Wingcom? I didn't think it even got off the ground, though.

Such unwarranted personal attacks aren't necessary.

That would be a magnificent thing to do to a 1967 Eldorado.

I understand that and appreciate that aspect with the regular 300. My source of disappointment is that from these admittedly bad photos that it isn't that much of a development beyond what's out now. A six-inch stretch with the same basic lines and greenhouse is IMO unimpressive and very short of what Chrysler could do. It just seems like they're falling into old habits of simply clipping on a new nose and tail, jazzing up the interior, and calling it an Imperial, something done as recently as 1990-93 with the Chrysler Imperial, interestingly a 5-inch stretch of the then-mainstay New Yorker sedan. That car, IMO again, was a fine car given Chrysler's financial situation at the time, but today...

There are three selections on the top right of the first post. Click STANDARD to return it to the original setting.

Allright guys...who cares about Mercedes? Its the Cadillac forum! How about which Cadillacs do you feel would even be worthy of restoration? What would you select as good 'image' cars to showcase/sell at dealerships?

So, this would give the 9-5 a real model timespan of, what 12 years? Amazing. After riding around and having the chance to drive my friend's close-to-loaded 2006 9-3 Aero this past weekend, I have to ask - what are you really getting for the extra $10-20k?

Don't you mean Worst Poster EVER? :P Agreed with those points, though. Also, I don't think anyone was really trying to infer that a lousy interior design would sink this truck, merely that it had a lousy interior design in the eyes of some.

What Chris said. This is a cat whose website has a dozen links to blood pressure medication, unrelated popups, and really crappy sentence structure. He's just pissed because he bought two crappy used cars thrity years ago, which somehow qualifies him to pass judgement on the American auto industry.