Flybrian

Solstice and RX400h

Fine, jerks...Mercedes-BENZ 26/26

Roofline design limitations most likely. Even among cars of the same platform, the sweep of one forces the sunroof to open outwards (Grand Prix) while others allow full astroroof retraction (Regal/Intrigue). I very much prefer the fully-retracting kind. Yeah, it eats up an inch of headroom. Not only is the effect of the open-top experience better typically, but it looks far classier when the roof is open.

Besides the funny, quintessential 'Parking over dry leaves can cause a fire' and 'If you notice smoke or steam eminating from the engine compartment, stop the car immediately in a safe location' present in every GM owners manual, nothing that funny. I suppose Olds Aurora drivers have a little more roading experience than - say - an owner of a 2005 Toyota Corolla as exemplified by these excerpts... Friends don't let friends engage in erroneous pedal operation

Don't be Harry. This is done.

He was a middle-aged loser who got his rocks off sparring with 16 year-old kids and besting them at being more immature than they were. Just the facts.

Probably alot better than it would if it had doors on each side. If so, probably would flex like no one's business.

Everyone's hotter in a FIREo. Its da bomb - KA-BOOM!

Wow. An airport car. Just put chrome disk hubcaps on it and paint the Pan Am logo on the side.

Yes, that one hallmark of unprofessionalism I've noticed as of late, especially in Edmunds, Motor Trend, and the Linerts. All too often I read, "After a week behind the wheel of our (BMW, Infiniti, Mercedes) tester, it was almost difficult to watch that car being driven away and seeing our new (Cobalt, Focus, Kia) car take its place."

You're looking at it from an Subaru enthusiast's prespective, which means nothing. Isuzu garned medium-duty trucks and diesel engine technology, plus a presence in difficult Asian markets. Daewoo is providing small car technology, know-how, and platforms. The Aveo is a damn nice car for a subcompact. Also, a presence in the Asian and European markets. I'm sure somone can elaborate on Suzuki's contributions, though I suspect they're similar to Daewoo's. Subaru provided very little or perhaps more accurately, GM collaborated on very little, especially in regards to AWD technology. If you ask me, GM only screwed up by not exploiting AWD more. But to imply that Isuzu, Daewoo (which is Korean, btw), and Suzuki are less-valuble because they aren't as "cool" shows a lack of understanding about what benefits GM.

Sorry, but the 300 does suffer from a lousy interior, poor visibility, and an underwhelmingly shitty 2.7l V6. My gripe with car mags is stemmed mainly from the theory that it has to handle like a BMW no matter what it is. If not, its shit. That, and passing on American innovations as gimmicky but foreign ones as true miracles. I think Car and Driver lauded BMW for using a HUD on the 5er "filtering the technology down to more affordable cars" or some B.S. Uh, heard of the LeSabre and Grand Prix? Idiots...

A leftover Regal GS if there are any still out there.

No doubt a classic would be wicked for a second or third car for special occasions and nights out, but I agree - make my daily driver of the past 20 years.

Think its Alltell. My father also has a Kyocera 7135 and damn that seems lightyears ahead of the Blackberry. The Kyocera has a touchcreen, stylus, handwriting recognition, optional QWERTY keyboard attachment, and handles like a phone. That's what irritates me most about the Blackberry is that it makes a Godawfully awkward cell phone. I think the Palm-driven design of the Kyocera lends itself to being a better all-around device The theory in our company is for everyone to send/recieve e-mail reports to each other with the Blackberry and also to fill out time sheets, expense reports, etc with it. The e-mail thing will work...okay, but the filling out documents? Like hell. They think the Blackberry is a minicomputer. Its not; its a e-mail-getter while you're away from the computer. Oh well...

Wow. There was a time when Dodges didn't look like blocky truck-styled piles of shit?

My father can. He was a Union pipefitter for many years. He taught me how to use an orbital ARC welding machine when he sold them, but that was years ago.

I'm getting a Blackberry thing from my company Tuesday. My father already got his and I was playing around with it - no touchscreen, counterintuitive controls...I could almost care.

Uh, not really. Half of those classics were high-line Cadillacs, Lincolns, or Chryslers, certainly not your 'basic family cars.' The 50s and 60s certainly had its share of more basic, less-graceful machines like the Plymouth Plaza, Chevrolet 150 and Del Ray, Ford Custom, Studebaker Scotsman (a real Hyundai of its day), Nashes, and the like.

Though this is funny and all... Sixty8, dude, '58-'60 Lincolns are bad examples to showcase vintage American styling to be good... Show the front, too... Slabbed flanks, ugly front wheelwell scallops, gaudy ass-heavy chrome bumper surround, lower ventral fins that are almost larger than the dorsal ones, three-year-old Cadillac bumperettes, pointless fin-like front bumper endcaps, horrendous canopy roofline, overwrought wheel wells, chrome side molding that originates from and goes nowhere, not to mention the ass-ugly dash layout inside that looked like an '85 Caprice - plain, boring, and cut-out. Those things looked like shit and are probably the worst cars ever borne from that era. Its unthinkable that Lincoln went from the class and presence of the '57 Premier and '56 Mark II to the simplisticlly elegant '61+ Continentals through these grotesque, rolling monstrosities.

Great, so five people will see it.

Explain how that's a North American mentality when the once-respected European luxury marques are probing lower and lower into the popular car segment just to increase market share. You think a sub-$30k Mercedes hatchback really does anything for their image? Anyway, its Ven thinking that, its RR. Why else would they introduce a cheaper vehicle, to increase their brand cache?

Oh, it can be called strength for some. Many kamikaze pilots sacrificed themselves out of pride and dedication to their nation and their cause. But fear was at the foundation of Seppuku - fear of being shamed by your superiors, your underlings, your peers, and your ancestors. Most recently, that was bolstered by fear of pain, experimentation, and torture - things that would be done to soldiers captured by Americans during WWII, at least according to their officers. Pride and strength made the Japanese fight with great intensity and ferocity. But fear made them commit ritual suicide in the face of defeat.

I'll trade ya wheels.