Woman? On the topic of this forum, hey, you brought it up, not me. I simply responded to your earlier comment "People will be put off by it's looks, just as many on this forum are." Now you say "This forum is not indicative of the general public so you can't use this forum as a measure of how a car will do." You're contradicting yourself. It's a classic case of using something in your favor, but when disputed, you deny it altogether. Meanwhile, this next comment of yours is just funny. A last generation BMW, eh? So a current generation 5 series is actually a last generation BMW? Odd. Tell Wheels magazine about that from down under. I'm sure they'll get a kick out of the current 5 series, that lost to a Commodore Calais, actually being a last generation BMW, secretly. I'm sure many other publications will, as well.
I didn't buy the Grand Am for reliability... I bought it so I could have a car, namely a Pomtiac, and it was only $1000. I wanted to get a Fiero, but that was as likely to happen as me suddenly turning straight at the time. The only real problem I had with the Grand Am was it's Quad4. Everything else was relatively good for being a $1000 car with 118k miles except the engine. Quad4s are utter junk.
I'm sorry, but where do you think personal vendettas evolve from? Person experience. It's okay to be in denial. Eventually, though, you're going to have to come to terms with yourself. However, the sooner you get over it, the sooner you'll stop making a fool out of yourself. That's my advice to you.
Finally, as far as my schooling... How is that relevant? At all?