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Whoa, I remember the concept. Check out all the details that translated into production... the general shape of the greenhouse, the front and rear end graphics, the side bodyline, even the general shape of the dashboard... it really does look like a wilder '95 Lumi Carlo.

Suddenly, the thought of being anywhere near peanut butter gives me the dry heaves. :blink:

Reminds me of Infiniti's answer to the TSX, all high and skinny, with its ass in the air.

The chick in the middle looks a little flat chested...

A new Dakota? :unsure:

I was such a dufus in high school, I locked the keys in my Grand Prix like 4 times before I put a spare door key in my wallet. Problem solved. I didn't have to worry about a hidden key either falling off the car or being found by a thief.

Looks like a decent place to live, Vipes. I'll send some more pictures for you to post as soon as I get a new helicopter blade. Durn thing's like a weed whacker, I keep hittin' stuff, and the blade gets smaller and smaller. I barely got off the ground the other day.

yellow dart, I was referring to the Dodge Dart Swinger, a sporty model of Dodge compact car. It wasn't really alluding to anything personal that you might be into. Every time I see your nick, I think of a yellow '73 Dodge Dart. I'm a car nerd like that. Alpha, while I can't speak for anyone else, I wasn't really offended by gt1750's comment. I know I may have made some comments here on the board that turn off some people. I can't get mad if the tables are turned. Mountain23, yes it is. And "optional" means you aren't pressured to actually take them off, it means ya can if ya want to.

Awesome, dude. Is that taken from the shore? It looks like a beautiful setting.

Yeah, I saw an H3 today, gray. It looked snazzy... but the lady driving it looked like she works at the local liberry and perhaps traded a Camry for the Hummer. I was like... :huh: :blink:

I think seeing mute and me shirtless has... changed our yellow dart swinger somehow. He seems... like he's been released from some prison. He's happier! I got the idear for my "match" thread from the campground I go to. They had a "match the butt to the face" contest with photos. That was pretty funny. Harmless fun. Everyone's got a butt, and most people have a face. It was a natural. :)

The above non-GM concepts all deserve to be built, they look great. The Messenger reminds me a bit of an Olds though in the front end (am I dreaming? It reminds me of something...). The Lincolns are sooo damn gorgeous. The Zephyr concept looks so production-ready... the lower bumper details, front and rear, look great. The taillamps look... Lincoln. The production car's tails look... Volvo. I like the roadster's retro, signature Lincoln front end. I hope it appears on the production Aviator, as on the concept, and spreads to all Lincolns. Come on Ford, you've got to move fast to save Lincoln... your oldest luxury brand! I'd sell off either Volvo, Jaguar or Aston Martin and shore up your legacy... Ford, Mercury, Lincoln.

I hate the tan interior on the new Civic. It is too yellow for me. I also don't think the dash is very attractive. The gray and black interiors are less offensive. I would choose gray.

OMG, are those cat pictures real? Who would do that to their pussy? That's pretty darn cruel and unusual! (dart swinger, it was a joke, sir. no "guess the pecker" thread any time soon. at least on this board.) :)

Dear yellow dart swinger: I think a "fast backlight" is a term having to do with the angle of the back glass. For example, a "fastback" is, as you know, closer to horizontal than vertical. That is what they're referring to, sir.

I get to drive just about every reasonable make of car in my line of work. Yesterday I drove an '01 Corolla with power windows that were so clunky (we have to operate all of the systems when we check in a car for collision repair to make sure the customer doesn't say "YOU BROKE IT!" when they get it back) it was unbelievable. I have driven Hondas that were smooth, and I have driven Hondas (late 90's Accord) that the whole dash vibrated at idle, and it got worse when the A/C was turned on. Yesterday I drove a '95 Cutlass Ciera wagon that felt as solid as new (93k miles) except someone ran into the back of it and totalled it. It was still able to lay rubber! (I don't normally drive a customer's car like that, but since it was totalled, I figured wth). I drove a '97 318i with 142,000 miles, and it felt pretty good, but then I've driven BMWs that felt like they were falling apart with much fewer miles. Working with cars every day, and seeing them wrecked, taken apart, and put back together, I can tell you you can get a good or bad anything. I prefer GM for ease of repair. Honda is my favorite Asian brand. VWs can be a nightmare to fix. PT Cruisers have a complicated front inner structure that is a nightmare to repair because so many pieces of sheetmetal overlap one another. Toyotas ain't all that when they get miles on them. They fall apart too. They're all man made, so they cannot be perfect.

A set of those BFGs would look great on my truck... 31x10.50. I think I'd go with the All Terrain T/A though, still aggressive, but not quite as knobby as b&b's.

Ok everyone over 18, send me some pictures, and I'll post a "GUESS THE PECKER" thread. C'mon, it'll be fun! :metal: :bs:

Vienna sausages, all cute, stuffed in a can standing up. BANANAS! SUMMER SAUSAGE! DILL PICKLES! KIELBASA!!! :P

Thanks! :)

We have a Matrix in the shop right now, rebuilding the right front structure after an accident. With the engine and front suspension out, bumper, fenders and hood off and the internal front structure welded up and replaced... I can literally move the entire front end back and forth by hand by grabbing the frame rail. That would scare the hell out of me. I could literally bend the apron piece where the suspension strut bolts up with one finger. :o

I could certainly do without the side cladding and that spoiler... :rolleyes: don't get me stodded! Plus the fuel mileage estimates are just too much of a trade-off for me. A lower ride height, a deeper front valance, different grille texture, nice wide tires with killer rims, a chrome exhaust tip exiting behind each rear wheel and subtle badging is all I need. Oh... and repsonsible hosspowuh! I am a total mess. Today I was daydreaming about a GMT 900 Silverado 2WD regular cab 2LT, tastefully lowered, with the hottest V8, 20 inch rims and a Magnaflow cat-back exhaust. In some amazing blue or green color with a nice tan split bench interior. What a practical toy that would be! GM trucks rule! :wub:

I see no harm in keeping the Pledge intact. "God" takes many forms. Leftists should chill. We all should chill, maybe have a little glass of merlot. :)

Maybe they want to protect the drunk dudes from themselves. And perhaps they want to protect their city's rep where tourists are concerned. I agree about the marijuana thing vis-a-vis alcohol and nicotine.

For a brief second today, my world erupted in to a supernova... dark silver (Sly?) Solstice... top down.