Robert Hall

I've always thought GM tried to get too much functionality on one stalk... I like the DC approach---the stalks in my Jeep GC work quite well...lights on the left stalk, wipers on the right, cruise control on the front of the steering wheel, radio/CD controls on the back of the steering wheel.

Maybe GM needs to go the Scion route (new brand) to attract the kiddies to the dealers...

Maybe GM can do a JV with Toyota on this one.... it could be the basis of a new Pontiac Aztek that GM could peddle to the kiddies...

Yep..visiting family in Phoenix from Xmas eve through Wed then heading to LA to visit friends there and then down to San Diego for New Years..back to Denver on the 2nd. I always enjoy visits to Phoenix...I'm going to turn on the pool heater and go for a swim later...

The '67-70 are my favorites, esp. the '67. crisp and clean...massive and sleek. My favorite GM era of styling and design has be the early '60s to the early '70s..so many beautiful cars during that era--the Riviera, Eldorado, Toronado, and many, many more...

It's been 50s-60s here in Colorado the last few days...took my Jeep to the carwash yesterday for a wash & wax...going to leave it at home and take a cab to the airport tonite, I think..

I was up in Oregon and Washington for about a week visiting friends, sight seeing, etc...interesting place...hadn't been there before.... the coastline is beautiful, the mountains great, waterfalls, gorges, etc... I really like what I've seen of Portland..I stayed in Portland, did a day trip to Seattle, so I saw more of Portland..loved Powell's City of Books (huge bookstore), Thai restuarants, went to a couple jazz clubs, a number of brewpubs, a U2 concert, and got stuck on I-5 in an ice storm...I'll have to go back in the spring or summer to tour wineries in the Willamette valley. Had an '06 GP as a rental from Avis...pretty nice, overall.. I liked the interior layout quite a bit (nice steering wheel, the gauges, HVAC, radio, etc all well-placed...some of the plastics were hard and cheap-looking, though...I liked the faux aluminum trim. It handled pretty well on twisty backroads, maybe the best driving Dubya I've sampled.. great traction in the ice storm as well (it took me 5 hours to go 35 miles on a freeway of terror). Well, I'm off to the Valley of the Sun for Xmas and then on to San Diego for New Years..

I doubt if entry level buyers count # of gears.. :)

Looks good..big improvement over the old G-class, which was pretty dated looking.

Nah, it's because we have a lot of people here that are fit and really into outdoor activities (hiking, biking, skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, etc...)

Good point.... my dad always said the best thing about the past is it's gone... I try and live in the present and keep moving forward into the future...

I've had pretty much the same problem off-and-on for the last 4 years...I get a call at least once a month (from different sources) for a Joe Hightower...I usually never answer my cell if I don't recognize the number, and then they leave a voice mail. One caller was a lawyer trying to reach Joe Hightower and he called me three times in the same hour--just couldn't understand that I didn't know Joe and when he irritattedly suggested that I change my number, I suggested that he please go f*ck himself and hung up. :)

I wouldn't mind having a Hemi SRT8 GC, but in the previous WJ bodystyle (I prefer the styling and interior of the '99-04 GC over the '05-06).

Hmmm...OHC engines, 5- and 6-spd automatics, and a hybrid available.... and Chevy's competing models will muddle along with the same-old same-old engines and 4-spd automatics.. when will GM be competitive (other than on price) in the family sedan market?

I like the new Miata interior..the design and materials make the Solstice interior look pretty sad, unfortunately.

I think the Solstice would look better with the plate off to the side rather than in the center of the grille...if they had integrated the turn signals and driving lights into the headlight housings, they could have done this.. I like how some older cars had the front plate off to the side, esp. on the old pointy-nosed Pontiacs...

They are very nice...a friend of mine bought one a few months ago..the interior is very well put together as far as materials and the look... Buick definitely needs interiors of this caliber, IMHO... My favorite interiors overall today are those from Audi... I like Italian interiors also...great use of materials and color.

I'm used to 2 plates, but wouldn't mind one plates...but if I moved to a one-plate state (Arizona) I'd have the problem that my cars all have the brackets and holes behind them in the plastic bumper covers... :( (I lived in Michigan for 3 years, but always had 2 plates since my cars then were registered in Ohio). What I really like are the wide European number plates...my M3 would look much nicer with them than US-style plates, IMHO.

When I was growing up, my family did the Midwest & Florida thing for about 6 years...we spent the school year in Marathon, Florida (50 miles north of Key West) and then the rest of the year between two homes in Eastern Ohio (one in a city of about 35k on the Ohio River, the other on a farm about 50 miles west of there in Amish country). It was a fun way to grow up... I hate Midwestern/Eastern winters (after spending my college and grad school years in Ohio, Michigan and Illinois)....I can't stand the constant gray, the dampness, the bone-chilling cold. Winters here in Denver are great...not too much snow and cold weather, very dry and sunny mostly.... ultimately, I'd like to spend my winters in Phoenix and summers in Colorado and some part of the year on a beach..

I'm for the death penality, but the current system is innefficient and inneffective. I'm a liberal Democrat, but believe in law & order..

The problem is that the death penality is inneffficent the way it is done today...I think they need an instant death penality---the judge sentences, then five min. later a bullet to the head... I'm definitely a bleeding-heart liberal, but I have no problem with a more efficient system of terminating convicted murderers, pedophiles, car thieves, etc..

Hmmm... For styling and design, my favorite decades are the '60s, '70s (early), '90s, and today. For driving enjoyment and creature comforts, the '90s and today, definitely.

I suspect Isuzu will be gone from the US market in the next two years (at least the non-commercial vehicle market).

I have a coworker who has an Envoy XL....I think about the only time the 3rd row is used is when he drives when when we go out to lunch (we call his SUV 'the bus'). it fits 6-7 average-size adults pretty well.

A stretch 300 isn't something Chrysler can probably make a business case for manufacturing, but for a company like Accubilt it's their bread and butter.