Robert Hall

Yes.

Hmmm... a $40k Volt sounds like a tough sell, unless the strategy is to market it as a status symbol and cheaper alternative to the Tesla..

It looks like Viking appliances are made in the US, but those are pretty spendy usually..

I wonder if there are any consumer appliances (refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc) made in the US or Canada? How about consumer electronics (TVs, stereos, etc)?

I'm wondering if that really is an Impala logo, though... it could be a Chevy logo in a swirl, like the Malibu had a couple of generations back... The design of the taillights and decklid of the Caprice is quite similar to the WImpala, though..

Hmmm....maybe GMNA informed Holden that the GTO's interior was too nice for Avis and that they wanted cheaper materials for it's replacement.. Maybe Holden imported some bean counters from Detroit that were more familiar with GMNA's traditional cheap gray plastic interiors.. But seriously, I'm going to reserve judgement on the G8 interior until I've actually sat in one...how many people here have even seen one in person yet? People blather on endlessly about things they've only seen in pics... seeing an interior up close and in person can be quite a different experience than just looking at pics. I saw the Fifty Cent G8 concept at Barrett-Jackson, but with the tinted windows I couldn't make out much of the interior details.

Agreed...I've never owned a gun, never had a reason to...I've always viewed the US gun fixation as a strange rural Republican thing that I will never understand...

4500 seems awfully high given how poor the condition the cars are in...these look more like $500 parts cars to me. I guess the prices on original F-bodies have really gone up over the years..

The Indians in the US drive primarily drive Camrys and Corollas, at least the H-1B software engineers I know do..

Looking at the Chevrolet Arabia website, I see the Zeta Lumina and Caprice and CR8 (CSV model). The Lumina is the Commodore/G8 equivalent. www.chevroletarabia.com

It was so mangled can't even tell what model..I really only could make out a wheel and a seat from the video footage..

Waste of a good car...moronic infants.

Well, that is the strategy that been working for years now..

I've heard that in some areas Subaru wagons are a lesbian status thing, but Outbacks are a very mainstream wagon around here (Colorado has long been a prime Audi and Subaru market).... of the only two people that I know who are openly gay--one drives a Caddy SLS and the other a Mitsu Eclipse..(he's got to be a rarity here--a gay Indian software engineer). I also used to work with a 'Lesbyterian' who was a very butch evangelical Xtian lesbian from Colorado Springs who drove a macho Dodge Ram crew cab to fit in down there..(Dodge Rams being a suburban Republican fundie xtian status symbol).

How does it compare to the Grand Prix, though? I'm not expecting Cadillac quality in a Pontiac, but as long as it's better than the cheap, nasty plastics of it's predecessor...

I hear ya..I went from 25 in Denver Friday to 65 in Phoenix over the weekend to 2 in Denver Monday...the last two days I've stayed home from work with a nasty cold..massive congestion...(good thing is the mucus is clear, not the evil green stuff). I could barely watch TV yesterday (my eyes were burning), so I'm in bed on Tylenol cold & dayquil...ate nothing Tuesday-- no appetite..had some tea, OJ, and coffee... Felt a bit better today, went for some spicy vindaloo...didn't really clear my sinuses, but cleared out my arse.. The Heath Ledger news freaked me out, 'cause I'm on some of the same types of drugs (Zoloft and Ambien in my case).

Sigur Ros - Track 4 (fantastic Icelandic electronic chill-out music)

Dire Straits-Telegraph Road

We can call him Rolex, since he's a European timekeeper..

I wish...I'm only making $75/hr...

Paul Oakenfold- Get Em Up (Ice Cube)

I'm just ticked they put income caps on it...I want my $600!!!

Also, look at the condition of our schools..the graduation rates suck, etc. Asian schools take math and science seriously, while American schools are obsessed with sports, etc..

I think the 21st century will belong to China... it's in the best position overall to dominate. Anyway you look at it, the US is f*cked...

Many years before the Escalade (late '80s), I remember seeing a GMC Suburban with Cadillac badges being used as a dealer shuttle for a Cadillac dealer..