Drew Dowdell

Just isn't the rock the W-bodies can be. The H-body Lesabres are pretty decent, but have some interior trim issues (airbag covers curling, small electrical gremlins). The G-body LeSabres are nice and solid but can have wheel and suspension issues that sound a lot worse than they really are due to the smooth quiet ride. Often you can't just to a standard wheel balance on the G-bodies, you need to opt for the more expensive road force variance balance as well or you'll get wheel shudder. I've had direct experience with every G-body model except the Bonneville (stiffer suspension?) having this issue. Cheap tires will only make this situation frustratingly worse. I recommend the Regal LS over the Century because the 3800 is the most reliable of the pushrod V6 bunch. The Regal GS with the supercharger would be good too as long as the owner is willing to remember to change the S/C oil at it's scheduled time.

find out why the tires are shot. that rusting shock mount could be sending things out of alignment

Regal. The G-bodies, while generally reliable, have a couple of quirks that require a little more attention than on other cars. The Regal LS would be as close as you get to "Set it and forget it!" at Buick.

if they offer to ship it to you..... it's not real

This is seriously that big a deal to you? FAIL.

wouldn't it help out a lot money wise?

I think you can save a bit of money and just go with the Mobile One and a purolator Pure One.

+1 The Dakota is about 95% of an older F150 in size.

Saturn SL, SC, SW Saturn LS, LW The FWD A-Bodies - Sedan, Coupe, Wagon The RWD B-Bodies - Sedan, Coupe, Wagon

There are a couple of old ex-army diesel blazers out there for sale.... Blazer 1 Blazer 2 Blazer 3 - This one is only about 30 minutes from me.... I could take a looksee for you.

I still say go with a credit union. But if you pick a regular bank, PNC is the least bad of the big ones I've dealt with.

My laptop just arrived in Alaska the day before it left. ANCHORAGE, AK, US 12/05/2009 6:09 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN SHANGHAI, CN 12/06/2009 4:14 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN SHANGHAI, CN 12/03/2009 10:00 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN SHANGHAI, CN 12/02/2009 10:29 P.M. HUB SCAN CN 12/02/2009 1:06 A.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Geez... who do you use? Even big old PNC Bank isn't *that* bad.

See, I've turned it into a competition to see how much I get out of a particular company for the least amount of cost. I do it with shopping, I do it with banking. My only exception is Walmart. I boycott them as much as I can.... but sometimes they're the only place open when I need something. If you do end up getting a savings account, I suggest you look into Ally Bank. They are the new name for GMAC bank and they pay about as good as you're going to get on any savings account. They don't do checking, but you can get a money market account through them that you can write checks with..... but it's limited to I think 6 transactions a month..... so you could only use it for big things.

Do you think the DEW98 platform still has legs?

I treat my credit card as a cash card that gets me free trips. I agree with you about the ursry of the banks...but I'm not going to far as to take myself completely off the grid. I'm just going to game the system to my own advantage.

Experimentation is ruination? That's news to me.

You've posted videos of this vehicle twice now. I'm telling you, if you bring it here as the Regal, I will buy one.

Chrysler issues sharp rebuke to Advertising Age On December 3rd, 2009, AdvertisingAge wrote an article criticizing Chrysler for using taxpayer funds to pay an Italian advertising agency to produce a commercial. A rather bitter Peter Delorenzo, from AutoExtremist.com says, "I'm sure the hundreds of people from BBDO who are being blown out the door are going to just love this, not to mention the U.S. taxpayer." If Chrysler was bent on social causes, the brand should have contributed to food banks in the region surrounding its suburban-Detroit headquarters. "At least there would be a shred of relevance in that gesture." Chrysler responds: "First, this film was created by Lancia's Italian ad agency. For efficiencies, it was then re-worked for Chrysler. This was also not Chrysler "hiring" the agency, and in fact neither the agency nor the leadership of Nobel, nor the other Nobel Prize winners in the film charged us even a penny for it. The only costs were actually spent here in the US, to two companies to coordinate and manage the trafficking of this film. Second, this was a one-time execution with the Italian agency, as we informed the reporter before she wrote the story. In fact, we have hired Fallon of Minneapolis to be Chrysler Brand's official ad agency, and they are presently developing new commercials to start airing this year. Hopefully we can enjoy the freedom of having your readers in a democratic society decide for themselves if they should be upset, or whether we instead exercised fiscal responsibility in producing this important film. " Digg This! Vote this up on Reddit!

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Mark Reuss named President of GM North America GM Interim CEO Ed Whitacre announce several leadership changes this morning.

GM Announces Leadership Changes DETROIT – To improve accountability and responsibility for market performance in North America and around the world, several key leadership changes were announced today by GM Chairman and CEO, Ed Whitacre. "I want to give people more responsibility and authority deeper in the organization and then hold them accountable," Whitacre said. "We've realigned our leadership duties and responsibilities to help us meet our mission to design, build and sell the world's best vehicles." Mark Reuss is named president of GM North America. Reuss was briefly vice president of Engineering after leading GM's Holden operations in Australia in 2008. Reporting to Reuss will be Susan E. Docherty, who is appointed vice president, Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing operations. Also aligned under the new North American group will be Diana D. Tremblay, who is named vice president, Manufacturing and Labor Relations. Tremblay was most recently vice president of Labor Relations. Denise C. Johnson is named vice president, Labor Relations. Johnson was most recently vehicle line director and chief engineer for Global Small Cars. Nick Reilly is named president, GM Europe. Reilly has been leading the restructuring efforts in Europe with the Opel/Vauxhall operations and will leave his role leading GM International Operations. Tim Lee is named president of GM International Operations, overseeing GM's Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and Middle East operations. Lee was most recently group vice president, Manufacturing and Labor Relations. Bob Lutz remains vice chairman and will act as advisor on design and global product development. Thomas G. Stephens remains vice chairman of Global Product Operations, and will now take on global purchasing in his organization, which will continue to be lead by Robert E. Socia, vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. Karl-Friedrich Stracke is appointed vice president, Engineering, reporting to Stephens. Stracke was most recently executive director of Engineering. J. Christopher Preuss, vice president, Communications, will now report to Whitacre; he previously reported to Lutz. The balance of the direct report staff remains unchanged and includes CFO Ray G. Young; John F. Smith, vice president Corporate Planning and Alliances; Terry Kline, vice president IS&S; Mary T. Barra, vice president Human Resources; Mike Millikin, vice president of Legal; and Ken C. Cole, vice president Government Relations and Public Policy. Vote this up on Reddit Digg this!