Drew Dowdell

It's actually the Slashdot model that I wish we could offer here. SD is largely self moderated.

It's not about CAFE. It's about oil... and the fact that not everyone will be able to afford a Volt.

yes, because we don't want people gaming the system.

I think it was just for the photo shoot.

It would be killer if they could release this with a turbo diesel of about the same displacement.

oh yeah... there are tons. but Stang was asking which one we thought would be the least maintenance needy Buick.... and I think a Regal LS would fit that bill.

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.