Drew Dowdell

After driving a new Equinox for a week. The Chevy dealer deserves at least the courtesy of a visit.

E-Body = FWD goodness that even 68 can approve of!

Since you've been harping on GM for years for it's 4-speed automatics, I'll open up a thread in the Toyota forum for you so you can do the same for the Corolla's 4-speed auto that comes with every trim except the XRS.

I was looking at that first Riv again... yes it's still ugly... but talk to me about that Olds 98 Regency coupe sitting next to it....

Probably paid more for the Accord too... but got "more in trade" on the Civic.

If you're going to put it on the web, don't build it in Access..... I absolutely think we should put it on C&G now that I think about it more.... don't build anything in Access.

I was trying to keep them in the Alfred Sloan order with the non-US brands and dead brands at the end.

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yoi..... what is the purpose of this DB then?

what are you planning on doing the DB in?

There is a bumpersticker that I have to pick up for you. "The parts falling off this car are of the highest British quality!" Friend of mine has it on his Triumph

Had they put an endura nose instead of a packard nose on that first one, they could have been a contender for the Pontiac E-Body contest.....

there is still a wiki coming to C&G

Please 'splain Lucy. How does a loan equal a government handout?

There is no such thing as "proven" oil reserves unless you're only counting what's already been pumped out of the ground and is sitting in a storage tank. We may be better at finding it, but even that last "big" oil field find down in the Gulf of Mexico didn't even crack the top 20 operational oil fields in terms of size. Even if you believe that oil comes from some magical fountain in Narnia, we should be researching other fuels so we can move some eggs out of this single basket they've been sitting in for about 100 years.

You think Al Gore helped them out with the slideshow using his "An Inconvenient Truth" template?

The new issue is out? Oh good, now I don't have to fight the crowd at Costco for more toilet paper....

Mercury will probably end up with the Ford EU lineup.

Was that with some component on the distributor? My Continental popped off come $400 circuit board that caused it to stop sparking and then raw fuel was being dumped down into the exhaust. The catalytic converters caught on fire. Luckily there was a state trooper not far behind me with a fire extinguisher.

Both vehicles I had with digital and/or talking dashes lasted well over 100k miles. The Toronado had to have it's rebuilt due to an arc from a loose connection. The Continental's lasted till the bitter end.

It's the SMK like "enthusiasts" that kill the industry.

one flaw in your story..... edit that for ya...

7 years response time it light speed for Toyota

Yes. "Mom" wants a practical car. "Dad" who thinks of himself as an "enthusiast" and had a Camaro when he was 18 want's something with power so he can get his 3 second thrill flooring it on the highway on a Saturday afternoon. The only way "Dad" will get any is if Mom gets the practical CamCordima... thus the "need" for a 270hp Camry/Accord/Altima. In reality, "Mom" would be just fine with the 4-cylinder and wouldn't even drive it more than 6/10ths. There are 20 FWD cars for every RWD car because even though women are only 50% of the market, they control somewhere around 90% of household purchases. The high power front drivers are ultimately compromises to appease the real power in the market.

And the only ones that get positive press are the ones that have lots of power. Thus the 270hp Accords and Camrys. There's the "less of a man" implication that goes with 4-cylinders.