Drew Dowdell

I know a drag queen named Anita Bidet.

I stopped reading after that.

The solution is very simple. Never change it again. If she complains, simply point out that the last time you changed it you ended up sleeping on the couch and you don't want to take that chance again.

rats from a sinking ship fleeing to higher ground.

Import that stunning new Opel Insignia from Germany?

Buy my mother an Escalade EXT. Buy one of each year Toronado

I'm paying for bandwidth for this?

I think you should have gotten credit for changing it in the first place. That's her job.

I've never minded "FWD proportions" on most FWD cars. On some it looks silly like the new Maxima. But on cars like the Lucerne and the LH cars it seems to fit them well. I don't think a Lucerne would look right if the wheels were pushed forward. Then again, even many of the RWD cars I like have front overhangs like this: So what do I know?

It ends up looking cheap though.

After reading up on it a bit, it seems as if this car was Volvo's attempt at a Mark VII

BMW meet CARB. CARB meet BMW. I believe you two have something to discuss regarding diesels.... well... look at the time.. I have another meeting to get to. ta!

Finally an interior that looks worthy of the car, but I'm pretty "meh" on the exterior.

Since when did facts come into play when selling a car?

I know what you were talking about.... there are too many things in the future to be worried about. You'll go crazy if you try and cover them all.

then they get worse.

Volvo is introducing it on one model as an option.

We didn't. I added it specifically for this post.

I'm actually against using traditional wood. It isn't environmentally friendly. Here is a free idea for Buick. Use Bamboo. It's a natural product. It's cheap compared to the traditionally used woods. It's environmentally friendly. It's renewable (hell come get it out of my back yard). It can be stained to any color. It's highly shapeable. It uses no petrochemicals like plood does. With this, plus a bunch of Hybrid options, Buick could advertise themselves as the environmentally friendly luxury choice. They aren't responsible for Amazon rainforest destruction like those other brands.

That ES is sooo upmarket... look how much nicer it is than the Corolla!

In design alone, the ES isn't a hard one to beat. Edit: I've never noticed this before. I like how the wood in the ES just... ends.. 7/8ths of the way through the cup holder lid.

Well the next gen Astra is to be Delta II based along with the Cruze is it not?

There is a dealer in my area making a huge stink about being shut down by Chrysler.. posting billboards and signs all over the place. You'd think they were some top tier dealer pushing out huge volume...... Nope. They are smaller than most new gas stations and they never bothered to take down the Eagle and Plymouth signs. There is still a "Summit Talon Vision" banner right above the "Stop Chrysler from Closing US!!!!" banner. If you go around the side of the building, the AMC logo is still visible. Gee, I wonder why you got closed. I'm gonna get right on that letter to Sen. Spector to launch an investigation.

Seriously? You want to stick with that?