Drew Dowdell

It's the tires. I doubt you were driving more aggressively than the professionals on the Nurburgring.

So soon? I thought it was going to stick around longer.

Did you do all of this without putting the car in the air?!

If I wanted a forum where the only person in there was me, I'd create it.

and the hybrid trim name for Buick just writes itself.... "Electra"

closed threads will show up in VNP until they fall off or you read them

That's like... you tried to turn on your DVD player but instead almost shot yourself in the head....

Cool it fellas. Croc... you feel ripped off over $1 a month because now more people can post in forums they couldn't post in before.... AND you don't even know what else is coming down the pike? If you really want, I'll refund you a pro-rated $7 and reduce your status. You'll get to see the google ads again too!

Diesel is cheaper around these parts right now....

I wasn't attacking you...... just your poor taste in Toyota wagons.

The Venza is so ugly... just Aztek ugly... that I just bluescreened.

The Ecotec development would be accelerated and sent to charm school. Interior improvements get highest priority across the board. Buy one of each of the top 3 competitors in each segment. Force the divisional management to drive each one for a week and write a report on what GM could do to beat each car. Those reports would be reviewed by the product planning committee. Continue to refine the 3.4 DOHC until the Shortstar arrives. Use that engine in place of the 3800 where it will fit (it's a physically large engine). Shortstar replaces the 3800 and the 3.4 Twincam company wide upon arrival. All other pushrod V6es dropped, replaced with heavily refined Twincam/Ecotecs. Atlas I5 and I6 programs changed to allow for use in full size trucks and cars. Specifically starting with the Holden VY platform in 2000. From this point forward, the Holden V-platforms replace the upper end W and G bodies. Chevy: GEO dropped. Delta platform development would be accelerated and ready for 2000 release. Retains Cavalier name. N-body Malibu project continues. Replaced with epsilon Malibu that we got in 2008. Lumina dropped. Impala moves to medium wheelbase G-body. Choice of 3.4 DOHC or 5.7 litre LT-1. 9C1 package available for fleet use. Sorry guys, I still kill the B-body Impala. The old girl had been around since 1977. If you're looking for full size RWD goodness see our friends at Pontiac. Camaro development continues. Lumina APV given a real name and sent back to be redesigned for real this time. Trailblazer continues development. Saturn: Closed. S-Series spruced up and goes to Oldsmobile Pontiac: drops the Sunfire, Transport. Line trimmed to SWB holden V Grand Am, MWB holden V Grand Prix with high end GTO option, LWB holden V Bonneville, Firebird/TransAm. Bonneville 9C1 package available for fleet use. Dealer body completely merged with Buick and GMC. Oldsmobile: Gains the s-series from Saturn which eventually moves to Delta. Achieva serves out the remainder of it's time and is then dropped. Cutlass Supreme name NOT changed to Intrigue. Coupe and convertible options continue to be offered. Remains on W-body till Epsilon available. Silhouette dropped. Eighty Eight moves to a shortened G-body below the Aurora. Gets the Shortstar. Aurora becomes a halo above the Eighty Eight. Ninety-Eight moves to an ultra long wheelbase G-body. Adds a "Vue" like vehicle when Theta is ready. Bravada continues development. Cutlass Cierra serves out the remainder of it's days as a government fleet car and then is dropped. Buick: Skylark moved to SWB Epsilon at the end of the N-body run. Century dropped. Regal moved to LWB Epsilon. LeSabre dropped Park Ave moved to LWB Holden V platform. Roadmaster dropped. Riviera development continues the same but with DOHC engines. Work begins on a FWD/AWD crossover vehicle. Turbos abound. Cadillac: Catera is sourced from Holden rather than Opel. Eldorado, Seville and Deville move to Holden bodies. Fleetwood gets a new, unique to Cadillac platform. Interior, driveline, and handling refinements allow the Fleetwood to claim "Standard of the World" Work begins on a RWD/AWD crossover vehicle. Work begins on th Escalade. Hummer? Saab? Fiat? Never heard of them. Dealers would be Chevy independent, Pontiac/Buick/GMC, Oldsmobile/Cadillac. If you look at my lineup, each dealer would have access to every platform in GM's stable except the ones at the extreme ends of the spectrum, yet there isn't much overlap. Chevy handles FWD "everyman" with some RWD sports thrown in. Buick handles FWD traditional premium, Pontiac handles RWD "everyman" Oldsmobile handles FWD "euro" premium, Cadillac handles RWD world beater luxury

I stopped reading after this.

I was taught how to drive when I was about 13 years old in my dad's 1983 Ford F-250 5-speed. I had to have a phone book behind my back to be able to push the clutch all the way in. His theory was that if I could learn to drive that, I could drive anything. It's been pretty much true. Except Honda 4cylinder manuals. I have a lot of difficulty with those because they have a blank space where the torque should be. My driver's Ed car, like Camino I took it only for the insurance discount, was a Dodge Aries V6. Took my test in my Mom's 1994 Bonneville. Passed on the first try. I had bought my Toronado 2 days before my test. Went home, put the plates on it and drove back to school.

My issue with this is, he's trying to be a martyr.

We're keeping him alive so we can kill him later.

I'm amazed by those MPG numbers. Better than an Escape Hybrid?! Imagine what the Two-Mode could do!

I have a problem repeating a certain error that happens frequently to me being an I.T. guy. Change just one letter and the error "Insufficient disk space" comes out horribly horribly wrong. I've done it for years.

This is a post from a blogger I read. He runs a series called "Overheard". He lives in NYC, so he gets some good stuff.

1949 Buick Roadmaster

I'm not getting it. Can you post a screenshot?

The Mayan calendar only stops on Dec 21st 2012 if you also believe the clocks stop at 12:00.

Oshwa builds a Zeta now don't they?

I haven't seen a single Enclave that was driven by Edgar and Mabel BlueHair. Nearly all of them were what you breeders would call MILFs... the EXACT type you'd picture in an RX.

Cost. The Kappas weren't money makers under any brand.