Drew Dowdell

The 116d emits less visual pollution

Mr. Lutz, would you like to see a picture of my next new car? Signed, Dedicated Cadillac Fan

1. RWD v. FWD make no difference in fuel economy 2. "Coming from you" doesn't soften the blow. It's you here saying "I told you so" and I wouldn't doubt that you had a hand in it. 3. Sigma is "aging" already? Kicking BMW ass around Nurburgring and it's "aging" 4. What happens to Alpha?

The president's laptop won't have Wi-Fi. He's not even allowed to keep his blackberry.

You'd have to renounce trickle down theory for me to even consider the idea of buying it for you. After all, if we all joined in and bought it for you, that'd be socialism. :AH-HA_wink: * *anyone who gets his panties in a twist over this joke, see me personally.

Windows 7 is running decently well inside a VM with 1.2 gig of ram. It actually boots faster than the host XP machine it's on.

you can't compare the fuel economy of FWD v. RWD when the two cars use two different fuels. I happen to agree with your final statement, it's just the way you got there that was wrong. I thought the 335d was coming here. Was it canceled/onhold/OMG SHELVED?

Apparently the Malibu handles it's substantial mass very well.

eh... too much grill and not enough car.

I've seen the Avensis. It's even uglier than the pictures show.

Plus a couple extra. Firefly, G3, Tempest... whatever that Tracker rebadge was.....

GM would already be losing the Aura. I'm not talking just minor suspension upgrade.... I'm talking Cobalt SS around the Nurburgring style upgrades. Any why not? GM is not going to beat Toyota by being Toyota. Just because Toyota makes the "Sport" model of the Camry doesn't mean it's sporty. I was referring to the 2.8T that will be in the SRX. It gets direct injection I believe. That should help the economy some... but who, buying a Pontiac anything GXP, is thinking about fuel efficiency first?

Regal is a restyled Insignia and would likely be too soft for Pontiac. Freshen the Aura's interior, restyle it into a Pontiac, sport up the suspension, regular ecotec base engine, turbo ecotec GT version, Turbo 2.8 <from the SRX> for a GXP version.

The midgate is brilliant. The bed is a 6 foot bed with the midgate up. To make an 8 foot bed with cab open to the air: 1. Flip both rear seats up. 2. Take out the rear glass and store in the slot on the front side of the midgate. 3. Lower the midgate. Since you removed the glass, the rear support bar automatically lowers with the gate. You now have an 8 foot bed completely open to the air. To make a completely enclosed 8 foot bed: 1. Flip both rear seats up. 2. Lower midgate. Since you left the glass in, the rear support bar remains in place to support the glass. You now have a completely waterproof 4x8x2.5 storage space. I found this particularly handy when hauling drywall in rainy Pittsburgh. I could leave the solid tonnue covers on and slide like 20 sheets of 4x8 whatever in the back and keep it all dry, even if it was downpouring. After I unloaded it, me and 4 friends could go out to eat. Yet the whole thing was as easy to maneuver as a standard cab pickup.

Move a restyled Aura over to Pontiac.

See?

Well it's official. Cadillac's midsizer interior > Mercedes Benz midsizer interior.

Well.... Camino did want something other than a sedan.....

I kinda liked "Drive Beautiful"

Yeah, and I hate it on most of them too, however, at least with a select few, they manage some form of "brand". The 200c concept manages to have nothing Chrysler about it. Shave the logos off... is it the new Opel Omega to slot in above the Insignia? Maybe it's Mazda's attempt to bring back the 929..... or maybe the next generation of Sonata now that Hyundai is moving up market....... no no! It's clearly a Blue Devil mule......

I'm seeing reports of unemployment approaching a true 18%

My friend's '57 Buick Century has it. I'm sure Balthy would be able to tell us when it stopped being offered.

Psst. I was making a joke. GM use to have push button start mounted on the floor under the gas pedal.

squished dustbuster van?