Drew Dowdell

except for... ya know... that last time the government bailed out a car company...

It would probably be slow to rev to 9-billion RPM even though it has a lot of low end torque. The Honda and BMW humpers would hate it.

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Weirdest mish mash of Cutlass parts I've seen. Not an actual convertible, just has no roof. An 88-90 Dash in a 93-96 body with 93-96 seats and an engine that was never available in any Cutlass Supreme. <only the Calais and Achieva>

If you can spare the cash, it's going to be time to buy some GM stock very very soon. You don't get 53 year lows too often.

As long as it looks more mini-Escalade than Traverse + Cadillac grill, I guess it's ok. Two-mode will be available at the outset, yes?

they're picking the wrong woman then. There are a couple of guys on here that have decent <as in car buff> wives. My current BF has a CRV but 1. he wouldn't dare tell me what to buy. 2. Would be excited about me buying another CTS anyway. 3. Is pining for an Astra himself. He bought the CRV because it was the "default" choice the way Lutz described it. After being with me for a while he seems to have gained an eye for the design of a car. He really likes the Lucerne and CTS, when his previous vehicles were CRV, Jetta, Escort..... so hey, I guess he can be taught.

You can sell a man a woman's car*, but you can't sell a woman a man's car. * because he's so pussy whipped he just says, "yes dear"

Ohio = Fireworks mostly legal... for Ohio residents. Pennsylvania = Fireworks mostly illegal... the big ones anyway 5 miles over the Ohio line = huge fireworks "walmarts" When you buy fireworks from an Ohio store, they take down your driver's license information. They make you sign a statement saying you will not light the fireworks in Ohio as a PA resident. They make you sign a second statement saying that you won't transport the fireworks into PA. There is an Ohio state trooper sitting in the parking lot and a bunch of PA state troopers at the PA line. It's borderline entrapment. <pun intended>

fixed. What he said.

I stopped going to gay pride after I realized there was no pride parade for people with blue eyes.

No. It's that the owner's heart muscle had "unintended deceleration".

Didn't Benz crash one during the press demonstration?

I'm sure Cadillac will get raked over the coals for not having at least 2 or 3 of these systems per car so they can be "better" than BMW.

We use exclusively Thinkpads where I work, and yes they are build like bricks. My own personal T42 went down a flight of stairs and still works. I can highly recommend the T-series. However, consider looking into the Lenovo IdeaPad as well. They are less expensive but built on the same chassis <think platform sharing>. They also have some neat built in features. Going over their specs it looks like you get a lot of bang for your buck. Whichever you go with, buy the extended warranty from Lenovo. You don't have to buy it right away, just while it is still covered by the factory warranty. Lenovo is the only company I have dealt with in all my years of I.T. work that rivals Apple for the warranty support.

whadda ya mean "similar to"

On a similar note, when is the last time you saw a 1984 Escort with 119k miles bid up to $2500???

Pontiac Grand Prix - Diesel! and in great shape!

The Chevy, GMC and Saturn are not on the same platform as the Cadillac and Saab

Toyota's response, "Workers have rights?"

Chinese scaling back subsidies Drivers cut back by 30billion miles between Nov 07 and April 08 - biggest drop since 1979-1980

any idea why I can't get to the original link? I'm trying to access that article again.

GMTruckguy, this is one of the rare times I will strongly agree with PCS.... take it as you will.

The A4, much like the CTS, gets dusted by the BMW simply because the former two are missing one of these: That alone will regrow hair(m), make your boobs bigger(F), add 4 - 6 inches to your penis (m), make you the envy of your friends <m or f>, and add $30,000 to your hypothetical net wealth <m or f>. If only they could market it in a bottle or as an easy to apply topical cream.