Drew Dowdell

I think it really depends on this weekend's driving statistics. If a LOT less people drive long distance for the holiday, it may spook the market down a bit. If driving statistics stay flat or increase, watch for prices to shoot even higher. I'm staying home and working in the yard all weekend.

Most local health departments collect them to be recycled.

Not that I think anyone on this board needs it, but it explains the situation to the lowest common denominator. 1. Carbon Dioxide is a greenhouse gas. This is a proven fact, not a theory. 2. We are adding massive amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. 3. We are cutting down the forests that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Unfortunately, the full situation proves too complicated to people who care more about who Paris Hilton is dating. So it really does need to be broken down to "Gas burning V8 = bad for puppies". Edit: You can't address the problem without finding the cause. Of course I realize there are many other sources of CO2 that need to be addressed, but this is a car website.

I Amtrak. As long as you're not in a rush, it's a great way to travel. If you're going long distance, leave the night before, take a sleeper, and wake up refreshed the next morning in another city. My BF and I are doing a trip on Amtrak to DC sometime soon. For us, it's the going, not the getting there, that's good. As for the article. WiFi on at least the Acela, but ideally on all cars, would be great. The Acela already has cars that are set up so business people can have meetings on the train.

May? I've even been considering one.

Most of my posts have been replies to SMK <who pulls made up numbers out of his ass>, or The O.C. <with a decidedly So. Cal. view on things, though that seems to have changed lately>, or Enzl <who never has anything nice to say about GM... period> There is this prevailing opinion around here that if GM just came out with a 3-series sized RWD BMW fighter for under $24,999, the Impala were RWD, and the Malibu had SatNav, suddenly GM would be back at 50% market share and Toyota would go slinking back off to Japan. GM still needs the Lucerne. Could it be better? Yes, in many ways, but it's nothing to apologize for because it outsells everything in it's class except the 300 and every owner I've talked to is exceedingly happy with it. Saying "If it only had a 6-speed auto it would outsell the competition!" is dumb because it already does outsell it. GM could have put SatNav in the Malibu. Was it a mistake? Absolutely, but I'm not going to trash a very good car just because it doesn't have NAV and NAV wouldn't make it outsell the CamCord anyway. There are still people who won't touch a Chevy with a 10 foot pole. CR has made sure of that. NAV isn't going to change it. The CTS is a bit of a porker and it is slightly slower than it's rivals, but that does not make it a terrible car. It turns heads faster than a new 3-series or C-class does. I defend GM from unfair &#036;h&#33; like above. I acknowledge GM's mistakes, but some of you blow them up to be much larger than they really are or even create new ones out of thin air.

How about this then: Your gasoline powered BOF V8 is killing the environment, economy, dollar, and national security. Before anyone makes a quip about my Roadmaster, I log 5 times the number of miles on buses <sometimes hybrid ones> than I do behind the wheel of the Roadmaster. I also have been fueling the Roadmaster with E85.

What were the old aircooled VW Beetles good for mileage wise?

Not exactly. I've had my ideas. I've posted them on this board. I've even emailed them directly to Lutz and gotten an answer. I've hated on some of GM's cars. I've shown the luv to Honda and Ford. I roll my eyes at how in-freaaakingly-credibly long it's taking to get the Camaro out the door. I've both hated on and defended the Cobalt. I put my money where my mouth is and buy new GM vehicles, not stuff from the 70's I find on Craigslist <though that could be cool too>. I've pointed out many of GM's boneheaded moves. I even started a thread the other day calling on GM to pull ahead the Delta II like they did with the GMT-900s<truck pull ahead being a kinda dumb move, but it didn't turn out too bad product wise>. You, however, are never willing to give GM props when they do well. You've done nothing but throw poo at the Volt. You've dismissed the Malibu, CTS, and Lambdas etc etc..... you lost any air of evenhandedness towards GM a long time ago. I understand you are either employed by or professionally close to GM. One would think that you'd at least be fair to them if not actually being a cheerleader. As far as anonymous... hardly. I've met a number of members on this site. My photo is here, my name is on here, my location is on here, my job info is on here, my love life is on here, my car is on here, my future plans are on here....... you?

I don't doubt that there are multiple causes for climate change. There are those that we can't alter, but there are still those we can because we are the source. Carbon Dioxide is a greenhouse gas... that isn't in question. We are simultaneously vomiting up massive amounts of carbon dioxide while also chopping down the main sink for CO2, the rain forests. Much of that CO2 has been trapped under ground for millenia. A certain amount of CO2 is required for the balance of the ecosystem on this planet. Unfortunately, we are helping to tip that balance substantially. As far as the climatology record. Mother nature keeps her own record... she doesn't need any help from us. Ice cores are just one way of measuring what was happening way back in the day.

Cool, maybe they'll unveil it at a car show this year.... maybe even Detroit!

uh... TL, Avalon, RL........ Ridgeline ;-) ?

You may be in the ambulance, but you're just yelling "You're doing it wrong!!!" at the guy doing the CPR and showing him the prescription for asprin you wrote 3 years ago.

For those of you who are dismissing anything called a "theory", Please do the same for theory of gravity.

I think you are in the minority. I'm the oddball around here. I don't care if my car is a V8, V6, I3, or radial 7. I don't care if it's fueled on puppy dog smiles as long as they're cheap, renewable, and doesn't cause pollution. What I want is a classy exterior/interior, roominess, and lots power. There are many out there who only want to fuel with gasoline.... not even diesel is acceptable to them. There are many out there who only want to be at the helm of a V8 powered vehicle, a V6 or even a Turbo-4 with great performance is unacceptable to them. <I believe you fall in this category> These people just dismiss global warming because it conflicts with their wants.... not because of any specific research out there. Besides, one article doesn't wipe out years of research. When Switzerland gets it's glaciers back, when 1,500 year old ice sheets 7 times the size of Manhattan stop breaking off Antarctica, when the Northern Passage is no longer regularly navigable, then get back to me about global warming being total BS.

Diesels don't respond well to the EPA cycle. Owners will likely see much better than 30/41. edit: The previous TDI was rated at 49mpg highway on the old cycle and was frequently reported in the mid to high 50s by drivers.

Back when gasoline was still $2.00 a gallon, GM threw all their weight behind the GMT-900s to get the vehicles out early. By all accounts, they did a great job and the trucks are at the top of their class. Now today, gas is fast approaching $4.00 a gallon. GM must pull this same rabbit out their hat again! All of GM's weight needs to be behind the Delta II project. Back burner the next 'Vette, backburner any SUVs that won't be released with a 2-mode at launch, backburner any more Cadillacs. Delta II needs to be here yesterday. It must: Be E85 capable Have both BAS-II and 2-mode hybrid options Have interiors that make people say "ZOMG!! This is a GM?" It must have a wide availability of manual transmission. It must have class leading fuel economy available in the non-hybrid models. Simply put, the GMT-900s helped to keep the company alive 3 years ago. Today, fuel efficiency is where it's at. Get there GM.

Awesome, now we can all pollute as much as we want! </sarcasm>

There is a lot of assuming going on in this thread. Why the assumption that there would be no refresh on the Impala? Why the assumption that the retail buyers don't like the car? They picked one over the Malibu so it MUST have some qualities that people like. Why the assumption that a newer transmission would increase sales? There is a car sitting right next to it in the showroom with a newer transmission and people are still buying Impalas retail. As far as biggest car for the money, that title belongs to the Grand Marquis, Taurus/Sable, and Dodge Charger before the Impala would qualify.

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Why doesn't GM update the Impala and change the platform name at the same time? Toyota gets away with calling the Camry "all new" even though they've really just been heavily modifying the same platform for years now. It's the same thing at Toyota except they update the version numbers.

Isn't the Impala showing an increase in retail sales lately?Why kill it? It's not like it's hurting Chevy's image. Give it another MCE and let it keep selling I guess.

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an incredible amount of BS in one post.

That's where mom bought both her Bonneville and Aurora