Drew Dowdell

I don't even know if they do.... I was just giving a reason to Ford to buy it... even if just to start a 'Heritage Center'

Can you blame GM for that decision when the 3800 sold much better than the 3.6? GM offered the more advanced power train and no one bought it.

Still, it looks like Bluetooth is going into everything from the Cobalt on up with the exception of the Colorado/Canyon and the work trucks. No one else has bluetooth in that percentage of their lineup do they? Maybe Honda?

Looks like the bluetooth whiners won't have anything to whine at GM about starting in 2009. GM was serious when they said they were deploying bluetooth pretty much across the board. It looks like in 2009 GM will have more models with Bluetooth than anyone else out there.

Well, I'll disagree with you also. I think the 4-cylinder turbo ecotec <260hp>, and turbo 2.8HF <280hp>, and DI 3.6HF <300hp>, and 4-cylinder turbo Ecotec BAS-II hybrid, would make for a very interesting lineup. The trim names, respectively, could be Lacrosse, Lacrosse Special, Lacrosse Super, and Lacrosse Electra.

On wednesday of last week, one of the power steering lines blew. I'm not sure which one it was because they were both so rusted out it realistically could have been either. My guess is that it was the high pressure line... just cause. Replacement involves removing the alternator, mechanical fan assembly, supplemental serpentine belt assembly, ABS controller, air injector system and 3 out of 6 of the water pump bolts. Took me all day Friday and some of Saturday morning because I had to order a sensor. I forgot to hook up the connector for the air injection system so she threw a code. Not knowing what she was complaining about, I took her to Advanced Auto and borrowed their code reader. Found the trouble, crawled under the car and hooked the connector back up, and then cleared the code. She runs great again. Didn't take pics this time. I'm sick with allergies and just wanted to get this done.

A few weeks ago the power steering was cutting out intermittently. Turns out that the water pump was leaking... directly on the fanbelt. This caused the power steering pump to slip very easily without squealing. The power steering pump is run by the back of the serp belt, not the grooved side. The water pump is run by direct drive... it's connected to the camshaft via a spline shaft coming out of the front of the block. She now has a new water pump.

A Subaru Baja without the utility and good looks ? Sign me up!

Jack-O-Firebird

Did I miss something where people are walking away from ES350s or Acura TLs?

for Ford's heritage center?

demand vicotinis!

There can be complications....my ex ended up in ICU for a week.

Pittsburgh, PA since 1998 Grew up in Trenton, NJ Soon to be Koeln, Germany.

If you would be so kind as to update Buick's logo in a way better than GM's attempt. Taking out all the color does not equal an update in my eyes. If you could also throw us Oldsmobile lovers a bone also.... but based on something older than the most recent oval version.

Yes. Der Neue Nissan Murano Or... a baleen whale with down syndrome...... not that I'd want to offend baleen whales with down syndrome.....

Looks great however you can probably take the name out of the logo. Being a circle would allow it to easily be swapped in, in place of this: or this: Edit: I'd like to see you work over all the logos. You seem to have the imagination for it. Edit 2: I'm suddenly in the mood for fava beans and a nice chianti. brb.

Is FlexPower a new name for FlexFuel or AFM? 3900 in the Lucerne should give it a decent bump. I bet that engine can be made to run real quiet.

they retested the original CTS

Do we need a whole new thread where we all tell you how bad of an idea that is.... or will this one do?

It'll sell because early 30s, assistant manager, fat chicks who wear stretch pants will continue to buy the things they are familiar with regardless of how it looks...... obviously.

that's not saying much. My 1996 Roadmaster wagon is more functional than most of the new CUVs out there... and gets marginally better mileage too.

Happy Birthday to both of you. 68, I have a giftcard to B-Pillars-R-Us here for you.

It looks like some sort of robotic Anime character to me. edit: Holy crap! That is a LOT of buttons on the center stack! The shifter manages to be even more pointless than the one on the Chrysler mini-vans. The interior surfaces on the dash and center stack look amazingly cheap. edit 2: Strangely, it instantly makes the current Pilot look like a 15 year old Isuzu. The price range would get you into a host of more attractive/functional vehicles including; Edge, Vue, Acadia, Outlook, RX, XC90, Escape Hybrid.

Is this a trick question?