Drew Dowdell

What are you guys making these in? I have one I wanna build.

Now waaaait a mullet!! That's MY truck!

Since you've obviously already driven an Epsilon II chassis, could you enlighten the rest of us as to it's dynamics? And the PRX and 9-4x aren't on the Equinox/Terrain/Torrent platform like you're insinuating.

Whatever it ends up being, it looks very Zafira based..... the cutlines on all of the fenders look damn near identicall. Even the slightly trapezoidal rear glass is there... gas filler is opposite side though

I'm really surprised at you guys..... even the a-pillar and front fender cutlines are the same... sheesh.

arg..... ok, I got that one wrong too... VW platform names are confusing! but the Passat and A4 shared a platform at one point! And THAT is my point.

let them try to catch me as I race through the interwebs!

My mistake. The A4 was on the PL46, a modified version of the Passat's PQ46 up until 2007.

There are other cars out there with 4-speed standard and the AltiCamCords had them standard in the past 5 years. The Altima as recently as 2006. So.... stop with the "OMG GM IS TEH SUZXORS!!! THEY SHOULDA HAD 6_SPEEDS IN LIKE 83!!!!eliventy!!@#!!!!!"

again, you are an exception. My CTS pulled a reliable 27-28 highway. If anything, look at the efficiency of the Lambdas. They are heavier and less aerodynamic, but they have some of the best efficiency out there for something their size..... and they're using the HF3.6 Maybe it isn't the engine... maybe it's in the gearing?

oh.... wait...

Speedminder? Buicks had that at least back to the mid-1950s. Dominic's 1957 Century has it.

that wasn't the earthquake.... :AH-HA_wink:

a difference in tastes is fine.... I responded to OCN's comment that the car would be ok if it was RWD.

I was more using you as a RWD only example. I actually find the Insignia to be more attractive than the current Aura, which in itself is more attractive than the Accord Sedan <I like the coupe> and Camry. To me, it looks like what would have happened if you took a BMW, Benz, and previous generation Passat and combined them. No, it's not an '08 CTS, but in it's market it doesn't need to be.

I never said you did. However I do know that you'd never buy anything FWD with the possible exception of an HHR SS. In short, it could be a retro looking El Camino clone, but if it was FWD you wouldn't buy it. That was the point I was making.

What is the USB port on the stereo for? iPods?

as always, I'll be in Pittsburgh

and I think the cause of that is the Northeast and Mid-west. Since people in Phoenix and Miami will obviously still buy FWD vehicles, there is the incentive for the automakers to produce just FWD vehicles to suit the Northerners since the Southerners still buy them. GM losing Camino and 68 as potential Insignia customers <though neither would likely buy a Saturn regardless> is a much smaller loss than losing a good chunk of the potential AltiCamcord market.

Invicta means unconquerable.

it's probably just on loan....

ugh... EVERYthing has to be RWD to be any good? The Aura, if large enough, would make a decent Aurora replacement. Remember, regardless of our thoughts on the matter, there are people out there who will never buy RWD. I will agree with you that it doesn't make sense... but that is just the way it is. My mother will only ever buy FWD cars because they are better in the snow........ ...... she lives in Miami.

I nearly re-smashed the Roadmaster when I saw one on the road for the first time.

Reading the comments on his Myspace page makes me think there might have been trouble with his GF. His status is also set to "lonely" edit: And his last log on to Myspace was today.