Drew Dowdell

1. Lies 2. Damn Lies 3. Statistics I'd really like to see you back up number 3.... especially with the cost of insurance in Mass. Yes, because encouraging people to make more thoughtful, researched, decisions rather than just automatically running off to a suburban McMansion in a Hummer is sooo totally communism. Listen pal, just because you lived under communism doesn't mean that having to give something up out of necessity is the same thing. In WWII this country was willing to make sacrifices for the greater good. Most often these sacrifices were made voluntarily. Today, if we as a society ask people to pick the most efficient vehicle for their ACTUAL* needs or even to try and incorporate public transportation into their lives for the greater good of the country we get asshattery rants like yours saying "OMGZ! NOOO TAHT Is tEH COmmuniMS!" Sorry man, you've been sniffing 1959 Buick exhaust fumes too long. Communism is just a red herring. *needing a truck to go to Lowes once a month isn't a real need. Lowes will deliver full truckloads of anything for $60 in a 15 mile radius from the store... often next day.

I thought that award went to the Mazda 6 or VW Passat? Even if those two drive equal to the Accord, they are more visually exciting.

do you have any idea what movie you're quoting Dodgefan?

I'm sure the Accord does everything it was designed to do very very well. Unfortunately, the one thing it wasn't designed to do was excite the driver.

the one I liked best was 'if you're going to load something heavy, put a 4x8 sheet of plywood down over the bed and gate first' so... wait... the tundra needs to be reinforced with wood?

Oh Noooos@!! Yep, knew that. How is our traffic doing fly? At least my thread is still active here for the Tundra fans to link back to.

Waiting for my post here to be deleted.....

At least one of the malibu reviews was a 4cylinder LT with the 6-speed.

See, this is why we are unsustainable... when 300hp in a 3500lbs coupe is barely enough.

new 328 coupe does 30mpg with a manual.

so.... you're checking out my wood?

Then drive to a park-n-ride and take rail the rest of the way in. You'd probably save on parking too. And even if you do have to drive all the way in, there are plenty of attractive sedans that get 30mpg plus on the highway.

Done

Cruise cancel button: dumbasses.

How far do you commute to work?

There was some intake and exhaust sound tuning as well, but nothing really to the engine itself I think

anyone have a log in?

ugh, I hurt all over. I had to unload my wood by myself and now my hands are all chapped.

then you're SOL

There is a middle ground. I don't understand why all the hystaria over the extremes when just being smart about some things can make huge differences. IF you work in a major urban area....... don't buy a house 45 minutes away by freeway. Find something closer to work or at least a way to use public transit to get to work. Don't tell me you can't do it. Every major city I have visited in the US had some type of service for the outlying areas. IF you do change jobs and now have to use a car to get to work and it's a long distance drive. The NEXT time you buy a vehicle, DON'T buy the Suburban or Tahoe. Use some brains and buy something efficient. Yes we know you need to tow your 22' bowrider out to the lake 3 times a year. Avis rents SUVs that can tow it. The money you'll save in gas by not driving a Tahoe 360 days a year would be more than enough to cover the rental charges for the other 5 days. Hell buy a used Fleetwood.. it still gets better mileage than a Tahoe and can tow 7,000lbs. YES we know you feel safer in an SUV, BUT if you did research you'd find that you are actually safer in most sedans. The Taurus is one of the safest family cars out there, has AWD optional, has "Command" seating and gets class leading fuel efficiency. If you have to be a Euro-snob, get a Saab 9-3 it even comes in a wagon. IF you have more than 3 kids, buy a midsized crossover and the jumbo pack of condoms.... better yet, get snipped. Sure there are exceptions to any of these situations. Yes there are people that hunt/offroad/get 14 feet of snow/do construction..... those people are the exceptions. As a society we need to get smarter about things. How can we possibly think that buying a McMansion on an interest only loan with no money down 1.5 hours from work and driving in a Suburban is sustainable? Yet that is exactly what so many people do.

eh... might be best to wait till after the recall... or TSB.... if there even is one.....

blasphamy, though I dunno what else they could have used. I think a new CTS-v would do well with pop up nav screen and techno-gizmos.

Ah-HA! Got ya! I was referring to the Eldorado ESC. but really, this is less about the Tundra and more a comment about CR and it's crappy testing trying to call out the IIHS and it's crappy testing.

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