Drew Dowdell

The 98 Malibu is a completely different car and platform than the current model. They are similar in name only.

I don't know what you're talking about man. Mom had a Bonneville for years. It's what I took my driver's test in. Plenty of legroom back there.

eh, that's your next gen 300c right there folks.

I don't get it.

Not seeing what you're seeing Bimmer: Aura: Malibu:

the Hyundai is a mess The Mazda, Ford, and Accord all look dated already The Nissan and G6 look too close for comfort, and they remind me of the final generation Grand Am. The Camry is just ok, fairly bland and non-descript The Passat looks like a watered down Lucerne The Jetta is ok, but I'd like to see it in another color. Where's the Aura?

Personally, I was waiting to enjoy the crash test pictures....

someone break embargo?

Where did you get that?

Doctor, can I be on what he's on?

or $19k on a Miata... but then there's that whole blending into the wallpaper problem to deal with.

so... funny sounding I4 making 175 HP/180 ft.lbs or funny sounding V6 making 205hp/230 ft.lbs. and both get about 30mpg highway. I'm not sure what you mean when you say the Altima is roomier, the only dimension where the Altima beats the Bonnie is in front legroom by an inch. Rear legroom in the Bonneville is two inches more than the Altima.

It also wouldn't be a $199 line item on that Camry's window sticker.

eh, you say tomato I say pomegranate

Congratulations, but that has nothing to do with reliability.

Insurers <stack the deck> by requiring electronic stability control to be considered The list: LARGE CARS: Audi A-6 MIDSIZE CARS: Audi A-4, Saab 9-3, Subaru Legacy (with optional stability control) MINIVANS: Hyundai Entourage, Kia Sedona LUXURY SPORT UTILITIES: Mercedes M-class, Volvo XC90. MIDSIZE SUVs: Acura RDX, Honda Pilot, Subaru B9 Tribeca SMALL SUVs: Honda CR-V, Subaru Forester (with optional stability control) Yet GM doesn't get a mention for producing the 9-3.

One also wouldn't expect one's carburetor to suddenly quit functioning after February 2008 simply because Holly decided to no longer support it.

Fly, am I understanding you right that NOS's mom is having issues because she is old and worn out from having too many users?

I wonder how many $19,900 Solsti Pontiac sold. If most of them were going in the upper end of the range, I don't blame GM for adjusting the price up. GM just needs to be smart and realize that someday the market for the high end models will be tapped out and they'll have to star making the lower end ones. You didn't really think that the extended warrenty was free did you?

and... the stock tanks....

Updated Daewoo Lanos?

I can see why Onstar decided to stay with analog as long as they did. Like it or not, analog has far more coverage than any of the digital networks, it's also fairly ubiquitous. An analog phone will work, in an emergency, on any analog network available to it. On the other hand, if you're in an area where only Cingular has GSM service and Verizon's service is spotty and you have a Verizon based Onstar system, you're out of luck. The problem Onstar had was to pick a network that would be most reliable. As many of you know, which network to pick can vary greatly by geographic location. Here in Pittsburgh, we have so much coverage from all the networks that people can pick up signal on their fillings. Conversations with my parents who live in Miami and have Cingular frequently contain the phrase "... hold on, I'm going to lose you in a minute...." The best move would have been for Onstar to ignore the networks completely and partner with a handset company to make Onstar compatible handsets. Just have the connection be fairly universal using USB or bluetooth. People can pick any network they like at that point. edit: I wouldn't be surprised to see lawsuits.

what does "soft marketed" mean?

and no B pillar

it's a Camry that they ran into a brick wall a few dozen times.