Drew Dowdell

So now you're changing the criteria. First it was the "growl" now it's the fact thta it doesn't have a RWD chassis....EVEN THOUGH the ES doesn't have one either..... Buick and Oldsmobile pretty much built the FWD luxury car market in this country. What could be more American then that?

Lincoln Continental Valentino edition: Buick Regal by Joseph Abboud: Lincoln Continental Bill Blass And then of course, the Eddie Bauer line up over at Ford.

thanks 68, I don't think I've seen a 1980 cutlass nose before. I guess I just assumed they jumped from the 79 style to the 81 style directly.

semantics but.... The company that introduced the automatic transmission was GM. Oldsmobile was just the division that did the work. Oldsmobile hasn't been a seperate company since, what... 1908?

I'll take a E85 burning, AFM, hybrid please...

the shark picks up the scent..... What is wrong with the orientation of the engine? while I doubt there are any rear drivers out there that are transversely mounted.... there are front drivers out there that are longitudinatlly mounted. The 300c's predecessor the 300m was longitudinally mounted FWD. Others include: Any GM full size front drivers prior to 1985. VW Passat of the 2001 generation <don't know about the others> All of the Chrysler LH cars. But really 68.... we all know... we all, painfully, know your opinion on FWD cars, hard tops, transversly mounted engines, and Toyota. Must you make a rant in EVERY thread that happens to mention one of those subjects?

see that big blank space in the center of the engine bay? you know, the part with no colors to indicate represent an area that's has quiet tuning? yeah, that's where the engine goes. There is no difference in the engine of a LaCross and the engine in the GrandPrix. Buick added a padded cover over the engine. That's all. Quiet tuning is padding, insulation and a different resonator. That's all.

whatever you do, DON'T buy any of those "make millions in real estate" courses.

3 cars? Impala SS = 303 Monte Carlo SS = 303 Grand Prix GXP = 303

so do the workers on the Breyers Vanilla Ice cream production line....

Lets list the current high powered front drivers: ES = 278 TL Type S = 286 DTS = 275 Caliber SRT-4 = 300 what'd I miss?

post 1976 means.... after 1976.... which is where we are now.. :AH-HA_wink:

It's 100 time easier than one might think. If you want to PM me sometime, we can chat and I'll give you some pointers on how to get started.

are you then implying that the car is post 1976?

why does that matter? diesel costs less per mile even though cost per gallon is higher. put it this way, would you rather spend $20 a week on gasoline in a car with a 350 mile range? or $25 every other week on diesel in a car with a 700 mile range?

1970 Cadillac Eldorado? It had 400hp gross, I don't know net.

that is kinda where I am. I've been in the I.T. field for 7 years, but being inside board rooms and watching the actions of some of the business leaders out there has caused a severe distrust of corperate america.... especially in regards to how they treat their employees. When the company thinks of you as just a number.... nothing more important than a computer or fax machine....you can't count on the company to keep you around. Conversely, most people feel are so financially tied to their corperate jobs that they stay simply because they have no other choice. This leads to even poorer treatment of employees by the employers. The job I held for 5 years was particularly bad in this regard. Every year I'd get a pathetic, usually less than cost of living, raise. I would get glowing performance reviews, then was told that a 2.5% increase was the maximum available and above average for the "region". At the same time, I had an expense account that was devoted just to buying personal technology "toys" for the main shareholding family. I was routinely sent out to buy new iPods, laptops, XM Radios, HD Theater systems, Digital Camcorders and such for the "first family". Needless to say, usually just one of these purchases was greater in value than my "all that's available" raise. It literally would make me sick to my stomach to buy the wife of the Chairman a $2200 laptop <more than my raise>.... and then have her ask, "Where do I plug it in?" or "How do I turn it on?" It was the laptop incident that led me to the decision that I would not allow these people to rule my life both emotionally and financially. I started buying apartment buildings. I have fun fixing them up. I work when I want to work. Once the building is finished they don't require much maintenence. Eventually, when I build up enough buildings, I'll them over to a management company to run and I won't even have to deal with collecting the rent once a month. Once I hit four buildings, I completely replaced my old salary. Any time I want another raise, I buy another building.

Your definition of Quiet Tuning? What about Buick's defintion: it really doesn't have anything to do with the engine

this one is missing 2nd and 6th gears.... oh... wait...

a bombardier jet was routed onto a runway too short for it to take off from. it clipped some trees during take off and crashed. only the co-pilot survived

If you can't hear the Lexus engine due to the sound of the road noise, that doesn't mean the Lexus is quieter. If that were the case, a 2001 Civic is quieter than a Lucerne.

doesn't the '07 Nox get the 3.6?

again!?! Did we get a DNR on them yet?

Three gay men died, and were going to be cremated. Their lovers happened to be at the funeral home at the same time, and were discussing what they planned to do with the ashes. The first man said, "My Benny loved to fly, so I'm going up in a plane and scatter his ashes in the sky." The second man said, "My Carl was a good fisherman, so I'm going to scatter his ashes in our favorite lake." The third man said, "My Bruce was such a good lover, I think I'm going to dump his ashes in a pot of chili, so he can tear my ass up just one more time."

go go toyota! crank them out as fast as you can!!!