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  1. I know, I've had the car in the driveway for about 3 hours now and need to get a cold air induction kit. Just wondering if anyone has come across a site that is selling performance parts for the Malibu/G6 twins with the 3.9.
  2. This thing pulls, the 3.9 is a nice motor, even though the 3.5 in my G6 isn't that bad of an engine either. I'm glad I have the hyd. PS in this. While the electric in the G6 isn't that bad, when you slow down, it recalibrates and gets very loose, and it is sometimes startling. One thing I didn't notice is there is a shock tower cross-brace and there is a GM Performance Division emblem on it. Very nice little touch. I like the wireless headphones for the rear seat passengers too (I didn't get the DVD though).
  3. I just signed the papers and pick it up at 3:30, so I will have pics ready around 4:30...
  4. You do realize that the size and placement of the G6 bodyside molding is useless to the kind of enviornment that we now drive in. My G6 received a big ol' ding back by the gas door two weeks after delivery. From the size and placement, I would have to say from the back door of an SUV. Unless a small car parks next to me, regular car's body side molding is useless anymore from the rash of larger, higher-riding CUVs and SUVs. Hence I either park in the boondocks or find an end parking space and park as close to the curb as possible. Say what you will about the old Pontiac's body cladding, but my old 2003 Grand Am GT wore door dings well - all I had to do is buff out the cladding.
  5. The 0 for 72 put the MAXX SS over the top for me and I broke down and bought it. I probably won't get it until Saturday. I'll post pics then. Hi-per tires XM 6-Disc On-Star Sunroof The REALLY sad part is that I will have to sell my 1996 Camaro Z28 Convertible. But my wife's lease on the G6 will be out in time for a new Z28... I couldn't go wrong with the 0% God, who would have thought I'd have two Epsilons in the driveway.
  6. I checked BillyWest.com and I did not see any news about the status of the direct to DVD Futurama movies, but he did say that they start recording in July for the new stuff.
  7. And here's BV at home with his new laptop for answering the question! No wonder all the boys love him!
  8. Typo, or... "2008 Chevrolet Acadia"
  9. I was so happy to see this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20060624/en_tv_...HNlYwN5bmNhdA-- Futurama will be back (with Billy West, John Dimaggio and Katey Segal) on Cartoon Network in 2008. While the Simpsons have really lost their bite, Futurama was just hitting its stride when FOX assured that it would fail by pre-empting with crappy football, changing dates and times to a point where fans had no idea if it was going to be on or not. All right! It's Saturday night, I have no date, a two liter bottle of Shasta and my all-Rush mix tape, let's rock!
  10. Scroll down to about the 12th pic in this series and you will be awarded with some really good CTS pics and a great shot of the interior... Nicely stitched dashboard, like the STS-V. Looks like a winner!: http://www.autoweek.nl/forum/read.php?12,2227722
  11. It's hard to say since GM has cut down their fleet sales. The GP has taken huge hits lately and most of that is fleet. We'd need a true retail sales list to be sure.
  12. War Reporting for Cowards - Chris Ayres: A great book by a reluctant embedded British journalist in the current Iraqi war/occupation. It is non-political, just a book (in which the writer uses humor to help get the readers through the roughest parts) that describes the experience. The Messiah of Morris Avenue - Tony Hendra: What if Jesus came back 20 years from now as a Latino from New York? This book looks at what might happen. It really makes you think. (I'm not a religious person and as long as you know the story of Jesus and aware of the way religion is "bought and sold" today, this book can speak to you. Tony Hendra was an editor of National Lampoon's and has worked with members of Monty Python. It is a serious book, but not a religious text and is not blaphemous.) Lies My Teacher Told Me: Think by reading textbooks in High School you know a thing or two about history? You probably were given a pack of lies, or at least had "uncomfortable" subjects like the Native American extinction, racism, slavery and "infallable" American Heros white-washed until you only know the legend and not the facts.
  13. Round fog lights - Old one. That's the only way I can tell from the front. New ones have rectangular lights that match the Mariner. But that's just me - I'm mental in NEEDING to know what year vehicles are.
  14. I've heard that Solaras unexpectedly "roll-over" just to put themselves out of their boring, drab existeince, trying to punish those that drive them. (sorry Satty, had to. I'm going to go hump a Mini now.)
  15. I find this interesting, and there may be a bias in the people in the industry that voted, but almost every time the industry voted a Domestic vehicle, the media made sure they counteracted that with something else... And FWIW, I've been in a FJ, and the interior is nothing special- and a trunk in the bed feature, that makes getting to the spare tire impossible if you have a load in the bed, is not the most innovative feature, but these are opinions: Overall Vehicle Interiors Popular-Priced Car Industry At-Large Vote: Pontiac Solstice News Media Vote: Audi A3 Premium-Priced Car Industry At-Large Vote & News Media Vote: Lincoln Zephyr Popular-Priced CUV Industry At-Large Vote: Chevy HHR News Media Vote: Mazda CX-7 Premium-Priced CUV Industry At-Large Vote: Subaru B9 Tribeca News Media Vote: Audi Q7 Popular-Priced Truck Industry At-Large Vote: Chevy Tahoe News Media Vote: Toyota FJ Cruiser Premium-Priced Truck Industry At-Large Vote: Cadillac Escalade News Media Vote: Land Rover Range Rover Sport Interior Features Best Instrument Cluster Industry At-Large Vote & News Media Vote: Ford Mustang (Delphi) Best Navigation System Industry At-Large Vote & News Media Vote: Acura (Alpine) Best Cup Holder Industry At-Large Vote & News Media Vote Mercedes M-Class (Fischer Automotive) Best Sound System Industry At-Large Vote: Dodge Magnum (Boston Acoustics) News Media Vote: Audi S8 (Bang & Olufsen) Best Seat System (Driver) Industry At-Large Vote: Dodge Charger (Johnson Controls) News Media Vote: Mercedes S-Class - Mercedes Best Interior Innovation Industry At-Large Vote: Dodge Grand Caravan - Stow N' Go Seat System (Chrysler Group & Magna/Intier) News Media Vote: Honda Ridgeline - trunk in pickup bed (Meridian Automotive Systems, Inc.)
  16. holt $h!! They did it. They actualy polished a turd. So now instead of a dull turd, they have a shiny turd. YAY! Shiny TURD! YAY!
  17. avant1963

    Honda...

    It pretty much confirms that this pic: http://sohc.vtec.net/news_files/560419/07cr-v_ha01.jpg is VERY accurate. And that couldn't even get on the Special Olympic version of the team running for the most gorgeous SUV ever built.
  18. It's normal for design studios to have rival pictures up - if nothing more for size comparison. Look at the Camaro Concept pics, there are Mustangs and G35 Coupes on the wall, it doesn't mean that Chevy was copying, just setting a market. Now, I'm not sticking up for Chery or any of the rip-off Chinese designs, many of which are backwards engineered Japanese or American Cars, but pics in a design studio isn't a cause for alarm.
  19. I like the little GM Badge on the sleeve...
  20. The day the offer started, so months ago too.
  21. Came in the mail today. My wife thinks I'm nuts. I got corn ears on my shirt!!
  22. While I think that would be awsome if true... Why BumbleBee? I know he is the Transformer that befriends Spike and is usualy the "main" character in the human interaction realm, but he was called BumbleBee because he was a yellow beetle and never really thought of as "cool" like a Camaro would be. Unless they stick him as a butternut yellow Berlinetta and when he gets revamped his personality changes.
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