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They kind of ripped off the Dan Band...

Mine's not really that wierd, but still cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo_QVq2lGMs

I just meant, well, why can't I find it on GM's site? Any idea? Is it still being offered?

I think you're talking aoubt the 6.6L turbodiesel in the Sierra. Funny, I can only seem to find info on that on other car pages, not on GM's site. Do you have more info?

Doesn't work for me.

On a side note, I emailed Ford about a stupid mistake on their site as well... here's the response.

clicky Hover over cars. Why does it say "Aveozz"??

Design wise... The Corvette. Seriously, I think that's it. Maybe the Diablo?

Yep. Actually all four members of System are Armenian-American.

Also awesome: Having the last name Tankian.

Not only the wing, but look at how huge those overhangs were!

I saw my ACTUAL CAR, being driven (still trashed) by what I can only assume was one junkyard owner who bought it off another one. Didn't bother me, in fact I just couldn't believe I actually happened to see it. They had duct taped in a new windsheild (classy). I guess I'm just not as sentimental over cars as most people here.

Wandered around Pickering yesterday at lunch looking for a hybrid to drive. Stopped at an Acura dealer first, in case there was a hybrid CSX (I thought that made sense but apparently not). Then I stopped at Chevy, where the salesman told me they haven't ordered another Silverado hybrid since the first one took them many months to sell. Next door was Nissan, who had a Altima hybrid on display. Lettering on the windshield proclaimed a $3500 rebate from the Canadian government. Interestingly, the Nissan Canada website seems to claim only $1500. Not sure of the source of the discrepancy here. This is part of the same fuel-reducing incentive program that now slaps $1000 rebates on the Yaris, but not the Fit, which is 0.1 L/100 km off the mileage goal for a subcompact - hmmm, that's not Toyota throwing money at the Canadian government, is it? The front of the trunk was boxed off for the batteries. This gave it what looked like about the same size trunk as my Cobalt. The main problem though, is this means that you cannot fold down the rear seats for more room. The wireless key and pushbutton ignition were definitely impressive, especially on a hybrid. When I first pushed the button, the car sprang to life and turned on the A/C without immediately starting the gas engine. The key itself pulled apart to reveal an actual key inside, for opening the doors should the key battery die. There was also a slot in the dash that would hold and recognize the key for ignition purposes, also in case the key battery died. One thing I noticed while looking at the normal Altima model in the showroom however: Since there is no key hole in the trunk lid, there is no way to open the trunk if the battery dies. You can't even get there from the main cabin of the car, so you'd really be screwed. For locking and unlocking the doors with the remote key, there was a little black rubber button set into the outside of the door handles. It was kind of neat, but left me wondering why they didn't just make it open when you pull the handle with the key in range. As for the drive. It was a very different feeling to drive something with a CVT and Hybrid system working together. The smoothness of the CVT was only made more other-worldly by the electric motor. Accelerating to freeway speed happens much quicker than you realize. I think it would be very easy to speed in this car. Without the snap of gears, you almost don't realize how much work the engine has done. The instrumentation was very clean and well thought out. No fancy diagrams like Honda or Toyota hybrids. Just a speedometer, battery charge gauge, and an electric motor thrust gauge. The electric motor thrust gauge showed the boost or charge of the electric motor, and was sized and placed like a traditional tach. It was neat to see it dip below "0" into the charge portion during braking. I would have liked to see a traditional tach as well, but that's coming from a manual transmission fan, so I doubt I'm the core audience here. There was a "B" mode on the transmission - as in "PRNDB". It's a battery-only mode, where the driver can select to only use the electric engine, if desired. Not sure why you'd want to do this, as you'd have to charge the battery eventually anyways, but I still thought it was nice to give the driver the choice to do this. One thing I was very disappointed with was the colour choice. The normal Altima colour palette is already pretty boring, but the hybrid choices are further limited. There were only 5 choices - black, two silvers, a sand colour, and "Jade green" which was a very dark and sedate green. Talk about grandpa colours! I felt like I was shopping for a damn Camry. Why has the choice of real colours become so rare from so many manufacturers lately?? The brochure also showed something pretty disappointing - the mileage rating. I didn't see a mileage readout in the car, so I don't have a real-world comparison. However, the mileage ratings were: 5.6 L/100 km (50 mpg) City 5.9 L/100 km (48 mpg) Hwy This may sound impressive, but I achieve numbers like this with the Cobalt fairly regularly. In fact, I decided to take my Cobalt on a high-mileage run home after work that day to check the real-world mileage, 78,000 km into its life. It was a good traffic day, and I managed a readout of 49.6 mpg for the 40 km (25 mile) ride home. Mind you, this was almost entirely highway, and the Altima would likely have shown much more impressive numbers than the Cobalt in city-based driving. Still, why pay so much more for a hybrid? Hardly seems worth it when the mileage is so comparable from "old tech" traditional cars which are much more usable for cargo room and easier and cheaper to service, not to mention probably better for the environment after the batteries from the hybrid end up in the dump. So although the car was impressive, I would never buy one. Nor would I buy any hybrid for sale today. Tell me, why is everyone jumping on the hybrid bandwagon?

wtf??? Prius outselling Yaris? I can almost guarantee that's not the same trend we see in Canada. That extra $1000 our government threw on the hood of the Yaris means they're multiplying like... well, the rabbits they somewhat resemble.

So... the original Cobalt will run for MY 2005-2010. 6 years. That's damn close to "el perfecto" Toyota's 5 year typical run, and a lot better than the length (what... 8 model years?) the Corolla has now gone.

1982 - I was... um... being conceived?

I love the early stuff. I actually was introduced to SOAD from the first album, before most people knew who they were. The song that really sold me at first was "Spiders".

Try Google Documents. It can open and print Word files online, for free. I don't even have Office installed anymore.

I would be interested, if I had lots of money to spend on things like this. As a kid, I named my dog Marty - that should give you an idea of how much I liked the Back to the Future series.

pffffffffffft! A friend of mine had a Festiva in university. She was recently considering buying a Yaris. What did she buy instead? A used Echo. Your post hit the nail on the head man, I have to send this to her. OH and her Festiva had the most awesome paint job as well - Green with a pink "splash" vinyl. Nothing says cool like factory vinyls.

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Aurora Monte Carlo Millennia Fusion Colorado Silverado 3-series Sky Grand Prix Regal I've heard that the people who own those kind of cars have nothing better to do with their spare time than go on the internet and talk about cars... DORKS! :AH-HA_wink:

We're obviously talking about different systems here. The Ontario 407 (only electronic toll highway I've personally seen) takes toll readings without any indication to the driver, and at any speed up to 200 km/h. There is no "booth", just a big bar with sensors and cameras over the highway.

One can rip off the 407 toll highway in Ontario with the orphan exit charge. The 407 will assume the best if there was an orphan exit situation. So let's look the numbers: Full highway distance fees, with transponder: 108 km * 17c / km = $18.36 Instead, I would do this: Orphan exit with transponder and orphan exit without transponder: 5 km * 17c / km + 12 km * 17c / km + access fee = 85c + $2.04 + $3.55 = $6.44 The 407 was a planning gaffe on the part of Ontario. Their presence destroyed a right of way needed for a real relief road to be used by all, not just the rich. Their management don't care about the little guy, and their security guard even roughed me up when I tried to return my transponder. Guess what? The transponder got lost in the process and I got charged the $50 fee. So what did I get for driving out and trying to give it back? A bump on my head from where I was pushed into a glass door. Needless to say I really HATE the 407, and if I was a more vengeful person I would have done damage to their offices or roadway.

Well... you still gain engineering experience as a firm. Do you think GM's Wankel research was a mistake?