Blake Noble

"The Kennedy Curse" - Alexisonfire Yeah, that ... is a mighty ... annoying band name. Music is ok, though. I've heard so much worse.

If there is one word in the English language that accurately describes Mr. Josh Oliver, it would have to be douchebag. :rotflmao:

It doesn't bear mentioning, but I'll say it anyway: The GM Source is one of the fattest jokes on the internet. Like a McThunderthighs with a large McCankles meal fat. So fat that, in fact, it has more rolls than a country buffet in rural Georgia. Comments like the one left are deserved. Hell, they should be encouraged.

"Pu$h!" - Tool Really describes my current relationship.

"We Ride" - Strapping Young Lad

Josh wouldn't know his own ass if it came up and shat on his head, so your obvious answer is no.

If you could post the sketches, I know that it would help me generate names better.

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Oh wow! Saab is making urinals now too?

I guess I'll be in touch then.

This is dedicated to the W-Body Prix: "Nah, nah, nah, nah! Nah, nah, nah, nah! Hey, hey, hey! Goodddbyeeee!"

I think it'll start out like the original Golf/Rabbit GTi did over in the U.K.: VW will say only one particular place will get them, then they'll get so much demand that they bring a few hundred over and claim no more, then it'll sell decent enough for them to keep it as a regular model. I do like it however.

That's all nice and well, Borger, sure, but you haven't given any explaination to what appears to be a highly ignorant statement. I am very curious as to why you said that, given everything I have told you: I come from a family where almost nothing but GM products were owned, I currently own a GM product and have before what I own now, I would like to keep buying GM in the future providing they offer what I want, I am an enthusiast for the company and would like to even do so much as to work for it.

:rotflmao: Guess they haven't talked to me then! But wait, they threw in this little bit: In that case, it does meet my expectations: it's front-drive, it's too small, and any engine packing over one-hundred seventy horses will make it do that little jig we know as torque steer. Don't get me wrong, it's a nice car with a pleasing, if not quicky aging, design, and I do actually rather like it, but its, overall, a NO SALE for me, sorry. Magic 8 Ball says: Try again, Mr. Carl-Pecker Subaru Forester! (That goes for you too Borger.) :AH-HA_wink:

"Linchpin" - Fear Factory

Now, we are putting all of our eggs in one basket, Borger. Just because I looked at the Asstra and took a temporary shine to it doesn't mean I was saying no Zeta Camaro ever. The only thing that could ever realistically keep my hands off that car would be an totally asinine price for the base V6 six-speed manual model I want. I'd kill for the car, but, to be totally honest, if you and Carlito-Pinto over at GME set the base price sky high just to see it fail and to satisfy your schadenfreude, then sorry, no sale. No magic Uncle Borger Waffle Mix required in that little recipe, just a few plain facts. It'll be a push to afford twenty-five thousand dollars on top of college loans, but it's a push I will try my damned hardest to make, and anything five-grand over that wouldn't work. But something in your post troubles me, you didn't come right out and say it, but it's just something I was picking up on, so heed my advice, if you choose to, which I know you probably won't: you would be wise to try your damn hardest to attract my generation to buy GM. You want to find a form of saving grace, well, there's one form of it. You also forget that my parents have bought a great deal of GM iron during their driving careers, and there has always been at least one GM product in our driveway during my childhood, as a result of their good experiences with GM cars. I have many a great memory with GM products and always, for some reason that I don't even understand, followed what the company was producing in the hundred of issues of Car & Driver I got as a child in the subscriptions I got from my uncle for Christmas. I've also aspired to design for the company since a small child as well, and actually do plan to go to college to follow through on my dream. And I, personally, have already owned two used GM products myself and have had great luck with them. It is all ... no, it is pretty much the very reason I am here on these forums posting. And I would love nothing more to keep buying GM in the near and far future. What exactly makes me not a "core buyer?" If I'm not, then I guess I have the potential to be one. What makes my money worth less, Borger? I don't think you have even a horrible answer for that one. However, I will not hesitate to go to another automaker that produces a car that fits all of my criteria. I may be a GM enthusiast, but I am not a blind follower. I'll make sure to detail it really nice for you then, Borger. :AH-HA_wink:

Poor old Borger. You really are taking this quite hard, aren't you? It'll be ok, though. I'm sure you'll get a few of those lovely Toyota buyers to stop in and buy whatever you guys at GME design on your coffee breaks after their Corolla gets a few tearing body panels or their Camry comes down with a case of a bum transmission. After all, that's all that ever matters right? Being bigger, but not better, than Toyota and not having any real advantage in the market or any real appeal? Like it always sort of has been for the past two decades? Why no previous Camaro for my stopgap ride, I guess is what you're asking, though? Well, let me say, I haven't counted out that particular option, either. :AH-HA_wink:

Awww. Don't go sounding all disappointed on me now that you lost just one likely sale for Carl-Pecker and Generic Motors of Ew-Rope, Borger. You gotta start taking this kind of thing like a champ, since it will be something you'll be seeing quite a lot of in the future, ja? :AH-HA_wink:

+1 I came to realize today that my star-crossed love affair with the Astra was, in the end, a very blind love. Handsome little car, nice, crisp handling, but it's just lacking in something, mainly just a overall sense of long-lasting excitement. And today when I in the Lexington area and decided to try and check it out a little better, I found my initial attraction to it faded rather fast. As I was driving it, I thought, yes, this is a really nice car, but I found I just couldn't feel whatever enthusiasm I had for it before I drove it. And I know if I start boosting the horsepower, which I would certainly plan on doing, I can kiss that great, crisp handling goodbye and start kissing up to bad old Mr. Torque Steer and The Chaos Theory. So, sorry, Borger Booger. You can just put away that thank you card from Carl-Pecker and Co. now. Keep it as a remind of what might have been but just couldn't have been. However, I noticed a nice, used BMW 3-Series sedan not too far away from me. Maybe little smaller than I would like, but it'll do until a certain coupe finds its way into my hands. Let's hope it's 1.) a manual and 2.) it wasn't too badly raped by whoever owned it last ... :AH-HA_wink:

Hope today is a great one!

Track 34 from Ghosts IV is ... very interesting. I like it. It's got a great texture, and, at some points, is just downright creepy. You can really draw a good mental image of an abstract landscape from it. I gotta say, though, the whole idea of Ghosts is an odd one, but actually a very refreshing one. It pleases me when an artist dares to do something different that isn't the norm and "commercially acceptable." I think I'm going to order the free download of Ghosts I.

Congrats, Mr. NOSFerrari2006mygrandmaisgonnabuymeaModena. Just kidding, NOS. Seriously, though, best of luck with the new moderator position.

A urine yellow Ford Pinto was in the Richmond McDonald's parking lot today. The only thing that could have made my laughter increase was if it was painted in traditional Pinto Baby $h! Green. I also had the (dis)comfort of hearing it's engine start up. Yep, it sounded basically like a mix tape of a roomful of chimps $h!ting and a balding middle aged man mowing his lawn with a Goodwill special lawnmower. I also saw a '91 Ford Escort wagon that had it's recent paintjob done with a few cans of Period Red Krylon. Which ultimately means it had more runs in it's paint than a Vegas hooker's stalkings.

"Rickets" - Deftones

Next time we get into our same old BS I'm going to let her know that last bit of info you just gave me. Thanks, 'Tones.