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I understand the idea behind this, and I have given it thought before, however I do not think it's correct for the EPA to rate the Volt in this way. It needs to be classified as an electric car, and have a separate figure showing the mileage that the gas engine is capable of using instrumented testing and not averages.

Wow! She was almost not annoying to listen to (almost). I didn't realize she was pumping up the folk-talk so much. Rapid-regurgitation. I like that. I think it sums up what Palin said at the debate quite well quite well.

I watched the debate. I literally cannot stand to listen to her any more. Everything she said sounded like it was directly from a script, and she barely pauses between sentences or while talking. She also goes around in circles. I just can't listen to her speak, it's irritating. And the "you betcha" and "yer darn right" bits come off sounding fake and scripted, making them and her accent even more irritating than they already are otherwise. She also comes off sounding air-headed and dumb. I know she isn't. Btw, did she play a part in Fargo? ;-] I literally can't stand her anymore, VP or otherwise. If I was standing in line at a grocery store and she was chatting up the cashier, it would probably drive me nuts. And here she is trying to be the VP. How many times did she say she respected Biden because he respected McCain? I mean, really? How long have you known McCain compared to Biden? Hey, "Can I call you Joe?" Yeah because this is a casual event, and the lady with 2 years of high level executive experience thinks she can magically bring someone with 35 years in the senate and a real education down to her level with that. She is the last nail in the coffin for McCain. I am utterly amazed that she didn't get under Biden's skin. Just listening to her is enough to drive a man crazy. I would have been hitting her with a shovel by 10 minutes into the debate. Agh! *pulls hair out*

Pretty cool!

Argh, I'm stuck at school for another 1.5 hours so I can't watch the debate yet. Got it recording though.

Who wrote this? Seriously.

Love their new album.

Is Nissan the Japanese Chrysler?

I keep forgetting that Obama had a tough campaign against Hilary prior to the campaign against McCain.

Watching the mad tv and other skits of Sarah Palin are funny, but when the real thing isn't too different, it's unbearable to watch.

Checking right now, and there are no offers available for the Accord. I don't know if there's a way to see if there were any offers in the last month, but if there were they were probably minimal. The Malibu was at a 33% fleet rate earlier this year. That and the employee pricing probably account for close to half of its sales. The Camry also tanked, and I see that Toyota does have some incentives (not much) on it right now, such as 0% APR and cash-back. Looks like they're based on region. The Malibu and Impala increases were surprising, I wonder if it was employee pricing and fleet sales that helped so much.

If the Volt can drive 390 miles with only 4 gallons of gas, then it will earn its 100mpg rating. But I doubt it.

You mean I can't buy a GT-R at my local Nissan dealer, drive it to Germany, and go around the ring in 7:29???

Just FYI, the subtitle to the thread states Subaru's year-to-date sales, not the monthly sales percentage (which is down 11.8%).

Let's take some wagers. How many months does everyone think they can go without saying best ever. I'm going to say 2 months, and I bet $5 e-dollars. They'll find some way to put a positive spin on December, just wait and see.

Wow. That is an incredibly large drop, even compared to everyone else (I figured Nissan would be on the better side of the negative last month). Did Nissan dealers just close down for a week nationwide?

Impressive given how much the auto market fell. Chevrolet cars are doing well! Is the Impala heavily incentivized/fleeted?

The US government would have to help GM a LOT more to even start to be equivalent to Toyota. First of all, they would have to oppose competition from other domestic manufacturers. Then severely tighten import regulations, to keep imported cars to a trickle. Make GM the official auto manufacturer of the country. Then help fund or subsidize Volt R&D. Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit. In soviet Russia, road forks you!

No details, just leaked pictures. Head lights and grille inspired heavily by the new Pilot/Ridgeline, and I think it pulls it off well. Photo Gallery

Wow, if that wasn't the definition of FUD then I don't know what is, right down to the cheesy music in the background. What WILL we do if Obama is our president? Omg what will we do!? Have mercy! "Obama can't cut taxes for people that aren't paying income tax already." Do the poor pay no federal income tax even if they are working at a normal hourly/salary job? Do they get full tax credits or something? If what Obama says isn't true why doesn't McCain call him on it during the debate? What percentage of working American's don't pay federal income tax? As far as Obama putting together "truth squads", it has the potential to get out of hand, but we won't know until it does. It seems to me like the McCain campaign is spouting a lot of lies, this seems like a typical proactive political solution. It won't be any more annoying than the cold-calls you get asking you if you are supporting so-and-so, or when the zealots come knocking door-to-door. I don't think police are going to come and break down your door because you said something negative about Obama on a blog. Watch this..... ..... Obama sucks!! He's going to raise taxes and invade Spain! ...... .... ah crap, a knock at the door already. damn I'm not even in missouri. I hope I can vote for McCain from jail. :-[

With the exception of the TSX, Acura's technically aren't rebadged Honda's. The old TL wasn't even close to what you would call a rebadge of the Accord, and the new one is even further different. Looking at the current Acura lineup, it's downright silly to think they're just rebadged Honda's. Have you seen the new and old TSX side by side in the same color? I drive by a very nice last gen TSX in black every day, my neighbor owns one. I remember when they moved in, I thought "damn, there's my car!". Having spent time in and around the new TSX, I can say assuredly that it is a much nicer and substantial looking vehicle, right down to the grille, which looks good on that car.

Corvette torque doesn't equal Corvette performance. It won't be a slow car, but I'd expect it to be a bit slower than the 335i. And don't forget the cost difference. The 335d is probably going to start in the low/mid-40k range, if current 335i pricing is used as a base. For that money you could get a hybrid Camry, which beats that mileage at 33/34 (36MPG combined real-world average).

I'm sure other GM dealers will pick up a large part of those sales. People who want to purchase a specific vehicle will find the next closest dealer. Depending on how close the next dealer is, a large portion of those sales will be picked up, or they could indeed lose a lot of the potential customers.

Was the R&T comparison of a 6-speed manual TL-S? The 6MT is going to be quite a bit quicker than the 5AT. As far as NVH goes, I have found that people tend to notice NVH more negatively when they're in a car they already have made a negative judgment on. I couldn't find the R&T comparison to get numbers from, was it a hard-copy only article?