Flybrian

Saw an IS300 SportCross. Like, second one ever.

I've seen more of those here on C&G than on the road.

D'uh. My name is Edmunds. I don't realize that this... ...exists as well as Town Car Ls, SUVs, etc. One armoring firm (Armet) is a few miles from me. Maybe I should beef up the 'Rora.

Super sweet! Thanks, man! :) :CG_all:

GXP is Pontiac's performance line; SS is Chevrolets. Pontiac > Chevy in the GM hierarchy, therefore... And $4 million for any one single car is ri-God-damn-diculous.

There are cooler wagons than the Magnum, namely the aforementioned B-bods.

6 5 I really like the El Camino!

Holy crap. Didn't see that coming. Supreme Court Statement

From owning a similar vehicle with a similar tranny and a Northstar-derived V8, I can say that, sure, there is some jerkiness, but nothing disturbing and nothing I'd really find as a big complaint. And I agree with Maynard - it would be an issue if there was jerkiness but a lack of power, something I've learned almost the hard way with several other low-output cars.

Please tell me that's not why. Please.

Just FYI, if anyone's wondering what's happening with this, the results are so far 6 in favor of the new system, 7 against. We have hundreds of members, about 60-70 very active. I'm, uh, gonna wait for a better sampling.

Exactly. Their bid will increase by that increment until it reaches their preset maximum. Obviously, there is no way of knowing their maximum.

He's referring to proxy bidding. The item costs $100. I enter a maximum bid of $200, but it doesn't show that; only the least 'required' bid of $110. You bid $120, to which my proxy bid responds with $130 and matches YOUR bid up to $200 (or whatever I specify). My bidding will not exceed $200 unless I specify so later. If I don't and you give up after $150, my proxy will end with $160 and I'll win. However, if you bid $200.01 or anything above my maximum, you'll win. That's why I suggest watching the item and waiting until the last 10 min (if you can) or so to actually start bidding. That way, if the item look unpopular, someone may go ahead and big $10 three days before thinking no one wants it, then you come in 10 min before and win it for $10.50. It also allows you to exceed the other person's proxy bid with less time for them to react and raise their bidding. I learned all this from my girlfriend, btw, who loves eBay.

Cool...but...fogged up windows is one way to know you shouldn't come a-knockin', aside from when the car is a-rockin'.

'Boo-koo' = Beaucoup = French for 'big/lots/many' I thought Snoop said the shizzle thing was over?

Actually, a whole lot of older people buy minivans because the like the seating position, carlike ride, and room for all their groceries/walkers/bingo friends. That's also why I see just as many older people with Elements and Scion xBs as younger folks because they see those as cheap mini-minivans. For an elderly couple that doesn't go out much, an xB or Aveo hatch is perfect.

Well, keep in mind the GA sold really well because they were dumped en masse into rental fleets. Yeah, it moved on its own, but that helped. And 60%? I think you're pulling that number out of your ass. Grand Prixs sold a heck of a lot before the '04 redesign as did the Bonneville when it debuted in 2000.

Here's the thing about preparedness. If this were 1995, 1998, 2000, even September 10th, 2001, I would have to say, "Geez. This is bad. And we could've done better probably. But we had no way of dealing with this at all." But after the WTC attacks and four years of rhetoric from the White House and Homeland Security about how we've been putting our best resources to work designing plans to use in times of a massive terrorist attack and the ensuing aftermath, THIS is the best we could do? Absolutely pathetic. I'm not talking about the dikes and levees that Army Corps of Engineers have spent decades trying to improve. I'm not even talking about the inherent belief that the hurricane certainly wouldn't be that bad. I'm talking about the ass-backwards, bumbled evacuation procedures. Where are the guardsmen? Where are the police? Where are the supplies? Where are the buses and trucks? If you want to, you can extrapolate Katrina to be a simulated terrorist attack drill, one that we failed miserably. I agree also about the photo-op. What malarky. I love this quote, by the way. "We're gonna clean all this mess up...with money!" :blink: Where's that standing-on-the-rubble-with-a-bullhorn leadership now? As Jesse Jackson, Jr. said, "The response in Iraq was Shock and Awe; in New Orleans, the response is Shockingly Awful."

I wonder if you could use a V8 G-chassies (DeVille, for longest wheelbase) to build a replicar Toro...

See, I see random cars like that all the time, like a late-80s Mazda 626 and early-90s Chevy Corsica, both 5-door hatchbacks. Also, the worst '92 Toronado EVER. Weatherbeaten red with a misaligned decklid and hood and the CRT screen inside busted out for some reason.

How many goofy tall wagons do we need, Mercedes? Did you forget one?

Because that's a government publication.

Nations that we're on a shaky platform with are offering us aid. Think about the cooperation and the opportunity to heal old wounds. Major powers flood US with offers of aid - Chicago Tribune

I added and voted All of the Above because, damnit, if GM's hybrid system is actually as portable as it seems, then stick it on everything.

Blame your Air Resources Board partially for that...