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What's funny is, if you select to build the Lucerne Super, you get bumped back to an image of a V6 model, with the V6 grille and 3 ventiports on each side.

Wait... only 212hp for a turbo-charged 2.9L 4? Is it me or does that sound like a relatively low number?

182,000/1994 = 91 years

Haha, so 2008 wasn't so bad after all?

I can only hope the faux wood in the cabin is realistic... to me, cheap plood stands out and immediately says economy more than premium or luxury.

This whole conversation reminds me of lines from a tv show between a married couple: (Big thumbs up if you can name where this is from) "I want the names to be unique and euphonious." "Fine, Unique if he's a boy, and Euphonious if she's a girl." "For your information, those are words, not names." "Well they are the prettiest ones you've mentioned yet!"

That's true, and sometimes they are changed for other reasons. Zephyr? It had a whole year. So they decided to go Alphanumeric. Just without numbers. And hey, while we're at it, our Navigator sells well, so we'll let that slide from our renaming scheme. How about the great-selling Rendezvous? Whoops. Let's change it. Hey, let's revive old names because people will buy them for their heritage... Taurus/Sable? Cruze? IMO, people in the past 5 years have made a lot of foolish name-changes.

Well, hmmm... should we change names AGAIN? Lost the Century and Regal to the name LaCrosse. Lost the Rendezvous, which had great success, to Enclave. Lost the LeSabre and Park Avenue names, to Lucerne, which sounds so weak to me, where as Park Avenue sounds so stately. Now we have 3 vehicles that had to be completely learned. Great, now the names are around, and some people have heard them... let's change them YET AGAIN. I'll tell you what, you can have you Invicta name. In 5 years, we'll probably get something else.

See, that's your opinion. I don't feel it sounds better. Granted I never wanted the name LaCrosse, and would have rather had a new Regal, but I like LaCrosse more than Invicta.

The naming game is something that bugs me... I almost always hear from those who support Invicta is that it's because it's a powerful name derived from Buick heritage. Question is, are modern import drivers going to know what Invicta actually means? Probably not. Are modern import drivers going to say, "Ooooh... I remember the Invicta! That was such a powerful, classy car!"? No, because if they're remembering the Invicta well, they're probably in their 50's or 60's, and the latter is the age group Buick has already kissed and is trying to get away from. Now, being a linguist, I can appreciate the meaning behind the name, but what weighs me to the side of not voting for it, is that to me it's not pleasing to the ear. That is my opinion.

This was discussed in the other topic quite a bit. The LaCrosse replacement is being called the LaCrosse. The name has even been shown in spy photos on the rear of the car.

I'll be honest, I've always hated the look of a station wagon. I never understood why people bought SUVs and Crossovers because "they're safer in icy weather". Uh, your four wheels slip just as easily as mine, and you're more top heavy.

That's what I was thinking initially, but then I was wondering if since he was a "star" he might splurge for a little more under the hood. :AH-HA_wink:

It's annoying that they keep saying the Equinox was invisible... I can't tell you how many I see on a daily basis... MUCH more than a CRV or Rav4.

Congrats and best of luck!

Honestly, most I've heard from are completely angered by the bailout. People more so with Chrysler than GM. I personally wouldn't have been upset if Chrysler went under. I haven't liked their products in decades (with the exception to the 300M and the Cloud cars). GM on the other hand, needs to get some of their good product out NOW instead of a year or two from now. It seems things are moving SO slowly in the automotive world. I understand it has to right now, but it's also hurting them too.

So sad that I am dying to know which engine was in the Impala.

Every one of those is RWD. The Regal could compete with the base of those models, but never the performance versions.

I'd have to go home... mom has some stuff framed hanging up and some other things around the house. She still has this Cezanne painting I did when I was 12 that got shown at a college art show... I always thought it was hideous, but apparently others liked it. Same with the sneaker I drew during a Seinfeld ep.. lol

Nice shots... I don't get it; Cats are so beautiful, but they HATE me.

It just stays on... we had it on while we were talking before. It's on in the background right now. I think during the 24 hour period, I pay attention to enough scenes here and there that I actually watch the movie through once

Cooked 4 types of fish (I just can't swing 7), and got rave reviews. Made an awesome dessert. More reviews. And the mulled cider was nice to drink throughout the evening. Tomorrow I go to my parents for more binging. And stress.

Well, not that bad--I've considered visiting my friends in NC, and that's further. I'll stick to one day going back to drawing and painting. See if it relaxes me like it used to--if I can find the time.

Well then, as I said the other day, maybe it's time to visit a certain C&G member a few states over. I'm not sure what I'd even do if I tried architecture, even for kicks, as now everything is done on computer. When I did it, you had your 10 types of pencils, your tools, a bag of eraser powder (forgot what that was called), and your red eyes from that powder getting in them

Wow, I TOTALLY forgot about roadtrips... used to LOVE those. But since everyone is married with children, road trips haven't happened any time in the past few years. And hobbies... I haven't done anything artistic in years. I used to be quite talented... I wonder if I still have it? Mom is still ticked I didn't go into architecture.