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If you are talking about Jeeps, "trail rated" just means that the vehicle (quote) "has been designed to perform in five categories of off-road conditions: traction, ground clearance, maneuverability, articulation, and water fording." That description can mean just about anything in my books. Who cares about the Jeep descriptions, I still say the ORIGINAL Hummer was a real Hummer, the other two are no more than a "kit car" designed to look like a Hummer from the outside. The original GM vehicles they were based on were better in almost every way, mpg, price, weight, you name it. If think it's the percieved appearance of the affluent to have a vehicle LOOK like a Hummer, but not perform like one, so be it. Doesn't impress ME at all, maybe others like the look. To each their own. :AH-HA_wink:

It's either the 292 or the 312 I'm assuming. Ever seen one of these??

"Oh please"??? hahaha Take a look at your response. I wrothe they are REBODIED GM trucks, which they ARE, and which you RESTATED, while somehow disagreeing! They share the "same mechanicals", because they ARE the same mechanicals, and they don't "resemble" the GM trucks because they are REBODIED. We both said the EXACT SAME THING, yet somehow you "disagree" with what I posted.

WOW! Sounds like a recipe for disaster right there. The "water and oil don't mix" thing musta been overlooked. I have a weird feeling the oil passages wouldn't be as much to blame as what's going through those oil passages. Not a good scenario to have a water pump in an oil pan, it's a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned.

If a company produced a car that had terrific performance numbers of all sorts but had NEVER seen Nurburgring at all would you consider buying it?

Nominated for best post in thread. The car looks COMPLETELY pointless to me. It's a "WHY BOTHER" car. Get a builder to "one off" a car of your dreams for the very same price, and get EXACTLY what you want. Ridiculously dumb IMO.

I would have to guess, and say the Oldsmobile version of the mid 50's Corvette, can't recall it's name though. Cool looking car, whatever it is.

The 2.5 was based on the 2.2 but had balance shafts. I actually like the 2.2 for what it was, it was a modern day slant 6, but in turbo configuration it actually had some power. GLH and GLH-S come to mind. Let us know what you do, and how things turn out.

I don't have any experience with a 2.7 Chrysler at all, but it sounds like flushing as best as possible and replacing the oil with synthetic is the way to go after reading this thread, or flushing each oil change while replacing with synthetic. I would think a noticeable difference should be heard after a couple oil changes. How about a high pressure oil pump, would that have helped the 2.7? Are the oil passages too small, in a poor location, or both? It seems like a TSB should have been issued for sure.... maybe requiring synthetic oil at oil changes or something of the like?

Every bid wasn't just the cash bid, they all had all sorts of provisions, just as the Cerberus deal had. Magna is STILL interested from what I hear. I'll bet they are hoping the Cerberus deal falls through?

I searched and found "oil sludge". Is there any way he could run a quart of tranny fluid in the engine for an hour or so before changing the oil and hope the detergent does some good on the passages affected? Or an oil flush of some kind?

How do the passages become "clogged"? Which passages, any idea?

I know some people think the aspect ratio is the actual height of the tire- I point to radically different size tires with the same aspect ratio, some still don't see it..??

"Open road" means no cars on the road. Those involved were both driving like a couple of ass clowns. One mistake and there woulda been "collateral damage". Uncool. Open road, late at night, no problems as far as I'm concerned.

Lots of interest, here's the Magna link. http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/03/23/m...lerrumours.html

Actually Chrysler was persued by MANY, the Canadian "Magna" being one of the frontrunners. All sorts of interest, and Daimler was only willing to part with 80% in the end, they kept 20% of Chrysler. GM has more money troubles as of late than any manufacturer in the world ever has, and to think money troubles are insignificant because of the company's size would be a tragic mistake IMO. All three domestic manufacturers need to get their houses in order, or face the inevitable. Immense company size or not.

H1 is a Hummer to me. H2 and H3 are rebodied GM trucks that make no sense, it's like taking a Tahoe or whatever the H2 is based on and adding weight and increasing price. Or the Canyon/Colorado or whatever the H3 is based on and adding weight and increasing the price. Square, boxy rebodies. I just don't get it. Especially at a time when fuel conservation is in people's minds.

Haha I'm sure many people don't see GM, Ford, or Chrysler around for much longer with the debt load they all have. LOL They'll survive...

OK. But they are for DIFFERENT model cars built on the same platform. I can point to quiiiiite a few GMs built on the same platform but different models with just as big a price difference with no visible reason I bet. I just don't see the gripe?

A 300 and a Charger are different cars. You can't accurately compare two admittedly similar cars as far as a $2600 price difference goes and expect differences laid out on paper. 1968 Chevelle/Skylark/Cutlass were all sharing the same platform and all had different prices, but the price differences couldn't be pointed to by break down. Suzuki and Chevrolet sold identical vehicles with different badging at different price levels too, did they not? Chrysler 300s have more than just what you list as differences with the Charger, we both know it, but the amount you state can't be written down on paper in a listed cost breakdown IMO. Chryslers are STILL more "upscale" than Dodges. Caravan vs Town and Country (or whatever they are called) is a great example- same van, different level of trim. *shrugs* How about Saturn, as a GM division, where does it fit in with Chev/Buick/Pontiac etc? I don't see why you can't answer the differences with GM's divisions if it troubles you about other company's divisions? Ford and Mercury too?

Hahahaha My brother was in LOVE with Fieros when they came out. Then he DROVE one. LOL!!!!!!!!!!! He drove one on a car lot, he wanted to buy the car. After he drove it he never expressed an interest in any Fiero again! haha We used to get people in our shops with blown clutches, we would tell them straight off what they were looking at, and you shoulda seen their faces! haha Now THAT is a repair bill! :AH-HA_wink:

Great performance with the high performance version, but the looks aren't my cup of tea. The front headlights ruin the car for me enough, I have a hard time looking past the front end. The CTS-V is a heckuva driving machine.

55 is actually the "aspect ratio". The height of the sidewall compared to the section width- 55% as high as it is wide, like you say.

What engine? What viscosity oil are you running? A worn engine will have greater clearances and less oil pressure usually. Is the ticking noise just at idle, or will the tick continue as the rpms increase? More info! A "good" mechanic should be able to tell you EXACTLY what the noise is, and where it is coming from... and why. I would pop a valve cover off (depending on the engine of course :AH-HA_wink: ) and while the engine idled I would push down on the rocker tips. Easy way to see which lifter is the culprit IMO. Many different ways to go about it, depending on the engine and the chassis layout.

How about Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Cadillac, and Oldsmobile. What is THEIR "definitions"?? What's the defining difference between Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Buick? I think Chrysler stuff is more "premium" than the Dodge counterparts, better interiors and trim levels etc. Always has been.