Drew Dowdell

Oh no!!! not him! Kidding..... congrats man.... I try bribing them with money and I still can't get any respect around here [/dangerfield]

Eldorado Riviera Aurora I like the Cutlass Supreme also.. but you get caught in a Catch-22 with that one. The 3.1 is a bit of a boat anchor in that car, the 3.4 DOHC is great... but can be tough to work on... and there aren't many mods. I do recommend the 3.4 on performance alone though.

v. And strangely both of the above are platform mates with both of the below...respectively.... v. one might think that Hyundai/Kia was copying the Lincoln/Jaguar template.... I get shouted down for this one a lot....

Except that the price of refined gasoline is rising faster then the price of crude oil.

Is that a can of St. Ides?

Hydrogen isn't viable because it isn't a positive energy source. It takes more energy to create usable hydrogen then the hydrogen provides in return.

but they are much closer to a "Net 0" then regular petrolium. The CO2 that comes from Ethanol is just the CO2 that was absorbed by the plant in the first place.

*farts*

Bio-diesel isn't cheaper then gas per gallon because the infrastructure isn't up to speed yet. Bio-diesel *is* cheaper per mile of use though since you get much better mileage then gasoline.

That's ok, plants can still be built in Mexico...... I guess you could say the jobs are going somewhere....

No, never blame the union that held the management's feet to the fire by threatening to strike... there is plenty of blame to go around.... both sides can share it.

Uh...GM and Ford are the only manufacturers that offer full sized trucks and some SUVs that can run on an alternative to petrol. Guess what... Toyota doesn't. You can have as many hybrids as you want, but at this point they still ALL run on petrol. Ford could have a super trump card if they made the Escape Hybrid a FFV. I'm really hoping GM is smart enough to make the Hybrid GMT-900s FFV. An E85 burning, active fuel management, hybrid Avalanche could really take the wind out of Toyota's hybrid sales.

I don't know what the Toyotas are like, but apparently GM managed to get their 6-speeds into a package smaller then their old 4-speeds.

I think from the press releases, the most number of gears the 7 and 8 speeds can jump at a time is 2. I think a jump from 8 to 3 would be a bit drastic don't you?

Bimmer is hot.

HHAHA I did exactly that with that extended Ford explorer hearse. I had seen it before and I captured it with my camera phone just so I could post it here. FOG usually beats me to the reviews.... but I'll read a review and think to myself "Gee... FOG is going to be busy tonight...."

Didn't Chrysler leave nascar completely for a while? They only came back with the final generation Intrepid. I hope it's GM. $140 million a year is a bit much. They certainly aren't getting the returns in the form of Impala or Grand Prix sales.

You know you're becoming addicted to C&G when you know more about how some member's day went then you do of your own spouse's day.

The Escalade will crush the Audi Q7 <which he makes mention of> in sales.

Good for at least 7 hp right?

I'd love a hybrid avalanche that can run E85. That said, I do actually need a full size truck. I only use my current Avalanche for actual construction hauling.

Rates GM a sell? Why would you do that? GM stock has no where to go but up. Last I looked, their market valuation was less then their net assets.... which is just because people are scared they'll declare bankrupcy. This is why we don't listen to analysts folks.

They lost 10 billion last year and the markets adjusted GM's stock price to reflect that. GM lost $323 million in first quarter this year.... losing money at a rate much slower then 2005. They also had record revenues... so sales are going up. Once they can get their costs under control, they'll be very profitable again. I've been buying GM stock every month since it tanked just before Kirk started buying in. $20 a share for GM stock is a steal! Once they're profitable again, the stock will rise back to it's previous levels or higher.

ABS is important in the summer when you have idiot drivers out. It has saved me more then once. I wouldn't consider it optional.

*snicker* [/geek humor]