Blake Noble

You know, unions did start out with good intentions -- better pay and better working environments for the everyday working man -- but now they have pushed beyond the point of being greedy. Should there be a cap on how much a union can do? Perhaps.

Thank you, Cort. The Monte you linked to does not look too bad, but if you notice in the interior shot which displays the dash, the are some really dark spots in the carpet and Dad thinks these are probably areas where the floorboards have rusted through. As for if he wants a project or finished car, well ... let's just say he wants a car that is in need of a some TLC, but nothing major. :AH-HA_wink:

Mmm ... very tasty! This is, by far, the best designed Buick sedan in ages.

Hmm ... I agree with you, overall.

I particularly liked this take on the T-Body from Vauxhall: I am not the biggest fan of many compact cars. But those traits I have mentioned here would make a potential buyer out of me. I could only imagine what the driving experience of such a car would be like if it was executed correctly. I think such an idea is perfect for Pontiac, to build a smaller poor man's 1-Series that follows that car's mission of being the modern 2002 a little more closer. No, such an idea is not new, but it is an idea with merit. True, packaging does become an issue with such a car, sadly. But, really, there are a lot of front-drive cars that do not take full advantage of their packaging advantages and then you wind up with redundant anomalies like an exhaust hump eating away floor space in the rear footwell of the car, where a front-drive car is supposed to present such an advantage over a rear-drive car.

A rear-drive compact car in coupe, sedan, hatch, and wagon configurations with a manual transmission for less than nineteen-thousand geezels in change? Sounds pretty interesting to me! But I wonder, who would have the almighty balls to do it?

You know, I believe if more compact cars here in the United States offered premium features such a navigation and other amenities that you would find in cars from larger segements as options, it could help to break down the "compact cars are cheap" stigma that you find here.

Ooh! I see they have done a King Crimson cover. I will have to check that out.

Alright, trying to break away from Pearl Jam now ... "When The Levee Breaks" - Led Zeppelin

There is not really much going on at the Hummer stable, except for Bluetooth.

"Dirty Frank" - Pearl Jam I believe BV has indeed started me on a Pearl Jam binge.

Everything has a price, as the saying goes!

You know, I still wonder if that Colorado was a 5.3 mule ...

Oh someone just wave the white flag already.

Actually, I like some of the graphics (no I do not mean decals, Virginia) on recent Hondas and Acuras. It is the proportions of their cars that offend me the worst.

My, how I do love to hear stories about BMW cars. As far as sightings of my own go, I saw about a '79 to '80 C3 Corvette in Richmond today and a really striking black Malibu LTZ. I do wish I could have another prototype sighting. My most recent ones were of a camouflaged Mustang on the back of a flatbed truck about a year and a half ago (as it turns out, it was a GT500 mule; I had photos on my old computer which is now long gone) and a Colorado with a makeshift rollbar on the back of a flatbed truck with camo about nine months ago, all on I-75.

Another tip would to be to use smaller clicks when using the PLT so you will get a more precise outline.

Hmm ... I am not totally sure if the same rule applies to PS 7.0 just yet, but I know in Elements you could hit CTRL then either Shift or ALT and add to your selection using the polygonal lasso tool.

What if this were rear-wheel drive? I actually believe GME already answered that question.

Hmm ... pretty interesting website, PCS.

"The whole world, world over, it's a world wide suicide ..." Now I have to listen to that as well.

Now that is what I call global!

http://www.photoshopjunkie.com/tutorials/color1/index.htm Consider this one payment down on repaying you back for giving me PS 7.0. :AH-HA_wink:

At around 5:45 a.m. this morning, before I had to head out to Lexington for my Dad's hernia surgery, I heard the windows and felt the floor shake quite vigorously. :rotflmao:

No, actually. Cadillac turning into an Acura fighter would not be for the best interest of the brand.