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  1. aaaantoine replied to Drew Dowdell's post in a topic in Toyota
    This kinda reminds me of a quirk in my Cobalt's throttle. If you apply light throttle, it won't downshift at all (from 4th, I think). If you apply just a little more throttile, it downshifts to 1st gear, and the car jumps forward from this newfound power. So I pretty much have to go mid-throttle off the line or otherwise I barely accelerate at all. It's not a natural response, but at least it's somewhat predictable.
  2. aaaantoine replied to KaliRover's post in a topic in Other Auto Shows
    It's like a supermasculine Eclipse.
  3. Where and when is the tribute lap? Someone's gonna have to videotape it...
  4. aaaantoine replied to Cory Wolfe's post in a topic in The Lounge
    Which is typical of a late 80s/early 90s concept.
  5. aaaantoine replied to Drew Dowdell's post in a topic in Toyota
    Yeah, that does sum it up better.
  6. aaaantoine replied to HarleyEarl's post in a topic in S.E.M.A
    Hmm... Maserati, anyone?
  7. aaaantoine replied to Charger4U's post in a topic in The Lounge
    Vampires
  8. aaaantoine replied to Drew Dowdell's post in a topic in Toyota
    That's not right. Regardless of your driving style, if you need to accelerate to get out of the way of traffic, that power needs to be there. Sadly, that's one of the only arguments we can politically give in favor of building fast cars.
  9. aaaantoine replied to Drew Dowdell's post in a topic in Mercedes-Benz
    Wow... Either the Chinese have no imagination, or they're flagrant assholes. Or maybe they're just trying to promote efficiency by sharing parts cross-manufacturer.
  10. I don't know that China is big enough for a car market proportionate to the US market. I bet small cars are popular there.
  11. aaaantoine replied to Cory Wolfe's post in a topic in The Lounge
    That interior is almost concept-like.
  12. aaaantoine replied to aaaantoine's post in a topic in The Lounge
    My personal favorite, which harks back to my first C&G signature banner...
  13. aaaantoine replied to NOS2006's post in a topic in The Lounge
    I didn't like the Chrysler 300 at first, but seeing it in contrast to vehicles that were currently on the road made it a lot more appealing.
  14. aaaantoine replied to buickguy's post in a topic in Buick
    Couldn't you just opt out of the OnStar service? I thought the deal was they still provide emergency services without a subscription.
  15. aaaantoine replied to Cory Wolfe's post in a topic in The Lounge
    For desktops, I build my own. For laptops, I don't have that same level of convenience available to me. Plus I don't like the inputs on a typical laptop -- scrunched up specialized keyboard and a touch pad driven mouse. On top of that, your video options are limited and cost more. Heck -- everything on a laptop costs more. Do you absolutely need the portability of a laptop? Otherwise you're better off with a desktop.
  16. This thread makes me wonder what C&G members would have said when Renault bought out Nissan... That out of the way, there is some potential that the two smaller firms could make a comeback in combination... Or maybe it is more about the medium/heavy truck business.
  17. That's quite the tank they've built there. Shall we start the bidding at... about $150,000?
  18. aaaantoine replied to Charger4U's post in a topic in The Lounge
    Team America: World Police
  19. aaaantoine replied to lakefire's post in a topic in The Lounge
    That signature... Did you just scan that in at an extremely high resolution, or is it vector? If vector, how did you do that?
  20. aaaantoine posted a post in a topic in The Lounge
    Show us all a picture of the car you have in mind, and try to find a picture that will give us an indication of what pops into you head when you see it. For example, when I see this... ...I think of this...
  21. I dunno, there's something rather entertaining about an Alero racing to run a bunch of stupid 80's new wave people off the camera.
  22. aaaantoine replied to Dragon's post in a topic in BMW
    This is true... But a house doesn't.... Uh... I've got nothing.
  23. All I know is they better not come out saying "We don't know what to call it" because that's a played out cliché. They should just flat out call them what they are: Luxury Crossovers. That will lump them with the likes of the RX and the FX.