Better than this?

I posed this on Oppo the other night, but I think nibbles ate it. Anyways, am I the only one who likes this livery:

Well, you'll just have to maximize your 10 minutes, right? I mean common, you say some prayers, say some vows, I do, I do, kiss the bride. Baddah-bing baddah-boom.

Nice. I had BFG's on my Dodge Ram, and I was always quite happy with them. I Bought a set of stock wheels/tires from a Hummer H2; they have the same bolt pattern as the Dodge, but the hubs are a bit bigger than the H2 so I had my machinist friend open them up a bit for me. They were some good tires, and lasted…

I am trying to teach her, but it goes slowly. To give you an idea of what I am up against, she asked her dad what the "Ice/Snow" button did. His response was that it "changes the suspension alignment for more traction." Never ever heard of a vehicle with "active alignment" in my life. Oh, and this is a guy who…

I looked for a linky but couldn't find one or else I would have posted it. But you can find a few forums discussing it. I have the issue somewhere in my storage unit buried under motorcycle parts and all my tools.

Mentioned earlier to someone else, but Grassroots Motorsports did a "Porsche vs. Minivan" comparo a few years ago. They had a Porsche 356, a Jaaaag XKE, and a Honda Odyssey. Both Porsche and Honda were faster around the road course they used (I don't remember what track they were on) than the XKE. But interestingly…

I heart clicked you for that. Damn environmentalists and their CR-Z's...

My girlfriend has an RX330 that her mom gave her. Once we were out and it started to snow and she told me I had to "turn the 4 wheel drive on!!!" I have to change the oil in that souless appliance so I was quite aware that it was AWD, but had never heard of one you have to "turn on." So I asked her how to do it and…

Pauljones, I loved your well written and thought out commentary, as well as the tasteful replies by Doc-Oppo and docb. Aside from some asshattery in the beginning, this has been a great thread.

Yeah, but I love the little 'balt. It get's me everywhere I need to go (I've forded almost 2 feet of water in it.. twice, and gone through some 12" snow storms... trust me when I say everywhere). It gets great mileage to boot, and I like the XM Radio :-)

I'm calling bullshit on the minivans. I had an AWD GMC Safari for a while and it might secretly be the best vehicle I've ever had. It got reasonable gas mileage, had an appropriate level of power, went every freaking where I asked it to go. I could carry a bunch of people in it or anything else I wanted, including…

Nope, I own a Cobalt LS XFE. It was the absolute cheapest Cobalt I could buy. Manual locks, manual windows, spare tire delete, spoiler delete. The only option was the floor mats.

OH LORD, THIS IS LIKE MY PERFECT THREAD...

Keep in mind a Cummins 5.9L long block weighs almost 2000lbs. The crankshaft alone weighs 128lbs (i.e. more than my current girlfriend, significantly less than some ex's). Also, as I recall, the biggest issue with the 1/4 mile isn't so much having enough power, it's that the torque comes in so hard and fast its…

I hear you on that. I love my Slobalt but the day I drove it home from the dealer it the AC broke and it started peeing water into the passenger footwell. Took 3 times for the dealer to get it right. It was a big annoyance, but the dealer was kind and easy to work with. Since then I've only had one other problem…

My Aunt and Uncle had a Trail Blazer, and it was phenomenal, no problems ever with it and it ran great and never had any of the problems you described.

I don't know that I can make a case for it being the *best* but I can make a case for it being one of the most under-rated American production engines of all times. The Atlas 4.2L inline 6 from the Chevrolet Trailblazer and GMC Envoy is a phenomenal bit of engineering. It features all aluminum construction, dual…

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