I want so badly to be that redneck...

Also: 2009.5 F-150: Now with SUPER DRAGON POTENTIAL

And: 20% better fuel economy and an onboard Pee-tank will make this the ultimate road-trip-mobile.

Finally: Nope, that's it, I only had 3.

17" wheels and Sunroof were mutually exclusive. One or the other, not both.

Because blogs don't talk... IIRC the concept interior was pretty terrible in a '70's coke and acid way.

About 150%. Also expect Saturn and GMC versions. And a Buick for China.

No, thank you.

If you look it up, you'll find that 3000 lbs is exactly where "Sports Cars" end and "Sporty Cars" begin.

In my books, this is the official car of Hasbeens and Hairdressers.

I'll have to revoke your man card. I can only see two situations where that wouldn't be my first choice for driving somewhere:

1. I had to take a passenger.

2. I'm on my back in the rear, having been loaded in by a few other people.

Mid way through Season 1 we come across vast fields of prius'. People live their whole lives strapped in the driver's seat, mesmerized by the little display that shows their vital energy flowing out of their bodies and into the Matrix.

The Chevy-Driving Heros free a young man from the Prius and name him GEO. They expect that he'll be able to show others that the Chevy reality is better than living your life in a Pruis staring at a screen.

Unfortunately, he doesn't manage to convince anyone to get out of their Toyotas, and is quietly killed off 2 episodes later.

As the episodes unfold, we find that the apocolypse came after Toyota partnered with Cyberdyne Networks to create the next Hybrid Synergy Drive. Only the electricity comes from people!

I call it The Toyota Matrix

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On the other side of the coin (best p-up concepts), the Dodge M80. Also, Suzuki had one a couple of years ago with the exhaust exiting from the bed-side, covered dirt-bike style, which was an awesome touch.

I am a lineman for the counteeeeeeeeee

And I drive the county roooooooooooad

There's this car in my neighbourhood, and when I look at it, I get a funny feeling in my pants, and sometimes, there is a little moisture there.

Is this normal?

Confused in Ontario

Oh, wait a minute, I forgot that it was no longer 2002.

As a guy who recently took 700 sq.ft. of shingles (1560 lbs) to the dump with an 82 hp 4-cylinder pickup, I could not agree more.

I also use self-same truck to move cars on trailers ~4 times per year.

I used it to pull a mustang once. 5k lbs of car and trailer felt, literally, like nothing.

OTOH, it got ~6 mpg for the round trip, so I'll take a pass.

Electric race cars have long been perfected:

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I live at A, and EVERYthing is at B:

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IMAGINE if I could just do a straight line! Don't even get me started about:

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Though I'll need some kind of trunk-mounted luggage rack to lash the baby seat to...

If your child CAN hoon a 20-year-old, 80 hp, fwd automatic econobox, they've well earned the right to. However, odds are good that they'd rather get a ride from you than be seen in the poop-brown nerdmobile.

Nobody likes a loose spotted owl.. Or maybe we need looser spotted owls, considering their population troubles... But on the whole, I agree with what you say.

As @Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity: pointed out, other than CO2, new cars put out no polution. Something to the effect of painting your living room puts out more polution than driving a Tahoe from Vancouver to Toronto and back...

I can get behind this for smoking, rotten, leaking clunkers, but a well maintained older car could be more beneficial to the environment.

It really goes back to reducing income tax, and increasing consumption tax (which the liberals are proposing, but calling a "green tax"). Add $1/litre to the gas tax, but make new car purchase price a tax write-off, and you'd transform your fleet in ~2 years.

For me, it comes down to this: If governments relaxed their miriad safety requirements, and spent some effort on driver training and re-assessment, we could have our cake and eat it too. And by "cake" I mean "reduced vehicular fatalities" and by "Eat it too" I mean "light-weight, efficient, fun cars to drive".

My 1984 B2000, for example, gets 10l/100km regardless of load, speed, etc. I have seen better than 8l/100, but not since I mounted the 31" goodyears.

OTOH, with carburettor and non-op catalytic converter, standing behind it makes your eyes water. So, "smog causing chemicals" (HC, CO, NOx) are through the roof, and if you have been in So-Ont this summer, it's been pretty hazy.

A brand-spanking B2300 (Now With Mazda-Power!) gets 9.9 city and 7.5 highway, according to energuide... So 0% improvement in mileage, but the air coming out of the pipe is likely cleaner than the air going in.

That said, the new truck is ~$20k. My current truck is $0. The B2300 has no bed tie downs, a smaller bed, and can not be serviced by the tool kit under my seat.

IF both Federal and Provincial governments were willing to let me write the purchase price of the truck off my INCOME tax, I could actually afford to buy the new truck with no out of pocket to me. They still get the sales tax, the air-con tax, registration fee, and general boost to the economy, so everybody wins. Since my plan would require 2 different governments to think with their heads, I'll just keep the B2k, plant 2 trees, save the environment, and continue to put a car payment a month into my RRSP.

Well done.

I am also enjoying the people saying that the GTR FROM THE FUUUUUUTUUUUUUURE!!!! will be faster than the 'vette.

Well, I'll go out on a limb and say that this corvette is faster than the GTR of 2 years ago. Take that!

There are many more interesting cars that I can and would spend my imaginary millions on, and while they would make better noises, and have more valves to adjust, they just wouldn't get me there any quicker.

No. I do have an "adventure hat" though:

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But I only wear it on special occasions.

1II1I111 or 0O00OOO0

on the back of my silver Civic.

Best. Getaway. Vehicle. Ever.

True enough... A more capable gator at ~ the same price. Probably even has AC.

HEY! I drive a (very slightly) lifted 2wd truck, and I don't watch MMA.

Though the truck gets very muddy once or twice a week, so I guess I should take no offense to your criticism.

You can scratch "Commit Federal Offences" off the list.

Not that I really have any interest in a 4500# sedan which will most likely get outrun by my RX-7, while still delivering less utility than said-same Mazda.

Can I have my Nomad concept yet, or is no one at GM interested in taking my money?

Sure, and The Mee Too is actually pronounced My Toe, but y'aint gunna get no'un south of the mace-on dix-on to per-nounce it that way, fancy boy. Now get back in your Jag-wire, and go home, yankee.

How cheap would each GM model have to be before you'd consider buying it?

I.E.: Who wouldn't consider a $5000 Aveo with all factory waranty in tact?

If I could have a 4-cyl, 4wd, 5 speed Canyorado w/ aircon for $16k, I'd get on it. I'd pay $1000 more for an H3.

If I could have a...er... welll... The rest of the lineup would have to be in the 5-10k range for me to consider it.

"What's it like to drive?"

"Like biting into 1000 chilli's at once."

"How cool is this car?"

"MILLE Chilly!"

etc...

Frightening, but I agree with you on the last point. People look at the financial hit they are going to take on their rolling bad decision, and decide to suffer through the high prices.

This, of course, is where we take separate roads...

Sustained high gas prices are going to lead to successive lease-cycle downsizing ( Explorer -> CX-9 -> CX-7 -> Mazda5) over the next 10-or-so years. Right now, however, there is no compelling small (or, frankly, mid-sized) CAR that is going to make people abandon their current rides.

If The General were to drop Alfa Romeo's lineup onto their lots tomorrow, people would make the jump.

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The Guam-DM bumper really hurts the toasteriffic lines though.

Gnow, but it mekz mi long for an edit booton.

Since we are going down the flag-waving-douche road (type that into google maps, I dare you!), I saw the rerun of the Dixie Chicks on The Simpsons the other day.

America's Back and I'm Feeling Patrioter Again!

Now THAT's good satire...

"FORD F-SERIES PRESENTS TOBY KEITH'S 'BIGGEST AND WOST' CONCERT TOUR"

Great, just what we need... Fear mongering regarding hydrogen explosions.