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    REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!

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    Image of DerpJohnson DerpJohnson
    08/20/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    "Frankly, the mere thought of a Pontiac El Camino vastly increases the likelihood we may have to move to Australia for some good ol' fashioned muscle car hoonage!"

    What muscle cars do you even think Australia has? We haven't had a muscle car since the 70's, and even then there were only a few different types made, and each is worth thousands for even the most rusty, burnt out shell these days. The new Monaro is basically the only recent muscle car we have, and good luck getting one of them for under 30k.
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    Image of RoboRed is sipping a cup of tea while watching the world burn RoboRed is sipping a cup of tea while watching the world burn
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    A funny thing, I was talking to a friend of mine in Melbourne after the news came out that the G8 ST was killed, and he predicted that something along these lines would happen.
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    discontinuuity is missing Uncle Pete, the Auto Insider, and the Banhammered Nine promoted this comment RoboRed is sipping a cup of tea while watching the world burn was starred RoboRed is sipping a cup of tea while watching the world burn was unstarred
    Image of underwear-ninja underwear-ninja
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    Way to rub salt in this Pontiac fan's wounds.
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    Image of Shadowman615 Shadowman615
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    Are those prices in Aussie dollars or real money?
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    IsTryingToMakeItToTheLeatherWash2Nite promoted this comment Shadowman615 was starred Shadowman615 was unstarred
    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    08/19/09

    @Shadowman615: duff dollars.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    If only we could get the ute and wagon, registered, here. Is it possble to have it shipped to Canada, then import it? I looked at doing this with an M45 back in '02-03 for the, at the time, huge savings thanks to exchange rates.

    Didn't hurt I was in Portland, OR, land of car-haters (mostly, not all of you).
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    I have a dream. A goal, if you will, to open an auto import shop. I've started looking into it and read up on some of the requirements from the federal government to import cars. We all know about the 25 year rule, but what if you want a car that car companies deem unsellable in the US? Like a Holden G8 Ute? Or a Ford Focus RS?

    It's not cheap. My initial research has shown that over the last 10 years or so, the number of regulations just to get federal import approval has skyrocketed.

    It's discouraging, but I am taking the opportunity of the economic downturn to lay low and figure out how feasible this would be.
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    IsTryingToMakeItToTheLeatherWash2Nite promoted this comment engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    08/19/09

    @engineerd: Holy cow! Is this really the engineerd??? Or some sadistic impostor?

    But the sentence structure and language style used definitely points to the great engineerd.

    p.s: It's super weird not seeing that lil' golden star below the Ford GT. And me approving you. But fcuk it! If you're the real deal welcome back. Missed ya.
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    Edited by FTGDWolverineEdition'09 at 08/19/09 11:23 AM FTGDWolverineEdition'09 was starred FTGDWolverineEdition'09 was unstarred
    Image of pauljones pauljones
    08/19/09

    @engineerd: I suppose it would depend on the car; would it be cheaper to import a car that is already made to US crash and emissions standards, but just not sold here?

    Oh, and welcome back, my friend. Now where is the crazy big brother of a Canadian?
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    08/19/09

    @IsTryingToMakeItToTheLeatherWash...2Nite: I am trying, for now, to focus on variants of cars sold here. I haven't gotten real deep yet, but I'm thinking something like the G8 would be fairly easy to import since it was already built for US consumption. The Ute may be more problematic since the body is different and therefore not crash-test-approved.

    The Focus RS, if/when the Euro Focus returns to the US, should be a fairly easy sell, too.

    I say "should be", and when I think about it I get pretty excited, but there's so much BS that I don't know yet how realistic this is.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    08/19/09

    @engineerd: The Gawker hamsters are screwing with me. My comment above disappeared, so I re-typed it, only to come back and find out it showed up again.

    Blast it, Nibbles!
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    Edited by pauljones at 08/19/09 12:12 PM pauljones was starred pauljones was unstarred
    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    08/19/09

    @pauljones: You should really start taking the rap for your own mistakes boy! You can't blame others for ever you know?
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    08/19/09

    @IsTryingToMakeItToTheLeatherWash...2Nite: That's not what Dick Cheney said when his buddy "got in the way of his shotgun"
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    08/19/09

    @pauljones: Hi, sorry, what? Someone talking to me?
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    IsTryingToMakeItToTheLeatherWash2Nite promoted this comment Deartháir II was starred Deartháir II was unstarred
    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    08/19/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: I guess Dick is back too! Missed the shot gun antics buddy. Obama is in power now you know?
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    08/19/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: Yes, my friend, I was talking to you. I'm glad you're back.
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    08/19/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: Oh shnap! Two have returned. Bless this day.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/19/09

    @pauljones: Mistakes were made. And then I buried them. Now we don't seem to talk about those things so much.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    08/19/09

    @engineerd: The detail I'm hanging on is that certain repair shops are authorized to create VIN numbers.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    08/19/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return:
    Whoa, this is big.
    1. There were a series of foreshockalypses.
    2. The Pontiac G8 ST lives.
    3. The dead have risen.
    Therefore, I have a short window of opportunity to find a girl before the world ends.
    ...
    Welcome back, everyone.
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    Image of pres pres
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    Weren't these things already rebadged to come over here? I fail to see how this is news, more like a continuation of what they already get down undah.
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    Image of Comrade Clockwork Comrade Clockwork
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!

    When will you Aussies learn to be civil to Americans?
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    The-Simpsons-Rule!! promoted this comment Comrade Clockwork was starred Comrade Clockwork was unstarred
    Image of 1300ccsoffury 1300ccsoffury
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    This is as exciting as the day it was announced that Vegemite will live on as...Vegemite.
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    Image of GV_Goat GV_Goat
    08/19/09

    @1300ccsoffury: Exactly. heart click por vous!
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    FP - Funny how it seems quiet around here, eh? promoted this comment GV_Goat was starred GV_Goat was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/19/09

    @GV_Goat: Incidentally, that's too good for America, too, even though it's just salty brewery remains.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    >YAWN<

    Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
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    Image of Alf, in pog form Alf, in pog form
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!

    No G8's for America makes Uncle Sammy cry.
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    IsTryingToMakeItToTheLeatherWash2Nite promoted this comment Alf, in pog form was starred Alf, in pog form was unstarred
    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    08/19/09

    @Alf, in pog form: That's not our style! We need to bomb them and grab the stuff we need.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    You know, Ray, when I read the first part of the title, I almost had a total cargasm as I sat down at my desk this morning. A cargasm that would require more than the likes of a mere box of kleenex to clean up.

    And then I saw the second part of the title. Way to play with a guy's emotions.
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    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    Tell you what. Please stop writing any words about the Pontiac G8, unless those words are "the Pontiac G8 is being rebadged as a Whatever Something, and will be available for sale in the United States." I do not want to read about the G8 living on in Australia. I don't even want to read about the Holden Commodore any more.

    The memories of what GM did to that poor car, the best car they've ever built...they are just too painful.
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    pauljones promoted this comment FormerlyPreferredCustomer was starred FormerlyPreferredCustomer was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    I'll mark my calendar. In twenty five years we'll be able to gray market import them.

    Prepare yourself for a long series of stories as GM functionaries explain in tedious detail how they decided it wouldn't be necessary to build the to US compliant specs, and the effort needed to alter production to send them to the US would now be cost-prohibitive.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    08/19/09

    In reply to REPORT: The Pontiac G8 El Camino, GXP Live... As Holdens!
    i guess somebody bought the tooling early and now has to find something to do with it.
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