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7126 messages, Last post on Nov 18, 2009 at 1:27 PM
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My wife and I went to the Auto Show in Toronto this weekend. What a great show! Lots of exotic cars: 16 Lamborghinis on display, a Rolls, a Maybach, a Maserati, Ferrari, a Mercedes McLaren SLR Roadster etc. Some nice crossover concepts and near production models too:Ford Flex, Ford Airstream, Volvo XC60, My wife hated both Fords, and loved the XC60. I liked both the Flex and the XC60. It was nice to see the new Chevy Traverse up close. It looks really nice (in my opinion). It is more similar to the Enclave than I expected, but I don't think that you would confuse the two. It also shares some looks with the Acura MDX and Mazda CX-9. And with the new DI 3.6L engine, it offers improved horsepower numbers (288). If it is less money than its' Lambda siblings, it looks like a winner to me.
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Replying to: hoser0eh (Feb 19, 2008 7:15 pm)
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Replying to: nxs138 (Feb 20, 2008 6:54 am) Our current van lease is a Chevy Venture. 110K and no problems. It goes back in a week and we start driving the Enclave. We couldn't wait for the Traverse to be produced, but I know my wife preferred the looks and quietness of the Enclave anyway. We only ever had two other Chevys; a 2000 Cavalier that my daughter still drives that has had no problems except for some dash lights that burned out and the heater fan that no longer works on the slowest speed (195K); and a 1986 Suburban that was great for pulling a 24 foot camping trailer (don't remember any problems). In fact we've never had any serious problems with any domestic vehicles we have owned. The most problematic vehicles we have owned are; 1975 Datsun 610 wagon (our first vehicle, and one that my wife couldn't wait to get rid of), and a 1994 Honda Accord which had numerous problems (probably not the Accord's fault; it was in 5 accidents; none were our fault; it was just a magnet for other cars to hit for some reason). In Honda's defense, we currently drive a 2005 Civic as a runabout vehicle, and it has been great. And I would have probably bought an Odyssey, if my wife would have been willing to drive another van. |
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Replying to: albook (Feb 19, 2008 3:37 pm) I wouldn't call myself a fan of CR, but they are useful because they measure a lot of things that noone else does (payload, towing, turning radius, cargo box dimensions, etc.). So taken FWIW, I find them useful.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 19, 2008 10:29 am) This is another of USNews' great ideas: cull reviews from magazines / newspapers / whereever, and combine them into a single cardinal ranking. Just like they do for college / law school rankings. It's not them doing the rating, it's others. They're just putting it all together under some secret-special-sauce-weighting system. And if you think this particular ranking is controversial, google U.S. News law school rankings controversy ... |
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Replying to: hoser0eh (Feb 19, 2008 7:15 pm)
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Replying to: bobw3 (Feb 20, 2008 12:08 pm) Yeah, and could you actually open the doors and get in one hoser0eh?
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Replying to: baggs32 (Feb 20, 2008 2:14 pm) I didn't go to the Toronto show, but I went to the Chicago show, and you couldn't open them there, so I doubt it. Production can't be too far away, though (I've heard June).
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Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 20, 2008 8:33 am) I take it you're not an MT fan. People talk about them a lot. I really don't complain; I read MT because they always have the latest info (well, behind Edmunds, but before any other magazine). I'm not a huge CR fan either. If I read CR, it's for amusement in a doctor's office- just to hear their oppinion on whatever vehicle they're testing. I would never go off them to buy a car, but that's just because I already know so much about cars, and like to do a lot of test driving. For someone who isn't as in to the automotive world, CR could be a decent source to use. And I think everybody does turning circle.
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Replying to: albook (Feb 20, 2008 3:07 pm) That's what I'm assuming too. Our show here isn't until late April this year (it's a decent sized show but not major by any stretch of the imagination) so I'm crossing my fingers that they put one on the floor for all to see since JOB1 is scheduled for April 7th. I'm also hoping to see the new Volvo XC60 in a color other than the one Volvo is showing in it's newly released production pictures. I like it but it looks a little odd shaped in that color to me.
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