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#31715 of 32000 Re: Taking a Vacation [uplanderguy] by scwmcan

Feb 08, 2013 (11:06 am)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Feb 08, 2013 10:58 am)
Actually I think it is fair to question the recommended tag for the Accord, with all the new to Honda tech there is a question ( all be it hopefully small) about the reliability of it all, new engines and transmissions for one, I do think it unlikely that Honda dropped the ball, but I do think CR should have waited a few month to see if the traditional Honda reiabity is in fact there.

#31716 of 32000 Re: Cruze diesel to start at $25,695 [busiris] by dieselone

Feb 08, 2013 (11:13 am)

Replying to: busiris (Feb 08, 2013 10:16 am)
Of course, some will say servicing diesel powered trucks is no different.
  
I guess we'll find out...
 
I'd guess if they can service a Volt they could figure out a diesel Cruze. Plus the diesel trucks are high tech too. I don't see it being a problem.

#31717 of 32000 Re: Cruze diesel to start at $25,695 [dieselone] by busiris

Feb 08, 2013 (11:25 am)

Replying to: dieselone (Feb 08, 2013 11:13 am)
I'd guess if they can service a Volt they could figure out a diesel Cruze. Plus the diesel trucks are high tech too. I don't see it being a problem.
 
Hopefully it won't be an issue.
 
I don't think it will be an issue at the larger dealerships, but I can foresee issues at the smaller ones.
 
As you stated, the Volt, and now the diesel car (and, there are differences between diesel powered trucks and cars) is a lot of "techno-know how" requirements for dealers to be supplying.
 
For either vehicle, before I bought one, I'd want a "nickel tour" of the service facility so I could get a "warm & fuzzy" feeling before signing on the dotted line.
 
I'm happy to see diesels finally making it to the US market. After spending a lot of time in diesel vehicles in my visits to Germany, I've really been impressed with their FE and power output. And, no stinking smell like the old diesels sold here in the past years.

#31718 of 32000 Re: Taking a Vacation [scwmcan] by ateixeira

Feb 08, 2013 (11:29 am)

Replying to: scwmcan (Feb 08, 2013 11:06 am)
There's always a cycle of cutting costs and then re-contenting the stuff consumers notice. Honda seems to be on the re-content upswing, for now.

#31719 of 32000 Re: Cruze diesel to start at $25,695 [lemko] by busiris

Feb 08, 2013 (12:47 pm)

Replying to: lemko (Feb 08, 2013 8:40 am)
Heck, I still have a wheel cover from my first car - a 1968 Buick Special Deluxe - still hanging on a peg in my garage.
 
About a mile from my house, there's a guy (a bit of a hermit-type, not very extroverted) who lives in a house that sits in a fairly sharp curve, on a narrow 2-lane paved road with a bit of a drop-off at the pavement edge. His house is on the outside arc of the curve, and several times a week someone used to run off the road's edge and lose a hubcap... Not so often now, because so many cars have cast or alloy wheels.
 
All the kids in the neighborhood call it the "hubcap house", because he used to hang the lost hubcaps on the side of his house, just in case anyone came looking for a lost hubcap. We used to joke that he had a hubcap for every make and model since WWII.
 
For some reason, that stopped hanging them out about 2 years ago. My wife thinks the guy got married and his new wife put a stop to it. Maybe so...
 
Over the years (the house is older than mine, and I've been here for 35 years) I'd bet he's collected 1000's of hubcaps. I have no idea what he's done with them all.

#31720 of 32000 Re: Good clean cut Chevy commercial [tlong] by imidazol97

Feb 08, 2013 (1:30 pm)

Replying to: tlong (Feb 08, 2013 10:25 am)
>a drill team of a bunch of these vehicles with the doors being opened and closed in unison,
 
I can remember seeing it. Your description is pretty good. But can't remember it. I can't find it on youtube, either.

#31721 of 32000 Speaking of YouTube... by busiris

Feb 08, 2013 (1:59 pm)

The linked video has absolutely nothing to do with GM or cars, but if you're interested in a guided tour of the International Space Station, have a look. It's about 30 minutes long...
 
It's not a place for the claustrophobic person...
 
http://www.youtube.com/embed/doN4t5NKW-k
 
I thought it might be a nice change of pace... Enjoy!

#31722 of 32000 Re: Good clean cut Chevy commercial [imidazol97] by tlong

Feb 08, 2013 (2:35 pm)

Replying to: imidazol97 (Feb 08, 2013 1:30 pm)
I can remember seeing it. Your description is pretty good. But can't remember it. I can't find it on youtube, either.
 
Do you remember the vehicle it was? Idid a fair amount of searching and I can't find it anywhere, either.
 
Another really excellent commercial is the Honda Civic one where all the sounds are made by people, not the car:
 
Honda

#31723 of 32000 Re: Why the hate? [uplanderguy] by uplanderguy

Feb 08, 2013 (2:45 pm)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Feb 07, 2013 4:47 pm)
Sorry...earlier I posted a wrong link to the '72 Malibu commercial I liked. Here it is, with Casey Kasem narrating:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu-TnCo4yQ8

#31724 of 32000 'bu price drops by ateixeira

Feb 08, 2013 (2:58 pm)

GM lowers Malibu prices to compete with Camry in searches
 
Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/20130208/RETAIL01/302089755#ixzz2KLajlfbw
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Average drop is $450, but some models as much as $770.

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