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Replying to: ingvar (Jul 13, 2009 9:36 am) 
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 13, 2009 5:19 am) I remember one magazine article years ago giving BMW a slight simply because they didn't offer cup-holders on their cars, particularly the 5-series. Then they came out with a cupholder but to their credit they made it so horrible it wasn't worth using. BMW felt a vehicle was supposed to be driven, not used as a place to hold drinks, go figure right? 
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Replying to: jae5 (Jul 13, 2009 9:44 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 13, 2009 11:34 am) |
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I'll believe that the G8 [Commodore] lives on when it is for sale in Chevy showrooms. Also, with the way things change so fast at GM, who know what name it will end up with after all. Regarding the old RWD Buick G cars, back in 1980-82 MPG was king, and Buick was calling themselves 'The V6 brand'. Buick got a lot of buyers trading down from big cars to V6 Regals, Centurys, and Skylarks. OTOH, buyers who still wanted V8's stuck with full sized cars and that market came back huge in 1983-84. [But it was too late to cancel/postpone/rename the boxy FWD C and H body replacements] |
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 13, 2009 4:26 am)
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Replying to: jae5 (Jul 13, 2009 9:44 am) |
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Replying to: iwant12 (Jul 13, 2009 4:12 pm) I WILL be buying one. No questions asked. |
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The cup holder stereotype I think of is an Angeleno [person from Los Angeles] trying to multi-task while sitting in the parking lots they call 'freeways'. Other is suburbanite sitting in an SUV in a fast-food drive-thru, just to get an ice creme cone or frapaccino. All while "multi-tasking". |
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Replying to: tomcatt630 (Jul 13, 2009 5:08 pm) Other is suburbanite sitting in an SUV in a fast-food drive-thru, just to get an ice creme cone or frapaccino. All while "multi-tasking". I learned while piloting my POS hand-me-down K-car sans cup holder that it was easier to eat the 2 McDonalds cheeseburgers meal than the Big Mac meal on the way to LA after the Kannan Rd stop. I also learned that I need to start gathering steam from the point I got back on the freeway to make it up the far side of the Conejo valley into Agoura Hills. I have mostly amended my ways since those days.
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