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Re: G8 lives on!!!!!! [iwant12]
by lemko
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Jul 14, 2009 (6:52 am)
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Replying to: iwant12 (Jul 13, 2009 5:46 pm)
I have cooled seats in my Cadillac DTS Performance. You can hear the little fans in the seat when the car is sitting still in the garage. I had my DTS out yesterday and had the cooled seats on. I pulled into the garage, turned off the A/C and radio, but kept hearing this whirring noise and wondered what the heck it was. Turned out I left the cooled seat on. I always thought they worked with the A/C, but it looks like they work independent of the A/C.
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Re: G8 lives on!!!!!! [ingvar]
by m4d_cow
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Jul 14, 2009 (6:53 am)
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Replying to: ingvar (Jul 13, 2009 9:36 am)
"Objection!!! Not everything, McDonals has a good coffee like Starbucks (ingvar)"
Heck no. Both McDonalds and Starbucks coffee are total crap. Of course, maybe that's the reason the price is cheaper.
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Re: cupholders and more [lemko]
by m4d_cow
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Jul 14, 2009 (6:58 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 14, 2009 6:49 am)
I actually agree with you. Cars are meant to be driven, not a place to eat and drink in (or to some extent, sleep in  ).
Cupholders IMO are space wasters, and they exist simply because Americans want them. Get a tight capped bottle darn it.
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Re: G8 lives on!!!!!! [lemko]
by andre1969
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Jul 14, 2009 (7:09 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 14, 2009 6:45 am)
It makes my girlfriend's 2005 LaCrosse look OLD!!!If there wasn't so much life left in the current car and the economy wasn't so crappy, we'd definately would buy it.
Here's an idea...what if you get rid of that Grand Marquis, get a new LaCrosse for her, and use the 2005 as the "beater" car?
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Re: G8 lives on!!!!!! [andre1969]
by lemko
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Jul 14, 2009 (7:16 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 14, 2009 7:09 am)
That's an idea, but the Grand Marquis is paid for and I don't want another car payment. Maybe I'll get a new LaCrosse for her in the future after I pay off the DTS.
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Re: G8 lives on!!!!!! [lemko]
by andre1969
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Jul 14, 2009 (7:45 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 14, 2009 7:16 am)
Yeah, a paid-for car does come with a nice feeling, doesn't it? Knowing how debt-adverse you are, I imagine you're paying that DTS down ahead of time, too, so you'll be ready to get a new LaCrosse before you know it! 
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LaX vs. Taurus
by tomcatt630
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Jul 14, 2009 (8:01 am)
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Talking about trunk comparisoin between LaC. and Taurus. Remember that the current D3 based Taurus is a 'large car', not mid-sized as LaC.
Compare the Lucerne to Taurus.
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Re: Looks like Camaro transmissions are breaking [anythngbutgm]
by bmgpe
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Jul 14, 2009 (8:17 am)
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Replying to: anythngbutgm (Jul 14, 2009 4:50 am)
Do we really need a 6 speed manual with a relatively low revving V8? Let's just go back to the Borg Warner Super T10 four speed for up to 375 hp, and use the M-22 rock crusher for the real monster motors. I have them in stock....
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Re: LaX vs. Taurus [tomcatt630]
by andre1969
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Jul 14, 2009 (9:03 am)
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Replying to: tomcatt630 (Jul 14, 2009 8:01 am)
That 12.8 cubic feet might also be a bit deceptive on the LaCrosse. I've read that the Accord, both the new version and the 2003-2007 only have a 14 cubic foot trunk. Still, the trunk looks bigger than that to me, perhaps because it's fairly tall inside. You wouldn't be able to fit a 4-foot wide screen for a sliding glass door in the trunk opening, like I could with my my '79 5th Ave and its ~21 cubic foot trunk. But at the same time, you'd have no trouble getting a good-sized cooler in there...something that I have to position in just the right spot, at just the right angle in my NYer, or the trunk won't close.
But just going by the numbers, 12.8 cubic feet does sound pretty bad. That's compact car territory in my book! Heck, that's almost SUB-compact! My old '88 LeBaron turbo coupe had a 14 cubic foot trunk. A '75-79 Nova, with its sloped off rear deck and full-sized spare, and gas tank under the trunk floor, still had 13 cubic feet. Still, if the LaCrosse's trunk is shaped well, it might be more useable than that figure suggests.
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Re: G8 lives on!!!!!! [lemko]
by iwant12
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Jul 14, 2009 (9:50 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 14, 2009 6:52 am)
I looked at the Buick Web site and there was only mention of ventilated not cooled seats. Better than nothing perhaps, and perhaps they'll offer cooled seats for the next model year. Also, as others have noted, trunk size is a little on the small size. I still like the car and will keep it on the short list. Trunk space in the CTS is nearly the same, so it's a wash. CTS, though, has "cooled" seats.
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