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Welcome Alex Nunez to Autoblog {Autoblog}
Jun 14th 2006 1:38PM Anyone who puts Ann Coulter as a favorite author doesn't deserve to be published.
The recruitment of a Nazi to write for autoblog will stop me from being an autoblogger.
I am disgusted and disappointed.
Saturn Vue delivers best SUV highway fuel economy {Autoblog Green}
Jun 1st 2006 9:46AM Ok, I don't mean to be a naysayer here, I am all for improved mpgs, but at what cost? I am not willing to sacrifice safety, a secure ride, for 6 or 7 miles per gallon.
I drive a 2006 Volvo XC90 T5, and get 20-21+ miles per gallon in a ULEV, 4700lb, roomy, comfortable, plenty powerful and safe vehicle.
I haven't driven the VUE Hybrid, but I doubt it is much improved over the HORRIFIC VUE I rented for a week last month while on a business trip. That vehicle was an excellent example of why GM is suffering. It barely got 22mpg, had dangerous handling, rattled and shook like it was having convulsions, and generally convinced me that I would never ever put anyone I cared about in a vehicle like that. I picked it with high hopes that it might be an affordable and practical alternative for me to consider. Very sad.
So do I need such a big vehicle as the Volvo? Well we traded in an 04 Tribute (Escape) due to reliability issues-and that vehicle, fully 1000lbs lighter, got 19-21mpgs. The CRV, RAV, and Forrester only give realistically a 5mpg savings for much less space and comfort and safety.
So the next time these idiotic anti-suv goofballs complain about the big SUVs, perhaps they should educate themselves.
For me, who drives over two ski mountains to get to work, who carries dogs and hardware and maybe even some family members and needs a big, safe vehicle, I (happening to be a liberal Democrat) say to the Anti-SUV crownd, BUZZ OFF.
The Saturn VUE Hybrid and Ford Escape Hybrids are a great idea. I am very glad they are making them-but it is ultimately an impractical vehicle because the mpg savings is nominal, and because it is based upon the disappointing and dangerous gas powered-VUE or the unreliable Escape.
Sorry folks-this Hybrid stuff really seems like smoke and mirrors to me. The plug ins are even worse, because these morons don't address the fact that the power plants generating the power for your plug are massive polluters.
Try learning how to drive. Europeans drive cars with smaller, more efficient engines, at higher speeds, more safely than do Americans.
Learn how to control a vehicle with smaller engine/hp, that you don't need 250lbs of torque to make it up a hill, that you don't have to jam on the brakes, stomp on the gas, etc, etc.
Sorry for the rant but this is ridiculous that all of a sudden we are going to make a big hoopla over GM producing a vehicle that gets 32mogs.
2006 Mazda MX-5 Grand Touring in the Autoblog Garage Day 5 {Autoblog}
May 31st 2006 10:26AM Ah...the "chick" car argument. An oldie, and moldie. The simple answer is that anyone who considers the Miata (I agree Manolo) a chick car, knows nothing about automobiles.
Impracticle-for many, too small-for some, but hot damn, put me in a Miata on Hawks Nest in upstate NY and call me Mary.
There is no other car that competes with the Miata. The balance, the "right-sized" hp to weight, the handling. True there are the power beasts, Corvettes and Stangs that are fun in their own rite, the ego drivers, Porches and 8cyl compact Audis, that compensate for a man's "shortcomings" and the Solsky which will be available at about 35% of retail on used car lots in 18mos when the dumasses who had to have the newest just beacause they were supporting GM (well that is the best excuse I can think of for buying one)couldn't hold onto their horsies.
And the rest of us who either drive Miatas, or plot and plan for when we will be driving a Miata....we are the ones who understand what pleasure driving is really about.
Spy Shots: BMW X5 faces all {Autoblog}
May 30th 2006 11:59AM Well, it is official now, EVERY BMW is
F_U_G_L_Y
2007 Land Rover LR2/Freelander brochure leaked - UPDATE {Autoblog}
May 26th 2006 9:46AM I like the look of this refreshed Ford Escape, but I thought you were going to show us pix of the new Land Rover?
BMW 3-Series Coupe: official shots? {Autoblog}
Apr 19th 2006 8:53AM F-Ugly, like the rest of the hideous 3 series, which is a shame as it is a great vehicle.
New York Auto Show - Subaru shows 2007 Legacy GT spec.B {Autoblog}
Apr 17th 2006 7:56AM Subaru is producing attractive, impressive vehicles, but last month when I bought my latest vehicle, I test drove the legacy. Great driving vehicle with --hands down--the most uncomfortable car seats I have ever sat in.
Now every body is different, so comfort is relative-but Subaru lost my dollars on the painful (for me) seats.
New York Auto Show: BMW 3-Series named World Car of the Year {Autoblog}
Apr 14th 2006 7:54AM It is still DAMNED UGLY
UGLY
UGLY
Ugly from the front,
Ugly from the side,
Ugly from the rear.
Did I mention that this is a thoroughly UGLY car?
Saturn releases Outlook pics in advance of NYC debut {Autoblog}
Apr 11th 2006 8:40AM I am impressed. This is a good looking SUV, both inside and out. As one of those supposed, "GM Bashers" I am really impressed with the direction Saturn is heading. The Aura is also a great looking vehicle. But then again I thought the L-Series was an attractive, and well-driving vehicle (just not very reliable nor competitively priced.), so what do I know?
Now if they can control quality issues and cost, if this isn't a hit for Saturn and GM, nothing will be.
Ford considering amending employment policy's sexual orientation clauses {Autoblog}
Apr 5th 2006 12:27PM I find the image attached to this story to be offensive.
Paul Wilson is a jerk.
Chris Paukert should apologize to autoblog readers.
