[Land-speed] Fw: Pontiac gone!!!

[Wester Potter]

My hair has no blue in it but there's a lot of skin color.  I rented a  
Buick Lucerne a couple of years ago in Pittsburgh.  Actually it was an  
upgrade because they didn't have the smaller car I had originally  
wanted.  Perhaps it is because of my age and desire for comfort,  
likely because we needed space for two child seats for the grandkids  
but I was pleased with the car.  The V6 had the power and got decent  
gas mileage, the car was stable at speed although I never got over 85  
and driving in the rain for half of my visit I never felt any losss of  
contact with the road. The steering was quick enough and the ride was  
tight.   My most recent car purchase is a four year old, twin turbo  
V6, Audi A6 that I really enjoy driving but that Buick was not far  
behind in my estimation.  I didn't feel the "float" like I did in a  
'98 Cadillac I delivered to Illinois last November.  I've just spent  
some time in a recent year Pontiac and didn't see a huge difference in  
ride and road feel from the Lucerne.  But what do I know.

Now the butt ugly orange Pontiac SUV that was on every Detroit area  
dealer front row ... that's another story.  Getting that off the road  
would be a huge favor to visual pollution nationwide.  Obama can send  
all of those to Africa to his relatives there and I wouldn't complain  
at all.

Wes

On Apr 28, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Jon Wennerberg wrote:
> On Apr 28, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Ed Van Scoy wrote:
>
> FEIW, I think they need to get rid of GMC (duplication) and Buick  
> America.....
> Only the Chinese are crazy enough to buy a Buick........
> Ed
> ----
>
>
>
> Well, not really, Ed.  When's the last time you saw a Buick going  
> down the road near where you live?  Did you look at the driver?  I  
> betcha that driver had blue-white hair.  It used to be that older  
> folks bought Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis -- now the  
> Buick seems to be the car of choice for the 60++ set.  Of course --  
> maybe they're crazy, too.
>
>
>      Jon Wennerberg
> Tall guy with moustache
> and a pair of 2 Club hats
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