[Jimster]

Jeesh, sorry I cannot be at your every whim, I'm bloody busy enough as it is.


Firstly, how on earth is an Envoy/Trailbalzer going to be more competent offroad than the Blazer of old (Which wasn't that competent in the frist place) IIRC they ditched the solid axles for independent suspension, sounds like a mumsy wagon dressed like an SUV to me.

Anyway the XLR and Viper are completely different cars, the Viper is a track-day monster and a modern-day AC Cobra 427, the XLR is a posers roadster. There are also many places that'll let you explore the limits of anycar, they're called autocourses (Or racetracks if you will), that's what cars like the Viper were made to go on.


Ecotecs are decently reliable, but will never set the world on fire, a Honda or Toyota engine with VVT/DOHC VTEC (Such as the K20A and the B18C) is more reliable and performs better, while the 2.4 Turbo in the SRT4 is also better built and better-performing. My point is that the ECOTEC is behind the times.


If the STS is anything as good as the CTS then I don't doubt that it'll be better than a 300C, but at the end of the day it's still ugly and I still wouldn't buy one on the basis that I like cars with simple rounded lines, not a series of ruled lines that go absolutely nowhere.