I have never seen milk bags west of Manitoba (maybe year and years ago). Here in Alberta its all jugs.

 

Takes up too much space. You have a couple of stacked bags plus a pitcher. A jug fits nicely in the door. And how do you seal the bag once you cut it? Doesn't the milk pick up other flavors in the fridge?

 

Actually, it doesn't take much space. The pitcher's footprint is smaller than a carton of OJ, and the unopened bags just sit in one of the drawers in the bottom.

You only cut open about a 1/2" corner of the bag (it can't be resealed) so picking up flavours isn't an issue. Plus it's only 1.3 litres so you go through it pretty quickly.

 

When I hear the name "Lucerne" I think of milk and cottage cheese.

 

The last time I drove a toyota V6, was in my mom 96 ES300... I remember the transmission shifted literally seamlessly, and the engine seemd to just purr.. Driving around normally, during accel, effortlessly hung around 2000-3000 rpms.. Everything was so smooth, it didn't even feel like it was trying. I imagine almost 10 years later, Toyota has only improved on this! But using premium gas is a CON though.



In the end, GM has to simply reduce the thrash AND make the auto's shift smoother. Cause thats what erally matters in the end.. quiet and smooth... like your driving a cloud.


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and I like jugs.. You can toss the around easier.

 

the old toyota V6 with 200hp only seems like it's "not trying" when it really isn't. my mom has a 2000 Camry. Step on it and it start sweating bullits. It doesn't thrash, but you don't get any sense of urgency with it either. Same goes for the tranny. The upshifts are still smooth at redline, but it takes what a whole second to do?

Don't get me wront the 3800 is worse in every respect except in just-off-the-line feel.

The real star engine is Nissan's VQ series. I don't give a fig if it take premium fuel. my dad's '96 Maxima STILL to this day with 90k miles has the most satisfying feel of any V6 I've driven. most of the time my dad doesn't even put premium in it. it just feels like a giant hydraulic piston is pushing you forward when you stomp on the gas. smooth as silk AND gets you moving smartly. until I drive GM's 2.8L/3.2L/3.6L series I can't say if it's a worthy compatitor to the VQ. BUT so far, I've read great reviews. It really should have gone into the Lucern as a base engine in one of those displacements. Maybe the 3.2L would be ideal...

 

The 3.2 is part of the old Opel V6 series, and has nothing to do with the High Feature 2.8 and 3.6.

 

you're right, the 3.2L is the 54* engine. I know that. For whatever reason I thought that there was a version of the 2.8L and 3.6L in 3.2L displacement either in development or already in production. I did some checking and it looks like there's no such engine.

either way, they should have either put the 3.9L or the 3.6L in the Lucern. GM just won't let the longest running engine rest. yet.

 

Consider that you drive 10,000 miles a year. The "extra change" you had to pay for premium adds up to $2000 at year's end

 

Agreed. The 3.6 should have been base, with Northstar standard. In the land of full size luxury cars, the power and smoothness of the HF V6's and Northstar is a deffinate MUST HAVE! GM and Buick needs to spend a little bit more money, and start making more 3.6's.

 

I haven't seen bagged milk since the 70s. We have 1, 2, and 4 Litre plastic jugs. Just more proof that Americans really don't know anything about their neighbors to the north.