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How to route traffic on a network - cannot get machine to transfer across interfaces
I'm having some fun and games trying to set up a new machine on my
home network, so I'm after some help, please. My broadband ISP has
failed (Aussies - Veridas :P ), so whilst my churn goes through, I'm
running an old box with dialup to connect to the outside world.
I'm trying to get my other machines routing through it so that they
can all access the modem (I'm sitting on the floor typing this, as the
machine itself is in a very uncomfortable location, plus so that more
than one person can be online at the same time, speed be damned...).
My setup:
- A few machines on the subnet 192.168.0.0, networked wirelessly;
- A wireless router at 192.168.0.1;
- The old box connected to the wireless router by a CAT5 cable (on the
same subnet, eth0);
- The old box is connected to the outside world by a dialup modem.
What works at the moment:
- Each machine can ping the other (including the old box, using eth0);
- The old box can dial out and connect up correctly on the modem
However, I cannot connect from one of the other boxes, via the old
box, to the outside world:
- ie - main machines -- wireless router -- old box -- modem -- ISP
The issue is the old box (running a 2.4.26 kernel using Damn Small
Linux 3.0) not routing the requests from eth0 to ppp0.
I've played around with the shell (route and a quick go with
iptables), but have failed dismally to get anything working. It's been
a (long) while since I did this, and I have no idea how to get it
What am I doing wrong, and how do I get it working? All advice
gratefully accepted :)
You need to implement ip-masquerading and then enable forwarding which is covered here.
Thanks, TigerOC - I'll give that a shot tonight and report back about how it went.
ie - the lines such as this one fail:
/sbin/iptables -t filter -A FORWARD -i ${WAN} -o ${LAN} state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
Any ideas?
Should be iptables ... -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
However, I'm still not (quite?) there yet. From my desktop box, I can now ping the IP address that my ISP has assigned my modem, but no further. In other words, I'm a step closer to my aim as I can ping the next IP address in the line.
This is the set of rules that I'm using:
#Flush any rules that may still be configured
/sbin/iptables -t filter -F INPUT
/sbin/iptables -t filter -F OUTPUT
/sbin/iptables -t filter -F FORWARD
/sbin/iptables -t nat -F PREROUTING
/sbin/iptables -t nat -F POSTROUTING
/sbin/iptables -t nat -F OUTPUT
# Set the default policies for the chains
/sbin/iptables -t filter -P INPUT DROP
/sbin/iptables -t filter -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -t filter -P FORWARD DROP
/sbin/iptables -t nat -P PREROUTING ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -t nat -P POSTROUTING ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -t nat -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
# Set up the firewall rules
/sbin/iptables -t filter -A INPUT -i ${LOOPBACK} -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -t filter -A INPUT -i ${LAN} -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -t filter -A INPUT -i ${WAN} -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
# Set up the ip forwarding
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
/sbin/iptables -t filter -A FORWARD -i ${LAN} -o ${WAN} -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -t filter -A FORWARD -i ${WAN} -o ${LAN} -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
# Set up ip masquerading
# Allow the boxes 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.227 on the Internet
/sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o 192.168.0.2 -j MASQUERADE
/sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o 192.168.0.227 -j MASQUERADE
Anything obviously wrong here?
Some more information - my routing table:
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
203.220.236.xxx 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 203.221.53.*** 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.0.1 is my wireless router; 203.221.53.*** is my dialup IP address for tonight. No idea what the 203.220.236.xxx address is.
The ouput device -o needs to be the device not the ipaddress, try:
/sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $WAN -j MASQUERADE
/sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $WAN -s 192.168.0.2 -j MASQUERADE
Not really a iptables guru but I would use:
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE
and limit the two internal IP address via a foward rule.
michaelk, fotoguy - thanks for your assistance. I'll give it a shot (again) tonight.
So the error you both pointed out would therefore explain why I could ping the external IP address, but couldn't go any further? Or does POSTROUTING only deal with where the incoming information is directed?
I'm no guru myself as well, but I think it's because the rule wasn't in the correct format for the rule to work so the rule could not be used to match any packets of data. So instead of change the internal ipaddress to the external ipaddress it was left as the internal ipaddress and sent out to the default gateway of the exteral ipaddress network.
A default networking standard, if a packet of data has an address that is not the same as the network it is currently on, push it out the default gateway and let the next network process the packet.
So by pinging your external ip address and having both internal and external networks, there would be information in the routing tables about both networks so the packet would know how to return back to the original host.
But if you pinged the gateway of the external ipaddress, it would receive a ping from your internal ipaddress, and since it's not on the same network it will check it's routing table for entries for that ipaddress to see where to send it, since none will exist, (unless it has been added to the routing table) it will be pushed out to it's default gateway.
Hope this helps
Thanks again for your help, but I'm still no closer. I can still ping internally, but nothing from outside. I'm not getting any errors on the iptables setup, but I still cannot get the traffic to flow as I want it to.
I'm beginning to wonder whether it's something else that is causing the issue, but I've no idea what else to check.
I'd be pulling out my hair by now, were it long enough to grab :P
You need to change the gateway to ppp0
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
203.220.236.xxx 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 203.221.52.xxx 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
I'm assuming the gateway is set correctly here because I'm able to be online using it.
The wireless router only lets me set the gateway to the 'Internet port', which is the specific ethernet port on it to which one normally connects the broadband modem. If I plug the modem box into it, I don't seem to be able to get the two to talk, so i've got it plugged into one of the LAN ports on the router.
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Im 20 years old and I noticed recently that my face does not look my age. It's not very elastic and I seem to be forming jowls. I have small lips, and it almost seems as I my whole lower Hal of my face sags. I dont smoke or drink and i never have so i dont exactly know why my skin is so bad. my sibling have really nice skin, which is another reason im confused. I need advice on which treatment could be useful and any other helpful input you could give me. Thanks :)
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Charles Simic: "I don't know of anything more disheartening than the sight of a shut down library"
Writing for The New York Review of Books, Charles Simic looks out across the depressing cultural landscape as libraries close from coast to coast. It's not just the state and local budgets to blame — it's the indifference. This isn't unique to libraries, as Simic notes, but it hits especially hard when the institutions on the chopping block are the very same ones that might hold the power to stem the tide of that indifference.
All across the United States, large and small cities are closing public libraries or curtailing their hours of operations. Detroit, I read a few days ago, may close all of its branches and Denver half of its own: decisions that will undoubtedly put hundreds of its employees out of work. When you count the families all over this country who don't have computers or can't afford Internet connections and rely on the ones in libraries to look for jobs, the consequences will be even more dire. People everywhere are unhappy about these closings, and so are mayors making the hard decisions. But with roads and streets left in disrepair, teachers, policemen and firemen being laid off, and politicians in both parties pledging never to raise taxes, no matter what happens to our quality of life, the outlook is bleak. "The greatest nation on earth," as we still call ourselves, no longer has the political will to arrest its visible and precipitous decline and save the institutions on which the workings of our democracy depend.
Simic recalls his own experience growing up with a public library — for which he thanks local taxpayers profusely — where he was allowed to take anything off the shelves without question and piece together the knowledge and wide range of reference points that would shape his work as a poet, from insect books to jazz recordings. Traveling to other libraries, even ones where the taxpayers couldn't afford to be so generous, always turned up something new and important: "Even libraries in overseas army bases and in small, impoverished factory towns in New England had their treasures, like long-out of print works of avant-garde literature and hard-boiled detective stories of near-genius."
Librarians themselves have done a great deal of soul-searching over what they might have done differently to clear up the vast misunderstanding of the role they play in society, but what Simic fears losing is bigger than libraries. What's at stake can be seen with a simple visual survey of a now-endangered species: informed citizens at home in their native habitat.
Wherever I found a library, I immediately felt at home. Empty or full, it pleased me just as much. A boy and a girl doing their homework and flirting; an old woman in obvious need of a pair of glasses squinting at a dog-eared issue of The New Yorker; a prematurely gray-haired man writing furiously on a yellow pad surrounded by pages of notes and several open books with some kind of graphs in them; and, the oddest among the lot, a balding elderly man in an elegant blue pinstripe suit with a carefully tied red bow tie, holding up and perusing a slim, antique-looking volume with black covers that could have been poetry, a religious tract, or something having to do with the occult. It's the certainty that such mysteries lie in wait beyond its doors that still draws me to every library I come across.


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The House today voted down (182-238) the bipartisan Smith-Amash-Berman-Garmamendi-Duncan-Johnson-Gosar-Hirono-Paul-Jackson Lee-Tipton-Labrador Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 (NDAA).
The amendment sought to uphold the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of due process. It ensured that no person in the U.S. could be held indefinitely without due process and that no civilian in the U.S. could be held in military custody or tried in military tribunals.
Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono (HI-02) released the following statement on the vote:
"Responding to terrorism and the threat of terrorism, especially on American soil, remains a high priority. Strengthening our national security should not mean compromising our rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
"The guarantee of due process is one of the most fundamental rights in our country. Current law allowing the indefinite detention of an individual in America without charge or trial or requiring military custody is unacceptable. This is not due process. The amendment addressed these major constitutional problems.
"While I am disappointed in the result of today's vote, I will continue fighting to ensure that the civil liberties and due process guarantees in our Constitution are upheld. We must remain faithful to our nation's firmly established rule of law."
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Food collection benefits Dawn Center
The Oak Hill Homeowners Association will collect nonperishable food and other items for the Dawn Center from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at both entrance monuments at Loretto Street and Kirkwood Avenue and at Belltower Street and Keysville Avenue.
The Dawn Center, a shelter that offers emergency assistance to victims of domestic and sexual violence, is in dire need of nonperishable food, condiments, flour, sugar, pasta, rice, soups, canned fruit, broth, baby wipes, diapers (sizes 3, 4 and 5), copy paper, cleaning supplies and paper products. Cash, checks and Walmart gift cards are also appreciated.
For information, call Patt Grasham at (352) 200-4778.
See movie 'You Again' free at library
The Hernando County Public Library System will offer a free showing of the 2010 film You Again at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the East Hernando Branch Library, 6457 Windmere Road.
The film stars Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Ramona Odette Yustman and Betty White in a comedy about a young woman who finds out her brother is about to marry the girl who bullied her in high school. The film is rated PG.
Light refreshments will be served. For information, call (352) 540-6391.
Hospice offers free bereavement group
HPH Hospice will offer its free, eight-week Grief's Journey bereavement group from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, May 4 to June 22, at its West Hernando office at 12260 Cortez Blvd.
The group is for newly bereaved adults or those who are just coming to terms with their grief over the death of a loved one. Hospice bereavement counselors will help the group understand the grieving process and explore coping strategies.
Preregistration is required. Call toll-free at 1-800-486-8784.
Water resources workshop is Friday
The Hernando County Utilities Department will present the biennial water resources workshop "Hernando County's Water-World — It's All Connected" from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Sand Hill Scout Reservation, 11210 Cortez Blvd.
The workshop is organized for local government leaders, civic organizations and business leaders. It will include information on watershed management and best management practices for turf and spring protection.
Several Hernando County commissioners may be in attendance. The workshop will be videotaped by Hernando County Government Broadcasting and will air on Bright House cable Ch. 622, as well as online at hernandocountyfl.iqm2.com/citizens.
For information, call (352) 540-6780.
Springstead High classes of '81, '86
Springstead High School alumni are being sought for two reunions.
The Class of 1981 is planning its 30-year reunion to be combined with classes from 1979 through 1982, the first four classes at the school when it opened in 1975. The reunion is planned for July 15-17. For details, call Carla (King) or Ed Audette at (352) 688-4208.
Also, the Class of 1986 is planning its 25th reunion the weekend of July 29-31 at the Tradewinds Island Grand in St. Pete Beach. For details, send e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com, or visit shsclassof86.info or hcsb.k12.fl.us/shs/Alumni/reunion86.htm.
Relay for Life team hosts motorcycle run
Florida Cancer Institute-New Hope's breast cancer support group Relay for Life team will host a benefit motorcycle run May 14.
The run begins at the facility at 7154 Medical Center Drive, Spring Hill (off Kadri Drive, across from High Point), and will end at Sleepy Hollow Fishing Lodge, 10333 E Gobbler Drive, Floral City. Registration begins at 9 a.m., with the ride starting at 10 a.m.
The cost is $15 per person, which includes a steak dinner and live entertainment and drawings at Sleepy Hollow. Also, the first 80 participants to register will receive a complimentary T-shirt.
Funds raised will benefit the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Call Tambra Randazzo at (352) 592-8129.
Greek Festival set for May 14 at fairgrounds
Christ the Savior Greek Orthodox Church will host its first Greek Festival from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 14 at the Hernando County Fairgrounds, 8436 S Broad St.
Music will be provided by Demetri of Demetri and the Islanders and Greek dance groups will perform throughout the day. There will also be a gift shop and free dance lessons.
Greek food and pastries will be available. A Greek chicken breast dinner, pastitiso and moussaka will be offered, as well as souvlaki, gyros and Greek salad.
Admission to the festival will be $1 per person. For information, call Emily at (352) 650-0307 or visit csgoc.org.
'Wine Tasting on the Gulf' set for May 15
Catholic Charities will present its second annual "Wine Tasting on the Gulf" benefit event from 2 to 4:30 p.m. May 15 at the Hernando Beach Club, 3145 Flamingo Blvd.
The event will include a variety of wines, heavy hors d'oeuvres, silent auction and door prizes.
Tickets are $20 each. Funds raised will benefit Catholic Charities' Arnold Andrews Northern Counties Service Center building fund. For information or tickets, call Abby Evert at (352) 686-9897, ext. 25.
Mental illness alliance plans film showings
In recognition of Mental Health Month, the National Alliance on Mental Illness/NAMI Hernando will present the following films in May:
• No Kidding Me 2, 2 p.m. May 13 at East Hernando Branch Library, 6457 Windmere Road, Ridge Manor West; and 2 p.m. May 20 at Spring Hill Branch/Harold G. Zopp Memorial Library, 9220 Spring Hill Drive. Produced by Emmy-winning actor Joe Pantoliano (The Sopranos, The Matrix), the documentary introduces people living with different diagnoses, and goes to Johns Hopkins and Yale universities to learn the latest in brain research. It also details Pantoliano's struggles with clinical depression.
• Depression: Out of the Shadows, 2 p.m. May 27, Spring Hill Branch/Harold G. Zopp Memorial Library. The PBS documentary delves into various types of depression and introduces individuals from many backgrounds who struggle with the disease, such as business people, a new mother, teens and seniors. Leading mental health experts highlight the latest in treatment and research. There also will be a special feature with Jane Pauley.
The showings are free. Contact NAMI Hernando at (352) 684-0004 or (352) 544-0352.
Ride Saturday to remember officers
American People Against Cop Killers Inc. will host the 2011 Fallen Officer Memorial Ride on Saturday.
Sign-ups start at 10 a.m. at Brooker Creek Preserve in Tarpon Springs. The ride begins at 11 a.m., and the final stop will be at Beef O'Brady's, 7601 Horse Lake Road, Brooksville.
Other stops include Beef O'Brady's restaurants in Land O'Lakes, Wesley Chapel and Dade City. Each stop will have drawings for prizes and cash.
The cost to participate is $20 for the first rider, $10 for the second. This year's ride is dedicated to the memory of Florida wildlife officer Margaret "Peggy" Park, who was killed in the line of duty Dec. 13, 1984. She was 26.
Call Jerry Jennings at (352) 346-1846 or Alan Garman at (352) 584-3890. Visit the website at apack-inc.org.


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A man has been flown to hospital after hitting his head while surf-skiing on the Surf Coast.
The 56-year-old was knocked unconscious and fell into the water at Fairhaven Beach.
Flight Paramedic, Anthony De-wit says the man's daughters alerted surf life savers who pulled him to shore.
He said the man was not breathing when they got there but was resuscitated and flown to hospital.
The man is listed as being in a critical but stable condition.
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Viewpoint: Help us get our country back
BBC News Online has asked a range of contributors to comment on the Iraq crisis.
Here, Kanan Makiya, an Iraqi dissident, academic and author, argues that regime change in Iraq could become a force for democracy in the Arab and Muslim world.
Regime change in Iraq will provide a historic opportunity - one that is as large as anything that has happened in the Middle East since the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Iraq is rich enough and developed enough and has the human resources to become a great force for democracy and economic reconstruction in the Arab and Muslim world.
Out of the Iraqi opposition - as difficult and fractious as it may be - could emerge a new kind of Arab politics. One that I believe is far healthier than the politics that dominates the Arab world today.
Since 1967, Arab political culture has largely been dominated by Arab nationalism of one form and another. This has been an obsession to the exclusion of everything else.
And today, the spectrum of what is politically possible to talk about in Arab politics runs from Palestine at one end to Palestine at the other, with no room for the plight of the Iraqi people.
But, if you live in Iraq, Palestine is not the central question of your life - your home-grown tyrant is.
Part of the driving force of Arab politics since 1967 is the attribution of all of the ills of one's own world to either the great Satan America or Israel.
But the kind of thinking in the Arab world today has led to an impasse, where people are blind to failures close to home - specifically the absence of democracy among Arab nations
Arabs politics is a self-destructive politics that has no way forward - it is epitomised by the Palestinian suicide bomber.
Arab fears
America's latest policy towards Iraq has sparked fear and criticism in the rest of the Arab world - almost all non-Iraqi Arabs seem to think military action will be an unmitigated disaster.
Some commentators warn that a US backed war in Iraq will cause the Arab street to rise up in anger. But this much vaunted 'Arab street' is a fiction - it doesn't exist. It is a creation of nationalist intellectuals of my generation, who lived through war in the Arab world and never learned from the mistakes of the past.
During the Gulf War and, more recently, the Afghan war nothing came of the fears of the Arab world.
All we saw in Afghanistan were people cheering in the streets. I expect Iraqis to do the same - to throw sweets and flowers at the American troops as they enter our towns and cities.
In the long run, however, how the US handles itself will determine the success of this liberation. Much depends on how willing Washington is to follow through with nation building.
We want to see America involved in Iraq for a very long time but I do not support the idea of an American military government, even for a short time. We Iraqis must take the responsibilities of our future into our own hands.
Professor Kanan Makiya, was born in Iraq and now teaches in the US. His books include Republic of Fear, about Iraq, and Cruelty and Silence: War, Tyranny, Uprising and the Arab World. He has been working with the US administration on a model for post-Saddam Iraq.
Professor Makiya was speaking to Kathryn Westcott from northern Iraq.
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Prof. Makiya is a sample of a genuine Iraqi who would like to see democracy thrive in Iraq after a long time of tyranny in the name of Arab nationalism; as an Iraqi I think Prof. Makiya is absolutely correct to call for a healthy democratic system in Iraq to allow all the factions of the Iraqi society to live in peace and prosperity after all the suffering we experienced on the hands of Arab nationalism tyrants.
It is refreshing to hear an intelligent Arab voice ... one who doesn't blame everything ill in the Arab countries and cultures on the Great Satan and Little Satan a/k/a Israel.
Any dissenting Arab voice has to speak from abroad rather than from their own country. Any dissenting Islamic voice (at least in the Middle East), any slightly critical or introspective Islamic voice, must speak from abroad, or risk being condemned to death for the temerity of having a contrary thought or point of view. The Arab world is not a particularly fertile field in which to plant the seeds of democracy, which thrives on an educated populace, dissent and respect for opposing views.
As to the secret goals of the US to make Iraq a puppet state, yes, I guess their history is clear. The Great Satan has a pretty good track record on that score. After all, after World War II the US occupied Japan ... and planted the seeds of Japan's democracy. And the U.S. occupied Germany ... and planted the seeds of Germany's democracy. And in South Korea - the US resisted the Communist hegemony and planted the seeds of ... Korean democracy. And in Taiwan ... democracy.
Yes, the US is an ally of Israel, the only country in the Middle East with a flourishing ... democracy. Are Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Israel now vassal states of the US, being looted of their natural resources by their colonial master? Or are they examples of the fact that democracy can flourish in any soil where the people are educated to its blessings and finally permitted to drink from the well of freedom?
Do the Arab people want democracy and freedom? Or in the blindness of their nationalism, is it simply easier to blame the Great Satan and curse the darkness ... rather than light a candle.
Once again a Middle East academic and author speaks with authority on how Iraq should welcome more suffering.
We see what Edward Said wrote about recently: "The only 'good' Arabs are those who appear in the media decrying modern Arab culture and society without reservation."
As a 'dissident', I imagine any empathy with the people of Iraq is reduced to the distant memories of a childhood spent in Iraq. It is obvious that Mr Makiya believes that by cow towing the US line he is expecting some reward from his paymasters in the 'new' US controlled Iraqi regime. How can anyone claim to speak for the Iraqi people, while sitting comfortably in a US government office?
Anyone who is interested in a more objective interpretation of the Middle East and 'orientalism' should seek out the works of Professor Said.
As an Iraqi, I am sick and tired of the prominence given in Western media to the "Arab street", "Muslim street" and self-appointed Western "experts". Has anyone given any thought to what the people of Iraq want? They want this war and they are prepared to pay almost any price to be rid of Saddam. Makiya and millions of other Iraqis forced to flee their country are no different from assorted exiled Europeans during World War II yearning to rid their countries of fascism ...with direct American help!
Have you noticed how the last two American attempts at regime change in the region have totally failed to bring about democracy. When the Kuwaiti government was restored to power after the Gulf War, no attempt was made to reign in the despotic monarchy and introduce democracy. And one thing notably absent from the "new Afghanistan" is elections.
The government has not even announced any plans for them. Secondly, it isn't just the Arab "street" that the American government needs to be concerned about. When Nelson Mandela says that George Bush wants to "plunge the world into a holocaust", and that America "has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world" (as reported by the BBC), the US Government should understand that the entire world will be angry.
What Kanan Makiya and other 'liberal imperialists' such as Christopher Hitchens and Michael Ignatieff fail to realise is that the US has absolutely no intention of creating freedom and democracy in Iraq - still less letting the Iraqi people themselves determine their own future. The US will simply install a puppet regime of their own choosing, that will faithfully do the Americans' bidding
Yes, Mr Makiya, I believe you're absolutely right. But when the oppressive governments in the Arab world are toppled, how to deal with religious fanaticism? How to prevent then from sizing power and making things far worst?
Professor Kanan Makiya is exactly right. My only disagreement would be on the need for a period of military governance. The US military has to be in control for as long as it takes to remove Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Attacking Iraq is folly because of the Islamist backlash this will provoke across the region, where a lot of governments are fragile and may soon have to form coalitions with more Islamist groups. These may well be happy to give state support to anti-western terrorism - a bonanza for Al-Qaeda.
I would like to see a programme examining in detail the political and economic situation in all the countries of the region, moving systematically from India through every country right across to Algeria, to estimate the consequences of a western occupation of Iraq. None of our Western politicians have, in my view, shown any awareness of the long-term consequences of their actions. Personally, I think that attacking Iraq is the way to ensure that the West will suffer major terrorist attacks for the next decade at least. At the very least, it will increase mindless hatred for America, which can only destabilise the world.
Professor Kanan Makiya has hit the nail on the head! The Arab world is in a state of denial. A successful democratic government in Iraq could be the start of a bigger wave of democracy to rise in the Middle East. The end of the Ottoman empire was a massive change for the better for the Arab world, but unfortunately colonialism trampled any hopes for democracy to grow out of the ashes. Hopefully a regime change in Iraq to democracy will once again bring out the best of all the Arab people.
Now, if only Professor Makiya could have this article appear in Al-Jazeera and in his native tongue.
Well done, Kanan Makiya, it is refreshing to read an Arab who has progressive rather than reactionary views. Could I add though, that the obsession with Palestine does not date from 1967. At that time, the Arab rulers simply thought they could solve their obsession with Palestine - by destroying it.
I believe that Professor Makiya is absolutely right. Anyway if you have a fair and free democracy where the wealth is shared amongst the populace then you will not suffer so much from fundamentalism as the vast majority of people just want a safe and prosperous life.
Mr Mikiya must be in denial, if he thinks the US has any intention of allowing the Iraqis to have freedom. Iraq will become another puppet state and be economically plundered by the oil barons and their stooges in Washington. Mr Mikiya states clearly what the Arab community wants from the US, help, but don't hang around.
No one can deny that Saddam Hussein is a murdering despot who deserves to be deposed.
That said no one in their right mind can want a war on Iraq that will end up with thousands of dead civilians and soldiers who do not deserve to die.
Our leaders will not put aside £50/£100million and sanction the assassination of Saddam, his "doppelgangers" and coterie of generals because democracies, under conventions of war, do not do that.
Also, if they did sanction his elimination that would make all leaders targets and neither George Bush nor Tony Blair would want that to happen.
Without a war Bush and Blair cannot get control of Iraq and it's OIL so they will do the wrong thing, make war.
This will lead to untold misery and more, not less, terrorist attacks. When will they realise this.
I could not agree more with Professor Makiya. A new government in Iraq can take the lead for democracy in the region, and strengthen ties to the rest of the world.
As an Iraqi, I agree a 100% with Prof. Makiya's article.
In fact, I would go further in saying that Iraq, as a country, is an invention of the British Empire. The Western democracies (Britain, the U.S., France and others)were glad to deal with a Saddam, a murderous tyrant.
In my view, it is now a moral duty and obligation on these democracies to admit their fault in perpetuating the horrific rule of this despot by removing him and his cronies, and help in the reconstruction of a free democratic and civil society in Iraq.
The Iraqi people deserver nothing less.
Professor Makiya is right...up to a point. I have lived in Qatar (benevolent Emirate with Western sympathies) Oman (ditto) and Egypt ('Socialist¿ autocracy) ...A totally different scenario. Do not underestimate the power of the Imam ...I have sat on my balcony on a Friday listening to the local mosque spewing out, over loudspeakers, anti 'Amriki' statements...quite capable of whipping the locals up into a frenzy. And they do.
And I've seen the results! And when the mobs take to the streets...we all know what happens! Group hysteria is a difficult force to contend with and there are thousands and thousands of unemployed and underemployed Egyptian youths only too ready to sack and plunder American or American franchised businesses.
Yes I can understand how Muslim society as a whole is suspicious of Western attitudes undermining their rigid codes of behaviour. Until Islam allows people to question their religion and open it to discussion beyond a narrow interpretation (where is the Martin Luther of Islam?) the adherents will be locked into a feudal world...and the rest of us will suffer the consequences.
It's refreshing to actually hear a viewpoint that takes into account the long-term benefits to the Iraqi people of the overthrow of Saddam. That's the problem with the anti-war crowd: they're too short-sighted and are only thinking of the immediate term.
Democracy must come from the people of Iraq, force and war only brings instability to the region, not democracy. Any successor after Saddam will not be elected by the people of Iraq but another US puppet regime in the region, which I believe is totally undemocratic.
I don't understand why these people are justifying killing of countless children and women and the old and the innocents? There are several countries taken over by rulers who deserve nothing but a bullet, but why only Iraq? Can America give us assurance that their bombs can distinguish between the civilians and the Saddam's men?
I am very pleased to read such an article after all the narrow-minded articles that have been published recently. This could be a starting point for the Arab world to create political stability through a proper democracy and thereafter stop oppressing a large part of their population. This is not about the US invading the middle east but its about getting rid of one of its dictatorships.
I totally agree with the author. That said, however, I believe one reason that Saudi Arabia appears "not in favour" of democracy is they have a lot to loose if democracy ever hits the peninsula - namely their family power. I'm sure they do not wish to be relegated to the same level as the "Royal Family" of Great Britain.
Palestine is the root cause of the Middle East crisis. Israeli occupation has to end and that is the ONLY solution. We need to stop supporting and spoiling Israelis. We need to practice our own principals of justice & fairness!
You can have Iraq back and we will help you do it. Just help us end terrorism and WMD. We Americans love our freedom enough to help you win yours. You can never appreciate enough life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
As a former Iraqi who left the country over half a century ago, I do not believe that any regime will be successful in restoring democracy in Iraq. The term democracy is not understood there. What people find in democracy is the freedom of coffee shop squabble. What they need is paternalism - a regime that will respect the right of survival of all the various sects living in Iraq.
An American administration similar to the one established in Japan after World War II might help bring democracy to the area.
I fully agree with the Prof - refreshing to read such an article in the midst of so much anti-Americanism. It poses the question, is the rhetoric/propaganda with regards to anti-Americanism a product of the Arab world's governments, created to stop the spread of democracy.
A true democracy in the region would create tension in the Arab monarchies as their own peoples would eventually strive for free thought, free speech, and other democratic freedoms.
So all of a sudden this is about a nasty regime that America has the right to single-handedly determine can no longer be allowed to exist is it?
What about the supposed reasons why America wants to go to war - the weapons (or apparent lack of them) of mass destruction, which Mr Makiya has totally failed to mention? Who are the US to decide when a regime must change if it does not pose a threat to international security?
And while it would undoubtedly be better for the vast majority of Iraqis were Saddam Hussein to be removed from power, how does it help them to bomb their civilians and create another generation of suicide bombers? Or is this what Tom from the USA describes as "short-sighted"?
I found this article very refreshing after having heard everyone else arguing against a war just for the sake of being anti-American. I welcome balanced viewpoints like this article.
Makiya is absolutely right. Iraq needs a guiding hand to get up from the years of Hussein's rule. It could make the country more open to outside world not just terrorists theories of Islam. Iraqis need to see that there is a world outside Baghdad that is quite beautiful and decent.
This should happen to all of the Arab world. They should become more accepting of other religions and culture, and stop calling non-Muslims infidels.
Arabs (taking example of IRAQ) have a lot to learn from others.
You are the biggest traitor. Going against your own country.
I am Socialist and Democrat and respect very much Profesor Kanan Makiya.
I am very sorry, that so called peace camp wont listen his and another excellent dissenters voices.
They listen only their own voices and that of Saddam Hussein`s Totalitarian Arab Socialist Baath-government. I express my full solidarity with Mr. Makiya and US-UK governments in liberating Iraq.
Mr. Makiya, I believe that your thinking is more correct but perception is more powerful than a great deal of people accept. The situation regarding Iraq does not revolve around the issue of the despotic Saddam Hussein but the United States. No one doubts the record of Hussein and his abuses in human rights, flouting UN resolutions (present and/or past), etc. Even a few Arabs I know have the same view (three Palestinians) of Hussein.
Rather, the fact that the US seems to be acting the way the European powers acted not too long ago, brings about some bad memories. The matter isn't helped by perceptions of Europe here in the US as being steadily weak-willed except in opposition to the US.
I hope for a quick war and an equally quick rebuilding of Iraq funded by the United States and contracts for Syrian, Iranian, Turk, and Russian workers to do the hard work of rebuilding the infrastructure of Iraq.
This is a wonderful and brilliant piece by prof makiya. I wish a lot of people in the Mid-East were of such a stance. who could foresee the joys in kabul after the fall of the Taleban? I think we are going to see such reactions from Baghdad, after a short and successful war. such 'intellectuals' point of view should be promoted in the Arab world
This all sounds very nice, but it makes the grand assumption that the Arabic world wants democracy. Although the Western Culture allows mankind to make the rules for himself, Islam does not- the law of God is paramount.
Forcing democracy on those who do not want it is surely bound for failure?
The prospect of building good relations with non-democratic, distrustful nations will be difficult and take much time but this must be preferable to the 'easy' option which will not work and just add to the instability of the area.
Prof. Makiya is quite a brave man for expressing such views. Would a post-Saddam government have the courage of Egypt's Sadat or Jordan's King Hussein and make peace with Israel??
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For about a year and half I have been actively searching for entry-level position in my field of Urban and Regional Planning through the traditional employeers such as cities, counties, and developmental councils. Over the last few months though I have been targetting some local architecture firms that include services like: master planning, comphrensive planning, zoning/code research, land-use development, subdivision, and etc.
While most requests of employement are met with slience, I have had one response along the lines that I was unqualified for an architectural intern (which was not my intended goal) and I have seen on one firms site that the minimum qualifications for consideration is an BA in Architecture.
I orginally intended on becoming an architect and spent 2.5 years in an accredited architecture school before I left because I couldnt afford to be at this private school. I transfered to a local state school and discovered Planning and I was hooked, the relationship between architecture and planning attracted me and playground was much larger, ha! While studying for my planning degree my personal focus was urban design and I became the go-to guy for my classmates when we crossed into architecture in areas like PUD and park design.
TLDR; I love architecture, I can speak the language, I love design and the design process but my skills are highly specialized to areas that architecture crosses over NOT architecture in general.
How can I avoid getting my resume/portfolio immediately shredded because I have BS instead of a BA? Are many architects ingnorant of what planners do? Responses from my architect buddies suggest this might be the case but they are fresh interns. I spent 5 years studying services that architects offer and believe I can add to their firms and I am willing to go and grow that sector of business but I don't want to be immediately ostersized because I am not an architect. I am a planner not an architect and I don't want to be mistaken as applying for an architecture internship.
Any advice would be great. Thank you.
Why don't you do some urban design competitions to show what you are capable of? go to www.deathbyarchitecture.com and choose one... chances are that if you can't produce presentation boards with your own ideas that resemble anything others submit to similar competitions then you are not worthy (yet) of working for an architectural firm.
to the OP, how can you already have "highly-specialized skills"?
For example, my office does a great deal of urban planning and we do it all in-house with our staff architects and technologists, no planners in sight. The reality is, most architects can do planning very well but, unlike planners they also can do everything else well therefore they are much more versatile to the office's production than someone who only wears the planner's hat.
Highly-specialized in the realm of land-use, comprehensive planning, etc compared to an architectural peer with equivalent academic/professional experience.
While architectural firm do successful urban planning I very much doubt that an intern (with my equivalent experience) would be able to identify systemic threats and provide solutions to homelessness, water resource management, navigate zoning issues, study existing compliance, conduct network analysis, perform demographic studies or operate GIS systems as efficiently as I could. Inversely, I couldn't do their job as efficiently. That does not mean both couldn't arrive an equal level of competence.
If your last statement was true then ACIP certification, the APA or Planning as an academic field, wouldn't exist.
Planning and Architecture start the groups with differing skill sets, and differing amount of knowledge on the subject but the fields can and do overlap. It is common for most cities to accept Landscape Architecture degrees in lieu of a Planning degree. It may be more difficult for a landscape architect to get that position but it is accepted, but I wanting to apply the acceptance in the reverse.
I am asking for advice from architecture professional who do planning on what skills I should highlight, how should I introduce my purpose (which is to assist in planning, not designing specifically) so that I am not summarily discarded.
I know it may not be easy nor am I asking for it to be so, but I am interested in advice not dismissals with undertones of narcissism or Dunning-Kruger.
I'm sorry but you're probably going to be met with a lot of overt Dunning-Kruger sentiments here. Same as if you'd have said something like Interior design. Most architects can't even do good architecture and yet think they're the greatest IDs and city planners.
To be honest it'd be difficult to get a stint at an architecture firm with just urban planning. The firms I've had experience with would do it all in house. At smaller firms you have to wear different hats out of financial necessity. You'll have to look at the bigger firms like SOM whom have planning departments and the resources.
The landscape urbanism/ecological urbanism is popular now and so that's what LArchs can cater to to obtain employment in the planning. You're going to have to prove you can wear two hats as well.
Good luck!
Roma, for example I've taught many 2nd year undergraduate students who had a great handle on all of the points you list. Skill set grows exponentially, depending on research, once a student leaves graduate school. The point is, planning skills are not so difficult to acquire and just like the intern-architect or the interior design fields, there is over saturation of people looking for their "in" so to speak. I've come across so many people like that over the years. Anyways, best way to get in, find a graduate program and complete a master's thesis in architecture. Most schools will allow you to take on a planning edge too... That's what I did myself and I was hired within a week following graduation because... wait for it... I had a strong planning background and knew how to design and detail a building.
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Sweet dressing, tart grapefruit sections, toasted walnuts and pungent blue cheese come together in this unusual salad from Fred Peterson of Peterson's Groves and Nursery in Vero Beach, Florida. The recipe showcases one of the citrus fruits he and his brother, Ed, grow in Indian River County.
- 8 to 10 cups torn salad greens
- 3 medium grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
- 1 cup halved seedless red grapes
- 3/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted, optional
- 1 cup cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, optional
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the salad greens, fruit, cheese, onion and nuts if desired. In a small bowl, whisk vinegar, oil, honey, mustard and salt if desired. Pour over salad; toss to coat. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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1/2 cup: 126 calories, 6g fat (0 saturated fat), 8mg cholesterol, 195mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 4g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fruit, 1 fat, 1/2 meat.
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Although I am a hardcore Acura/Honda fan and I love the current gen TL but I am having a hard time to digest that Acura is charging over $38K for a FWD, sub 300 HP car.
$36K sounds like the ideal price for me.
What do y'all think? Am I the only one to have issue with it?
from_fl Posts: 113I loved Honda/Acura product during Senna era(Civic, CRX,Prelude, NSX, F1 cars). After his death, Honda/Acura product no longer excite me. The halo is gone.
robbieg Posts: 339When the current generation TL came out, what was the price something like 32,000 without the nav? 34 with it? That was a great price point for the time. Same thing goes when the last generation was introduced in 1999 for 28,000. Right now, the closer you get to 40,000 the closer you get to the ES 330, not too mention the remarkedly improved IS. Most people who buy Acura's buy them because of the value that they get in comparison to a Lexus. Therefore, an Acura should be a lot less than a Lexus. At 38,000 it ma be too close to the Lexus.2014 Highlander XLE AWD, 2009 RX 350 AWD and 2007 Odyssey EX
bmwlov3r Posts: 8I think if you plan to drive the car in that much snow, you should consider getting a model that offers 4-Matic all wheel drive.
I believe they offer the C280 and the C350 with the 4-Matic.
Check out the tire rack for the all season tires.
The TL-S is 2k more than the TL-P. For the extra 2k, you get the RL engine, manual tranny option, S seats, steering wheel and pedals, different exhaust, tail lights and other minor things. Some folks might see that as 2k well spent- others won't.
It has 286 hp which is about 20hp less than the G, 335i and IS 350. I don't expect the TL-S to outrun, outhandle or outperform the G or 335i on a track but am still waiting to see the numbers this thing produces.
Some folks are picking up the TL-S for 36k.
I personally don't have an issue with it so long as you can get a discount on it.
The TL and ES even at 40k are still two totally different types of FWD vehicles. The TL is a "sporty" FWD sedan and the ES is a ultra luxury boulevard cruiser IMHO.
Folks might cross shop the two at any price point but the driving dynamics of each differentiate the two.
You know Pat, after I posted my last message last night, I started thinking that we might be wrong after all.
I actually lost some sleep last night thinking about how I might have dismissed the "car that must not be named" a little prematurely. Humor me before you delete this.
We (I) dismissed the MKZ as a non-performance car from a non-luxury marque, and that was that. Last night, I wrote that the MKZ is not worthy because it's based largely on the Mazda6, which is more or less a pedestrian midsize car.
Here's what got me rethinking this - consider the Acura TL. You could argue that the TL is squarly in this segment - FWD yes, but peformance oriented, luxurious, high quality, and from an agreed upon luxury marque.
But consider how much the TL and MKZ have in common. Both are FWD and both share 95% of their DNA with a 5-year old midsize car design (and the Mazda6 and Accord are direct competitors in price, performance, and features). Both marques actually exist in their own little "tweener" band of near-luxury, not actually luxury like M-B, Jaguar, and BMW.
Compare both cars side-by-side, feature for feature, and the MKZ and TL have a lot in common (HP, wheelbase, weight, features, price, etc.).
My conclusion? If the MKZ doesn't belong here, it's only because of Lincoln's heritage as a plush car maker compared to Acura's race heritage. Acura's literature contains detailed specs about the TL's performance features (roll bar diameter, turns lock-to-lock, size and type of brakes, dampeners, etc. while Lincoln literature lacks any specifics. Other than that, the two are pretty close on paper.
One final point - I think perhaps that the base TL no longer belongs here for the same reasons that the MKZ doesn't. Years have marched on and we now have the TL-S - the base TL (which always was a little soft and floaty for my taste) now lacks a manual tranny option. All of the "go-fast" parts like thicker sway bars, 6-speed MT, etc. are all on the TL-S. The base TL is arguably more like a Buick than ever before.
I'm sure many won't agree, but I feel guilty that I've wronged a competent car, and I want to make things right. After a lot more research on my part, the MKZ still isn't my kind of car, but I think it's more car than any of us have given it credit for.
I wish that Infiniti would offer this color interior for the new G35, as they do in Japan. I think that the wood looks fantastic with it. The carpet treatment is interesting as well. I like how they are bringing back the use Japanese art and culture into their design. Reminds me of what they were trying to do with the original Q45.
"Years have marched on and we now have the TL-S - the base TL (which always was a little soft and floaty for my taste) now lacks a manual tranny option. All of the "go-fast" parts like thicker sway bars, 6-speed MT, etc. are all on the TL-S."
Do you think the IS 350 should be excluded as well because it doesn't have a manual tranny option? Yes, it has RWD and 300+hp but I don't think the IS 350 should be excluded much less the base TL. Although FWD, the base TL still has front and rear suspension characteristics of a sport sedan, rack and pinion steering, and a rigid body structure.
The TL also has the "steptronic" transmission. A feature not found on the Lincoln. Personally, I think the steptronic transmission is a joke because it doesn't let you hold a gear for as long as you want- the computer kicks in. Nonetheless it is still there and it is combined with the drive by wire throttle system. All of the aforementioned combined make the base TL a "sporty" FWD sedan.
Rumors about the 4G TL is that it will have 300hp+ and AWD.
rjorge3 Posts: 144drewsrx where did you find the pic? I loved that combo, when my A4 lease experies, I am strongly considering the 07 G35. I was leaning towards the grey leather interior, but after looking at the "burnt orange, brick or marroon" interior, I really hope that they offer if in 2008.
Well, maybe in 08 they'll do it :>)
habitat1 Posts: 4,282"Right now, the closer you get to 40,000 the closer you get to the ES 330, not too mention the remarkedly improved IS. Most people who buy Acura's buy them because of the value that they get in comparison to a Lexus. Therefore, an Acura should be a lot less than a Lexus. At 38,000 it ma be too close to the Lexus".
I can't speak to "most people", but for me and many I know, Acura and Lexus are not as directly competitive as your post suggests, and as such there is no intrinsic need for Acura to be less expensive than Lexus. If my 2004 TL 6-speed were to be crushed by a falling tree tonight, there is still nothing in the entire 2007 Lexus line-up that would get me to stop in their showroom. The closest would probably be the IS350, but its dimunitive back seat and lack of a manual transmission are non-starters. Lexus could sell the ES350 for $20k and, in spite of that being an extraordinary deal, I wouldn't buy it. In 2001, I bought a Honda S2000, in 2005 a Porsche 911S. There is no price that would have gotten me to give the Lexus SC430 a serious look. As ggesg indicated, Lexus is more luxury oriented, Acura is more sport oriented.
The closest we ever came to buying a Lexus was when we were SUV shopping last year. We seriously considered the GX, but ended up in a MDX due to the better 7 passenger functionality and the better on-road handling driving dynamics. The GX would have been less expensive, considering it qualified for a tax writeoff, but once again, didn't quite meet our needs and preferences.
I know of some who have cross shopoped the GS and RL, but in that category, I'd be in a 530i or 550i (6-speed stick of course).
Cheers fedlawman ! From the website.** In fact, it was voted the "Best Luxury Car Interior" by both industry and automotive journalist voters.gee I guess Edmunds journalists need to change their tune*** doesn't hold anything back in performance, either. It boasts a 263 hp V-6 engine and available Intelligent All-wheel drive system to deliver a smooth, powerful and exciting ride.
**Medium Premium Car class hmmm...Entry level Lux-Perf.sedan class maybe ??
***Ward's 2006 Auto Interiors Show hmm..are they a reputable source to judge car interiors-all those Mercedes fans feel slighted now, what was it the interior looks awful
" the has one of the most beautiful cabins in its class, miles ahead of Cadillac and Mercedes."****The Detroit News, 2/8/06
fedlawman, Rocky, could anyone please post an interior and exterior image of the vs. the BMW 335i please ? How do you attach images to this forum ?
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How do you post a picture of the 335 leaving these other cars in the dust? Seems to me the focus of this forum is on performance. BMW has the best drivers interior in the group, I love the simplicity of the dashboard. Simplicity does not mean cheap.
I'm not saying any car should be bought carte-blanche just because, but each car has it's strengths and weaknesses. Each buyer likes different things. I'm not big on "fancy" interiors like Lexus. I like spartan, functional, high quality and driver friendly. To me no car manufacturer does that better than BMW.
"Years have marched on..."
Yes, 3 short years ago, the TSX and E46 325i were high on the list in this segment. Now they don't even blip the radar. The bar has been raised a lot in the last couple of years, and the base TL is not as competitive as it used to be (when this thread was in its infancy).
"All of the aforementioned combined make the base TL a "sporty" FWD sedan."
I agree, I think the TL absolutely belongs here. It is not the benchmark of this segment, but on a graph depicting the from "luxury" "sport" continuum, the TL is probably near the top of the bell curve (average) for the segment.
The point I was making is that, upon closer examination of the "DNA," I have decided that the base TL and FWD Lincoln MKZ have a lot more in common than first meets the eye - that, if one is to be excluded, then perhaps we should re-examine the other one more closely.
"it was voted the "Best Luxury Car Interior" by both industry and automotive journalist voters."
Calm down Flash. I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt for the time being - based on paper stats and photographs. We should reserve judgement until we actually sit in, touch, and drive it for ourselves. Only then will we know if it feels as good as it might look on paper.
Remember, American auto makers are notorious for their hideous interiors and cheap plastics. Most "premium luxury" American cars pale in material and build quality when parked next to a Honda Accord.
Lincoln MKZ:
I don't like it personally, but hey, whatever floats your boat. Here, I think this American car has a much nicer looking interior:
Looks pretty nice, huh? Unfortunately, on paper only. In person, it's just a $20,000 Saturn - and you know it as soon as you actually sit in it.
That picture came from the Japanese Nissan website. They offer that color for the Skyline 350GT, which is our G35.
I am not sure if it will ever be offered here because Infiniti has that color for the US Market M35/M45 & FX35/FX45 and it doesn't sell very well.
But, I hope they offer it...
They also did a better job on the interior lighting for the G35. No more orange, and they added LED ambient lighting.
nyccarguy Stamford, CTPosts: 11,260the last and only sport sedan Lexus ever made was the 1st generation IS. It had great steering feel, tight handling, a taut suspension, RWD, LSD, a nice I6 engine, great looking 5 spoke 17" wheels, and an outside the box gauge cluster (which I happened to like).
People complained it was slow. In addition to being relatively slow, it got terrible gas mileage. People complained the ride was too stiff and jarring (that's how I like it). People complained the interior was too cramped.
So lexus stuffed a 300+ hp v6 under the hood of a softly sprung chassis. they just took all the fun out of the car.
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laurasdada Posts: 3,094While the MKZ interior materials may be top notch, the design, to me screams, "K Car!" I could not live with that interior. While I prefer wood to aluminum, I do not like the lighter woods in any car. YMMV, of course.
And yes, in the picture, the styling of the Aura makes the MKZ look all the more unacceptable.
'13 Jaguar XF, possibly my favorite of all the cars I've owned. But, my '09 Jag XK was a beauty, as was my '05 Acura TL, '88 Acura Integra, '84 Mitsubishi Mirage Turbo & '78 VW Scirocco (my first!). And, of course, the '92 Nissan Sentra SE-R and '95 Saab 900s I bought for the ex... Ok, I like a lot of the cars in my life.
Sorry - I disagree. The X-Type may have upset the Jag purists, but, more X's have been sold than any other Jag model to date. Sales may have fell well short of Ford's unrealistic projections, but, about 400K of them went out the door so far. Those of us who own one love 'em.
Thanks fedlawman but you compared it to a Saturn. I asked to compare it to the BMW, are you afraid we will see the truth ? C'mon show us the interior of the BMW also, side by side. The exterior of the MKZ is gorgeous, K car please...I will get a posting of the MKZ against the BMW in the Current and Future performance sedans forum created by Rocky. I wont have to put up with this hypocrisy there.
I love that interior in the MKZ, it looks great with the exterior in Black pearlcoat and chrome rims.
ontop Posts: 279I agree. Don't care for the 'metallic' interior look of the MKZ. The Aura looks so much nicer.
dhamilton Posts: 875I believe I read somewhere that the TL has faster slalom time than the IS350 due to the electronazis.
That home boy that posted a review from the Detroit news should know that that husband and wife team that do the car section for that paper are beyond worthless. They are so worthless that comedians are just saying their names during stand up routines and getting laughs.
Sorry, actually 3 things. What the hell are we doing still hearing this nonsense about that Lincoln? Does it have the fastest 0-Luby's time?
Is their actually anybody besides Rockylee, and his love child flash11, that really believe this car is sporty?
If so, please step forward and have a pie thrown in your face for being an idiot without a village.
Guess you're gonna be in absolute awe then. My son-in-law owned a Volvo S60 Turbo. After driving my 3.0 X Type he indicated that the Jag had more punch and handled better than his Volvo. He has since replaced the Volvo with a new Acura TL.
blueguydotcom Posts: 6,257You can scoop up a 335 with gray, beige, black, terra (brownish orange) and lemon leather interiors. Yes, lemon. Most people don't realize this is available but you can get it through special order.
Does the interior define a car in this segment, or does the overall performance? I've seen the 3 series and MKZ side by side, in my estimation no comparison. BMW wins. Sleek and athletic. The MKZ is not that. (I want to add IMO). But that still doesn't mean there will not be a market for this car.
"you compared it to a Saturn. I asked to compare it to the BMW, are you afraid we will see the truth?"
Sorry Flash, I showed the interiors to make my point. I didn't realize you were counting on me to perform a task for you.
My point is that you can't tell the QUALITY of the interior from a photo. All a picture can do is help you decide which interior YOU like best. Completely subjective.
Well, here you go...Flash
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Personally, I find the MKZ interior almost grotesque in it's attempt to be premium. I count over 40 buttons on the center stack! It's just trying too hard to be something.
The BMW interior is just pure, simple function over form - as a true cockpit should be.
The MKZ is shouting, "Look at me, look at me!" while the BMW is whispering, "Let's go the long way today."
circlew Posts: 8,608fed, great line! I try to find as many twisties as possible as the hills whisper back!
I would declare the MKZ "Not Fit for this board" just based on that ancient-looking steering wheel.
03accordman Posts: 671"I would declare the MKZ "Not Fit for this board" just based on that ancient-looking steering wheel."
I second that
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This article, entitled "Post-Halloween Pain Prevention," comes from Annie Payne, MomsEveryday blogger from Western Colorado.
To say that I love Halloween would be an understatement. It doesn't matter whether I dress up as Geico Flo or Zombie Mom. If I could breathe Halloween, I would. If I could bathe in Halloween, I would. If I could legally change my name to "Halloween," I would. But who would read a blog written by someone named "Halloween Payne?" Muwahahaha!
I remember a night, sometime during the 80s, when I suffered Halloween pain. Dressed in my mom's pink chiffon robe with marabou feather trim and a tin foil crown, I took to the streets with a blue floral pillowcase in hand to trick o' treat.
Usually, the kids on our street just made a loop around the neighborhood, but this year we convinced our folks to drive us to other neighborhoods to score the mother lode! And, boy, did we ever!
By ten o'clock the following morning, still dressed in my mom's robe and dilapidated crown, with a half of a masticated Tootsie Roll in my mouth and the other half in my hair, surrounded by empty candy wrappers, I reached down into the bottom of my once heavy-laden pillowcase to find it completely empty.
In twelve short hours, I had eaten my weight in candy.
What happened after the sugar rush had worn off and the gastrointestinal difficulties began isn't something I would wish on my worst enemy, let alone my own children.
In order to spare the Payne kids, each year we enact a three-fold plan; it's all about prevention, intervention and moderation. I've written about it before, but it's worth repeating, especially if I could save just one child from the same painful, shame-filled fate I experienced in the 80s. It's called,
"The Payne Family Fool-Proof Anti-Gastrointestinal Stressitude Halloween Plan"
The prevention part of my plan consists of a pre-trick o' treating dinner. I make sure my kids have their stomachs full of "real food," before their big night of haunting.
It's a Payne family Halloween tradition that our pre-trick o' treating dinner consist of a "mystery menu." If we are having spaghetti, I'll change the name to "Worms with Gut Sauce." Or if chili is on the menu, I'll change the name to "Ground Goblin Brains with Beans."
Adding food coloring is another easy, but fun way we add some creepiness to our Halloween dinner. For instance, "Black as a Bat Meat Loaf" or "Purple People Eater Chicken Pot Pie."
With their stomachs full of a spooky, but square meal, a few pieces of candy before bed shouldn't be a big deal.
All the collected candy goes in a communal bowl. Then (and this is the best part of my plan), Secret Agent Man and I go through the bowl to pick out any candy that may be "tainted," i.e.: Snickers or Peanut M &M's. They can keep the Three Musketeers, in my opinion.
This whittles the cache down quite a bit. If you try my plan at home, what you do with the "tainted" candy is up to you (wink).
We keep our communal candy bowl in a secure area (like Secret Agent Man's desk drawer) where I, as the "Candy Cop" dole out a few pieces of candy at a time over the next few weeks.
Last year, our communal candy bowl lasted until the day before Christmas. All the "good stuff" was gone the first week. By December we almost had to force ourselves to finish off the Bit O' Honeys, Necco Wafers, and Boston Baked Beans. Who passes that stuff out anyway?
Thankfully over the years I've learned to celebrate Halloween more responsibly. I need to set an example for my children, after all. I can keep the Zombie Mom or the Geico Flo costume, but, if you see me in line at the DMV, do me a favor; ask me to step aside, save me from changing my name to Mrs. Halloween Payne.