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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    The 11 dogs that have been in my sister’s and my life the last 12+ years have all been rescues. Some well-adjusted, some with issues. At some point, I wouldn’t mind getting a puppy, probably a Westie or Cairn Terrier. Wowza. For that price, I’d want a GC Summit.
  2. Robert Hall
    A year ago, I wouldn’t have imagined spending my 50th birthday at home, but that is how today turned out. But I’ve enjoyed it, from the Southern ham biscuits for breakfast, to the lemon cake my sister baked, to the nice juicy NY Strip steak I grilled along w/ a bottle of fine French champagne and a bottle of Napa Viognier... And watched a great documentary about the Targa Florio. Sheltering at home w/ the little terriers I love and the one family member that really understands me, made it a good day. What a long, strange trip it’s been to 50....
  3. Robert Hall
    Supposedly not coming here, but I’ve read that Toyota is adding another CUV for the US of similar size to the C-HR
  4. Robert Hall
    Yaris Cross
  5. Robert Hall
    2019 US spec. The US never got the 'new' Fiesta.
  6. Robert Hall
    The Fiesta ST is supposed to drive quite nicely from what I've read.. this trim looks decent..though regular Fiestas seem to be the usual subcompact gray plastic despair hell inside. I really don't like small cars, but this looks like it could be fun..manual, zippy.
  7. Robert Hall
    The problem in the US is subcompacts tend to be cheap, nasty and vile inside--gray plastic, and noisy, slow and unpleasant to drive. A larger used car at the same price is always a better buy, IMO. The only ones I can think of on the market that have nice interiors and might be pleasant to drive are the Mini and Fiat 500, but they have a lot of other quality/reliability issues.
  8. Robert Hall
    They are quite sweet and loving with their humans, but wary of strangers. Yorkies have Napoleon syndrome, I think. As far as take your pet to work, I've never done that...though at a couple small consulting firms I was at people did that...I just wouldn't feel comfortable bringing my 6 to 10 pound dogs in an office w/ big dogs. Wouldn't want to have them sit in a crate all day. Though w/ Yorkies I'd probably be getting attention from the ladies all day probably...
  9. Robert Hall
    The most recent US-market Yaris was a rebadged Mazda 2, probably drove better than previous Yarii.
  10. Robert Hall
    Yeah, like the big Mercedes..when she drove the Zs in the 80s, she loved Mercedes S-classes, so bought one years later when it was cheap...but it was a money pit. A great car to drive when running, but a money pit. There are quite a few '70s-90s cars I'd love to own, but I can appreciate them from a distance...
  11. Robert Hall
    Got a little rust around the rear quarters..the decklid and driver's front fender don't fit that well..it got hit sometime in the past, the rear bumper is lumpy. Per the carfax, the car spent time in Akron and Miami in the past. It was funny, once I got the CD player working, the 6 disc CD changer was full of Akron-area hip hop band CDs, and there was a bag of weed under the driver's seat.
  12. Robert Hall
    I’ve always liked the styling of that generation STS and the 2nd gen CTS. Crisp and clean. It’s still a smooth, quiet comfortable car when running. She’s had an interesting history with cars—first car was a new ‘76 Pinto my Dad got her for HS graduation, followed by 4 Datsun/Nissan Z cars (from a ‘77 280 to a ‘90 300ZX Twin Turbo (all manuals), a Corsica, a Saab 900 Turbo, Acura Legend coupe, Explorer, Liberty, a couple old Mercedes, a DTS, and now the Trax and STS...
  13. Robert Hall
    3.6. She's had it almost 2 years. 139k miles. It was a $4000 hooptie for when she had a job on the other side of the state and was driving over and back each week (she doesn't like driving her Trax on the turnpike). Current issue happened right after I drove a couple months ago. The transmission gear position sensor that communicates w/ the ignition failed, so it thinks it's not in park when it's in park, so the ignition button stays in the accessory position and runs down the battery overnight. It also has a small coolant leak and the airbag light is on. It's got new tires, new brakes, new struts/shocks, new fuel pumps, the usual underhood maintenance (belt, hoses, etc). I fixed the 6 disc CD changer, loose inner fender trim, loose underhood trim (got a bunch of those push plugs and a tool to remove them) and a broken glovebox latch. It does drive nicely when everything is fixed. But like every old high mileage luxury car my sister has bought over the last 20 years, something always breaks...she never learns.
  14. Robert Hall
    It's those funky taillights that are similar..
  15. Robert Hall
    2011 DTS sounds interesting...my sister's '00 DTS was nice, but lots of electrical gremlins as it aged. The '06 STS has been nice, but another money pit (now sitting dead in my driveway). That shifter is slick, but looks like recall material to me..
  16. Robert Hall
    I took Henry to the groomers on Wednesday (he's 14) and Ginny (she's 12) to the groomers today. Both now have nice short summer 'dos..lots of gray in their faces..
  17. Robert Hall
    The ‘67 Ford 2dr roofline reminds me a lot of the ‘65-66 B-body roofline. ‘67 was the 3rd and final year of stacked headlights on the full size Fords
  18. Robert Hall
    Nash
  19. Robert Hall
    ^ 1967 was a good looking year for the big Fords.
  20. Robert Hall
    It's too bad they aren't still popular here, I like 'em.. the Volvo V90 is a car I'd seriously consider owning.
  21. Robert Hall
    In Europe, the Arteon is getting a sleek wagon and an R version also.. https://www.evo.co.uk/volkswagen/202471/new-volkswagen-arteon-r-and-shooting-brake-revealed?_mout=1&utm_campaign=evo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
  22. Robert Hall
    Ya...they also have a neat museum built out of a former Hudson dealer also..visited it once. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypsilanti_Automotive_Heritage_Museum Now that I live within 3 hrs of Detroit again, I want to go visit various car museums and such in Michigan if things ever return to 'normal'...saw a number of them in the 90s when I lived there.
  23. Robert Hall
    Same wheelbase, 5 inches longer, only 3 inches shorter than the A6. It's a sharp car..saw it at the auto show this year, haven't seen any in the wild.
  24. Robert Hall
    Heh-heh... small world. I used to shop at the Meijer on Carpenter Road in Ypsilanti. And my '86 Mustang LX got totaled on Carpenter Road about 2 weeks after I moved to Ann Arbor in June 1994 (that was not a good start, maybe a bad omen for the following 3 years of grad school).
  25. Robert Hall
    My sister has done a few gigs in Houston, esp. in the energy corridor to the west..she hates driving there.
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