Robert Hall
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It can take that long to get out of the parking lot at the Cleveland show...I find if I rush i can see everything I want to see in an hour or so, 2 hours if I don't rush as much. There usually is a huge section of vintage cars on display which were more interesting than the new cars section last year. The I-X Center where they hold it is a huge venue.
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This Judge convertible clone is for sale for $48k...has a 428. I like the green. I like this dark red '69 LeMans convertible.
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Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
Robert Hall replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
Will be interesting to see what the Germans product mix looks like with regards to BEVs in 5, 10 years... -
I enjoy sandy beaches and pebbly beaches (like here on Lake Erie, some are a mix of both). It's the cold I dislike more than snow. I really don't mind snow and rain, I don't like driving on ice. I really don't like it when it's below 20F or so with wind... (this winter has been very mild here in Cleveland, not many nights/days under 20 so far).
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Snow is better than sand in that it's just a form of water and eventually goes away. Sand doesn't.
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I get kind of sea sick riding on the car ferry out to the islands on windy days...
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I would like to take a ship across the Atlantic at some point, though not in the winter.
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About time to trade it in?
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Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
Robert Hall replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
The i3 and i8 haven't been large scale hits....seems like they are lagging behind in the EV game. -
Someone a couple streets over from me seems to be getting into the package delivery game...has two late model Sprinter high top cargo vans in his driveway, one dark blue, one white, no markings, temporary tags. I remember seeing a pic of it in one of the car magazines decades ago..
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CT4 and CT5, maybe CT6 Blackwing... Mustang GT500, new Hyundai Sonata, maybe the latest generation 911... not a whole lot new in car-shaped forms from the mainstream brands that I can think of.. note that I'm thinking of vehicles that may up at local 'dealer' type car shows like the Cleveland Auto Show that starts today, not vehicles that debut at the big national-level shows... As far as the remaining big national shows like NAIAS in June and LA in Nov, I would think 99% of the debuts will be trucks, CUVs and SUVs, with maybe 30% of those being BEVs.
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Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
Robert Hall replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
As they say with investments, 'past performance is not indicative of future results'. -
Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
Robert Hall replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
Yes. they had a couple..the Active Hybrid 3 with a hybrid 6 cyl (2012-2015), replaced by the 330e w/ a hybrid 4 cyl (2015-2018). Not sure if I've ever seen one. Looks like the current generation has one also, a 330e iPerformance w/ a plugin hybrid turbo 4. -
About 10 min ago got another Amazon Prime delivery, this time it was a Ram. Just realized I haven't seen a Freightliner-branded Sprinter in any use in years...but apparently they still sell them.
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Speaking of vans, the blue Amazon Prime delivery vans around here tend to be Rams or Ford Transits...but I did spot a Mercedes badged newest generation Sprinter in my driveway this morning...
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I have a Mac n Cheese fast food restaurant nearby (Tom n Chee) and an all things Grilled Cheese bar (Melt Bar and Grilled). Never a shortage of cheesy goodness...
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Yeah, it was in one of their tv ads from the late 80s...unless I'm misremembering...
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The real people ad reminds me of a tv ad I saw for the Yugo 30+ years ago...showed a young couple driving a Yugo talking about how 'sporty' it was, etc...'real' people type style.
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That's how I felt about my old Jeep...kept it almost 17 years and 170k miles. Never thought I'd go that long w/ one vehicle...
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Yeah, that was that guy that was in that show..or maybe he just looks like him...
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You going to keep it going to 200k? My Jeep is now a few hundred miles away from the 50k mark. Still running well..
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End of the Road: Holden to Cease At the End of the Year
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Heritage Marques
Yes, they were plainer than the usual heavily cladded Pontiacs, but they were V8 RWD, not US GM generic FWD mediocrity... -
End of the Road: Holden to Cease At the End of the Year
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Heritage Marques
Basically would have been an earlier version of the G8. If Pontiac had kept real names instead of G* nonsense....woulda coulda shoulda...too little, too late. -
mac n cheese
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End of the Road: Holden to Cease At the End of the Year
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Heritage Marques
Well, over the last 25 years Holden was building V8 RWD sedans in the Commodore and Caprice/Statesman, with wagons and ute variations at a time when in the US Chevy, Pontiac etc were churning out forgettable, mediocre FWD appliances. They also had HSV making high performance variations of those models.
