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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    The V8 I've had the most experience with was the old Ford 5.0... most of the vehicles I've owned have been 6s--- 3 straight 6s and two V6s. Two 4 cyls---a Ford/Mazda 2.0 diesel and a Ford 2.3, both mid 80s. Wouldn't mind having a V8 again at some point, probably a Mopar w/ a modern Hemi.
  2. Robert Hall
    Well, they have the Maybach GLS... https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/vehicles/passenger-cars/mercedes-maybach/mercedes-maybach-gls/ Well, the brand slogan is 'the best or nothing'..
  3. Robert Hall
    Wouldn't surprise me if it was intentionally leaked to create buzz....
  4. Robert Hall
    Probably an employee in a plant shakily snapped a pic w/ a cheap burner phone...or the fuzzing/darkness is a Snapchat/IG filter..
  5. Robert Hall
    Well, the good stuff is all RWD/AWD... it's only the entry level GLA and GLB that are FWD/AWD...
  6. Robert Hall
    Not sure what trim level this is, but would think the grille would be more bling...chromed or lighted rectangles or something...
  7. Robert Hall
    Will be interesting to see how the side panels and rear look...the front is too much XT6... is there any vertical lighting or just the small horizontal lights?
  8. Robert Hall
    Personally, I have very little experience w/ GM V8s---the only GM V8 I've had hands on experience with driving often was the '00 DTS w/ the Northstar V8...pretty quiet and smooth, liked it a lot. My folks '85 Winnebago had a 454, drove it a few times, I remember it had a lot of oil leaks and other issues from new. The only older GM car w/ a V8 I drove a few times about 20 years ago was my brother's '68 Camaro SS 396 w/ 4 spd. It was very loud and raw and fast..neat car.
  9. Robert Hall
    the pic reputed to be the next Escalade I saw had a front very similar to the XT6 but larger...
  10. Robert Hall
    Not bad at all..there were probably V6s and V8s with less torque around 1980...
  11. Robert Hall
    Yeah, first diesel Suburban in a while isn't it...
  12. Robert Hall
    So no 2.7 4 cyl version like the Silverado...
  13. Robert Hall
    Could be worse, how about a 2 cylinder like some Fiats have.... I didn't realize the Renegade was available w/ a 1.0L 3 cylinder in some markets...
  14. Robert Hall
    A couple great looking late 60s formal roof coupes...the roofline of the '68 Cadillac Coupe de Ville and the '68 Impala Custom Coupe are very similar...look at the length of those quarter panels and rear decks...
  15. Robert Hall
    Haven't been out much in the last week and half...dreary weather and busy post-holiday... don't think I've seen anything memorable. Went downtown Friday night to see old friends for drinks and Ubered down and back...in Kias...rode in a current-gen Sportage on the way down, interior was more spacious than I thought...on the way back, had a chatty driver in a Soul that got lost/misdirected by his nav a couple times..went about 5 miles further than needed....the Soul was loud under acceleration and lurchy, but that may have been way the driver was using the accelerator like a light switch... I do remember that I caught a glimpse of a light colored '66 Plymouth Fury 4dr ht in a yard somewhere in the Ohio City neighborhood on the Westside of Cleveland...
  16. Robert Hall
    Definitely some Silverado influence w/ the front end...
  17. Robert Hall
    This is just their entry level CUV, though...their XT4 competitor...just a lease appliance...nothing serious.
  18. Robert Hall
    Isn't that the case with any modern full size truck, at least the 4x4 ones? Beds seem very high in general..
  19. Robert Hall
    Unusual... Fun fact: one list of cloudiest cities in the US has Seattle at #1, Portland, Or at #2 and Cleveland at #5...woo hoo, made the top 5!
  20. Robert Hall
    Whilst working and looking outside at cold, rainy gray overcast weather, listening to some shiny happy music..
  21. Robert Hall
    60s less so than 70s-80s, certainly..but there were still a lot of '60s cars around when I was growing up and a bunch of them in my family. Having two Baby Boomer siblings helped also, I'm sure...I like a lot of 60s music as well. I can certainly appreciate things from before my time--my house is from the late 60s, I love art deco/streamline moderne/MCM architecture, love classical music and going to the symphony, going to classic rock concerts, going to museums.....I can enjoy looking at older cars at museums or car shows, but would probably find them disappointing to drive.
  22. Robert Hall
    It's definitely individual, depends on one's own reality context.. 50s and before seem like they are from an ancient world before my time. If I were 75-85, maybe I'd like them more...I can appreciate seeing them in museums or at a car show, but nothing from before the 60s really connects to me--it's from someone else's era. On the other hand, cars from the 60s through the 80s, are recent enough that I remember seeing them on the road in quantity growing up and rode in/drove some of them...I like the longer, lower wider styling of the mid 60s to the late 70s, with around 1965 and 1971 being sweet spots, IMO. There is a lot from the 80s I like also...
  23. Robert Hall
    And several divisions had unrelated 400s during the late 60s-70s. Looking back from today, it's hard to comprehend one corporation having 5 brands with their own engine development and manufacturing...seems like it would be very costly and inefficient to have that much duplication across brands.
  24. Robert Hall
    The $35k Model 3 is a unicorn, I believe. Of the 114 used Model 3s that come up on Auto Trader locally, only 1 is under $36k, and only 1/2 dozen under $40k.
  25. Robert Hall
    Funny for the old you chose a '49-50 Merc, a lumpy humpy that looks like a bar of soap...very boring design, IMO. Not a high point of past design, IMO... I'm no fan of custom cars, they are usually weird and only of interest to the individual that designed them, but I do find this '61 Olds that popped up on Hemmings today rather appealing...love the skegs...interesting custom taillights that eliminated the round light cutouts in the decklid corners. But the grille is no improvement over the recessed shaver elements stock grille, IMO.
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