Robert Hall
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Nissan Redesigns the Sentra for 2020: Comments
Robert Hall replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in LA Auto Show
Exterior looks like a scaled down Maxima. -
Lexus LC 500 Convertible Improves on the Hardtop: Comments
Robert Hall replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in LA Auto Show
Beautiful....love the interior color combo...would love to have one for a summer weekend to take out to the islands... Would love to see something like this from Cadillac w/ the new Blackwing V8...sadly, personal luxury coupes and convertibles seem to be a lost art w/ the domestic automakers. Imagine a production Elmiraj coupe and convertible... -
As far as comedians with cars, I like Leno and his eclectic collection...of the late night guys, I always preferred Letterman--thought he was funnier---and I always liked his involvement in Indy Car. I like Adam Carolla and Jerry Seinfeld's interest in cars also, funny guys that have interesting cars and taste in cars. (Carolla's documentaries were quite good also--one about Paul Newman's racing career and one about the Ford '60s Le Mans effort). I walked past Seinfeld and his buddy Larry David at Rennsport Reunion in Laguna Seca a few years ago, but didn't bug them for autographs--that would have been crass.
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Niches within niches...
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I can relate...i like a lot of stuff from a lot of manufacturers. I'm sure some of it is due to what I was exposed to at an early age. '60s-70s muscle cars and pony cars, full size American cars from the '60s-80s (esp. '69-72), personal luxury coupes. Mustangs were my first loves. Over the years have gained an appreciation for German luxury and performance sedans, esp. the big Mercs of the 80s to today. I like Northstar Cadillacs. I like JDM performance cars like the older Skylines, though I've only seen a few in person. Like a variety of Porsches and other European performance cars. Like modern Volvo wagons. I love a variety of Jeeps. Love vintage race cars.
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Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
Robert Hall replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
The Bolt is more of A Leaf competitor a mass market commuter EV. The Cadillac EV CUV could be GM’s real Tesla competitor. -
I'm wondering if this is an all new EV-specific platform or a variant of the Explorer platform---unibody RWD/AWD, similar wheelbase, and it's been said the next Mustang would likely be based on the Explorer platform...
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Yeah, I remember back in the mid-oughts the bloviating defecators online were whining about the 4dr Charger when it came out...same kind of thing. F' em...
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I wonder if we will see a Lincoln version announced soon...different styling, more luxury, more $$$. EViator
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I do use sarcasm IRL with care. I've had people say they don't get when I'm being sarcasm or facetious because I never change my tone of voice. In writing I do use <sarcasm> </sarcasm> html tags sometimes, if I know my audience well.
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It's definitely a marketing move. Gets more attention with the Mustang name than it would otherwise. But will it be a successful gamble? Only time will tell. Yes, you do tend toward the loquacious. I strive for short and pithy, sometimes veering into sarcasm and absurdity.
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As with anything, the loudest complainers get the most attention. Reality will show in a couple years with sales results as to whether Ford made a good or a bad decision....
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'Trolls on teh internets' have been a truism since olden days..they were there on CompuServe and Usenet newsgroups 30 years ago when I was but a skinny teenager with a Mustang (2 actually) and learning the computing game on computers that seem primitive compared to my phone today..
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Sunday evening I was out and about and saw an Amish buggy with a light bar on the front roof, like something off those brodozer trucks. Green and white lights.
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Products evolve over time...at least they aren't making a 4cyl FWD Mustang...imagine the uproar that would have caused. Since there have been rumors the next Mustang will be on an Explorer-based platform, that opens up lots of possibilities incl. AWD... I like the idea of a future Mustang GT coupe or convertible w/ a 5.0 V8, manual, AWD and 4500lbs. That would be tight. Or a Mustang 4dr coupe w/ V8...
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@Drew Dowdell Good luck. I'm sure you'll find something good.
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Though this might be a good addition to the US Chevy line, it looks more appealing than the Bolt.
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Going to try for next weekend. Was too busy this past weekend.
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I'll admit to being a Mustang fan since childhood, and have owned multiple Mustangs. I'm also 'EV-curious'...not likely to buy one any time soon, but I'm not rabidly anti-EV like some. Looking forward to seeing this one in person. The performance and range sound great at first read.
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Yes, it's definitely a marketing move. It will be interesting to see if it works or not. This has flashy styling, kind of Tesla-esque, some hints of Mustang.
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Ahh...not familiar with the STX...I'm used to seeing F150s with that thick bar across the front. Those look like stock headlights; I've seen the glowy tube lights at night.. and it's pretty unusual to see a regular cab short bed 2wd...an almost extinct configuration.
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Watched a couple good auto racing documentaries Friday night, both streaming on Amazon Prime. 'The 24 Hour War' about Ford and Ferrari, the GT-40 development, Le Mans 64-67, and 'Ferrari: Road to Immortality' about F1 and sports cars and the Ferrari team drivers in the late 50s, many who died in racing.
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Yeah, back in the summer I happened to be driving past a city parking lot and saw them...a dark red last gen Bonneville and a white one. A couple mid-oughts Impalas also.
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Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
Robert Hall replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
I do wonder if that was an intentional leak or an accident. Depends on how they have their CDN/WCM set up, I could see the content being 'accidentally' syndicated from a UAT environment to a PROD environment, or maybe they have 'hot' and 'cold' PROD environments with a future PROD already staged and ready to be activated via the load balancer, etc. Been there, done that...
