Robert Hall

'Cupra' is Latin for copper..maybe that is where they got it. It's also an ancient Etruscan fertility goddess. Cupra the car brand started as a performance trim level on SEAT cars in the 90s, and as the name of their race team. Kind of like M, V-, SVT or SRT, but then became it's own brand more recently. Another one of VWAG's many brands.

Very strange name, at least to Anglophones... named after a scenic location on Mallorca. Maybe they could do a version that is miserable to drive, and call it the Tormentor?

Generic mediocrity..take of the badging and it could be anything...

Without googling the volume and dimensions, my sister’s Equinox feels larger in both the front and back seat areas than my WK2 GC, which feels smaller inside than my old WJ GC was IMO.

I don't know about the new one, but the back seat and rear door openings on the '23 Equinox are quite spacious, bigger than the rear seat area of my '14 Grand Cherokee..the Jeep is esp. lacking in leg room in the back.

I miss him and Balthy...they were...amusing.and CaminoLS6.

The new 'Nox looks good...haven't seen one yet in person. My sister still loves her '23, it only has 9500 miles on it....she hasn't been driving much since retiring last year.

I caught myself referring to my compact tire inflator as a 'tire charger'...as in 'I need to charge up my tire charger'.. (the inflator charges via USB).

Reminds me--I saw in the news yesterday that an alligator was spotted recently in Lake Erie in the Erie, PA area...not native to the area.

The shape and proportions look a lot like the first gen Chevy Trax.

Had a couple concerts last week, saw Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony (1/2 of Van Halen) with Jason Bonham (Son of Led Zeppelin's John Bonham) on drums and Joe Satriani on guitar..great, loud rock show... and later in the week saw a great Crosby, Stills Nash and Young tribute band (with people that played with them...I saw CSN about 20 years ago, and Neil Young around the same time).

Yum..sounds tasty. I like Hard Eight, been there a couple of times.. https://hardeightbbq.com. One of my favorite eateries in Plano is The Biscuit Bar at the Boardwalk at Granite Park, right across from my office. https://www.thebiscuit.bar

DFW is an area of infinite sprawl and many, many freeways...reminds me of a larger version of the Phoenix East Valley metro area---beige, flat, dull with generic construction. Good BBQ though.

Glad my trip to my company HQ in Plano this week got cancelled. I hate getting stuck at DFW in inclement weather.

What a view..

Took a Sunday drive out east into the rolling hills, on the way there saw a gorgeous dark turquoise '68 GTO convertible w/ white interior, rolling top down. Also a gorgeous '69 Buick Electra convertible in a silver green w/ matching interior, top down. Came up behind a black w/ yellow stripes late model Camaro w/ Hertz Hendrick #24 logos...must have been a special edition for Hertz. Followed a sharp recent silver blue w/ white stripes Mustang Shelby GT500 with a nice burble tune. Saw a yellow T-Bucket Model T hot rod w/ an older guy w/ long white hair and beard driving. Saw a sharp metallic gray Ferrari SF90 and a clean black '66 Ford Fairlane 2dr about a mile apart on a backroad..Found a tasty Mexican restaurant in the small town of Middlefield, Ohio. I think I need sheepskin seat covers for the Caddy like I have in the Jeep...black leather seats get warm on a hot day, even w/ the AC cranked down.

Also reminded the other day how Ohio has no safety inspections...saw a 90s GMT 400 era Chevy pickup rolling down the road with crazy front wheel camber and the bed sides rusted and flared out/sagging on each side, rusted front fenders and doors. Also was behind for a while a mid 90s S10 pickup, riding lower on the left side than the right with what I thought was a big mud flap flapping in the wind on the right...but it was ahead of the rear wheel. It pulled off later and I got a good view of the right side, the 'flap' was a big chunk of rear bed side/fender that was rusted out and hanging loose behind the cab ahead of the wheel arch...

Perhaps Ford is too beholden on the stock market and investors and analysts expecting a huge ROI in a quarter...incapable of thinking long term for investments...

Went to the beach today and on the way home saw a Cybertruck for the first time in traffic...Ohio plate 'CYBRTRCK'. Hilarious looking, like a rolling dumpster from behind. Also saw a sharp clean black w/ red interior '87-90 Mustang GT convertible rolling top down. Saw a bright orange C8 Z-06 parked at a restaurant. At the beach I saw a modded, beat up early 90s Firebird w/ hole in the hood, chrome air cleaner sticking through, big wheels and tires.

Meh, just another forgettable appliance...styling very similar to the Polstar something something...

I could see a few YouTubers doing something like that to generate clicks.

Yeah, I made a number to trips to visit my sister in the Boston area in the early to mid 90s, I remember most anything that wasn't recent construction didn't have A/C.

The three slots at the top of the front fascia could be an homage to the original Pathfinder. Sort of going after the outdoorsy niche the Xterra did 25 years ago...

Fascinating. I couldn’t imagine not having central AC in the US. Though I didn’t have it at my family farm growing up. It’s been hot and humid lately, both ACs running and keeping the house comfortable around 70-72.

Never had that issue before...my last house was a split level w/ an attached garage, w/ two bedrooms over the garage. But my furnace was in the basement. I'd be more concerned about fires in the garage, given Kia's record of fires w/ various vehicles.