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Robert Hall

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  1. Maybe, but I'm not buying one, but then again, I'm not buying an EV anytime soon either...I figure I'll be driving another 30 years maybe, I don't see ICE vehicles disappearing in the next 30 years.
  2. Yeah, stuff gets obsolete after a few years, have to get new stuff to replace the old stuff...the cycle of life. Though some formats remain useful longer..I still have and use CDs though I have most everything in MP3s also. And I still have Blu Rays though I mostly stream video content...
  3. I'd assume in the future chargers will just be another piece of standard infrastructure in home construction, integrated into the electrical stuff..
  4. I really can't imagine GM doing that..they prefer FWD/transverse crossovers on shared platforms across 4 brands. The volume appliances is where they are.
  5. Heated with the turn signal repeater...too bad it wasn't the power folding type. Looks like I can get one off eBay for around $100-120. I replaced the passenger mirror on my old Jeep after hitting a highway orange barrel with it 15 years ago. It only cracked the non-chromed part (black) of the outer lower housing and took out a chunk..a little black electrical tape or duct tape and it will be fine for now.. Everything still works.
  6. Backing out of my garage this afternoon I smashed my passenger side mirror on the garage door frame...damn narrow ass garage.
  7. My sister's '15 Trax loses it's settings for the infotainment (clock, etc) pretty regularly. Just had an oil change, has 15k miles now.
  8. To get the Camaro styling and Chevy badging? The XT5, Blazer, and Acadia are basically the same thing mechanically...same meat, different toppings...makes sense that they would priced similarly...GM gives the customer a choice in what badge and styling inside and out for their midsize lease appliance CUV. (maybe an exaggeration, but at least the bodywork and interior are different, unlike some past GM multi brand appliance lines).
  9. California gas pump nozzles (and some in Arizona) are bulky w/ a big bellows (corrugated hose style) thingy above the handle and usually don't work well with the plug in and lock (have to hold it or it keeps shutting off). Vapor recovery system, a CARB feature?
  10. Yeah, my Limited is 5 years old now and the regular dash still looks new.
  11. Wow..don't think I've ever seen 83. I definitely remember 85 or 86 in Colorado as the lowest. Don't recall what was in Arizona (I try and block some aspects of living there from my memory). In California I just remember filling up w/ regular and being annoyed by the weird nozzles (which some places in AZ had also). Though I think I put premium in the DTS.
  12. Cool... if I get another CPO one in the next few years, I'm thinking of a Summit. I like that brown it's available in. Really the only features of the newer, higher trims I'd like to have are folding mirrors, Apple Car Play, pano roof and ventilated seats. I have the heated seats and regular sunroof on my Limited. The leather dash covering of the Overland and Summit looks neat but I've read they often go lumpy.
  13. Sounds like the next generation will have a 3rd row version, but it's still a couple years out...
  14. Yes, 85..that's what I was thinking of...I usually used 85 or 87 in my Bronco and Jeep when I lived there. Put 91 in my Mustang and BMW.
  15. Oh, man..love that green..must be new for '19, didn't realize the GC was available in green...for a 10 yr old design, still looks great, IMO. Great proportions and lines..I still find myself turning around and looking at mine in parking lots (even though there are a lot of them around).
  16. Yeah, 93 in Ohio also. I remember in Colorado having weird ones like 86 and 91. But that was due to the altitude. I can't recall what AZ had.
  17. And it's available in brown. They should bring back the name Imperial and put it on the top of the line 3500 Limited Megacab.
  18. heh-heh...yeah, my garage barely fits two vehicles and a bit of storage. No room for a wood working shop. Alas, my Dad left behind of ton of such wood working equipment--was one of his hobbies...lots of saws, etc...been sitting over 20 years untouched in the barn on the family farm, got to do something with it eventually (that's a whole 'nother can of worms).
  19. Random-but-related aside..back in the oughts when I rode a bicycle on trails/etc for 'fun', I worked for a few years at a company that would have a bike to work day once a month in the summer. I lived about 5 miles from their office in Denver. I would come in early, hauling my bike on a rack on the back of my Jeep, park in the parking garage, unload the bike, and ride out a couple blocks from the office and then 'ride to work'... I'm not sure I'd ride a bike much where I live now in the Cleveland suburbs..too many hills and potholed streets. But in the some local parks (the metro park system is very extensive here) I might ride one...
  20. Heh-heh..about 15 feet from my office...I'm a biased Jeep fan, I'll admit, but I do think Jeep does pretty clean styling overall. (ignore my messy garage, I have plans for it..storing the patio furniture cushions etc in there now).
  21. Similar, ugly, cheesy styling.. I wonder if GM hired a Lexus stylist. Using wild styling to hide the mediocre FWD transverse engine appliance underneath....how boring..I wonder when this stupid trend of overwrought grilles will go away and we get some subtlety in design. A few automakers are doing subtle w/ their crossovers and SUVs, but not many. Land Rover/Range Rover, Jeep for the most part, and Ford come to mind. Generally clean styling and not overwrought cheese...
  22. Well, at least the Lexus has chrome trim around it's ugly grille, rather than cheesy black plastic...
  23. Mmm..Chinese Buicks. Makes me think about getting Chinese take out one night this week. Maybe Kung Pao Chicken or Moo Shu Pork. Had Indian tonight.
  24. The real estate agent co That is funny....my real estate agent here had a '15 Cadillac SRX. I think in it's past life, my GC was a real estate agent's vehicle..it was originally leased by a Costa Mesa property development company.
  25. GM has had the Colorado based TrailBlazer in Asia for years, but it has a very ugly greenhouse, IMO..
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