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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    Now that is exclusivity. The S-class, 7-series, etc can't touch that volume. The Horch would be Horchtastic. Maybe brand it the Horchata in Spanish-speaking countries.
  2. Robert Hall
    They look like a tablet glued to the dash. I prefer the integrated screens like FCA vehicles have with UConnect. These look much better--integrated into the dash rather than sticking up.
  3. Robert Hall
    Quarter mile doesn't have real-world applicability, though since it (usually) involves going beyond posted speed limits. 0-60 has more real world applicability. How fast a car goes down a drag strip (or around a track like the Nurburgring ) has no applicability to reality in the US w/ it's low speed limits.
  4. Robert Hall
    Yeah, doesn't even have a Hoffmeister kink, which the Q50, Jag XE and Alfa Romeo Guilia have...their greenhouses definitely have a BMW resemblance in profile. About the only of it's competitors does the G70 has a similar rear door trailing upper edge to is the Lexus IS--the IS has a pointier C-curve, the G70 is softer. The G70 front does has a resemblance to Audi, but differs in the details.
  5. Robert Hall
    Understandable, though...0-60 has the been a standard measurement of performance by journos and in advertising for what, 6 decades or more? Simple measurement of acceleration...quarter mile time might be relevant to people that actually drag race on racetracks, but 0-60 has real-world applicability, such as freeway ramp light-to-merge speed acceleration...
  6. Robert Hall
    It has 4 doors and 4 tires and RWD proportions, hence the resemblance..
  7. Robert Hall
    Coming out of my neighborhood this afternoon, saw an orange and black two tone '70-72 Nova with a huge chrome blower & scoop, no hood, narrow tires up front, huge rear tires w/ tubbed wheel wells, wheelie bars and a parachute on the rear...full on Pro Street style, very loud. In the airport parking garage, saw a Volvo XC40 for the first time--very sharp and substantial looking up close for a compact CUV...white w/ black roof, red seats, dark window tint and Florida plates.
  8. Robert Hall
    Looks pretty grim in there...no wood trim either.
  9. Robert Hall
    The rear of some finny '50s concept car?
  10. Robert Hall
    Nope.
  11. Robert Hall
    Airborne Toxic Event --Sometime Around Midnight Mumford And Sons -- Believe Richard Ashcroft - Hold On
  12. Robert Hall
    Speaking of Caddy, saw an XTS hearse today...
  13. Robert Hall
    Got these in the mail today from Japan. Tomica Escalade stretch limo and Camaro ZL1.
  14. Robert Hall
    Nice cool, cloudy day..felt really like fall today. Saw a rusty dented white Pontiac G8, a white Vibe, and a dark green G6 convertible...all within about a mile in Parma. Saw another Tesla Model 3, also in black on the freeway driven by a young woman who was looking at the huge touchscreen rather than the road.. Went downtown, and came out of the West Side Market and saw this clean black Riviera parked next to my Jeep. And a pic of myself, enjoying being out..away from my virtual cubicle (work has been very busy the last 3 weeks--3 weeks @55-60hrs/week).
  15. Robert Hall
    It's desperation, they are pretty far behind in the EV game, trying to get something out there that is distinctive...
  16. Robert Hall
    The proportions are quite different...the CLA has a short a-pillar to front axle distance, indicative of the weak FWD/transverse engine platform, while the G70 has a proper RWD platform w/ the longer a-pillar to front axle distance..
  17. Robert Hall
    The G70 is on the same platform as the Stinger, isn't it? Thought I read that somewhere. I like the interior..
  18. Robert Hall
    Yes, just lease appliances....
  19. Robert Hall
    Because those are just entry level novelties? M-Bs serious SUVs (GLE, GLS, and G) aren't based on transverse engine FWD platforms... (Of course, that is a distinction lost on the indifferent consumers that lease these things, only enthusiasts care if something is transverse FWD or RWD).
  20. Robert Hall
    They kind of look like a Model S that's been narrowed, shortened and made taller..a bit awkward looking from some angles.
  21. Robert Hall
    I don't know about the materials or fit and finish, but the interior looks very attractive from the photos. The exterior is clean, doesn't try and copy BMW or MB. Automobile or Road & Track had a good write up of it this month, sounds like it drives quite well.
  22. Robert Hall
    The DoorDash delivery guy tonight was a Millennial hipster w/ a red artisanal beard, driving a black Tesla Model 3. First Model 3 I'd seen in person...he said they told him there had only been about 150 sold so far in NE Ohio...
  23. Robert Hall
    The compact premium sports sedan is really crowded..Genesis is joining a market that has Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Infiniti, Jaguar, Lexus, Mercedes...
  24. Robert Hall
    Huh???? The CLA is just a FWD transverse engine generic. This has a RWD platform. And M-B has platform sharing w/ Nissan/Infiniti, not Hyundai/Genesis. Maybe you need new glasses, looks nothing like the CLA.
  25. Robert Hall
    After 17 years and 170k, my Jeep was tired...didn't want to spend any more on it..transmission was starting to slip, power windows and locks worked intermittently, air bag light came on on left turns.. desert life is hard on vehicles and people. Didn't trust it on the 2000+ mile drive from Phoenix to Cleveland...the A/C wasn't very cold anymore either. So glad to be done with the desert shithole..never want to be in Southwest ever again.
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