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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    I think they may have been the first with a modern style 3 point belt.
  2. Robert Hall
    CT6, Miata and Wrangler would be quite interesting to me..
  3. Robert Hall
    Found this interesting...Chevy SOHC 427.. https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/10/10/pair-of-mystery-single-overhead-camshaft-big-block-chevrolet-heads-turn-up-at-auction/?refer=news
  4. Robert Hall
    Reminds me of Ohio Amish Country (grew up near there..).. First time I ever heard this song I cracked up..so funny.
  5. Robert Hall
    After 10+ hrs of hard cubeless cubicle work (incl. a 4 hr WebEx w/ IBM support) I'm chilling w/ the furs having pizza and beer...listening to some cool Chillwave retro synth. https://youtu.be/5C_gUic3cCo
  6. Robert Hall
    Speaking of Teslas, the 2nd Model 3 I saw (about 2 weeks ago) was almost in an accident when I saw it..the Millennial woman driving it was preoccupied w/ the touch screen and was drifting toward the lane divider as she was passing me...(I was in the center lane of a 3 lane freeway section)...I sat on the horn and she looked up before driving into the barrier...
  7. Robert Hall
    Pickups in Europe seem to be mostly a commercial (work) use thing, like the Sprinter trucks or Fiat ones. You see some civilian diesel 4x4s running around like the international Ranger, Mitsibishi Triton, Nissan Navara, Toyota Hilux, but still pretty uncommon in the countries I've been in..they don't have the mainstream pickup culture the US has. I did see a few oddballs here in there, like the 80s Ford F150 parked in a village square in a small Italian town. Then you have unusual places w/ specific use cases like in Iceland..lots of big, lifted American pickups there w/ huge tires.
  8. Robert Hall
    Given the cost of petrol in the UK and parking space limitations, I can't imagine many Brits would be interested in the 3 ton bloat beast trucks the US has.
  9. Robert Hall
    Those are just cheap trucks, though..you expect the interiors in them to be hard gray plastics and despair. An M-B should be above that..
  10. Robert Hall
    Interesting...didn't realize plastic oil pans were a thing.
  11. Robert Hall
    From certain angles, they do look very similar...it was the c-pillar that gave it away to me.
  12. Robert Hall
    Correct, that is an XT5 in the OP.
  13. Robert Hall
    Went and saw the movie 'Bullitt' at my local theatre, it is having a 50th anniversary theatrical re-release. I've seen the movie at least a dozen times and own a DVD of it, but was fun to see on the big screen. Before the movie, instead of the usual movie trailers, was a Ford promotional video for the new '19 Mustang Bullitt.
  14. Robert Hall
    2dr Golf or BMW 2 series? Not many manual 2dr German cars w/ inline engines.
  15. Robert Hall
    The bold new Camry.
  16. Robert Hall
    Cool...the '67-72 'bump side' and '73-79 'dent side' Ford F-series were great looking trucks, have a lot of charm, IMO..
  17. Robert Hall
    A '19 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 w/ Hemi, brown w/ two tone brown/beige leather buckets, UConnect w/ nav, CD player, 20 inch wheels came out to over $53k. Alas, it wouldn't fit in my garage, so at the price range I'd go for a Grand Cherokee..
  18. Robert Hall
    And there was a Continental twenty years ago, the Taurus based Continental got it's 3rd generation around '98, but those always seemed uncommon even when new...
  19. Robert Hall
    Buses seem like such an anachronistic form of transport, but they do seem to thrive in some metro areas. Last time I rode a bus with any frequency was over 20 years ago, in Ann Arbor, MI...I used the U of Michigan campus bus service to shuttle between the north and central campuses all the time. In my work life, I've pretty much always driven (usually an SUV). I do like rail...when I lived in Denver I used the light rail often to go downtown from my suburban neighborhood.
  20. Robert Hall
    Full size pickups have become the modern BOF full size family sedan..available in a variety of trim levels, with a variety of trunk sizes.:) And full size SUVs are the BOF full size wagons of today (they need the fake woodgrain side trim option, IMO). One bit of random related weirdness--on eBay today I'm seeing an ad for the new Ram..in Spanish. Deja Tus Limites Atras..La Nueva Ram 1500.
  21. Robert Hall
    20 years ago, the traditional full size luxury sedan market was in decline..GM had just cancelled the Buick Roadmaster and Cadillac Brougham in '96, the Town Car was still playing to an aging and shrinking demographic. The luxury SUV market was small and on the rise--Lincoln Navigator, Lexus LX, one Range Rover model, and the Germans were just getting started. Lots of market change over the last 20 years.
  22. Robert Hall
    Unusual to see a 6 spd automatic in whatever that is. Parking brake on the right? Ignition next to a rotary dial...hmmm. Engine turned dash trim. T-handle controls. Looks 60s...makes me think Facel. Edit-not Facel. I see German writing on the text bubble.
  23. Robert Hall
    That looks like a '73 911 Carrera RS or an RS replica. That ducktail was exclusive to the RS IIRC. Those are worth serious coin. Looks a lot like this one http://fantasyjunction.com/cars/770-Porsche-911 Carrera RS-2.7 litre Flat 6-Cyl
  24. Robert Hall
    It is funny and kind of ironic, considering the police have laptops in their cars..
  25. Robert Hall
    This looks a lot better than the Elantras sold here.
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