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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    It will be interesting to see where Cadillac goes from here..they do seem to be locked into the stupid naming scheme. But if Lincoln can ditch alphanumerics, so can Cadillac. 'Escalade' sounds much better than 'XT9', and 'Fleetwood', 'Deville', 'Seville', Eldorado', etc would be better than CT-some number, IMO...
  2. Robert Hall
    The predator grille looks better on cars that were styled with it IMO, like the LC. Others, like the old blocky GX and LX, just look silly w/ it...
  3. Robert Hall
    'rando' as in random outsider.
  4. Robert Hall
    The cost comparison is a partial fallacy, though...have to also take into account the size class. Hence the GLS.
  5. Robert Hall
    Yeah, the GLS is the full size Merc.
  6. Robert Hall
    In the future.
  7. Robert Hall
    Well, the new guy is an insider--they can trust him more than a rando.
  8. Robert Hall
    Yeah, it's sad and bizarre....made me think about my sister who does business travel most every week (off and on since 2001). Some years, she did 500k miles or more, mostly on Southwest. Her new gig (started this week) has her flying to Minneapolis on Delta every week with probably occasional trips to Denmark and Belgium. Her previous gig was in Columbus, she would drive down for the week. She once was on an SW flight and saw an engine catch fire on the way to Sacramento.
  9. Robert Hall
    My yard has dried up, but supposed to rain and maybe snow again tonight. Spotted a deer out in the yard. One night last week I went out there w/ the dogs (and no camera) and there were 8---3 on my side of the fence, and 5 in the yard behind me...
  10. Robert Hall
    Once I saw it from other angles, it's not as clean as it looked as first...missing a wheel cover on the left front, the rear bumper rubber strip is loose, and there is bubby rust going on at the base of the vinyl top on the right C-pillar. Still, nice...fascinating to think these cars were once very popular and everywhere...I remember them from when I was a kid... Cutlass Supremes were as common then as Camrys are today.
  11. Robert Hall
    Ah, makes sense.. wonder what the lowest aspect ratio tires available are..I did see some Kumhos that are 15 aspect ratio. I know in the pre-metric era tire measurements were different, was the number like 60 or 70 also aspect ratio back then? I've seen photos of tires referred to as L60 or G60...like Goodyear Polyglas GT or Firestone Wide Ovals, say 1969-1970...
  12. Robert Hall
    Ahh...so a 70 would be a bigger sidewall than a 60 than a 50. And thus taller for the same wheel diameter. Ok, that makes sense. So the 2019 Corvette ZR-1 tires--Front: P285/30R19, rear: P335/25R20...very wide, very narrow sidewalls...
  13. Robert Hall
    I wasn't sure how tor measurements worked, googled and found this. http://www.justtires.com/content/content.jsp?pageName=TireSize So a 225 is wider than a 205. 225mm vs 205mm. A 70 means the width is 70% of the height(aspect ratio). So on my Jeep, the tors are 265mm wide and the width is 50% the height. That link says the other way around--height is X% of the width--- but that makes no sense--tires are usually taller than they are wide, right? Confused.
  14. Robert Hall
    Spotted this clean Maroon Cutlass outside a local restaurant.
  15. Robert Hall
    Aren't the seats like 50 way or something crazy like that? I do like the Navi interior. The available color choices are nice, really like the blue w white wood. And it has a lower cargo floor and more 3rd row legroom than the GM triplets. (Is GM finally going to get IRS w the next gen big SUVs?)
  16. Robert Hall
    I do like having TSA Pre to go through the shorter lines. I need to get Global Entry. I'm looking forward to trying the new Iceland Air flights out of Cleveland.
  17. Robert Hall
    The ATS is sized to compete w/ the 3-series.
  18. Robert Hall
    With Southwest I always get into the A boarding group then pay a few bucks extra to get in A1-A15. As far as tires go, I got a set of the Michelin Defender LTX M/S tires for my Jeep last fall, they were fine this winter...huge tires--265 50R 20s. My sister had Michelins on her Mercedes in Arizona, always liked them.
  19. Robert Hall
    Interesting...always thought those decisions were made under his watch..probably some Millennial marketing twit.
  20. Robert Hall
    No surprise at this...JdN is probably off to a Chinese car maker now...he's a chaos agent---drops into companies, stirs up a lot of shit, leaves..
  21. Robert Hall
    Just speculation at this point...I suspect the mid engine Corvette will get cancelled like every mid engined Corvette concept in the past has..
  22. Robert Hall
    W/ Southwest, I usually try and sit in the first 7 rows or so...first on, first off..
  23. Robert Hall
    Yeah, the M2 is where the M3 was a decade ago or so...the most serious BMW. The BMW for driving enthusiasts and not badge status chasing posers.
  24. Robert Hall
    Yeah, weird and sad...I fly Southwest a lot, always sit at a window seat, though rarely near the wing and engine.
  25. Robert Hall
    I bet it will be.. Actually, you have the '<' (less than) backwards above--- should read C<E<S, and 3<5<7.
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