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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    My folks were Ford/Lincoln/Mercury owners for most of their 51 years together with only 4 non-Ford products. My older brother similarly has mostly had Fords in 50+ years of driving, with a few Chevy and Pontiacs and a BMW mixed in. My sister has been all over the place--a couple Fords, a couple Chevys, 2 Mercedes, an Acura, 4 Datsun/Nissan Zs, a Jeep, a Saab, a Cadillac.. I started out driving Fords--Escort, 2 Mustangs, a Bronco II before getting a BMW in 1998 and then my first Jeep in 2000. Not really a cause of friction, but my brother does give me a hard time occasionally about driving a Chrysler product (always pointing out Jeep recalls, etc). Live and let live..
  2. Robert Hall
    Feels like Spring today...sunny and 60s. Yesterday was cooler and overcast, but had some really interesting lighting around sunset...love that it's not getting dark until 8ish now..
  3. Robert Hall
    Sunny and 60s today...should have gone to the beach today instead of yesterday...went up the coast and stopped at several beaches--temps in the 40s and 50s and overcast yesterday. Went to the carwash today, saw a few convertibles out and about w/ tops down-a yellow C7, a bright blue '18 Mustang GT w/ a temporary tag, a couple 3 and 4 series BMWs, and a clean light blue '75 Buick Le Sabre (so many of the '74-75 B-body convertibles seem to be light blue).
  4. Robert Hall
    Weird turn this thread took...what do car options have to do with the state of the world? Talk about non sequiturs. As far as I'm concerned, I don't buy very often, but I do like well equipped. I really don't care much about humanity, though I do donate to the arts and a few small terrier rescue groups.
  5. Robert Hall
    Idaho only has 1 Lexus dealer..guess they had to source cars from out-of-state dealers.. fascinating, apparently Montana doesn't have a Lexus dealer, and Washington, Oregon and Idaho together only have 7, less than Ohio.
  6. Robert Hall
    Maybe studies have shown that people tended to order a group of options like that--order A and B and C together 80% of the time, so it made sense to bundle them. I have seen some odd stuff when going through the online configurators for various models, like certain interior colors requiring specific audio packages, etc.. It would be fun to configure and order a car sometime, I've only ever bought from dealer in-stock selection..usually they've had a big enough selection that I've found one equipped as I want pretty easily.
  7. Robert Hall
    I assume automakers have changed focus from offering a long list of discrete options to packages to cut costs, simplify, and focus on grouping options that people actually want. For instance, they aren't going to offer stripped down with AM radio, no A/C, manual windows, manual vinyl bench seat to satisfy an infinitesimally small market that would want a car equipped in such a way...
  8. Robert Hall
    Good to hear...love these ships. I've visited the Queen Mary in Long Beach many times, stayed on it at least 1/2 dozen times (would always stay there when I drove over for the Long Beach Grand Prix).
  9. Robert Hall
    An Eagle sedan or wagon would be fun to restomod w/ modern Jeep components..
  10. Robert Hall
    An Escalade w a trunk would outsell all other Cadillac sedans I bet.
  11. Robert Hall
    I can see having distinct engines on their good stuff like the CT6 or Escalade, but it doesn't really matter on a generic lease appliance like this, IMO...
  12. Robert Hall
    Woooow...groundbreaking..paradigm shifting...a new niche is being created--the first ever luxury SUV sedan!!!!!!
  13. Robert Hall
    Turbo 4s are fine for rental cars, wouldn't want to own one. I like NA V6s, quite pleased with the Pentastar V6 in my Jeep..
  14. Robert Hall
    GM is putting turbo 4s in most everything...
  15. Robert Hall
    Madness.. keep the Mustang and Camaro as they are. If they want to make sporty SUVs/CUVs, create some new identities.
  16. Robert Hall
    Stuff like this is a gap filler... sounds like the Lincoln Aviator will have a superior platform, though.
  17. Robert Hall
    I was behind a rusted out white Chevy minivan this morning--saw a badge on the tailgate I didn't recognize--'Uplander'..completely forgot about that model name, I remembered the 'Venture' that was it's predecessor. I was stuck in traffic yesterday afternoon behind an Impala with the license plate 'STRYCH9'...so maybe the owner was a fan of the band, a fan of the retro jiu-jitsu clothing line, an exterminator or a serial poisoner?
  18. Robert Hall
    The 8spd is probably a typo...wouldn't make sense to have a 9spd in the Traverse and Enclave but not the Cadillac variation.
  19. Robert Hall
    Ok, so that would explain why won't see it in the XT*..
  20. Robert Hall
    I've had mixed results with Goodyears...some of the Wrangler variations I've had were very good and got a long life--IIRC, the OEM Wranglers my '00 GC had went for about 50k miles. The Triple Tread ones were good also. The Forteras, on the other hand, weren't so good...soft and quick wearing. My '14 GC had OEM Forteras that were pretty worn at 32k (I don't think they had been ever rotated--the rears were more worn than the fronts).
  21. Robert Hall
    I'd assume it will have the same drivetrain as the Traverse/Enclave, 3.6 w/ 9spd auto. Was that 10spd developed for transverse applications?
  22. Robert Hall
    I think 470 sounds better....I prefer cubic inches on cars up into 70s...until the transition phase when the switchover to liters started. Maybe get some custom period looking '470' badges made? Of course, for every rule there are exceptions--Pontiac, Ford and Mercury started using liters on some models in the 60s. But in tandem with cubic inches. For example, I would say 302 with regards to a '68 Cougar, but with my '87 Mustang, it's a 5.0. Saying 302 when talking about an 80s-90s 5.0 would be a total faux-pas, IMO...or the more modern vehicles I've had...,3.2, 4.0, 4.6, 3.6. I don't even know or want to know the cubic inch equivalents for those--describing them in cubic inches would ring false.
  23. Robert Hall
    Maybe JdN will land at Genesis...shake up things by moving the HQ from Seoul to Pyongyang and renaming everything to Gen1, Gen2, Gen3 etc... Or land at Jaguar Land Rover, move the HQ from Coventry to Tata's home town of Mumbai, and come up with inane naming schemes...
  24. Robert Hall
    I still watch F1, but some races are so dull...esp. these new generic tracks and lack of overtaking. .Not as dramatic as it was to watch in the 80s-90s.
  25. Robert Hall
    I still think M-B should sell the pickup versions of the Sprinter here--in regular and double cab, in work truck, luxury, and AMG variations...would be a cash cow, I think.. make the bed deeper and less homely looking, though.
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