Robert Hall
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Fun...one of my memorable Italian drives was along the Amalfi Coast...., had to stop in a line of cars waiting on a tour bus to navigate around upcoming corners on the narrow cliff road... got lost in Sorrento, had to back out of an alley that was too narrow for the A-class; scraped mirrors with a car passing in the opposite direction on the Amalfi Coast road....
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Nice..was the Insignia a diesel? I drove a diesel Vectra back in '04 around northern Italy. My southern Italy rental in '03 was a Mercedes A140 diesel.
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It's been almost 20 years since I've had aftermarket car stereos installed in anything...I wonder if that market is a lot smaller than it used to be, since car stereos are more integrated into the center stack and touchscreen on many models today, not like in the old days of DIN and double DIN head units...
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In comparison to the A4, the Arteon has the advantage of being a hatchback...and it doesn't have the brand image baggage Audi drivers have these days...(i.e. pretentious BMW wannabes). -
Common components across brands within a company. Standard approach. Doesn't mean the cars necessarily overlap.
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It's as dumb a comparison as the Avalon and IS or the Impala and ATS. Two different models from a company's different brands... one is the top sedan of the mainstream brand, the other the bottom sedan of the premium brand. Apples and oranges.
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Sharp...looks like their answer to the Avalon but with better styling...their big mouth grill looks better than Toyota's IMO.
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Yesterday I saw a yellow 79-80 Chrysler New Yorker. I'm sure it's the same car I saw last fall, was very clean then. Now it was out in the winter muck and missing a rear corner cap with a dent in the deck lid.
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Interesting...so on those '59s, was it two wheelbases or 'short' and long deck variations? (Like the '61-64 Cadillac Park Avenues).
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Speaking of Buick and their image, though they have tried and succeeded with some models to rid themselves of the old man's car image, but true to stereotype, about an hour ago, I saw a new black LaCrosse pulling into a bowling alley and a guy at least 70 got out....
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Googlin' turned up this thread on the aaca forums.. http://forums.aaca.org/topic/37516-origin-of-the-expression-deuce-and-a-quarter/
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Electra 225...it was 225 inches long some particular year, I think?
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Well, there is already overlap in prices....MKX starts at around $40k, Edge Titanium and Sport can be optioned up close to $50k...(using the B&P I got both Edges to over 48k). Ford's packages are really weird, though, be causing one removes the features of another, so adding one can lower the price..
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Because there a lot more Ford dealers than Lincoln dealers? Volume....
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The side trim, rear quarters and fins remind me a lot of the '57 DeSoto Adventurer...
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Hyundai News:Hyundai Drops First Images of 2019 Santa Fe
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Hyundai
or Ford..the current Santa Fe has a front reminiscent of the Ford Edge.. -
Yes, that was it..didn't meet reserve in '15. https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1955-CHRYSLER-ST-SPECIAL-GHIA-180484 The car I saw in '13 was the Diablo and the one in '17 was the Streamline X Gilda... https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1956-CHRYSLER-DIABLO-CONCEPT-CONVERTIBLE-137871 https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1955-CHRYSLER-GHIA-STREAMLINE-X-GILDA-204876 One thing I do miss about living in Arizona is going to Barrett-Jackson every January...such a fascinating variety of cars to be seen..huge event. Only missed one year between '07 and '17.
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It is nice looking, I particularly like the rear of the 2nd gen Edge. But for a 2 row midsize CUV/SUV, I prefer JGCs.
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This whole argument about are they a receiver or a runner at a point in time and did they maintain control of the ball is just taken to extremes w/ the current catch rule...
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That is cool...was that one the Ghia-bodied show cars of that era? I've seen a couple Ghia bodied Mopars at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale over the years.. Saw this Chrysler at BJ '15..don't recall the deets though...
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It will be interesting to see what it goes for..it's easy to option up the Sport close to $50k.
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Speaking of Dads and cars, I need to digitize a bunch of photos of the cars my Dad had over the years...his first car was a '32 Ford 5 window coupe, had a '40 Packard coupe when he married my Mom in '48, first new car was a 49 Ford Fordor, last new car was a '96 Lincoln Town Car with lots of Fords, Mercurys, and Lincolns (and one Dodge truck, '56 Chevy, and a '66 HIno Contessa) in-between....
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Sorry to hear that...losing parents can be rough...lost my Dad at age 78 in 1999 after a 3 year fight with cancer. That hit me hard as we were close. Lost my Mom almost 2 years ago at age 85, felt nothing. She and I had been semi-estranged for a while..
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Robert Hall commented on William Maley's gallery image in gallery_category_4
The shade of blue of the interior trim reminds me of old Netgear routers..
