Robert Hall
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Toyota News: Toyota Admits Lack of AWD Hurting C-HR Sales
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Toyota
The C-HR kinds of looks like a Velocter with an extra door and angry styling.. -
I think is a vintage GM show car of sort...maybe this is a Warhoops Salvage yard photo? Something that Joe Bortz saved or hasn't?
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I can see it now...Flagstaff Nissan in Flagstaff AZ can advertise it with the slogan 'Get Your Kicks on Route 66'. (The dealership is off Historic Route 66). -
It takes up more width than a straight vertical bar, though. Space is at a premium on the face of a mirror.
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Why? An arrow would have wasted space because of the shape..this suffices because it is on the left mirror, so the function is obvious.
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I sat in a 5th gen Camaro last year at a car show..ridiculous tiny side windows, tiny mirrors, blind spots everywhere. Needs Silverado-size outside mirrors and a back up camera. And maybe a periscope.
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Autocorrrect in the Safari browser changed 'gundam' to 'fundamentalists'...pretty funny...
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Toyota News: Toyota Admits Lack of AWD Hurting C-HR Sales
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Toyota
They need to do an AWD Lexus version of the CH-R with violent predator gundam styling, below the NX.- 14 replies
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Ok, I'm definitely getting auto-follow if I like/react to a post in a thread. Like the GM carbon fiber bed thread in General Motors News forum. It doesn't show I'm following, but I'm getting email updates. I'm also getting auto-follow if I just read the posts in a thread without liking/reacting. For example, the 'lack of AWD hurting CH-R sales' thread. It doesn't show I'm following, but I'm getting email updates. No a big deal, just a quirk of the software, apparently.
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I'll try that.
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Looks good..I am seeing the comment in reply/comment follow emails, as it should be. Still getting the mysterious auto-follow behavior when I only read a post and it's comments (without commenting or following), may be a setting I'm not familiar with.
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I like the Boxster, have ridden in a few and driven a couple. But I definitely wouldn't want a 20 yr old one...too much that can go wrong, and go German wrong ($$$$). No more money pits. I want peace of mind and fun, not a nightmare.
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For me, I won't spend money on a 20 yr old car...I want a new or CPO car with new car reliability and a warranty..don't want to f*ck around the old car problems of a 20 yr old car...been there, done that.
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Fascinating...I never knew about the Turbo diesel Ranger..was apparently a Mitsubishi 2.3 engine. I knew about the Rangers with the Mazda diesel (a Mazda-Perkins engine according to Wikipedia). But I can't imagine discussing modern turbo engine longevity by citing examples from 30 years ago...
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@dfelt I assume you can understand that not everyone has the same tastes in cars, different cars appeal to different people for different reasons. I'm not built like an NFL linebacker or NBA player and already have an SUV, so I'm don't need much in terms of storage space in a fun car. I don't need luxury in a sports car either. Another pure sports car that appeals to me is the Boxster, but the Miata would be a much better deal on price and reliability. I like sports coupes like the Mustang, Challenger, ATS, etc but those are a different genre.
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Apples and oranges, the ATS is a luxury sports coupe like the BMW 4-series, etc. Something about a minimalist ragtop like the Miata appeals to me..like the old British sports cars but with reliability and quality. Maybe I'm also thinking about something fun for my 50th in a few years. I love my Jeep for daily use, but want something fun and pure also... I think @A Horse With No Name would understand. It's one of those things you either 'get' or don't..I'm starting to 'get' it. As far as the Detroit sports coupes go, I have old Mustangs, kind of like the new Mustang, but find the Challenger far more appealing (want one also). The Camaro just doesn't appeal to me at all.
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I wouldn't mind having a Miata at some point..it seems like it (and this variation) is the only affordable pure sports car on the market...seems like it would be a lot of fun. Cars like this are all about handling and the joy of driving, not about how fast they can go around a race course or down a drag strip. Seems like it would be great for 3 season weekend drives on the winding, hilly backroads of Ohio...
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The new Compass Limited is very nice. But that as-tested price..wowza. I'm happy w/ CPOs and a bit of depreciation--my '14 GC Limited was the price of Ocn's Compass Latitude.
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She's still cute, I like how Allisya Milano looks at 44 and Marissa Tomei at 53. So many Hollywood women ruin their looks with plastic surgery rather than aging naturally, IMO...
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Different strokes for different folks, I guess...the key for me is adjustability. I like to get the seat height, seatback rake, steering wheel position, mirror position, etc just right. I like the smaller, thickly padded wheels w/ tilt & telescope adjustment compared to fixed huge thin rimmed wheels of olden days where the rim of the wheel is rubbing my thighs and I can't adjust anything. My '69 Mustang--I love the styling but it's so unsatisfying to drive--horrible seating, 2 part seatbelts, horrible outward visibility with tiny non-power mirrors, etc. My '87 Mustang is better--late 80s adjustability and ergonomics are closer to modern, but it has it's issues. I agree that the outward visibility in many modern cars is pretty poor--some worse than others, but mirrors and back up cameras help alleviate that. And after getting to used to having all the usual mod cons, I couldn't see going back to a more basic, primitive environment for daily use...just too retrograde. I look at old cars like I look at old computers--I might have nostalgic feelings for my old TRS-80, Commodore 64, or Sun Sparc Ultra, but I certainly would not use any of them as my daily--that's what my Mac Book Pro is for. (I'm sure this will make no sense to some, but that's ok..just explaining how I see things in my reality context).
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Well, there is the Smart Brabus. No reason they couldn't rebadge a Smart as a Mercedes Benz Less-than-A-class AMG..
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Heh-heh... I've driven some old cars and ridden in them, but wouldn't want to drive one more once a week or so. I find I can't get comfortable in them--esp. the models with seats go fore and aft only and giant fixed steering wheels. The lack of adjustment and ergonomics are awful.. I would never give up the modern amenities and the good cupholders of a modern vehicle for a daily driver.
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Yeah, with those primitive seat belts (or none at all), fixed steering columns with giant steering wheels of death, x-frames, etc hitting a curb at 10mph would be fatal in some of them..
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Lots of good stuff there...I love To Live and Die in LA..great William Friedkin film (who also directed The French Connection). Great Wang Chung soundtrack (I have the soundtrack CD in my soundtrack collection). Rendezvous is great also..was a Ferrari of some sort, IIRC.
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Haven't seen Hot Rod and Eat My Dust. I really like Baby Driver, saw it in the theatre last summer. Of the older movies w/ car chases and car scenes, some favorites of mine include Bullitt, Vanishing Point, Duel, French Connection, The Seven Ups, Blues Brothers, Ronin, The Transporter. Another recent one I liked is Drive.
