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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    I wonder what percentage of pickups are sold w/ the 'bench' described above vs buckets w/ fixed armrest..
  2. Robert Hall
    No, EU pedestrian impact rules require a crush zone for the hood. Problem is the hood bulge would be so big (like an outlaw scoop) it would cut into driver visibility...
  3. Robert Hall
    I like the look w/ the big wing...kind of looks like a street version of the C7R...kind of a real race car look.
  4. Robert Hall
    I have my basement for my man cave (future project) and a spare bedroom (4 bedroom house) for my hobby room/home office. I didn't have a garage in Arizona, wished I had one there...no protection from the dust, sun, tree needles and sap, stray cats, etc...
  5. Robert Hall
    IIRC, the Urus will be on the same platform as the Cayenne, Bentyaga, etc.... should be comfortable and a good performer...
  6. Robert Hall
    I wish I had a four car garage..but I do have space down on the family farm.
  7. Robert Hall
    I was concerned if I could open the hatch in the garage...I can..woo hoo. Some days the littlest things make me happy.
  8. Robert Hall
    Finally cleared enough space to get my Jeep in my garage. For a 1967 suburban tract house 2 car garage, it feels small..hard to imagine a 60s full size sedan and wagon fitting in here...still have work to do to get the second spot open.
  9. Robert Hall
    Ick. I've twice had rental cars for 3 weeks each---a Chrysler 300M back in 99 and a VW Passat earlier this year. Both were pleasant to drive.
  10. Robert Hall
    Thinking about mid- and rear-engined cars, I realized I've only driven 5 of them over the years. I've driven a 91 NSX a few times, a '73 Porsche 914, a '76 Porsche 911, an '00 Porsche Boxster S, and an '08 Boxster S once each--all friends' cars in Colorado. Rode in a Lotus Europa when I was 10. My folks owned a rear engined car before I was born---a '65 Hino Contessa sedan when they lived in Saipan in the 60s Anyone here owned a mid- or rear-engined car?
  11. Robert Hall
    A couple others I love...Lotus Esprit, late 80s Ferrari GTO, and the 80s Ferrari Testarossa. I like the new NSX, saw a red one last week..built here in Ohio..
  12. Robert Hall
    Cabin width of the current model is probably very similar to the Grand Cherokee or Durango..which I find comfortable and wide enough. Unless you are morbidly obese or built like an NFL linebacker, they are plenty wide enough. I suspect MB customers aren't complaining about the width. And since they sell the GLE and GLS in Europe and other places w/ tight parking and narrow roads, they can't build them as wide as the American truck-based SUVs...
  13. Robert Hall
    Not really..it was a rental van from U-Haul...it was loud and rough riding, engine made a strange clicking sound...but decent acceleration...now I feel broken and exhausted from shlepping boxes (and nightmare flashbacks to my move of earlier this year). First time I'd driven a van in many years.
  14. Robert Hall
    The Express/Savana seems even wider inside than the Escalade and it's siblings. Got to drive a Savana today..so strange to encounter a column shift and no center console in a contemporary vehicle...
  15. Robert Hall
    The clock spring in my old GC was going bad.. noticed it especially on left turns...the air bag light would come on intermittently also and make a chime.
  16. Robert Hall
    Here is the 2018 RX, with it's Cylon tribute grille...still painfully ugly.
  17. Robert Hall
    Some cars can pull off the short nose, long deck, low roof look well, some can't...my favorite mid engined sports cars just based on styling are the Lamborghini Miura, 60s and 00's Ford GT, DeTomaso Mangusta and Pantera, Ferrari 308, the original NSX... so many of the current mid engined supercars look like angry Transformer/Gundam cartoon vehicles IMO...
  18. Robert Hall
    Yeah, the idea of a mid engine Corvette goes back a long way...to the 60s w/ some concepts. It will be interesting to see if the mid engined C8 actually happens or not. The Astro I of '67 and Astro 2 of '68 weren't explicitly called Corvettes from what I've read...I really like the Astro 2 (blue one).. I like the Aerovette concept from the '70s and the Indy from the mid 80s also.
  19. Robert Hall
    I'm pretty sure the international Ranger has been sold in Europe for years....
  20. Robert Hall
    Yeah, I couldn't do central or western Ohio...too flat and Midwestern... the NE corner of the state has more in common w/ PA and Western NY both in terrain and architecture...and the south east part of the state is very hilly and Appalachian...some of my absolute favorite winding, twisty back roads are within 2-3 hours south/south east of here....
  21. Robert Hall
    My street is flat, but the area south of Cleveland is fairly hilly (my suburb is named Seven Hills)..lots of hills in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park 10 min away...
  22. Robert Hall
    I know you like them, I like them also..I esp. like the older regular cab short beds w/ the old school step side beds. But in today's market, it seems anything that isn't a 4dr isn't selling well... (If I ever had an old truck as a hobby vehicle, I'd want an '80s Chevy or GMC short bed step side...always liked the look).
  23. Robert Hall
    Could be...lots of variability in parts of the state...and up here, the lake effect snow off of Lake Erie can vary quite a bit from the westside (lighter snow) of Cleveland to the eastside (heavier usually)...I'm in the southwestern suburbs about 15 miles from the lake..
  24. Robert Hall
    Just a light dusting last night and this afternoon. Never got to 30 today..
  25. Robert Hall
    Before I replaced them, the right rear tire on my GC picked up a large screw...after a couple months, I noticed it started losing air..
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