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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    Not sure if you can undo the trade imbalance and globalization...companies are too entrenched...most all consumer electronics are assembled in China or elsewhere in Asia, some using chips manufactured in the US. Parts are sourced from all over. I do wonder if we have gone so far as a country in outsourcing various parts of the supply chain that we can't go back to building a lot of things here, at least not easily..
  2. Robert Hall
    Rolls is doing an SUV, so who knows...it could happen.
  3. Robert Hall
    It's the Mercedes of minivans, though.
  4. Robert Hall
    Or that late '70s Dodge Street Van look... doesn't work. Thought those were cool as a kid.
  5. Robert Hall
    Pacifica doesn't have the 3 pointed star, though.. that alone is worth an extra 10 grand, probably? (j/k)
  6. Robert Hall
    Metris seems pretty reasonable...get the cargo van version for under 30k, add shag carpeting and a sofa bed, custom paint....
  7. Robert Hall
    Loving the 52 degree weather this morning when I got up...furnace on. In June...temps probably 50% of what they are in Phoenix now..
  8. Robert Hall
    My car insurance dropped ~50% moving from Phoenix to Cleveland suburbs. My AZ insurance had gone up 40% or so when I went from the '00 Jeep to the '14, and it's now lower than it was on the old Jeep.
  9. Robert Hall
    I haven't warmed up to the new Charger front..just a bit anonymous to me..I like the bigger grille and headlights of the 11-14. The 300 headlights since '11 remind me a lot of the '14-16 GC HIDs, and all the '17 GC headlight clusters, albeit larger. At first, I preferred the '11-13 GC front as it was closer to my '00 in design--largish chrome grille and round headlights, but I've come to like the '14 MCE front ends and the '17 MCE 2. If garage space and money were not an issue, i'd get a 300C and a Challenger SRT 392 to go with my GC..
  10. Robert Hall
    I hadn't seen the dimensions on the new X3, only saw the current one which is 183.x.. the X1 is close to Compass-sized...
  11. Robert Hall
    Yes, that's the style grille the rental had. I like the '11-14 front end better than the 2015+ front end. I remember the cloth interior, thinking it was odd. I prefer leather...easier to keep clean.
  12. Robert Hall
    Sounds like Rhino is kind of a sporty color for the sporty on/off road trims, while the browns are for the luxury trims. The GC has like 8 or 9 trim levels now, plus the Trackhawk is coming..
  13. Robert Hall
    I think it may be just certain trim levels..he got an Altitude, right? I checked Limited, Overland and Summit and didn't see it..the browns I like are only with the Overland and Summit, I think..
  14. Robert Hall
    Yeah, five years ago or so when the Fiesta, Sonic, Versa, Fit etc seemed to be The Next Big Thing, maybe. Now, not so much..what they need for the US now is a small CUV, maybe Polo based..something below the Tiguan. (from the article it said 2 more are coming--the new Touareg and something below the Tiguan, perhaps? )
  15. Robert Hall
    Don't think I've seen Rhino in person on a GC..I've seen Renegades in that color. I think my 3 favorite colors on the 17 GC are Walnut Brown Metallic, Luxury Brown Pearl Coat and Red Velvet Pearl Coat.
  16. Robert Hall
    I like the interior design of the WK2 GC...everything is pretty well laid out. I'm glad I went with the two-tone interior, after 17 years in the dark cave of my old WJ GC. I like the mix of chrome, stainless steel-look and wood trim..
  17. Robert Hall
    I like the metallic black color of mine. Plan to keep the chrome and the aluminum wheels. But definitely need more aggro tires than Goodyear Forteras w/ 30k on them before next winter.
  18. Robert Hall
    Yeah, that was a once-in-a-lifetime drive.. I normally never have my Jeep loaded up...I love the GC styling and size. The Durango is related to the Jeep, that extra space would have come in handy. My original thought was to rent a minivan or RV for the road trip, then drive or ship the Jeep separately. Other than periodically going to the vet, i don't plan on hauling dogs around much. Yeah, I'm glad I've got the backup camera w/ the GC..did some parallel parking in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland yesterday. Haven't done much parallel parking in a long time...may have to take my sister's Trax for some trips in the city, would be easier to park. As far as Michigan, 'M Go Blue'... I guess I will forego getting a U of M decal for my Jeep since I'm living in Ohio...I still have my 'Michigan Engineering' U of M decal on my Mustang after 23 years..
  19. Robert Hall
    X3 is the size of a Cherokee...small midsize I guess? it's larger than the first two generations of Grand Cherokee, the size of the original X5.
  20. Robert Hall
    When I was on my insane 46 hr drive from Arizona I wished I had the extra space inside of the Durango...we had the GC really packed tight. 2 people, 6 dogs in crates, luggage, coolers...madness.
  21. Robert Hall
    Those are regular CUVs...not off roaders..obviously, no one would mention off roading. Anyway, as far as actual owners taking SUVs off-road, I took my old Grand Cherokee off road (dirt roads, gravel trails, some small creeks, etc) quite a bit in Colorado during it's first 5-6 years..got it's first off road scratches about a week after I bought it new. Same with my old Bronco II back in '97-00. My new(er) GC has strictly been on pavement except for my visit a couple weekends ago to the family farm--3/4 mile gravel driveway with a lot of mud and driving through a hay field... I don't think it will see much true off-roading here in NE Ohio--though I will be visiting national and state parks to do some light hiking...
  22. Robert Hall
    Off-roading of any SUV or CUV is an activity done by a very small percentage of drivers, maybe 1/2 of 1% or so..and I think it's definitely a regional thing..percentages are probably higher in the mountain West/Southwest and West Coast states that have a lot of scenic back country..especially for models such as Outbacks, Wranglers, 4Runners..
  23. Robert Hall
    That's how it was in Colorado..I saw X5s up in the mountains occasionally, even on the gravel backroads, though mostly they seemed to congregate around Starbucks and upscale areas of Denver and Boulder... In Arizona, I was at the car wash one Sunday morning in May in Central Phoenix, watching the X5s, Grand Cherokees, Merc MLs/GLEs (and the occasional Cayenne, LR/RR or MDX) go through---almost all uniformly black or white (silver doesn't seem that popular anymore in midsize SUVs/CUVs) and noticed in the details how the first 3 are more alike than different...often black w/ black & tan interiors, similar chrome external trim, etc...
  24. Robert Hall
    Or Cleveland...I see a few around here also. Popular lux suburban commuter SUV/CUV. They are also pretty common in Phoenix/Scottsdale, along w/ the X5s...always white or black...
  25. Robert Hall
    Interesting how each successive generation grows...the current X3 has roughly identical dimensions to the original X5.
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