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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    I'm not sure which of their US-market appliances the i30 is related to...Accent or Elantra? There is an Elantra hatch in the US (GT) but this doesn't look quite the same... Edit: the i30 is the Elantra GT, but this car is the next generation, US hasn't gotten it yet..
  2. Robert Hall
    Used to work with a guy that drove a 2010 Mazdaspeed 3...rode in a few times, seemed like a nice little car.
  3. Robert Hall
    Don't compact luxury sedans always outsell the midsize ones? Compact ones are cheaper....3-series vs 5-series, C-class vs E-class, etc.
  4. Robert Hall
    Off road: Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk (US) Daily: Citroen DS3 (France) Street fun: Mazda Miata (Japan) Track fun: Ariel Atom (UK) family: Maserati Levante (Italy) cruiser: Mercedes-Benz CLS (Germany)
  5. Robert Hall
    The way I understood it was to think of each category as your only DD...so you favorite choice in each category.
  6. Robert Hall
    Aren't all full size sedan sales down, even luxury sedans? CUVs/SUVs are killing the sedan market..
  7. Robert Hall
    Evolutionary styling...why mess with success..they have a formula that works. Clean, serious cars for adults. It's the stuff for kids like Civics that have to go wildly different each generation.. or look at Lexus--how silly and derivative the new LS looks.
  8. Robert Hall
    As someone who has owned 5 hatchbacks (2 cars, 3 SUVs) I'm more a fan of the more upright hatches...of today's models, I'd have to look closely at the Golf and Golf SportWagen...
  9. Robert Hall
    Hmmm...within my budget, I'd go for: 1 VW Golf Sportwagen 2. Jeep Compass Limited 3. Ford Fusion SE 4. Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 5. Chrysler 300C, Dodge Charger R/T or Dodge Challenger R/T 6. Chevy Tahoe LT
  10. Robert Hall
    They've had small Hyundais in Europe for decades...different naming scheme there, though... models have alphanumeric names beginning with 'i'. The SUVs have the same names, though. As far as larger cars in Europe, the only ones that still sell are the premium brands--Jaguar, the German 3, etc... mass market 'big' cars mostly died out there years ago.
  11. Robert Hall
    He's a neat guy..had a bunch of interesting cars over the years..he's had a couple 1st gen Broncos, a '57 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser, a '59 Ford Skyliner, a '68 428 Torino GT, others. Saw him last year, he and his wife are approaching 80, but still in good health..they have a black Acura MDX now.
  12. Robert Hall
    A VW at an Audi price point never made sense...I've read the 1st gen models were pretty capable as a 4x4... haven't seen many of the 2nd gen models.
  13. Robert Hall
    An uncle of mine had one of these, dark red. Lives down in Chillicothe, sold it probably 30 years ago. Neat car.
  14. Robert Hall
    That's a neat body style..don't think I've ever seen a photo of one with the top down (did it go down?)..
  15. Robert Hall
    Similar profile to the Cadillac Sixteen concept.
  16. Robert Hall
    Not to mention the non-towed end might drag the ground on many cars.... rollbacks are a much better solution to the old school approach.
  17. Robert Hall
    Kind of surprising to see them continuing a Holden performance sub-brand given the demise of their main product platform...
  18. Robert Hall
    I can't recall the last time I've seen a bumper-lift tow truck in use...everytime I've had a car towed has been on a rollback truck...
  19. Robert Hall
    Yeah, the transmission was clearly on the way out...needed a brake job, shocks, electrical work (power windows worked intermittently). Got my money's worth...
  20. Robert Hall
    Bummer... my old Jeep blew off the upper radiator hose last year...managed to limp home about a mile and a half, steam and coolant blowing everywhere. I let it cool off, reattached the hose, filled up the coolant, away I went.. the old 4.0l 6 even though it was always leaking oil was hard to kill...
  21. Robert Hall
    Lincoln still had them in '11. Stand up hood ornaments need to make a comeback..Cadillacs would look good with them. Sadly, a lot of new Benzes have the oversized in-grille badges which once were only for the sporty models...M-B needs to put stand up hood ornaments on all of their models.
  22. Robert Hall
    Ok...6 cylinders. Top 5. For a daily, something practical-- '17 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit For late-model fun-- '15 Porsche 911 GT3 '15 Porsche Boxster S For older fun-- '89 Nissan Skyline GT-R '91 Acura NSX Second list of 6 cyl models... Something new and shiny-- Cadillac CTS-V Surprise, surprise--a couple old 4.0L Jeeps. '00 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4 in Patriot Blue, like my old one '93 Jeep Grand Cherokee--wouldn't mind having a first gen And now the wild cards, downright weird... '69 Ford Custom 2dr sedan with 3 on the tree and a 240 Six (a rarity) '67 Ford F100 pickup w/ the 300 6 and 3 on the tree. Never had a truck, but an old Ford would be fun to bomb around in.
  23. Robert Hall
    I did ride in a Patriot once and was shocked by how cheap and nasty the interior seemed...just gray plastic shit everywhere.....not a fan of the cheap Jeeps...even the Liberty had a decent interior by comparison, IMO.
  24. Robert Hall
    Speaking of Audis, one anecdote I've heard...my buddy in Denver w/ the NSX had to replace his '02 Maxima daily driver last year after it was totaled from hail damage...he's been pretty much a lifelong Japanese car buyer--but he got a low mileage '13 Audi A6 CPO...long story short--he grew to despise it--multiple electrical failures that stranded him and required tows, multiple trips to the dealer, etc. He traded it last week on a new Maxima....so does Audi have some of the same quality problems VW has?
  25. Robert Hall
    Ok..I have a 6cyl list in mind..will type up something tonight..
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