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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    I suppose by using old-time designations it could be called a 2dr sedan.
  2. Robert Hall
    ?? Where do you get those arbitrary numbers from? It's not 1977... mid-size, full-size, etc designations are made based on interior volume, not arbitrary length...
  3. Robert Hall
    Saw this pale blue '71-72 GMC pickup at the Post Office this afternoon...had rust on the doors and rockers, but looked straight overall...
  4. Robert Hall
    Yeah, the Thunderbolt is a good analogy for the Demon.. the Challenger I'd like to have would be like this---SRT 392 Scat Pack. One of the few cars I like in white. The gray is great also, esp. w/ the red and black interior. I'd really like one in a 70s olive green or brown, though..cue the wachika-wachika music..
  5. Robert Hall
    The Foxes are the generation of Mustangs I grew up with and have driven the most...still my favorites. Though of the oldies I do love the '69-70, esp. the fastbacks (Sportsroof in Ford lingo). My sister and I inherited the '69 that my Dad bought new, stored at the farm, hope to drive it some in the future...
  6. Robert Hall
    My college car from '88-94 was a dark gray '86 Mustang LX notchback, 4cyl..got around NE Ohio fine in the winter (my '87 GT stayed in the barn during the winter, same barn it is in now down on the farm). After the LX was totaled 2 weeks after I moved to Michigan, I then drove an '88 Bronco II 4x4 from '94-00--took all over Mi and Colorado, replaced w/ my '00 JGC... I do like the looks of the 2nd gen Edge and updated Explorer, haven't driven them though or have any experience with them...
  7. Robert Hall
    My personal experience with Fords is so dated (the newest I've owned was a 1988, and my Mom, brother and sister have all had Explorers, the newest being 1999) that I have a pretty neutral view of the company. I've driven a '16 Escape and Fusion as rentals for a week each...their current products seem decent to me, but I probably wouldn't choose an Edge or Explorer over a Jeep...
  8. Robert Hall
    Heheh...love it..the Local Motors Rally Fighter (built in Chandler, AZ) photographed with Tempe Town Lake and the Hayden Ferry Lakeside office complex in the background...I used to work in the tall building in the right center...
  9. Robert Hall
    A 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk...the practical, daily driver off-roader A Ford Bronco Stroppe Baja edition. Love the old Broncos An early '80s Audi Coupe Quattro--remember being impressed by these as a kid reading Car & Driver, built the Tamiya model kit as a teenager A 1979 Dodge Macho Power Wagon (a tricked out version of the truck I learned to drive in) A Unimog Camper for camping off-road. Very cool beast.
  10. Robert Hall
    Stonic. Hmmm...stoic + iconic? sonic + iconic? stoic + laconic? Another made-up car name...
  11. Robert Hall
    I'm not sure if they need another brand..they just need to bring more A-class and B-class variants to the US if they want to cover the entry level market. Outside the US, they have long been a broad-spectrum car maker from A-class to S-class and beyond, and then they have the whole range of commercial truck and bus models...
  12. Robert Hall
    Reminds me of my family a bit..everyone liked to drive w/ a stick shift...my Mom even drove cars with manual steering, manual brakes and manual shift often well into the 1980s... my sister had multiple cars with manuals--3 Datsun/Nissan Zs, and a SAAB 900 Turbo...my Dad, brother and I have all had many cars w/ manuals, fun ones and practical ones..
  13. Robert Hall
    I had a professor in college at Kent State that drove a real Cobra occasionally... a 1967 427 Cobra, dark green, CSX number PI..Dr. Kenneth Batcher, creator of the Batcher sort algorithm...looked like a thinner Santa Claus w/ big white beard, former Goodyear Aerospace researcher. He had bought the Cobra new when he was a young PhD. When I was at KSU in the early 90s he usually drove a black mid 80s Crown Vic, but often drove the Cobra...would see it sitting in the lot near the Computer Science labs, with a fair bit of patina...wonder where it is now...
  14. Robert Hall
    The main reason I left was during the early '00s tech downturn was the job market seemed too thin compared to Denver and Boulder in the high tech field...so much of the CS job market is dominated by DoD and military-related work. It's cheaper than the Denver area, and all the amenities of Denver are only an hour away... it's a pretty conservative area politically, but with a strong hippie/leftie angle in Manitou Springs that gives it that funky Colorado mountain town feel... The close proximity to the mountains was always a plus for me..
  15. Robert Hall
    I miss my pool..weeks like this I would get in it in the evening for a couple hours every night....Colorado Springs has a great climate, IMO..big spring and late fall snows, but dry and sunny...I lived there 5 years, '97-02, then Denver from '02-08.
  16. Robert Hall
    I liked my sister's old Benzes, even though they were high mileage money pits. When they were in good running order, they had a bank vault solidity about them.. Of today's Benzes, the only ones I really like styling-wise are the CLS and AMG GT coupe. Maybe they should buy the Chrysler brands from FCA---have the Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and RAM brands below M-B...wait, they already tried that...
  17. Robert Hall
    The Challenger has the most appeal to me of any of the 3 Detroit 'pony' cars.. I don't care if it's the oldest or the worst handling of the 3, something about the combination of retro-modern '70s styling and the size and heft deeply appeal to me...I think in 3 years for my turning-50 midlife crisis, I will have to get one....SRT 392 w/ a manual, ideally in dark brown w/ a tan/brown interior..
  18. Robert Hall
    I've been listening to Pink Floyd's 'The Division Bell' over and over the last few days in the car....this was my favorite album in the mid 90s, it just hits all the right notes for me. Tracks like 'Coming Back to Life' and 'High Hopes' fit my mood currently so well...
  19. Robert Hall
    I did 9 years in Arizona, 9 years too many....too many months where the average day is over 100F, too many days of hazy silver skies, dust everywhere, endless beige. Some great scenery in the touristy areas and up north (I like Flagstaff, Jerome and Prescott in particular), great restaurant scene in Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe, solid tech job market, but ultimately too many negatives for me. And the old it's a 'dry heat' thing gets old--an oven is a dry heat also..try sticking your head in an oven for 6 months...one good thing is I should be able to get a good price for my house there when I sell it. I'm happy being back in the Great Lakes region..72 and sunny today, went out twice today w/ the windows down and sunroof open..I think in my heart I'm a cold weather person...the triple digit heat just totally saps my energy and is very depressing/demotivating.
  20. Robert Hall
    The 370 is kind of a forgotten sports car...I think I've only seen one in the last 6 months, not in Arizona but here in NE Ohio..was bluish-purple and modified w/ a flared fender Liberty Walk or Rocket Bunny style body kit and huge rear wing,...
  21. Robert Hall
    The styling has grown on me..I like the fastback roofline, at first thought the nose was too tall and stubby.
  22. Robert Hall
    It does seem odd to do a 2nd sedan off the A-class platform, unless the distinction is that the CLA is the 4dr 'coupe' and the new sedan will be more sedanish--more upright and have framed door glass...
  23. Robert Hall
    Perhaps through data mining Google Analytics and search traffic..
  24. Robert Hall
    I have ridden in a couple of the current Mustangs, haven't driven one yet..the odd thing to me is they seem big on the outside--about as big as my '69--but the interior seems very tight, smaller than my '87...
  25. Robert Hall
    The poor outward visibility kind of kills the Camaro for me...feels like being in a pill box, and my head touches the headliner. I like the new Mustang a lot, but of the 3, the Challenger really appeals to me the most..it's the '70s styling and heftiness that appeal to me...
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