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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    Not just rising prices, but also rising quality and reliability across the board. 100k miles is not an end of life figure as it once was. Keeping a vehicle 10 years or more is not that unusual anymore...
  2. Robert Hall
    I love gray cars, my Mustang LX was dark gray w/ a red interior. I would have bought a dark gray GC if i'd found one, prefer it to black..so appropriate for a gray sky climate.
  3. Robert Hall
    Not luxury like the Buick, but my sister loves her Trax. I fit in it just fine, and it's quite pleasant to drive, around town and on road trips..subcompact vehicles today seem quite refined compared to '80s models I've experienced long ago..(a new 4cyl subcompact SUV was way more desirable to her than a dying Northstar Caddy). It's a no-brainer that they will sell it here, since they already have the HR-V here.
  4. Robert Hall
    My '96 M3 wasn't that bad to maintain, but a 7 series is a whole other world of complex....my brother bought a low mileage '00 740iL a couple years ago, looks just like the car in The Transporter movie. I don't think he realizes yet how expensive they are to maintain (he's a life long Chevy/Pontiac/Ford/Mercury guy). After my experience w/ sister's old Mercedes-Benzes and the Cadillac DTS, I have no interest in maintaining older luxury cars.
  5. Robert Hall
    About the only Lexus models I've ever really liked are the original very unique SC and first 3 or so generations of LS...anonymous, '90s Mercedes-esque styling but w/ Toyota reliability. Today's Lexus models are so aggressively ugly, IMO...
  6. Robert Hall
    I have some thoughts on cars for specific people here, still fetching the pics when I have a minute here and there..will post something this week.
  7. Robert Hall
    I'm on my 3rd tankful since buying my GC March 31, almost 900 miles since then. I haven't paid too close attention to the mileage and range, but I'm definitely going longer between fillups than I did w/ the old 4.0. Gas tank is six gallons larger IIRC (like 26 gallons)..
  8. Robert Hall
    Partially as a means of reducing clutter and the convenience, with a couple of exceptions, I read books and magazines strictly on tablets (mostly on an Amazon Kindle Fire). I love being able to carry around a bunch of books and magazines on the tablet and be able to read in bed, at the airport, on a plane, etc. Though I do have a ton coffee-table type books and car magazines, etc boxed up from my ongoing move...
  9. Robert Hall
    I do love those mid century modern '50s houses.... I love Palm Springs, even though it is in the desert. I would always stop and do lunch or dinner there when heading from Phoenix or LA or vice versa... My win the lottery dream home would be either an Eichler or Neutra MCM place in LA. But in reality I'm happy in the Cleveland burbs w/ my 1967 split level and am thinking about a vacation beach cottage in Avon Lake, Bay Village, or Vermillion eventually...
  10. Robert Hall
    Yeah, when I was hunting CPO JGCs in March, it seemed like 95% of them had black or despair gray interiors...after 17 years w/ a charcoal gray interior, I was craving something lighter or high contrast w a sun roof..really liking the black and cream interior, even though it will be more work to keep clean.
  11. Robert Hall
    Lincoln. Love that movie, BTW..saw it in the theatre back in the day, when I was living in Ann Arbor.
  12. Robert Hall
    Interesting..no idea how the systems compare across model lines. Looks like my GC has the Quadra-Trac II system (I don't have the air suspension). I figure it will be fine for Ohio snows and occasionally grubbing around on the farm (dirt and gravel roads out there, and lots of mud).
  13. Robert Hall
    Sharp...love the color, would like to have a GC in that color.
  14. Robert Hall
    @oldshurst442 way cool w/ the '69 Cougar...I've always liked those, grew up w/ the '67-68 Cougars, which my folks had 2 of and my older brother has one ('68 XR-7 390). (My older brother got my Dad's '67 289 (been in the barn 30+ years, lots of bondo) and our Mom's '68 302 Cougar in our recent probate adventure, I got my Dad's '69 Mustang that I'm sharing w/ my sister). I've had my '87 Mustang GT since new. I'm sure I'd love the Navigator...big comfy cruiser.
  15. Robert Hall
    I drove manuals almost 100% of the time the first 14 years I was driving.....the place i enjoyed them them most were winding, hilly backroads...the rural Ohio of my 20s, and in the mountains of Colorado in my 20s-30s. Never enjoyed them in the city or for freeway driving. For the daily grind which is almost always city streets and suburbia for me, automatics are just fine. In Ohio I will likely be doing a lot more freeway driving than I did in Arizona...I only used the freeways in AZ when I was going on a road trip, and that was usually in a rental car. I can see owning another car w/ a manual in the future, though as a fun car (besides my '87 Mustang GT, which I hope to enjoy on weekends occasionally).
  16. Robert Hall
    Pricing and warranty would be crucial....there will always be buyers looking for the cheapest new car, regardless of brand..think of the early days of Hyundai and Kia...cheap mediocre cars that sold on price and warranty.. maybe one of them could get in the market by pairing up w/ Costco or Wal-Mart and peddle the cars through their big box stores...
  17. Robert Hall
    That's about $15k each, though. I understood it to be total.
  18. Robert Hall
    There is an old school American full size quality about the Panthers I've always liked, and have driven many as rentals..not as large or ornate as the '70s bloat beasts, but descended from them...(love the '70s LTDs, Marquis, Continental, etc).
  19. Robert Hall
    Well, you certainly haven't been boring..
  20. Robert Hall
    1. Ford Crown Victoria or Mercury Grand Marquis 2. WJ Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 (been there, done that) or a '92-96 Ford Bronco (always liked these) 3. 2003-2007 Lincoln Town Car 4. 87-93 Fox Mustang GT or LX 5.0 (been there, done that)
  21. Robert Hall
    I read an interview w his first wife that he would tell her that if she were an employee, he would have fired her. She said he treated her and the kids like employees.
  22. Robert Hall
    He's been married and divorced 2-3 times and has 5 kids.
  23. Robert Hall
    I want to see Tesla succeed, I look at them as a tech company first and car maker second, and I root for American tech companies...weird factoid--Musk and I share a birthday, though I'm a year older. He's an interesting Silicon Valley guy, a bit crazy and out there, as they tend to be. Running 3-4 companies, I wonder if he ever sleeps...total workaholic it sounds like..
  24. Robert Hall
    I really like these cars, subtle and kind of blend in..they are definitely enthusiast products that fly under the radar. There is a blue they had i like.
  25. Robert Hall
    It is funny, about cross shopping, etc. Though I've had a history w/ Fords and plenty of them in my family, I just can't get into their current crop of CUVs and SUVs. My past experience w/ the GC and fondness for the model steered me towards another GC without much consideration of other models. Though I briefly considered going new and getting an Equinox (because of my sister's experience w/ the Trax and the particular dealer), I found them too drab and dour inside. (didn't want a gloomy black or gray cave for NE Ohio). Also considered a used Tahoe, but the ones in Phoenix tend to be high mileage and 2WD. I know people that have had good experiences w/ Acuras, but just not for me.
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