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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    Random anecdotal stuff...I have a buddy I worked with a few years ago, he's a young 'un (35)--when I started working w/ him he drove a late '00s Hyundai Sonata...it got totaled in front of the office, he replaced it in '14 w/ a Veloster...caught up w/ him about a month ago, had nothing but trouble w/ it over the last 3 years..recently traded it on...a '17 GMC Acadia (has 2 kids now)..
  2. Robert Hall
    Heh-heh.. I'll be wintering here in Cleveland for the foreseeable future, since I'm (almost) done with Arizona. Maybe in 20 years or so when I retire, I'll be wintering in the Florida Keys (where I spent my teenage years).
  3. Robert Hall
    Since I've already had a couple Mustang coupes (notchback and hatchback), if I got another Mustang I'd want a convertible. Convertibles are for summer fun (winter fun in AZ), so practical concerns go out the window..
  4. Robert Hall
    Hmmm...ok, 5 off the top of my head. All in stock form, but with modern tires. For twisty Ohio backroad fun: '90s Acura NSX. '90s Porsche 911 993...any spec--base, S, Turbo... For classic land yachting: '69-70 Ford XL coupe or convertible '71 Buick Riviera '71 Ford LTD 2dr ht or convertible
  5. Robert Hall
    I also had to put a county number sticker on the front and back plate. IIRC Oregon or Washington has something similar to that..I recall noticing stickers on the front plate when I was up there a few years back..
  6. Robert Hall
    Oh yeah..and the plate frame on the rear. The red on the frame has faded to pink over the last 18 months in the vile AZ sun.. On my Jeep, I didn't put the rear chrome metal plate from the AZ Jeep dealer on w/ the Ohio plate--- bottom of it covered over the registration stickers--completely! (AZ puts it's stickers in the top right, Ohio bottom left and bottom right).
  7. Robert Hall
    Arizona doesn't require a plate, so the Jeep dealer in Phoenix didn't add one. Funny thing is my sister's Trax came from a Phoenix Chevy dealer, and they had added a front bracket w/ a dealer logo plate.
  8. Robert Hall
    I'm no fan of front plates either--they look cleaner without one. But I do know the Ohio Highway Patrol and various local jurisdictions are sticklers about the front plates. Oddly, for a car originally from So Cal (Huntington Beach), my Jeep didn't have a front bracket.
  9. Robert Hall
    Today in NE Ohio. I went to the BMV, got my Ohio driver's license, then to the title office to transfer my AZ title, then back to the BMV to get my registration and plates, then to Spitzer Chrysler Dodge Ram Jeep to get a license plate bracket installed...all before my workday began..woo hoo..I feel like a local now... Also called State Farm to switch my AZ policy to an OH policy--premiums for 6 months are 40% of what they were in the Valley of Dirt.
  10. Robert Hall
    Gakk...marginally better than the current 5 series GT, but nothing like the current 6 series Gran Coupe (BMW best looking car, IMO)..
  11. Robert Hall
    IIRC, David Halberstam's 'The Reckoning' gave a good overview of Deming's efforts in Japan...read that book probably 20 years ago.
  12. Robert Hall
    I can't recall the last time I've seen a ZDX...pretty obscure. I saw the occasional Murano CC around the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, and a few Crosstours (knew someone that owned one). I actually like of like the looks of the Crosstour, kind of a tall Accord hatchback...another obscure crossover is the Toyota Venza..don't see those very often.
  13. Robert Hall
    True..though plenty of snow up in northern AZ....but for most people in the Phoenix area, CUVs/SUVs are people haulers for around town...
  14. Robert Hall
    The most recent VW I drove (this Passat) had a large plastic dial on the side of the seat by the b-pillar IIRC...was awkward to reach. I assume the higher trim levels have normal power recline controls?
  15. Robert Hall
    Me too.
  16. Robert Hall
    The Avenir pricing is in the range of other luxury range topper versions of mid size 2 and 3 row wagons such as the Explorer Platinum or GC Summit.
  17. Robert Hall
    Random anecdote--a couple that are old friends of mine who had been lifelong Japanese car buyers recently replaced their '04 Lexus ES and '08 Honda Pilot with a '17 Regal and a '17 Enclave.
  18. Robert Hall
    Interesting that Olds used a Pontiac engine in 75. Why not the Olds 350? Did they have the 403 then that was later used in some Pontiacs?
  19. Robert Hall
    Speaking of VW engines, I read an article the other day about the VR6...I didn't realize they were still building the narrow-angle/single head 6 cyl, I thought they had long ago moved on to a normal V6.
  20. Robert Hall
    Definitely different, a bit weird, but not weird-ugly like the Juke or Leaf..
  21. Robert Hall
    I wonder what kind of impact and where would have split the Impala like that...bizzare
  22. Robert Hall
    That's a very odd perspective. Very isolationist and unrealistic in a global economy.
  23. Robert Hall
    Like in AZ... it seems most CUVs and SUVs sold there are 2wd.
  24. Robert Hall
    A bit much hyperbole, isn't it? You seem to have some weird hate of German cars and fans of those cars...
  25. Robert Hall
    Not sure what discussion of luxury marques has to do with Honda, but Mercedes-Benz has the advantage of a broad range--they have many coupes, convertibles, sports cars, CUVs, and SUVs...Cadillac's line is very limited--only one compact coupe and no convertibles.
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