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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    I could see EV conversions being a thing in the non-so-distant future, along w/ autonomous conversions. I remember a detail of the movie 'Gattaca'...nearly 20 years ago--people were driving vintage cars converted to EVs. Doesn't seem like such a sci-fi concept now.. For $65k, you could get a well equipped new Tahoe LTZ...seems like a better solution.
  2. Robert Hall
    Interesting..I wonder if this V8 will be based off of the V6 or a clean-sheet design..
  3. Robert Hall
    Made my annual visit to Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale today. Will post some pics later. Tired from walking 5+ miles this afternoon. Interestingly, in the new car display in the entrance hall, GM had only Chevrolets, unlike last year where they had all 4 brands. Saw the new Camaro SS ht and convertible, the Duramax Colorado (really good looking truck), the new Cruze and Malibu (both look better in person), various Corvettes and Silverados... In the Ford display, they had the new GT in white (looks huge in person), Fiesta ST, Focus ST and RS, Taurus SHO, Shelby GT350, Mustangs GTs, etc. On the separate Lincoln stand, they had the new Continental...wow. This is a car that looks much, much better in person than in photos...looks substantial and has real presence, IMO. Looks great in a dark cherry red. As far as the auction vehicles, saw lots of interesting oldies, the usual muscle cars, 50s-60s land yachts, some vintage race cars, etc.
  4. Robert Hall
    Saturday morning randomness...at the grocery while loading my Jeep, some clean cut guy on a bicycle rode up and asked if I would be interested in buying his 'survival gear'...said it was 'new, top of the line'...Arizona weirdness..
  5. Robert Hall
    They have V-series for performance cars, so maybe EV-series for electro.
  6. Robert Hall
    Saw a '16 Camaro SS today, first I'd seen out and about...dark blue. Looks good..
  7. Robert Hall
    Unknown...a new Taurus was announced last year for China, but nothing new has been announced for NA.
  8. Robert Hall
    I love the single plate look...AZ is a single plate state....but often, the dealers go and put a front plate bracket on the cars w/ their ad plate.. I too like the 'real world' style photos...auto show and corporate promotional and magazine shots are one thing, but normal shots like in the driveway are better, IMO...
  9. Robert Hall
    And yet the people that sell the Ghost, Phantom, Mulsanne, Panamera, Cayenne, Aventador, Gallardo, Rapide, Range Rover, and Quattroporte are international. Maybe 'international' was the wrong word... the reality is that Audi, BMW and Mercedes Benz use alphanumerics..Cadillac is trying to emulate the leaders rather than lead..as are Lexus and Infiniti.
  10. Robert Hall
    Personally, I'd rather see the heritage names but I know those won't fly since they are trying to be international..
  11. Robert Hall
    Who is all this BMW shadowing supposed to appeal to, that's going to sign for a Cadillac? These folks want a misshapen & bloated 4-dr hatchback, they can march over to BMW for their fat dozen sedans and kindergarten naming schemes. Again: Cadillac does not "Need" to answer all 43 models at BMW. Well, they are trying to compete w/ the big 3 (Audi, BMW, MB) so it's natural they are going to try and match them at some level...maybe not in lock step, but be competitive in the major niches...
  12. Robert Hall
    Or they could do something like CS* for the coupes...CS4, CS6, etc... and then have something like a XS5 for a sport utility coupe...(X4 or X6 competitor).
  13. Robert Hall
    I saw it a couple of years ago at a client I was working at for about a year. They were full all the time, drivers had to coordinate w/ other drivers to use them (the other consultant I worked with at that client had a Volt)..they were so successful they expanded from 4 to 8 spots in late 2014. Saw a variety of cars, several Tesla S'es, Volts, Leafs and a Tesla roadster... At my current client, they are currently adding 3 floors to the parking garage and will be adding charging stations on the first floor.
  14. Robert Hall
    Since MB has a long history commercial vehicles incl. vans, buses, heavy trucks, they don't need other brands..they've kept the Freightliner brand, but have acquired others in the past in Europe and absorbed them..
  15. Robert Hall
    The thing that is funny, I bet they would sell...esp. for trades and delivery in upscale areas like Paradise Valley or Scottsdale..I see Merc badged Sprinters in use way more than Freightliner badged vans or GM vans around here..
  16. Robert Hall
    Hopefully, Ford will have one at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale...I'm going this weekend.
  17. Robert Hall
    Mmmm...Cadillac cargo van...a Euro style van to compete with the M-B Sprinter would be cool.
  18. Robert Hall
    Should start at 0....I always start at 0.... 0,1,2,3... (since that is how indexes work in most programming languages.. Maybe they should focus on $40k and up, since GM has Buick and GMC as the filler brands between Chevy and Cadillac, at least in the US.
  19. Robert Hall
    So a CT0? If the ATS sedan becomes the CT2, ATS coupe becomes CT3, and the CTS becomes the CT4...
  20. Robert Hall
    Busy? I'm encube at work debugging code and writing SQL queries....
  21. Robert Hall
    Article seemed clear enough..the Q1 will be a subcompact CUV, Q2 will be a compact sized CUV, the Q4 will be an X4 competitor.. CUVs for every budget and size niche...following the same patterns of BMW and M-B, fill every niche and niches between niches and within niches...
  22. Robert Hall
    As a child of the 70s and 80s, with two Baby Boomer siblings, I heard the Eagles constantly growing up...always liked them, liked Glenn Frey's solo work...esp. the songs from Miami Vice ('Smuggler's Blues' and 'You Belong to the City')...I remember buying a Glenn Frey solo album ("The Allnighter") and a Don Henley solo album ("Building the Perfect Beast") along w/ the Eagles Greatest Hits on cassette to listen to in my Mustang in high school before I got my first CD player...The Eagles 'Greatest Hits 1971-1975' and 'Greatest Hits Vol II' were the staples (on cassette) of many motorhome road trips w/ my folks in the 80s.
  23. Robert Hall
    They could combine the names, and have the Compatriot. Or use Patriot in the US and Compass in Europe as they did with Liberty and Cherokee.
  24. Robert Hall
    There are only 10 federal holidays in 2016, I only get 8 of them off through my contracting house, but my client takes 9 plus the Friday after Thanksgiving ( which should be a holiday). In addition to the holidays, only get 15 PTO days but since I work 4 9s and do a half day on Fridays it's not too bad...
  25. Robert Hall
    Pretty quiet at my office today. Several coworkers out today, either taking it as a PTO or sick day...
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