Robert Hall
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There is a guy on a FB page claiming he bought a new '14 Regal w/ the 3800V6...I thought the current Regals were 4cyl only, and that the 3800 went out of production in '08. He claims it was special order and that it was a China option (he's in Michigan and claims he was able to get it built because his family owns a bunch of Buick dealerships..) Sounds like total BS, but is it plausible?
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Happy birthday!
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The complete failure of the A/C system made it undrivable, power window failures( one window twice in a year), steering column tilt failure, multiple engine sensors, stability control computer, random stalling, radiator, etc. My sister is much happier w the Trax. I've driven it a couple times, neat little car. Got to get her dead Mercedes hauled away soon, they are clogging the front and back carports. Trying to get rid of the detritus of life tying us down to Az so we can escape in 2016....
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The DTS was nice before it started the downward spiral into being a money pit. Just no point in spending more money on an old car when something was failing every month.
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It is a Jeep, so of course there are small leaks. Rear main seal has leaked for at least a decade. I have a couple quarts in the back, will have to check the spec. I was using the same oil in the DTS, it was going through a quart a month or so.
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Why do you use such thick oil? 20w50 is THICK stuff. Actually, I didn't even know they made a high mileage oil in that thick of a viscocity. That may not be the exact viscosity, that's what came up when I googled it...I remember the brand and that it was a high mileage blend (Jeep 4.0L w 162k miles)
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Kind of reminds me of a couple magazine articles I read back around 1979-80...Car Craft or Hot Rod put a then-new and trendy GM V6 (don't recall if it was the Chevy or Buick one) into a '67-68 Camaro and applied various aftermarket parts of the day to it... In a similar vein, a blogger somewhere is/was building a Fox Mustang w/ the new 2.3 Ecoboost engine..
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I shudder to think how much stuff I have spread between two houses and four storage units, in 3 states... A friend of mine in Denver keeps a spreadsheet of everything he and his wife has..he says it's for insurance purposes, but I think it's just part of his OCD (though he prefers to spell it in alphabetic order--CDO)
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I get my oil changed every 3-5k miles at my regular shop, they put in Castrol GTX 20W50 high mileage oil..
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Tesla Increases Lobbying Efforts To Break Into Michigan
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Tesla
The dealer franchise system is an antiquated artifact of the past. The traditional automakers are applying pressure to force out an innovative upstart...nothing new...- 196 replies
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Buick News: Rumorpile: What's In the Pipeline for Buick
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Saw a very clean '80s vintage Porsche 911 Carerra Turbo-look cabrio, in yellow w/ the black centered Fuchs wheels. Top down on a sunny Saturday morning.
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Kinda looks like the '17 LaCrosse in disguise
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I realized we were still posting in the November thread (though really months have little meaning). Saw a very clean bronze '69 Olds 88 convertible today, top down. And did a double take when I saw a gray Pontiac Torrent in a parking lot..forgot that vehicle even existed. Looked like a 1st gen Equinox.
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Tesla Increases Lobbying Efforts To Break Into Michigan
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Tesla
Nothing 'kit car' about them...weird to think they aren't sold in some states. I seem them daily on the streets here in Phoenix/Scottsdale, and the parking garage for my office tower has at least 4 of them, maybe more.- 196 replies
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Saw some nice oldies this afternoon, all in minty shape. A '65 Shelby GT350 in white w/ blue stripes, a white '75-75 Cadillac Eldorado convertible and a dark red '66-67 Lincoln Continental convertible (both top down).
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Saw a bright green '15 Challenger R/T convertible w black wheels rolling along in traffic, top down. Saw 2 Bentley Continental convertibles, one black, one dark blue. All within a mile along Scottsdale Road near my office
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Chevrolet News:Spying: Chevrolet Bolt Comes Into Focus
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Chevrolet
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I've seen a couple of the new Maximas around..they are...different. An improvement, I suppose over the styling of the last 2 generations, which were rather bland..
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Hmmm... and Renault is in bed with Datsun, and Chevy sells the Datsun NV200 here in the U.S. as the City Express... Which, BTW, I have seen like ZERO City Express vans around here on the road, and only very few NV200s... the Transit Connect RULES the tiny van market. We won't mention the ProMaster City... I have yet to see a City Express or a Pro Master City in the Phoenix area. The only NV200s I've seen are on the front row of the Nissan dealer. Maybe GM could do a JV to get a variation of the NV1500-3500 and put GM engines and Chevy/GMC noses on them.. Note that Nissan hasn't used the Datsun name in the US in 30 years or so..
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Yeah, the large Opel/Vauxhall Movano is a JV w/ Renault (it's based on the Renault Master), and the midsize Vivano is based on the Renault Trafic.
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I do wonder if they plan to replace those oldies w/ a modern style van anytime soon.
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Infiniti News: Spying: 2017 Infiniti Q60 Coupe Reveals All
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Infiniti
Looks good..definitely less 'ragey robot' than the Lexus RC.
