Robert Hall

Have you driven one? Read that stats...the Tesla Model S is pretty quick... It is amusing.... I don't get all the hatin'.... it's exciting to see a new American car company emerging, and the Model S is a seriously good looking car, with a wheelbase longer than any current GM car, by the way, and w/ great performance from what I've read. It's nice to see an electric car that isn't a tiny FWD turd (like the Leaf, Mitsu i-Mev, etc).

Besides driving around in rural Ohio on my learner's permit w/ my Dad, I also took a driver's ed class in my high school in S. Florida. The school cars were a couple early 80s Chevys--a Celebrity and an Impala, IIRC. Both tan 4drs.

That's the South American Chevy Montana...called S10 in some markets apparently. FWD, based on the platform of the Chevy Agile.

There was. Lots of things. That is an understatement. The only good model was the 91 Escort GT built by mazda which was a great pocket rocket, but was attacked by the insurance industry. That era of Escort had those awful motorized seat belts, though. The '84 Escort I learned to drive in and drove to school some was a 5dr diesel w/ a 5 speed, and 52 horsepower! It felt faster than the '86 Mustang LX 4cyl I had, which was a 4spd manual w/ only 96 hp...

Tasteless knows no boundaries....how about the dreadful custom CTS-v that the putrid pop music child Justin Bieber had built, w/ rear opening doors and faux-Batmobile trim....

Yeah, that's what it looks like to me...early '60s Chrysler 300 had those, I believe. I've seen them in 1:25th scale..

+2 This is just a tragedy! I can say that this look that baby boomers love will disappear over the next few years and I hope go away for good. Odd..never thought of that a boomer thing, thought it was the previous generation that was into that cheese...the older fogies. Around here it seems to be guys in their late 60s and 70s w/ the DTSes w/ the 'carriage roofs', gold trim, wide whitewalls, etc.

Something horrifying, that can't be unseen... http://l1.yimg.com/b...ramic/cady1.jpg

I had learner's permits when I was 14 and 15, passed my driver's test and got my license at 16. Spent time in the summers practice driving w/ my Dad in '79 Dodge Power Wagon 4x4, '84 Ford Escort diesel, and '84 Lincoln Town Car. Took my road test in the Escort as it was the easiest to parallel park.. Never been a fan of parallel parking, I do it so rarely. With my Jeep I'm either 6-8 inches from the curb or up on the curb....

Cool.

Following on the C-Max I saw yesterday, today I saw a Chevy Silverado HD with a big decal in the back window that said 'D-Max Mafia'. I wonder when I'll see a 'C-Max Mafia' decal on a C-Max? (googling turns up that 'D-Max Mafia' is a local club or entity for modded diesel GM trucks).

I've seen a few 6 door Ford F350 pickups in the past, of the mid 90s style...IIRC they were built by Centurion who did the Ford Bronco-Burbans.

Saw a gray C-Max this afternoon in a parking lot, first one I've seen.

IIRC there was buzz in a magazine or on the Internet about 15 years ago about a stretched Burban option that would have had the rear-opening extended cab pickup doors behind the regular 4 doors...

I don't how they get registered either, but I've seen a couple around the Phoenix area w/ AZ plates, and a couple w/ Mexico plates...

They need to do 2dr coupe and convertible SUVs....2dr X4s and X6s would be interesting...

Anyone remember the 3000GT? I liked those, esp. the rectractable top Spyder version...haven't seen one in ages....

I saw a black 6 dr Escalade a year ago or so...

I think these conversions were done in the US. Not to be confused with the Mexico-market 2dr Ramcharger from '94 to about 2000 or so...

There was a similar aftermarket conversion of the '93-0? generation of the Ram, called the Power Master, IIRC.

I like that...love the stone walls around the fireplaces. Nice use of glass, nice big yard. I could see myself in that house.. a pack of Yorkies, Westies and Cairns romping around the house and yard.

But at the right cheap price, you could gut it, clean it and put in the engine, electrical and inside you desire and have a killer auto. Not worth the effort.

Yes for sure on the color scheme and treatments but also some of the interior walls could be better done with reconfiguration. My use and tastes tend to go for more great room concept where you can have plenty of frends and family to have over and this home shows the very old small room style that just kills being able to do anything with large families. I've had over 75 people in "this old house" for Christmas parties before... and I'm sure you'd consider my place to be too small. But at my place, we have three main rooms on the first floor plus the kitchen (which is closed to guests during parties) and the party is arranged in such a way as to encourage people to spread out amongst all of the rooms. My parties are so popular, that when I decided to stop doing them, I got several rather hurt emails from people asking why they hadn't been invited that year not knowing that I decided not to throw one. I was at my boss' house for his 40th birthday party last night..funny how people congregate at parties...the women generally stayed in the kitchen w/ the food and wine, and most of the guys grouped together outside on the patio where the scotch and beer was, with random conversations about Las Vegas, football,steak restaurants, scotch brands, and premium dog food...was a nice cool rainy fall evening in the desert. He has a 1 story 2400 sq ft '90s era suburban cookie cutter house on a lot smaller than mine (mine is 11,500 sq ft), but w/ high ceilings and unusually high doorways--9 and 10 ft tall. 3 car garage, but only room for one in the garage because it's full of stuff...

Odometer hit 140,000 last night. Discovered my rear wiper arm is broken, ordered a replacement.

Looks like a desert setting....love the glass and overhangs.