Robert Hall

I'm surprised there isn't a regulation against such a type of steering wheel. Seems like it would be awkward in any thing other than the slightest turns..

I tend to turn pink then burn. Thus the big floppy hat to protect my bald pate and ample sunscreen. My pasty English genes I guess.

I think the Celistiq is intended to have a car-like form.

There were so many black SUVs in the Phoenix area. I bought one..my Jeep..but I did get the black & cream interior. My Jeep just has the factory window tint, not Arizona tint (it was only in AZ a short time, having come from So Cal). I remember a coworker that had an FJ Cruiser and a Highlander, both black w/ black interiors...

Doesn't like there is any provision for a sunshade either.. yeah, I remember having the dark tint on cars when I lived there.

That terrarium interior would get insanely hot in AZ....and isn't it built there?

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Went to the office today, saw this clean '71-72 Chevy Cheyenne 10 w/ a 350 and a '65 Mustang coupe on the same block when out for a walk...also saw this neat metal dog sculpture.

I’d like a green one with white & green Colorado plates.

^sounds like you have many real world use cases where a full size truck with a 6.5 ft bed is worthwhile. An appropriate tool for certain tasks.

Reality is complex. On the subject of DIY and hauling stuff from Home Depot, last week one evening I hauled home from Home Depot a 1 gallon potted shrubbery, 2 5 pound bags of potting mix, 1 40 lb bag of top soil, 1 40 lb bag of mulch, 4 blocks, and 16 small fall flowers to plant in a flower bed. The crazy part? Not in my Jeep, but in my sister’s Chevy Trax. Should have taken a photo.

The Rivian is a luxury off-roader, nothing about the product or marketing says it's a work truck. It hasn't been advertised as a work truck. That's your imagination running wild if you think it is. One trim of the Ford Lightning seems to be marketed as such, though.

Re: the IROC-Z— Gen Xers with money now able to get the car they wanted in high school. I get it. Or it could be a Baby Boomer wanting a car like they had in their 20s or 30s.

They sold maybe 1000 of those? It was interesting, but a flop.

80s GM transverse engine FWD models are best forgotten. A bunch of boring look alike appliances. Same with the Chrysler K cars and Ford FWD of that era. (The Taurus SHO was interesting, though). I would always take RWD over FWD, that’s just my preference. As far as Audi using race wins to advertise their Quattro models, that’s nothing new. All automakers have used motorsports victories in advertising. Ford has done it. GM has done it.

There are many things.

I wonder how fast my diesel Escort was. It did get 55mpg Highway, though.

Good. My frame of context for late model trucks I’ve driven were hard despair gray plastic inside (2010-ish F150 and 2015ish Chevy Express UHaul van).

One thing to keep in mind, is enthusiast magazines target a specific demographic. There was a group of Americans that loved tiny European sports cars in the 50s-60s. They often were into road racing and raced their cars on weekends.. They read Road & Track. There were the 0-60 drag racing and wrenching crowd that favored big engined Detroit cars..maybe they read Hot Rod. There were the customizers and hot rod crowd that was a big subculture in the 50s-60s. And Motor Trend and other magazines tried to cover a vast range of mainstream consumers. Lots of different sub niches. The American car scene wasn't monolithic then nor is it today.

It's a good idea that GM is going with a more upscale interior for the higher priced trucks, I know if I were shopping a $50-75k pickup I wouldn't want the same Rubbermaid interior as a $25k work truck..something costing 2-3 times as much needs an appropriate interior for it's price point.

Consider the context, though..that was Road & Track...Road & Track writers favored sports cars, which then were small European cars that were underpowered compared to the massive US cars of the era. Triumphs, MGs, Porsche 356s, Austin Healeys, etc were the kinds of cars their writers favored, and sports cars of that era weren't known for being fast, but were known for handling. While at the time American cars were massive and known for V8s and acceleration but not for handling.

I liked the Magnum, wish they had done a 2nd Gen with ‘11+ Charger front and interior. I remember looking at the WK ‘05 Grand Cherokee and thinking they had cheapened the interior compared to my ‘00 WJ. I didn’t like the design or the interior materials of the WK.

the late 00s were a low point for Chrysler interiors...they were dreadful across the board...cheap, hard gray plastic. It's like Daimler did everything to the lowest possible cost as far as interiors.

Bolt still looks like a potato. Leaf is about as bad. Kona isn’t bad, the Mini familiar.

Another beach day, saw a very clean dark blue late 80s IROC-Z rolling w/ the T-Tops off, and a clean maroon mid 80s Cutlass Supreme.