Robert Hall

572??????? BBC crate motor, IIRC

I remember the Chevette...back in '81, my Dad bought a 2dr Scooter as a tow car for the family motorhome. Cheap and nasty inside. The Escort it was replaced with in '84 was a much nicer subcompact.

Strange...seem to recall a mention of it in Collectible Automobile or another magazine. I wonder what's up with the drapery on the right side of the dash? I tv screen behind it, maybe?

all right hand drive Yeah..I've seen those in the UK, branded as Chrysler Neons..

Speaking of Neons, I saw on Autblog that 150 new 1997 Neons were recently found in a warehouse in Singapore.

Cool truck..looking at pics around the web, I've realized that the '58-59 Chevy and GMC must have shared the cab w/ the '55-57..didn't realize that before. Main changes for '58-59 seem to be the fleetside bed, quad headlights and busier grilles..

I suppose the unique selling point is that Cadillac is American, which can work as a selling point w/ some demographic groups.

It will be interesting to see how the NG Fusion is...I'm assuming it will be smaller than the current model, since it's supposed to be virtually identical to NG Mondeo.

Kaiser Darrin

Not yet this month.

In less than 10 minutes driving from Target to home yesterday afternoon, I saw 14 Prii in a variety of colors. Then went out to dinner last night, saw 5 more.

Is there going be a short run 2012 MY for the Malibu? Because everything I see says the NG model will be a MY 2013...

Is the Volt production fully ramped up? On sale in all states?

I've heard today may be the last 100 degree day of the year. Woohoo! Cool weather is coming!

Pretty low volume for an automaker in the US market.

I used to have a coworker that had a mega commute (like 80 miles each way)..had a 2yr old Accord w/ about 150k miles, was filthy inside--dust on the dash, stains on the cloth seats w/ empty McDonalds bags, coffee cups, soda cups, juice drink boxes, dirty diapers on the rear floor...we only went out to lunch w/ him driving once..that was enough.

Hey your an Ohio guy rt.? We swim in the 70*F don't you still? Yes, but 4 summers in AZ have messed up my sense of hot/cold, I think. Just got out of the pool, it's 84F in the water. BRRRR. (in July/August it's 92-94). Coldest I got in last season was 78, I think.

Looking forward to cool fall weather. 98 here today. Today may be my last pool day of the season.

Ugh... Speaking of car messes... I was heading home from Starbucks this morning w/ a tray w/ two venti (very large) Pumpkin Spice Lattes in the passenger seat (should have had in the floor). Slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting a cat that darted across the street in front of me. Coffee went all over the passenger floor, lower console and lower dash. What a mess. The carpeted floormat caught a lot of it, washed it...sprayed down a bunch of carpet cleaner, still have a lot of brown damp on the charcoal carpet, still smells like coffee inside. Wasn't a good start to a Saturday...

Supply and demand, I think..demand is outstripping supply for affordable used cars..

Saw a very sharp pale yellow & white '56 Chevy Nomad, with whitewalls and chrome reverse/w baby moons wheels. Also saw a pair of derelict battered well-worn old Chevy regular cab long bed fleetside pickups puttering around--a '71-72 in primer gray and a white '81-87 w/ the '88-91 Suburban/Blazer/heavy duty style grille... later sightings: Another worn longbed fleetside Chevy truck--a '64-66 in two tone blue w/ a white roof. A pale yellow '62 Buick 4dr ht (saw from a distance, not sure if was a Le Sabre or Electra, both had 4 window versions then I think).. A sharp, clean '80-83 Lincoln Mark VI convertible, top down, dark red w/ red interior, whitewalls w/ wire wheel covers, rolling down the street...

Happy Birthday!

Nice..I've always liked both generations Legend coupes..good looking cars. My sister used have a 1st gen ('91), was a nice driving car..so easy to see out of, lots of glass.

More gears will probably result in more efficiency and smoothness..

I figured this was inevitable. Cadillac needs to leap forward with a 12- or 15- speed. I bet BMW, Lexus and M-B will have 10 or more by 2015..