Robert Hall

When I drove a diesel regularly, I usually went to truck stops or small town gas stations (I was in Eastern Ohio and S. Florida then). But that was over 20 years ago. Around here in the big city the gas stations that I normally go to (Shell, Chevron) seem to all have the green pumps...

I remember doing that as a kid...my Mom finally got a modern refrigerator w/ ice cuber in the door in 2002 when her 35 yr old GE died.

2012 Versa starts at $10,990. Will GM respond? There is room for the Spark below the Sonic price point...

They will have more diesels here eventually I'm sure. It's the diesels that get the good mileage. And they have Smart and the A- and B- class models for mileage (A- and B- coming to the US soon). Now now... if we're not allowed to count "coming models" in the plus column for Cadillac, then one must treat Mercedes the same way. Well, the coming models for Merc already exist in other markets. Little is known of Cadillac's coming models which are not yet in production..

Smart can be included in the same sense that GM has Cadillacs and also the Spark and Sonic at the entry level.

They will have more diesels here eventually I'm sure. It's the diesels that get the good mileage. And they have Smart and the A- and B- class models for mileage (A- and B- coming to the US soon).

Not really..AMG models are luxury-performance cars. The hybrids and diesels have the high mileage covered.

I like Crown Vics, but that donk sh*t ruins it...

I was given a TV and a VCR once..when I went off to college 23 years ago. I've bought my own TVs, DVD players, Blu-Ray players etc since then. About the FIOS, for some reason, I thought you had dialup (300 baud modem?)

As far as I can tell, FIOS isn't offered here...I have Cox cable and internet currently..but the cable modem is about 5 years old, probably needs upgraded... I replaced the wireless router earlier this year, but sometimes (esp. on weekends) the connection can get laggy when two people are online w/ 2-3 laptops..

Saw a white Solstice GXP coupe tonight, the first Solstice coupe I've ever seen...pretty sweet. Also saw a Volt on the road for the first time, sort of...was a white one on a flatbed, looks like it had been in a pretty hard front offset crash.

I've thought about ditching the cable...I don't watch a lot of tv, what I do watch is usually always time-shifted w/ the DVR. I like having a big screen HDTV for movies and some sports (though F1 is not in HD yet).. been a Netflix customer for over a decade, watch a couple movies a week from them..started w/ DVDs then Blu-Ray...done Netflix streaming occasionally also. I also often hook up an HDMI cable from my laptop to the tv to watch clips from Motorsport Retro/You Tube, etc...I've streamed TV shows via Boxee to my laptop and watch them on the tv also occasionally.

You mean Gen Y and the Millenials...plenty of 30-something and 40-something Gen Xers in the luxury market today.. Yes, but may 30 somethings are not yet in the luxury market. Most luxury car brands do attract people in their 50s and up. But from 2015-2030 those 30-45 year olds today will be nearing that age. I was thinking at the entry level...lots of 30-something 3-series, C-class, A4 drivers... But true, the higher end lux domain is definitely the 50+ crowd..

You mean Gen Y and the Millenials...plenty of 30-something and 40-something Gen Xers in the luxury market today..

I'll blast my horn occasionally, but I wouldn't flip someone off in AZ... there are so many mentally unstable armed people here...(idiotic Wild West mentality). The biggest issue I see frequently are the drivers that are drifting in and out of lanes while on the phone, texting, sexting, reading email,etc...

At a gas station/repair shop I saw a red '70 Cutlass convertible in one of the service bays and a sharp red '73-75 Duster 340 w/ black stripes parked out front, next to a faded brown w/ tan top '74-76 Montego 2dr--1st one of those I've seen in a long time.

Interesting idea...will be interesting to see how long it lasts or if it gets expanded to other states. 15k is reasonable, I think. In the last 11 years I think I exceeded 12k in one year only once...this year is trending much lower since my commute is now under 20 miles/day instead of 50 miles/day.

Beautiful dog, by the way. Malamutes look kind of like Siberian Huskies to me.. I grew up around largish dogs(German Shepherds, Doberman Pinchers, Australian Cattle Dogs) and still like them, though I'm now a confirmed terrier fan and furparent (2 Westies, an Australian(Tasmanian), a Silky, and a Yorkie..)

True enough. I'd still like to see Chrysler build a V10 w/ Hemi heads. I wonder what will power the NG Viper... The Hemi engine is part of Mopar's distinctly American flavor.

I remember as a kid my family's German Shepherds and Dobermans chasing groundhogs on the farm in E. Ohio.. But the strongest memories I have involving them was my Dad standing on the front porch or the back porch and picking them off w/ his rifle (the crazy things that people can do in a rural area on 150 acres of land!).

But then they couldn't have charged a premium for the ECO model..pay more to get less..

My dog goes from one backyard, which half is completely fenced for his use at about 225000 sq ft to 750 sq ft at the other house. I'd feel worse if he was still young, as the smaller yard is really to small for him to even get a full run going. But he's 12 now, and don't feel much like running it seems. Prefers a fast walk. You know there are guys who will show up for poo patrol, too. ;-) Probably... I have 5 dogs w/ a combined weight of about 55 lbs, so there isn't too much poo. I just have to remember to dump the bag in the brown (trash) barrel and not the blue (recycling) one..

My backyard is enclosed w/ a wall, trapazoid shaped, maybe 6000 sq ft (I know the total lot size is about 12k)..some of the dogs don't like pooing in grass, so they only go on the back sidewalk and patio/pool surround areas.. some of them go in the grass. So every Saturday morning before the yard guys show up I go on poo patrol to pick it up..

I don't *have* to collect it, but I don't like having in my yard..otherwise, it makes a mess when the yard gets mowed...

I notice the '80s-90s stuff because they tend to be more colorful (and square, as far as the '80s) than late model cars which generally seem to always be white, silver, or black and aerodynamic..