Robert Hall

Wikipedia is always my starting point. I also like Allpar for Mopar stuff. Hemmings website is pretty good, I use it a lot more since I let my print subscriptions to a couple of their mags run out and switched to the digital editions. For print, my favorite old-car source is my 25+ years of Collectible Automobile magazines..I'm not sure if they have much content online, though.

I was a long time Verizon customer when I got my 1st gen Motorola Droid about a year old now...I've been happy with it...one of the details that attracted me to this specific phone was the physical keyboard, though I find I use it very little..I'm comfortable w/ the touch screen now. As far as apps go, I use Gmail, Facebook, Pandora, Twitter, Chase bank, Mint (horrible buggy mess), and a few others..the OS has updated a couple times, I think it's up to 2.3 now. It's my first smartphone--I was a late adopter to smartphones after about 15 years of flip phones before (though I've had corporate Blackberrys before)...and I find it more than useful enough that I rarely ever take my laptop with me when I go out of town for the weekend or on a vacation. Only negative is the battery life, it seems to barely last through the workday w/ average use. I rarely even use my digital camera anymore (Sony Cybershot)--the phone camera is fine for general use and posts to Facebook pretty simply. I haven't bothered loading any music on it, I still have my iPod Classic + iTunes for that. What I'm interested in seeing is how the tablets develop...the iPad seems to be the dominant player, and there a bunch of Android-based ones out there, but how will the market look in a year? I have a Kindle for books, but have thought about a tablet of some sort...would be lighter than my laptop for living room surfing while watching TV, etc...

Does it have a rotary dial and weigh 5 pounds?

Buick had 2 different 400s, though, right? The Nailhead 401 '400' up thru '66 and a 400 from the '67-69 that was of a different engine family (i.e. the Nailhead replacemen that had a 425 and later 455). '65 according to what I read.

As far as the Buick 400, it was used in the GS400 from '67-69 after the Nailhead was retired. The Olds 400 was around '65-69, was the top engine in the 442 amongst other applications.

It's not just the dealers and chains that can be clueless and inept...my local independent shop which I've used the last 3 years (BBB ranked as the best in the state) has done a few annoying things in the time I've been going there..somehow they've managed to lose all the screws that hold the air cleaner housing in place and some of the screws from the front lower fascia and grille (I think they had to remove them to replace the radiator back in '09). I'm not 100% they did it, but I find it hard to believe those screws/bolts would go away on their own..

I could see them using a cut-down GC platform for the next one. By architecture I meant RWD/4WD..should have been more specific, I guess.. My sister had a 2wd '04 Liberty...drove it a bit a few years ago, didn't like how unstable it felt in crosswinds and didn't like how close the windshield seemed..

Liberty (remember it's still branded the Cherokee outside NA) definitely needs an update/redesign, but I'd definitely keep it as is RWD/4WD. Compass and Patriot are irrelevant and should go...leave the weak FWD based CUVs to Dodge or Fiat..

On the morning drive to work I saw a clean '67 Corvette big block convertible in white w/ a red stripe w/ the sidepipes and stinger hood. Nice to see one of these in traffic instead of their usual location (high $$$ auctions).

Saw a very clean '66 Plymouth VIP 4dr ht yesterday....a dark gold w/ black top.

Happy Birthday, dude..wherever you may be (Delaware? Texas? Australia? Europe?)

I could too...I'd keep the spotlight and ditch the alloys (or are those plastic wheelcovers) and get a set of black steel wheels.

Going to be in the low 100s this weekend...which means...POOL TIME!!! I haven't been in yet, been too tired this week...I'm usually in before June 1, but May wasn't that hot this year.

IIRC, the pricing of the GTO and G8 was pretty reasonable, comparable to the Charger...I would think the Charger would be the target price range of a Chevy RWD sports sedan if it were to materialize...

Yes...with a Dodge signature grille this would make a good Neon..I'd bring the Neon name back also.

Fisker of Arizona lists the address as 'TBD'. Probably will be in Scottsdale or on Camelback in Phoenix. I know where the Denver location is..

Yes, Fiat's B-Class car is the Punto I don't know if Dodge will get a C-Segment car. If Dodge does get a C-Segment car, they might go with a Hatch (Bravo) and Sedan (Fiat Linea) lineup. With a few tweaks, that would make a nice Caliber replacement I think...

I've always tried to use my carryover... my last salaried position had 3 weeks/yr vacation, but I had only used about 3 days of it when I resigned in March..got paid for two weeks I had earned.

Depends on where you are...here in Phoenix, I've never seen it go much below 30F in the last 3 years...and that's only a few nights in Dec/Jan. Gets colder up north in the mountains.. On the other hand in late July in rarely drops below 100F here at night...

I'm looking forward to seeing one in person...still surprised how much the rear end looks like the Impala.

Sales blah blah blah...Cadillac is supposed to be a luxury brand, not a volume brand. Leave the volume to the mainstream brands. Isn't luxury supposed to be about quality and exclusivity, not mass market genericism? (where's SMK..he understands what I mean..)

[quote name='Oldsmoboi' timestamp='1306958019' post='664451'] well I don't think they are called GMT anything anymore. [/quote] So the platform will have a Greek-sounding name now (Magma or something maybe?)

Speaking of the GMT900s, anyone know what the code name for the NG full size SUVs is? GMT1000? I saw a Tweet over the weekend from one of the automotive sites (Autoguide.com maybe?) that said the NG GM full size SUVs were coming for 2013 w/ a 'substantial' price hike, but the link went nowhere....

Sad but true...but I couldn't care less what 'most people' think...I'm an automotive enthusiast/elitist, dammit!

What happened to the Rondo? Was it discontinued? There wasn't a MY 11 version of the Borrego IIRC.