Robert Hall

It would be interesting to see a drag Caddy, esp. if they could build one that looks close to the street CTS. I've seen pics of the 'Pro Stock' G6--it was a deformed, bloated turd that bore little resemblance to a stock G6. I esp. hate the giant hood scoops in PS today.

I don't know if Ohio does inspections now, but the rust on the Shadow looks mild compared to the cars my crazy brother drove around in Ohio in the '80s. Cars w/ the entire trunk floor gone, rocker panels gone, rusty floor pans... one '70s LTD was so rusty the radiator fell out and later the rear axle came loose (the frame was rusted out).

There is a lot of delusional people that modify their cars out there, I guess...years ago in Ohio I used to see a Chrysler 300M with a '69/70 Mustang Mach 1 hoodscoop glued to the hood, complete w/ 351 badges on it.

Saw a silver '11 Camaro convertible, top down, rolling down the street. Saw about 2 dozen convertibles in traffic, tops down on my 20 min walk at lunch..beautiful spring weather.

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Interesting..

NVH..noise, vibration, harshness.

Saw a blue Nissan Leaf this morning, first I'd seen out on the street...and a black SSR. I was at the airport last night, first time I'd been there in a month or so..noticed at least one taxi fleet seems to be moving from Crown Vics to HHRs en masse...saw at least a couple dozen yellow HHRs taxis. Lots of Prius taxis as well.

I'm not sure what an electric parking brake is, but I assume they would use a hand brake because it's cheap.

Hmmm..CSI Miami? (Horatio)

I wish GM would take notice also..I'd like to see both Ford and GM get back into the large RWD game...I'd love to see Charger and 300 competitors from Ford and GM.

Sweet...

Saw a '53 (I think) Studebaker ht coupe (dark red w/ white top) on the top of a car hauler today, looked very clean..

Wow..haven't seen rust in a long time...time to break out the primer, bondo, and duct tape.

GMC should do a Canyon Denali and a Savana Denali also. A Topkick Denali would have been great had they still made it.

Saw an '11 Charger in traffic at lunch, first I've seen..very sharp..dark gray. Also saw a white Mini Countryman, first of those I've seen..

The '84-95 E-class coupe has those also, they work well... not the same kind of automatic belt as the crap in the late '80s Escorts, Mazdas, etc.. I missed out on the automatic belt craze..went from cars w/ normal 3 point belts to cars w/ airbags back in the day..

Cool..haven't seen one yet. My sister had an '11 rental last week in Portland, liked it a lot (she had about 1/2 dozen '10 rentals last year in Chicago).

It wasn't meant to be exhaustive..just my thoughts on what the 'boxes' could be... Yes..the categories are the boxes... Today those terms are usually used interchangeably, like conservative/regressive on the other side..

What's HCCI? Not familiar with that FLA. I can't recall the last time I actually looked at my tach.

No, the problems start when ideas morph into agendas. Agendas are the reality context into which ideas fit..kind of hard to have ideas without context. I disagree. Agendas (at least in the way I'm using the word) are when people attempt to morph facts to suit the agenda holder's desired outcome. Some of the agendas I've encountered have little to no basis in reality. That can work also... I was viewing an agenda as a collection of (related) ideas sharing a common theme. Just trying to apply a little object-oriented modeling..my work thoughts intersecting w/ my 'play' thoughts, I guess..

I assume the rear bumper, taillights and tailgate are showcar pieces, not productionized. Though I like the clean tailgate, maybe the release could be integrated into the emblem or the remote.

Cool..haven't had that feeling since I had my M3 and when I drove my Mustang regularly. Most days I'm just itchin' to leave work to go home to sleep or play Farmville, or figure out what's for dinner..

No, the problems start when ideas morph into agendas. Agendas are the reality context into which ideas fit..kind of hard to have ideas without context.

Ideas are great..the problems come with the execution and implementation of those ideas..