Robert Hall

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A clean white 3rd gen Camaro convertible.

How's the side and rear visibility? Driver's position/ergonomics? Cupholders? Sound system? HVAC?

Big storm moved in today from the West Coast..getting a dusting of flurries in the foothills around Phoenix.no snow plows dispatched yet, I've heard...had a lot of rain yesterday and last night..cold and windy here today, supposed to be down below freezing tonight! Brrr...

Today was uncommon SUV/truck spotting day, I guess... saw a silver Isuzu Axxiom, a yellow Isuzu VehicroSS, a 2nd gen 2dr Toyota 4Runner, a white Dodge Dakota convertible, and the first Hummer H3T I've ever seen on the road--an orange one (driven by a woman in pink pyjamas, strange).

My sister had an '04 Liberty for 3 years...I drove a few times, incl. a couple road trips from Phoenix to San Diego and back..I basically had the same objections as Camino did.. Also, I didn't like the lack of vertical adjustment for the seat (it was a base model w/ manual seats), and felt that the windshield/was too vertical and close...maybe it's just that I'm used to the steeper windshield rake and deeper dash in my Grand Cherokee and more seat adjustability. but overall, it felt solid and was reliable.

Somehow I've been content to stick w/ one daily driver for 10 years..actually have fewer cars now than I had then. Lack of garage space restrains me, I guess.

Supposed to get plenty of snow Wed-Fri up in the high country, and it could drop to 30 or below Thursday night here in the 602 w/ high Friday only around 50!!

Yes, strange front end--looks like car sized headlight clusters and tiny grille w/ a giant bumper.

Hmm..I guess I'm missing out. Really haven't bought peanut butter since eating it on bread as a kid. (I remember peanut butter and jelly sandwiches). I do like Nutella on toast occasionally. About the only time I get peanut-like product is when I order spring rolls w/ peanut sauce at a Vietnamese restaurant...tasty!

Speaking of plowing, heard on the radio that Quincy, MA is trying an experiment w/ paying by the # of inches of snow rather than by the hour, to try and increase efficiencies...

Probably came from Mexico via Arizona..I see MX Meganes around the PHX area once in a while..

Hmmm..does the 'Best Buy' rating factor in price or value?

Saw another Lincoln Blackwood. Saw a current Mitsubishi Triton pickup (strange looking). And a black '11 Regal (only the 2nd I've seen on the road).

How many plow jobs would it take to cover the cost of a used Avalanche 2500, though?

Been doing the classical music thing for the holiday weekend...have the TV on a cable channel playing classical...nice and mellow. Time for more egg nog.

Was over 70 here today.. Cold tonight, though...down in the 40s...

Saw a really clean old Dodge pickup at the grocery yesterday, a white fleetside longbed '72-73 w/ steelies and dog dish hubcaps..looked original.

lunatic

I love greens...I like Rally Green, the Corvette's Goodwood Green, Pontiac's Verdoro Green..Ford's Black Jade and Lime Gold/Lime Frost (Mercury equivalent). One of my favorite GM greens is this color---similar to Ford's Lime Gold/Lime Frost.

That's a repeat of a challenge they did on the UK show w/ a Rover SD1 a few seasons ago.. There's nothing new really about this show, just repeating the format of the UK show...a few times a season, they have an episode where the boys buy 3 cheap older cars/trucks/etc and then participate in a series of 'challenges' (often 'torture tests') and sometimes hilarity ensues, sometimes it's just plain dumb. The cars are usually high mileage w/ varying degrees of broken-down wornoutness (shiny from 20 feet away)...they often break down a lot during an episode..

Yes...

So, 20k for a reasonably equipped Fiesta, the next Focus will probably be around 25k reasonably equipped, the Fusion close to 30k, the Taurus 35k....that's the new normal, it seems..

That would have rocked as a GTO. 4dr and wagon G8, ST ute..what a line up that could have been. Too bad the Grand Am name image was ruined by the FWD model, the G8 sedan and wagon would have been quite nice as Grand Ams in the 1973 sense of the name...

That's the best concept out of Chrysler in years. Now that is a truck I'd consider owning..(as long as it had heated and cooled cupholders and 10 way power heated/cooled seats available) (j/k)