Robert Hall

I have a Sega Dreamcast and Playstation 2 from back when I dabbled in video games. Really haven't had much interest in games at all for many years now. More interested in travel and other non-gaming pastimes (building/collecting model cars, watching movies, listening to music, etc). My interest in Android and mobile technology is for side development projects/new skill areas (mobile development) as an alternative to the corporate enterprise application development I do in my day job. As far as iPods and iPads, I'll probably get a 120gb iPod Classic to replace 30gb iPod that I've filled up...do like to take a lot of music and podcasts w/ me. If I were flying weekly like my sister, I'd think about a Kindle or iPad, she's looking at getting a Kindle. But on the theme of the thread, access to information and connectivity has exploded over the last decade, no doubt. 20 years ago my internet access was limited to dialup and a PC at home or 'fast' connections at school via the text-based internet (telnet, ftp, usenet). Portable music was CDs in my Sony Discman. Nothing like the capacity and convenience of an mp3 player of today. I used to go to 'libraries' then to look up information in books and journals. Haven't been in one of those over a decade, what with the explosion of information on the WWW. Now, wireless high speed connnectivity nearly anywhere, anytime via a smart phone (or laptop w/ wireless) is pretty ubiquitous. It can get distracting.

With a 4cyl Regal I see no point in a 4cyl LaCrosse except for fleet sales...

Certainly nothing I'd attempt because of the time, effort or expense (not to mention the end result wouldn't necessarily be reliable). I'd just buy a Charger if I want a large RWD V8 Dodge. But I do admire the craziness of such an effort.

I think the Hemi is based on the old Chrysler 5.7 V8, so the length would probably be about the same..wider though w/ the big heads. A GM engine in a Mopar is just so wrong...

I'd wondered if this had been done before...the north-south orientation of the engine in LH would make it a natural for such a conversion. An Intrepid SRT8 Hemi would be so cool.

Yes, but I was thinking more along the lines of BMW's M models..the next M3 will have a 6, the next M5 a V8...

A 4, a regular V6, and a high performance V6 for the V-series seems like a reasonable way to go..wouldn't necessarily want the same engine in the ATS-v as the CTS-v...

'Belchertown'? What a dreadful name for a place..is it down the road from Burpville and Fartsburg? Heh-heh...I wonder if this guy LJC has fought Santa Claus...

Don't know, but it's inevitable there will be home grown Tea Party style terrorist action sooner or later, like that milita group in Michigan that was recently caught (Hutarees)

Didn't have enough room in the text box for 'an' on the bottom row.

The people I know that are big Wii fans seem to have rejected other gaming platforms. On the other hand, I prefer Farmville above all other games.

Or the Wii. Maybe he's a Kindle and Blackberry guy rather than iPad and iPhone.

They have a large retiree population in AZ, so their probably is a lot of demand for the geezer bling..probably the same in S. Florida and other retiree hotspots.. Saw a maroon DTS done that way today--it went even further w/ the fake continental kit on the rear..

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It's an easy flight from Phoenix..direct on Hawaiian Airlines..the 3 times I've been there (twice to Oahu, once to Maui) I've had red Mustang convertibles...the drive from Honolulu up to the north shore via Kaneohe along the eastern coast is incredible..so green. I want to go back and go to the big island. I really want to go to Alaska, maybe take a cruise up there. This years' vacations are probably going to be a few long weekends in Denver and the mountains, San Diego or Santa Monica (go to beach to escape the AZ heat), maybe Seattle and the usual family visit to E. Ohio Memorial Day..

perservere

Since the other 4 brands are now gone, it would be a moot point to report them.

Hmmm..IIRC, there was a huge convertible w/ 6 wheels on the cover of Road & Track around 1977. It was a one-off, black IIRC. Don't remember any other details...I still have that magazine from childhood in my stash. Speaking of this Mercedes T80, never heard of it..will have to research it.

another day

Hmm....had I been the age I am now in '77, I think I'd have had mutton chops, sport coats w/ wide lapels, snazzy aviator sunglasses, and been rollin in a '77 Lincoln Mk V Bill Blass Edition, listening to Led Zeppelin and The Who on the 8-track. That would have been badass. My brother was 28 in '77, had the mutton chops, handle bar mustache, but drove a Mustang II Mach 1. Not exactly badass. He traded it on a '74 Firebird Formula 400 in '79. As far as the past, I wouldn't mind still being in 1998 when I was 28--thinner, had hair, and had my M3...but my Motorola Star Tac then was teh weak sauce compared to my Motorola Droid of today. As far as alternate lives, I'd love to have been a 20-something engineer at NASA in the late '60s...working on the moon mission would have been quite the experience, I think. Or at the same time on the Arpanet project, working on the original Internet w/ BBN or w/ Kleinrock at UCLA. Pioneering computer science.

Another sighting today was a clean lt blue & white '57 Ford 2dr wagon.

Coulter Cadillac, the oldest Cadillac dealer in AZ. Report them for bad taste?

Ah...living in delusion from the modern world.. Got yer black and white tv, black rotary dial phone also?

Went past the neighborhood BPGC store, had not one but two Grandpa edition '10 La Crosses---a white one and a maroon one--both w/ tan carriage tops, gold trim, white wall tires and chrome wheels. I wonder if they have AM radios also..

I can't speak for Alaska (it's on my to-do list), but I love Hawaii...been there a few times, want to go back and see more of the islands.