Robert Hall

Oshawa, eh? Which means... it will be either on Zeta or the W-platform (Epsy Dos is not at Oshawa yet, is it?)

?? The CES conference is in Las Vegas this week. Has nothing to do w/ Ford Europe.

To tow a tiny trailer. I saw an interesting Metro the other day when random googling on hypermiling..some one had cut down the roofline of a Geo Metro to make it more aero, looked like a Honda CRX sorta kinda..

LoL.... the pics (and Wikipedia entry on Henry Earl are pretty funny. Didn't we used to have a Harley Earl character on C&G? Someone that was a fan or had them as part of their sig or avatar?

Ya... I had a ticket to go w/ my manager, but for various reasons, ended up not going. Would have been interesting.

Cool...most of the Snappers I grew up mowing on had Briggs & Stratton engines, except for one that had a troubled Tecumseh.

I'm sure Yakima or Thule has roof ski racks that will fit it.

You probably didn't hear about the bankruptcy? It took GM longer to get it out because GM doesn't have BMW or Mercedes' deep pockets..

Not sure if they are dealer options, but satin black seems popular in Europe on some Audis, Merc AMGs, etc.. Esp. in places w/ sloppy winters, low gloss/no gloss paint schemes would be great. I'd like an olive drab GC w/ black wheels.

Best Bob Barker-related quote: Happy Gilmore: [to Bob Barker] The price is wrong, bitch.

See what popped into my head was '10 Highlander, Land Cruiser, Sequoia, etc. Oh well. I like the blacked-out look also...I'd definitely take the black wheels as an option. The whole vehicle in flat black would be a nice low-maintenance option as well.

They probably left out the Rogue based on where it finished in teh last such comparo. I read this article last weekend, but remember none of it.

I've seen 2 Crosstours on the road (looks much better in person, at least in profile). Have yet to see a ZDX on the road.

The first auto accident (non-fatal) occured in 1891 according to this site, in Ohio (of course--so many 1sts have happened in Ohio).. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2596 Haven't turned up the first fatal, but I bet it was before 1900 also.

On Wyatt's JLCollector site, this is Trucks and SUVs R3.. http://www.jlcollector.com/suvr3.html IIRC, I have most of these.. All the known variations of the Syclone are here. http://www.jlcollector.com/419.html

Wasn't the concept just unveiled about a year ago? LAIAS '09 or NAIAS '09, IIRC.

Cool...I have the white one. IIRC, JL made a Syclone about 10 years ago or so also.

Not out yet...don't know if the street date has been announced yet or not.

It was unveiled at the LAIAS in silver last month.

From profile, the taillights remind me of the previous 2 generations of GC (the trapezoidal taillight shape, the angle of the quarter windows), but the rear hatch details (taillights on the hatch, chrome strip) strangely make me think Highlander, Sequoia, Sienna, Land Cruiser... it will grow on me, I'm sure. Definitely like the front end, a nice improvement over the 3rd gen (I never liked the hood w/ the humps over the headlights on the 3rd gen). The front looks like an evolution of the 2nd gen. Looking forward to seeing it in person and driving it.

Looks faithful to the concept that was at one of the autoshows last year. Interesting the change from vertical to horizontal taillights after 3 generations. The taillights and chrome bar give the rear a strong Toyota vibe, unfortunately.

screaming (as in some days I just want to run screaming from work)

Gather all the parts for a particular car through various companies and put them in a big box, it would be like a metal body 1:1 scale model kit

Found this.. Cars Inc makes a '55 Chevy convertible body... 55 Chevy body Here's Dynacorn's list of GM bodies they offer.. Dynacorn No '80s Cavalier bodies that I can find yet.

ribs (I be grillin' some pork short ribs right now on tha Webah)