Robert Hall
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Yeah, such are the perils of commuting 50 miles a day in a 9yr old vehicle w/ over 100k miles. Stuff breaks. I've kept to the factory maintenance schedule. Still, my non-gas, etc and insurance expenses for the year so far (this, the seat, a differential speed sensor, a battery) are still only about $1200, less than 3 months of payments on a new car...not bad, I figure.
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The Jeep is in the shop today... $850 for a new radiator, thermostat, upper and lower hoses, something called a bellows on the front axle, etc. I'd been filling up the coolant tank every evening the last week and half, had been leaking.
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I wonder how many/what models still exist. Must be pretty scarce.
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So much for rational, intelligent discussion. Why do think 'it's nothing we've done'? Where is your proof? What about the pollution of the environment and atmosphere from the last 200 years of industrial pollution, and the last 100 years of vehicle pollution? I'm not saying human activity is 100% the source of climate change, but pumping poisons into the atmosphere (not to mention dumping into rivers, lakes, oceans, the ground, etc) certainly has a negative effect on the environment....
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Could be...both fobs seemed to work ok the first 5-6 years, but the last few years one of them I was always replacing the battery and it doesn't seem to work for very long after replacing it. It fits together tightly. I just use that as my back up key, the one I give to the shop guy when I drop it off for maintenance.
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I've got a wierd issue w/ one of my Jeep fobs. I replace the battery in the fob, it works a couple days then quits. The other fob works fine.
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Akk...the first race is here. Maybe I could enter my sister's 500SEL. With all it's weight, I could shove anyone out of my way...
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I'd love to see GM offer manuals across the board in as many vehicles as possible. However, given that Americans overwhelmingly prefer automatics, I doubt if they can make the business case to support the cost of tooling up for vehicles that will never be more than 2-5 percent of sales of a given model (non-performance models).
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Yeah..my sister's flight out of Sacramento was delayed because DIA was shut down temporarily. What a fubar.
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The thread with no end...it goes on and on and on... Thread answer: McCormick Place (home of the Chicago Auto Show)
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Apparently, the boy did not go up in the baloon and was found safe. CNN article
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McCormick-Deering
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Apparently the balloon landed, without the boy. Truly bizarre story. Denver Post article
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Same here...my GC 4.0 l6 averages around 18 mpg in my freeway/in-town/suburbia 50 mile commute. Not bad for a comfortable small-midsize SUV. I've been driving it near daily for over 9 years and 104k miles now..
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I've read about manuals in '78-80 Monte Carlos and Grands Prix as well, remember seeing them in magazine reviews. Don't know about the other A/Gs of the '78-80 period..i.e. Grand Am, LeMans, Century, Regal or Cutlasses...haven't read about any '81 or later A/Gs w/ manuals (other than the famous Iraq Malibus).
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Not surprising, given the luxury nature of the Riviera. I wonder what was the last RWD manual model from Buick? A late '70s Skyhawk, maybe?
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That's China. Buick is in a different market there. Americans in general can't/won't buy a manual, and a brand like Buick (soft near-lux) attracts 99.99% automatic buyers.
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2010 Mercedes E350 Coupe at the Georgian College Autoshow
Robert Hall replied to !!!TED!!!'s topic in Mercedes-Benz
I like it more than the pricier BMW 6 series, at least from the pics. Compared to the comparable A5/S5 or cheaper 3 series or G37 coupes, I'd have to study it in person before forming a strong opinion. I really like the A5/S5 and current 3 series coupe design. -
Saw a goregous maroon w/ black top '66 Dodge Polara conv on a flatbed this morning in traffic.
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Have the usual cloudless silver blue sky and mid 80s here...supposed to get warmer and have 97 by Friday, a bit high for October. One set of predictions I read predicted that by 2040 or so the typical daytime July highs here could reach 140 instead of 115, and the Valley of the Sun's population could be 10 million people instead of 4.5 million now. I want to get of here by next year.
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2010 Mercedes E350 Coupe at the Georgian College Autoshow
Robert Hall replied to !!!TED!!!'s topic in Mercedes-Benz
I remember when those first appeared, I thought they were a revival of vent windows...but they don't move. It's just there because for some reason the door shape would allow a full window to roll down in the door, apparently. -
Yeah, lots of great car choices at $60k...also lots of great car choices at $35-45k. I'm thinking of going to CPOs in the $35-40k range for my next car instead of new.
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I saw a sharp black C6 convertible at Chipotle about an hour ago. The guy driving got out, about 50 or so, 275-300lbs, tight plaid golf pants and tight polo shirt, hideous comb over, big gold frame aviator sunglasses. Not a good style to be rockin' in such a sharp car.
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2010 Mercedes E350 Coupe at the Georgian College Autoshow
Robert Hall replied to !!!TED!!!'s topic in Mercedes-Benz
It's an odd detail that looks like it occurred because the styists and engineers didn't communicate. Stylist: 'Lets have a big side window opening!'. Engineer: 'The window won't go all the way down because of the wheel well'. Stylist: 'Let's just stick a little window in the corner and make the side window smaller so it will go all the way down'. etc.. -
I saw a car tonight on the freeway that I'm not really sure what it was. Maybe some kind of Callaway Corvette. Appeared to be a black C6 Corvette convertible, but it had a custom rear cap with a recessed, forward leaning taillight area w/ oval taillights similar to the C5 w/ a license plate between the lights. Hmmm..
