Robert Hall

I remember 25 years ago, the area in Ohio I grew up in had a Sears, KMart, a Rink's, a Hill's, a Montgomery Ward's, a TG&Y, a Hart's, a Fisher's Big Wheel, Quality Farm & Fleet and a couple others...in 3 towns with 5-12k people, in a county w/ about 75k. \ Wal-Mart showed up 15 years ago. Today, population is a bit more, but all those stores are gone. Wal-Mart is all that is there, even the Sears closed in the mall last year. Rob

Excellent. Congrats on the new gig!

Cool.... I haven't picked up any new MBXes in a couple months, usually find them at WM or Target. This is the 2nd time MBX has done a '63 Caddy ambulance---I have one of their original ones from the early '60s (one of their tiny 'Regular Wheels' issues).

Sweet stuff...the newest Greenlight Auction Block series release has a sweet red '70 GTO w/ black vinyl top and a custom 2 tone '68 Chevy pickup..ordered them yesterday. There is a blue '71 GTO in the recent Factory 2 Pack series also. I don't have any of the Motor World series yet, but have seen them online. Here are pics of the Auction Block series from GLCollector.com GL Collector

Nah, I'm just lazy about putting the TP back on the holder--it's one w/ a spring and a pain to change out..

Well, it's one of those important issues that come up from time to time...lately, though, I don't even bother putting TP on a holder...I just keep 1/2 dozen rolls on top of the tank and roll off what I need, and a 24 pack in the closet.

I don't think I've been in a regular Sears since about 2000...I think I bought a battery at one in Colorado Springs. When I need tools, I go to the neighborhood Ace or Home Depot.

I'm looking forward to seeing the new Taurus in person...looks great in the pics. I like the size of it. The interior looks great from the pics.

Looks like the TDI comes well-equipped, though...not stripped down.

The SHO is $38-43k or so...I'm sure some CTSes are in that price range. I didn't say they are competitors--many cars/trucks/SUVs are in that price range--, but that they are in overlapping price ranges, way above that of the Taurus' GM competition (Impala). The recent Impala SS wasn't in that price range...

GS might work...they used that on the last Regal, so their is a precident for using it on FWD 4dr sedans. GNX should be like GTO, reserved for RWD muscle cars. Super seems very old, old school...like 1950. Not 2010.

Well, the SHO is priced into CTS territory. (I'm not saying the SHO competes with the CTS, but I can't see a Chevy SS (Malibu?) in that price range...possibly a LaCrosse performance variant instead?)

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Hmmm...got to translate...by 'Over' do you mean from the front--'B' in the diagram---and by 'Under' do you mean from the back--'A' in the diagram? If so, I prefer from the back ('A'). I think the reason it's done that way is to conserve use (pulling from the back usually results in less pulled off than from the front.) From the front also makes it too easy for pets to grab some and make a mess... Rob

Saw a sharp bright red '83-87 El Camino and a sharp white '65 Cadillac 2dr (not sure if it was a Calais or CdV) today..

Ya, or the other way around. or 'merger of equals'. There are also some hybrid stores--'Sears Essentials' that really look like a KMart inside but w/ Sears appliances and tools.

One of your own?

When I was in college and grad school, we did road trips every summer to Cedar Point, a short drive from the Cleveland area and from Ann Arbor. I went at least once every summer from '89 through '96. Fun, fun place. Never been to Kings Island, but went to Kennywood (Pittsburgh area) as a kid a few times. I went to Six Flags Elitch Gardens a few times during my Denver era, a couple work outings.

Ya, at least tighter tops. I remember tight designer jeans and a lot of tight white pants (sort of the capri style) being popular when I was in my teens in the mid to late '80s. And the notorious parachute pants also.

Hmmm.. Maybe it's simply that they dress skimpier than they did back in the Big 80s? I don't recall as much visible boobage/cleavage in the Big Hair Big '80s. Young women (and the not so young) seem to wear those negligee looking tops a lot in warm weather this decade.. or more Victoria's Secret miracle bras... Speaking of 90-degree heat, I'm looking forward to some of the cool stuff this weekend. It's been 107-109 all week, cooling off from July and early August heights...

They were/are sharp cars..I was behind one in traffic this morning and noticed the taillights, plate surround, and back up lights were different than yours...narrower taillights...must have been an MCE at some point.

I had the same thought....hopefully they won't overproduce. Not just GM w/ this plant, but other makers as well. CARS stimulated sales for many models and cleaned out inventory for them, but it's no guarantee that the demand will stay strong the rest of the year for those models.

It's an AWD sports sedan, not a RWD musclecar. It needs it's own identity.

The SHO is AWD. And it will be a Buick, the Insignia is coming as a Regal, correct? This AWD version is over 4000 lbs, I'm sure a LaCrosse version will be even heavier..

So? It's only 321hp...Ford has already done 365hp w/ the SHO.