Robert Hall

Saw a faded flat orange '79-82 Mustang coupe on the freeway. Windows down on 100 degree day, black vinyl interior. OUCH

I'll try and snap a pic tomorrow of the one at work. They also painted the silver trim at the bottom of the decklid bodycolor.

Hmmm... so many to choose from. Here's some that for me have held up quite well to repeat viewings, from my DVD collection, loosely grouped. Favorite LA-set crime dramas (no particular order): Heat Training Day Collateral To Live and Die in LA LA Confidential Other favorite crime dramas: Bullitt Le Cirque Rouge Un Flic LA Confidential French Connection Ronin The Italian Job (original) Manhunter Silence of the Lambs Q&A Lone Star Serpico Get Carter (original) Favorite action/spy movies: Bourne Identity Bourne Untimatum Bourne Supremacy Casino Royale Quantum of Solace Transporter Goldeneye Tommorow Never Dies Patriot Games Clear and Present Danger Martin Scorcese movies: Mean Streets Casino Goodfellas The Departed The Last Waltz Cold War: Hunt for Red October Seven Days in May Dr Strangelove Thunderball From Russia With Love Funeral in Berlin Twilight's Last Gleaming other: Michael Clayton Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Life of Brian Spinal Tap Breakdown Duel Vanishing Point Sci-fi: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension Gattica Dark City The Matrix The Matrix Reloaded Strange Days original Star Wars Trilogy

Not a fan of PETA, but I really like pita bread...with hummus or with gyros. Tasty.

I got a $1000 coupon and customer loyality letter from Chrysler last week. Doesn't apply to the Challenger, and the '11 GC won't be out for a while, so it's not useful for me. Rob

Kind of reminds me of some friends of mine. A couple that is now 32 (she) and 38 (he)...when they married 6 years ago, she had a Focus, he had a Cherokee...they bought a Trailblazer and Rendezvous in '05, and recently upgraded to a Yukon and an Enclave for their family cars. Rob

Not Olds Guy, but I hear you... I've given up on trying to find stuff at retailers like Target and Wal-Mart (except for Hot Wheels and Matchbox). The pegs always seem picked over. For Johnny Lightning, Greenlight, and M2, I buy pretty much all of mine from reputable online vendors, like these: Milezones (my favorite for JL,GL, and M2) (www.milezone.net) Evers Toy Store (www.everstoystore.com) Also a source for JL,GL and M2, as well as Revell 1:24/1:25th scale model kits Diecast Alley http://dcastalley.stores.yahoo.net/ 1Stop Diecast www.1stopdiecast.com Rob

Maybe Buick can bring the 'sexy back'... get JT for an ad...

Sharp...looks like it's in really clean shape..always liked those cars.

I got that one recently, it's quite nice. Their Aerocoupe version so far has only been offered in chrome..would like to see them do a regular color issue.

Is this the Elco you are talking about, thinking about getting one of these.. Hot Wheels Collectors site

This morning, a couple oddities--- saw a semi tractor with two more tractor cabs (without their front wheels) piggybacked onto it's fifth wheel, and on the last one, there was a green Kia Rio strapped down, bumming a ride. Saw a really clean silver late 4th gen Z-28, but with chrome speed holes on the front fender and 'Type-R' and 'VTEC' badges on the rear. Wierd.

I've been arguing with netizens on the Internets since first using Usenet newsgroups in 1988, so screw all you newbies.. J/K, but the Internet is a massive time sink. I need to spend more time offline. Hard to do that with Internet access everywhere (my phone, my laptops, etc). And what with ecommerce, internet banking, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Google reader, Google finance, etc...so much of my daily business is conducted online. Back on topic--all in all, though, these forums are generally pretty mellow and tame compared to other communities I've spent typing time in. Not much in the way of flame wars, etc. Rob

Saw a white HHR panel in a local aircon sales and service livery, with ladders on the roof. Neat to see one used commercially.

I tried to create a user named 'Pingas', but it never was fully approved. Rob

Call it Detroit Motors. For a blunt tagline, how about "Buy our Products or Go F*ck Yourself".

NAM: New American Motors. A New Company for a New America.

Interesting..I'm surprised they instead haven't developed a coupe version of the Prius to appeal to the green youth market. The idea of the sporty RWD Toyota seems so odd, as the era of RWD Supras and Celicas seems long past.. Rob

There is a maroon new TL at work..what's unusual is that I noticed today that they have painted the shield grille piece body color...looks better than the faux brushed aluminum they normally are, IMHO.

Certainly an eye of the beholder thing. Some details of certain cars are quite ugly, IMHO, like the current Subaru Impreza WRX front end, or the Camry 'pig nose' grille, the Cube's grille, the vile Toyota Matrix front end, the Lincoln Navigator front end, the hideous Ford Super Duty and E-series van front ends (esp. the base black ones with old-timey headlights mounted low). But for all around ugliness in a single model, I'd probably have to go with the Element. Functional but soo ugly. Rob

Never seen one of those. I have seen many Prius cabs here in Phx and in Denver. I've ridden in Toyota cabs twice--both in Honolulu--a clean late '90s Lexus LS400 and a ratty late '80s Corolla wagon.

I remember reading about this car years ago in a book w/ b&w pics--the Jerry Titus '68 Firebird (actually a Camaro) Trans Am race car..has the Chevy 302. Maybe this car is part of the urban legend of the 'Canadian Firebirds'. '68 Firebird Race Car This does bring up an interesting question, though--were Firebirds sold in Canada from '67-69 and what was under the hood? Rob

I remember back in the '70s-80s seeing a red '74 GTO near my folks' farm in Ohio, parked in a driveway. About 1986 or so it got hit hard in the rear, sat in the driveway another year or so..don't know what ever happened to it. I really liked the '73, another 1 year only GTO.

When I click on the post, it shows it as 'C&G Top Articles'. It doesn't show it being in another forum...I figured 'C&G Top Articles' was a redirect to another forum, but it's just not apparent which one that is.. Rob

The thread is marked 'CLOSED' now for some reason. Seems to be a duplicate anyway.