Robert Hall

It's not just the boomers...most people I know of my generation (X) and demographic (software professionals) won't even consider domestics...Jeep is about the only brand that has any traction amongst my friends and colleagues of my generation. Acura/Honda, Toyota, Audi, BMW, Nissan/Infiniti, Subaru, etc get their $$$... I feel very much in the minority for owning and liking Big 3 rides..

I lived there '94-97...it was dying then, probably worse now. Ann Arbor was great, but Detroit looked like a war zone.

Youngstown-Bruce Springsteen

Though FWD, I'd like to see Honda do a new Prelude.. I really liked the last one (5th gen?). Supposedly, the hybrid CR-Z is going to be built..

That's unfortunate... I don't know for sure, but I would think in the US all the competition would have fog lights standard across all trim levels.

The Challenger is wider also, I think..though I didn't look up those dimensions. The new Camaro is pretty close to the GTO in size, I think.

Looks pretty rusty underneath, though... I'm sure it will appear at Barrett-Jackson or another auction in a year or two full restored and go for serious $$$.

It's based on an '84 Dodge Colt Turbo according to the article.

Pretty amazing.... if that were just an ordinary LeMans, it would probably go for 1/100th that price...it's in pretty sad shape.

Yes...197.7, 116 inch wheelbase. I'd call it a full size coupe...whatever category it is, I love it...really stands out amongst the FWD generica that dominates the car market today.

Actually, the Merceds 6.3 V8 came out in '63 in the 600 limo...the 300SEL 6.3 sedan started as a private venture in '66, factory model from '68-72. The 450SEL 6.9 came later, starting in '75.

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$2.75/gal for premium this morning for the 300CE.

I love it..wonderfully retro modern...love the '71 Cuda style touches like the grille and taillights. An AAR style hood would have made it even cooler, though.

Both very cool...love how the blacktop has a vintage Challenger badge in the taillight.

Curious... by the way, FOG, what is the origin of that pic in your sig? I've wondered for a while..

I'm very sorry about your loss, and my thoughts are with you PCS.. I lost my father in 1999 on Non-Hodgekins Lymphoma when I was 29..wish I had had more time to spend with him as an adult... he was 50 when I was born, retired at 55, so I did get alot of time w/ him growing up..

The funny thing about PBR--it's sort of become a trendy hipster beer in recent years... a couple years ago, I used to do happy hour all the time at a Mc Cormick & Schmicks (upscale seafood restaurant) in a trendy office park, and they had PBR in cans! I remember drinking those and eating tasty calamari and oysters. Phoenix has a few decent microbreweries (Four Peaks, Sonoran) but I miss all the brewpubs of Denver...there is a ton of great beer brewed in the Centennial State..

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Microbrews and Mexican beers for me, and red wine w/ dinner usually (Merlots, Rhones, Cabs). I used to like vodka and Scotch, but very rarely have anything heavy anymore. I do like a mojito occasionally, esp. in hot weather. Speaking of wine, I want to do a Napa wine tour sometime in the Spring.... I was there briefly one afternoon a few years ago, but want to go back see more. Elsewhere in CA, there is a winery in Paso Robles that I want to visit, mainly because they have my name. (a friend clued me in to them, I've tried their Syrah, quite good).

Winter beaters I always thought were under $500 (or $1000 to adjust for inflation). My brother used to do that in Ohio, getting a new rusty junker every year.

I wonder which would be worse, a winter in Fargo or a summer in Phoenix I've lived through NE Ohio and SE Michigan winters, but Fargo would be much worse, I think. I can't imagine why people would want to live there...

it wouldn't stop me... airlines go bankrupt all the time, and I still fly on them. Bankrupt does not mean out of business.

I would think GM would be looking at building Hummers in Russia, what with all the OC there...those guys love their bling toys.

Yes, they are great to have. Used 'em for years in my Jeep....even though I have a heated garage in CO, they were nice to have. Not sure if I will use them much in AZ, though. The '84 and '91 Mercs have them also. And the '84 has a power rear seat, unusual feature to see..