Robert Hall

Yes...strange place. I'm ready to run screaming back to Denver.

I think their burgers are pretty good, but I prefer Fatburger.

Chick-Fill-A is fairly common in the West. They aren't open Sundays.

Interesting...and isn't Viva a Vauxhall name from decades ago?

I know a number of Honda performance guys in the Denver area that have modded their NSXes and S2000s, and they laugh at the ricer kids with Civics w/ yellow wipers. I've been on a few car club outings with them, the NSXes are incredible on the windy back roads.

The AMGs are esp. common out here in the Scottsdale area...I think I see more AMG SLs than regular SLs.

Heh-heh...I've been tricked by the trunk lock on my sister's Benzes myself....as with other European cars, shutting the trunk doesn't lock it. The cool thing is that after 20+ years, the central locking on her 500SEL still works...it seems more mechanical than electrical...lock or unlock the driver's door, and a few seconds later, the other doors lock/unlock with solid thunk. Another odd factoid--the key for her '91 300CE will unlock (but not start) the '84 500SEL but not the other way around. She's thinking of selling the 300CE, since it's very clean with only 117k miles. Working in Ohio (she rents cars back there, thinking of buying a diesel Jetta), she's only here twice a month or so, so both cars sit alot.

IIRC, it's pretty good... I've only run into it in restaurants in the Denver and Boulder areas...

The Suzuki version (Verona) was a rebadged Daewoo Magnus....predates the GM purchase of Daewoo. The Magnus dates to 2000, replaced by the Tosca/Epica in '06. Both had the transverse 6.

Hmm....good question. Can't think of any. Remember the mid '90s when teal and forest green were everywhere?

Speaking of fries, any fans of poutine or steak frites? Both can be quite tasty, IMHO.

The Lucerne isn't bad looking, but I think the Park Avenue was a better looking car...it had more Buick styling cues, and nice curvy Riviera-eque rear quarters..

In and Out They are in 4 Western states only, apparently (CA, AZ, NV, UT). Another favorite burger chain that I like (no drive thru, though) is Fatburger. Another fast food chain (no drive thru) I like a lot is L&L Hawaiian Barbeque...they are 10 states now, I remember when they were only in Hawaii (like Zippys).

Ok...so what is going to become of the next Impala, Lucerne, and DTS? More FWD generics? Boring.

For burgers, I like In and Out...I also like Jack in the Box (In and Out has a neat animation intro page on their website with a lot of '60s Dodge Darts and '50s Ford trucks going thru their drive thru).

IIRC, some teams ran the Olds 88 also...Cale Yarbourough's Hardees car was an 88, IIRC. When NASCAR went to the FWD car bodystyles over the fake RWD chassis was about the time I stopped watching NASCAR.

I found the GTO and ZR1 at Target Friday...both very nicely done.

I don't think I've ever seen one of those, other than that magazine ad back in the day. I do remember the Le Sabre T-Types, though.

Yes, it gives it the look of a road going version of a DTM race car.

Yeah, it was a luxury car thing then, though...in '68, probably very few Chevys had them. I haven't had a car with manual windows in over 20 years, never had a problem with power windows.

That's a CLK AMG Black Series...it's one supremely badass car. I saw one at the post office a few weeks ago...they look incredible in person, sound incredible also.

Well, it was 1968..I think most cars still had manual windows 40 years ago.

Apparently the Tosca/Epica has a transverse straight-six...strange. Epica article on Wikipedia

Sweet...I love those big old ragtops...my favorites being the '71-73 or so B-bodies.

Yeah, I esp. like the boattails and the '71-72 GP...fantastically sculptured cars, IMHO.