Robert Hall

It was good enough to convince a bunch of suckers to put down deposits, though. First year sold out supposedly, though has GM revealed how many units that actually is?

That was my one-and-only gig at a government/municipal client..eye opening. The whole office just felt shabby, from the ancient Bunn coffee maker (which had a 25-cent charge per cup), to the carpet to the creaky elevator to go to the 7th floor offices...which overlooked the fancy relatively new city office building across the street...

Which is crazy, that little potato looks like it should be around $20k tops...

In 2008-2009, I worked on a Java-based implementation of an online bill view/payment system for the City of Phoenix Water Department, and to understand the database model and the existing COBOL system they had to bring in a couple retired Cobol programmers to explain it...we worked with a printed binder of the database model! It was crazy, the Water Department IT cube farm looked like hadn't changed since the 70s except for the semi-modern desktop computers...

Yes, hardcore..though I haven't had to deal w/ COBOL other than one class in college over 30 years ago... (COBOL is an old school computer programming language dating to 1959, but still in use today in many backend systems in banking and other niches..it's evolved quite a bit over the decades).

Hmmm...MicroFocus.. Old school, yet still strangely useful.

I use Safari everyday on my Mac, it's the default browser on the Mac...don't think there is a Windows version of it anymore. I have to use Chrome occasionally as I find some websites that don't work well w/ Safari. As far as Windows, I use Windows 10 for work and I do have to test the corporate applications/websites I build with a variety of browsers--MS Edge, Chrome, and Firefox. And occasionally with IE (though it is obsolete and no longer supported). The other fringe browsers like Brave or Opera have so little market share that they are pretty much ignored. My favorite browser on Windows currently is the latest version of Edge, which is Chrome-based but performs better than Chrome.

Future EV pickups..will be interesting to see how many of these actually are produced and how many go nowhere... https://www.autoblog.com/2020/10/21/electric-pickup-truck-list/

I'd like to see Jeep do a Comanche pickup...based off the Grand Cherokee with a useful bed, like the Ridgeline but RWD/AWD...I'd find something like that more interesting than the Gladiator.

Could work in suburbia also... if I didn't prefer SUVs, I could see having something like a Ridgeline or the upcoming Ford Maverick to haul stuff occasionally for the yard...maybe a Ranger or Colorado. I've never had a use for a typical Bloatbeast 150-350 truck..

Maybe GM can engineer a US version of this Mini EV for $20k and call it the Chevy Sparky or Spark-E.

I noticed the theme changed today, to a gray & white background...looks good.

Sounds like this Hummer sub-brand is going to be for high end exclusive models, they have Chevy for the volume EVs like the Bolt.

The cheap stuff will come from Chevy like the Bolt...

Look at the prices Hummer H1 Alphas are going for, used w/ a garbage interior...this is likely superior to those old shitboxes...Hummer was never about cheap transportation...cheaply build interiors, maybe, but not prices..

Saw the new pics of the Hummer EV. Looks slick. I like the T-top and targa top combo and the big frunk. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/10/20/2022-gmc-hummer-ev-reveal/

Saw that in person at Scottsdale Barrett-Jackson a few years ago..its a wild thing..

Yeah, it’s been a money pit the two years she’s had it, and with all that’s gone on this year, it doesn’t get driven. Wants to keep the Trax, it only has 23k.

Don't think I've ever heard 'vehicle' pronounced 've-hickle'. Anyhoo, haven't seen really seen much of note this month. Went out last Saturday to drop off my ballots at the county Board of Elections--15 minute drive then a 20 min wait in line w/ other vehicles...then took a drive across Cleveland and out into the suburbs and down through Rocky River Reservation (park)..great to see the fall colors and cooler weather. My sister had her Cadillac STS detailed to get it ready to sell, I plan to take it out for a drive this afternoon...running well for now.

Those square body GMs have a lot of charm...I esp. like the earlier two tones..

Yeah, when I drove my sister's Trax from West Palm Beach, Fl to Cleveland, Oh this past January it was fine on a long freeway drive...I would floor it coming down freeway on-ramps and always got to 75-80....cruised fine all day at 65-70..

I remember in my neighborhood in Phoenix an older Hyundai XG (predecessor to the Genesis sedan) w/ the license plate KRNBCK (Korean Buick?). Had a 'Korean War Purple Heart' license plate frame. And to throw in another angle, Hyundai has the N-sub brand for performance...--2-3 models in Europe so far, 1-2 in the US... The new Santa Fe looks quite nice inside.

Interesting...I always thought Hyundai was the entry level brand and Kia a step up.. and Kia has the interesting Stinger GT...

Actually, the CT4 is larger than both the 3 series and C--class...comparing the CT4 to those RWD/AWD sedans makes a lot more sense than comparing it with the FWD appliances..

Sounds like the new electronics aren't from Lucas. I can only imagine the horror if Lucas had built British EV technology in the 60s..they would have spontaneously caught fire.. Speaking of MGBs, I had a coworker in the late 00s that drove a BMW Z3 (later replaced by a Porsche Boxster). He loved small convertibles...told me he had long ago driven a Corvair convertible that was replaced by an MGB...he told me he drove it in fear of rain at night...if he drove it in the rain the headlights and wipers usually would quit working.. eventually traded the MGB on a slightly more reliable Alfa Romeo spyder..