Robert Hall

In my Jeep, the cupholders are right behind the two shifty thingys... with a loose-fitting cup of coffee or bottle of water, I know I've spilled content into the shifty thingys over the years several times when I've had to make a hard stop or go over a bump. The tranny and xfer case seem to still work ok, though..

A little duct tape, bondo, a hammer and some spare parts and it should be good as new..

That little chrome mirror looks a lot like the one from a '69 Camaro.

Think of it as a movie car... IIRC, there was a TV show years ago with Michael Landon as an angel and a bearded guy and they drove around in a silver '77-79 LTD II 4dr.

Cool...I'll have to get one of those... most of my diecast collection is in two storage units in Colorado and I still have quite a few at my folk's place in Ohio.

I guess they are trying to scream 'WE ARE GREEN' even if it's an obese truck that barely gets 15 mpg..

I saw a really clean '89-90 or so Caprice in traffic today..white w/ black out windows, wire wheel covers..very clean condition.

I took I-25 down from Denver, then from Soccoro, NM I took US 60 across NM and down to Phoenix.. US 60 is a great road, very little traffic, and the terrain is fascinating (the drive from Show Low AZ to Superior, AZ through Globe is incredible...winding and twisty up and down the Salt River Canyon). The desert is in spring bloom now, very beautiful. I stopped and took a tour of the Very Large Array radio telescope facility off US 60, it was featured in the movie 'Contact'...neat place. (NRAO VLA) I've done the I-25 to Albuquerque and then I-40 to Flagstaff and then down I-17 to Phoenix drive 3 times in the last few years, so I was looking for something different this time.

Denver and Phoenix here, though I'm originally from Ohio (and lived in S. Florida, Michigan, and Illinois in the past).

I took a road trip last week..left Denver Wednesday and drove down to Los Alamos, NM...then on Saturday, drove down to Soccoro, NM and took US 60 over to Show Low, AZ and then down through the Salt River Canyon through Globe and on into Phoenix...beautiful scenery. I saw quite a few interesting oldies, incl. a goregous white '68 Buick Wildcat 2dr, a light green '61 Cadillac 4dr ht, a maroon '68 Camaro SS, a couple '64-66 T-birds, and drove past a salvage yard in Soccoro, NM chock full of '50s-70s vintage cars. I saw a sharp yellow mid '60s Chevy stepside pickup here in Phoenix last night.

They use too much road salt in Ohio and other states in the Midwest and the NE, I'm sure that contributes to the problem. (I lived in the Akron and Cleveland area for 6 years, and saw what it did to cars...my Bronco started rusting when I lived there when it was less than 5 years old)>

Probably more that it's looked the same for 4 model years now..it needs an MCE yesterday..

Didn't the Regal start in '73 as the Monte Carlo equivalent coupe?

A Lexus Prius would be great...efficiency with a nice interior. For a small car like that to be usable as a commuter car, I'd want a full-lux interior (I hate cheap gray plastic interiors most small, cheap cars have).

How about an '80s T1000? It's a RWD Pontiac...saw one recently, first I'd seen in years. Be good on gas also.

Neat...a '67 Pontiac airport limo.. I've read that back in day, airports used stretched wagons and sedans like that instead of the generic buses they use now for shuttles..

Speaking of old cars, in a few days I'm going have a couple oldies but goodies to drive, both heavy and smooth, and one a 2dr hardtop. Both built in the last 25 years, but no cupholders, unfortunately...

Michael Connelly (wrote the murder mystery 'The Poet')

Heh-heh..I used a similar line w/ a buddy a while back that was raving about the WRX Sti...fast but painfully ugly car, IMHO. Bottom line, no matter how fast the SRT4 is, it's still a Neon...ugh.

Nice. It's too bad they don't offer the hatchbacks here like in the UK...they are the slickest looking of the Civics, IMHO (and have the cool headlight and taillight treatments).

What is the source of this talk about 'Sigma can't do convertibles'? Sounds like BS.

Speaking of the new Corolla, my TiVo downloaded some advert program titled 'Live The Dream with the All-New Corolla'... I don't think I will..

Looks sharp...like the color (black cherry?).

Nope...I think the Dodge Breeze is going to be based on a Chery (A3?).. Autoblorg had something about it recently.

Why not?