Robert Hall

I used to have a lot of issues with spicy Asian food, esp. Indian and Thai. But Imodium is my friend...take 2-3 before eating, 2-3 after, and my bowels are happy and stable..

Going out for sushi & drinks can get pricey fast...every time I've gone out for sushi it's usually $25-40 a head minimum. Sometimes I take wasabi straight, other times I've mixed it with soy sauce or sriaracha (the big red bottle). Sushi always reminds me of California, since that is where I first discovered it a decade ago...I was in San Francisco for the Java One conference... one night, I was hanging out w/ some Sun consultant buddies, and we stuffed 5 guys into a Mustang Cobra and drove over to Yoshi's Jazz Club and Sushi restaurant in Jack London Square, Oakland..I still remember that night quite well, great music, great sake, great sushi..

Yeah...settle down, buy a Corolla, keep it 10 years..

At work, my project manager's husband works for NASCAR, doing something with advertising.. they moved to Denver from Charlotte a few years back..they have a Honda Accord and a Tundra, both with #3 and NASCAR decals....fans of an American racing series driving their American made Japanese vehicles..

That would be nice...FWD Impala, RWD Caprice. Maybe a LWB Epsilon II variant for the next Impala?

They make great used car buys, IMHO...I really enjoyed my '96 M3...(bought it used in '98). Compact and light, very balanced cars.

BMW has long had lengthy, pricey option lists...same with the 3 and 5 series..there's a huge price difference between a base model and a fully loaded one.

Yeah, it would make a neat coffee table book... when I lived in an apartment, there was a neighbor who drove about a baby-blue 1950 Plymouth 4dr....amazing to see something like driven in the '90s.

Hmmm...in the past week, I've eaten at a Tibetian place (today for lunch), an Indian buffet, a Chinese place, a Mexican place, a Thai place, and an Italian restaurant. Plus Einstein's Bagels a couple times and Starbucks. Thai is probably my favorite 'ethnic' food, followed by Indian and then Vietnamese (I love the noodle bowls and pho soup). I also like Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine occasionally. I go for French and German occasionally also ... I also like 'mercun' ethnic food, like BBQ and Cajun/Louisiana cuisine.

That's got to be kind of rare...I have a friend that has one of the last ones badged as a Blazer ('94?). A red 2dr w/ barn doors. Neat truck. I saw a new Chrysler minivan for the first time today, wasn't quite sure what it was at first--the styling is rather European, big, clean, boxy..very different profile from the Asian minivans. I saw a clean bright red '67 Camaro RS also, had the headlight doors open, no front bumper, cowl hood, black Z-28 style stripes...

The lousy gas mileage is the big problem with the Aveo...a subcompact like that should get at least 40mpg...

Interesting...I figured the new Malibu would have a typical 4 year or so run..

We'll see...I can't imagine a new Malibu in only 3 years...this is GM we are talking about...

The next-gen Malibu is probably 5 years away, though, and who knows if it will be larger than the current one?

And what if that Saturn had had a hatchback...would it have been a 4dr?

The problem is engineers generally have no interest in moving into the management side of things... Very different mindsets and motivations between the technical and managerial worlds.

Because on the internet, arguing over trivia is the highest form of conversation..

Just watched an interesting Hungarian movie--"Kontroll" that has a great soundtrack...got to find it.

Wow...that Pontiac coupe is CLEAN. I don't think I've seen one that nice since '77.

Ok...I give up. You are impossible.

I'm surprised they don't make him register as a car dealer. I had a buddy in college that bought, fixed up, and sold cars continuously for about 5 years to pay his way through school..I think he had over 100 cars over a 5 year span..

I certainly refer to them as coupes... definitions change over time. These body style definitions are not cast in stone...stop being such a curmudgeon and open your mind, ok? (of course, in the bigger scheme of things, this is all just trivia).

Whatever...

Yes, outside the US. It was only sold here for a brief time. I think in the US, many people would confuse it with the Festiva, which was a real POS.

Little brother for Aygo, eh? I could see this coming to the US as the Scion IQ (or a hybrid version as the Prius IQ).