Robert Hall

Nice...just saw this thread. An old buddy of mine from elementary school through high school has one the same year and color. Saw it a couple years ago, still in great shape, has like 30k miles.

Took a couple quick trips out and about today, incl. to the dealer this morning for oil change, filter, tire rotation, etc. Was out on the freeway in my Jeep for the first time in 4 months...beautiful sunny day, sunroof open, blasting U2 from their new Sirius XM channel...for 20 min the world felt 'normal' again...maybe take a drive up to the lake this weekend.

ferocious

While at the dealer this morning for some routine service, I strolled around the lot. At the back, i spotted a couple rusty old minivans, a rusty Ram pickup w/ what looked like at outboard motor attached (or maybe it's a salt spreader for plowing), a Jaguar w/ a munched bumper, and a Smart cabriolet 'Passion' trim level...

At the dealer for some service today, noticed a bird nest in the ‘e’ on the sign.

I didn't have a front plate in AZ, had to get a bracket installed when I moved to Ohio.

..don't look good...down across the board it looks like.

My suburban street is pretty quiet and most people keep to themselves, but are socialable enough. My Ukranian neighbors on the left moved out and put their house up for sale a month or so ago. The house on the right that had been empty since I moved here was renovated and flipped last year, sold a couple months ago, have chatted over the fence w/ the 2 Honda Millennials (Ridgeline and Civic) that bought it are decent enough, the guy works from home in software but in QA. The elderly woman in the house behind me is pretty crabby, only talked w/ her a couple times in the 3 years here. The couple next to them on each side seem decent, chatted w/ them a couple times. The people in the 3-4 houses across the street I've chatted briefly with when I've been outside working in the yard..the guy across the street has a late model Mustang, and the guy next to him has a boat, always working on it in the summer, 2 houses down is an older couple w/ a dead Grand National in the garage and a dead Lincoln Mk VII LSC in the driveway, talked cars w/ them a couple times, the guy next to them has an S2000, across the street from them is a Subaru fan w/ a Legacy and two Outbacks, next to the Mazda fan..

In the before time, I used to occasionally enjoy buffets and Monogolian BBQs..

So spray painting them with Rustoleum chrome is out of the question?

Basically may as well cancel the rest of 2020. I think it's going to be a while before indoor events of any sort are back to 'normal' in the US.

GT-R

And those numbers are off from 2017...in 2017 Nissan was #6 globally, behind Ford and ahead of Honda. I see variation depending on the criteria for ranking, this list has them at #9 and Ford at #8. Must be financial and not volume, since it has Tesla at #7. https://www.bizvibe.com/blog/automobiles/top-10-automobile-companies-in-the-world/

Nissan produced almost 5 million vehicles globally last year..not trivial. About the same as Ford globally.

I was able to read it without an issue, without paying.

There were photos of t-shirt and a logo on a truck in Japan some years ago posted on a car magazine site fir KFC—King Fucker Chicken . Apparently it wasn't a restaurant, but a Japanese heavy metal band.

Similarly, I've seen random US sports team shirts show up in European TV shows..like Ohio State, Notre Dame and a high school in Texas sports shirts/hoodies were seen in a Belgian crime drama I watched recently.

Today is his birthday also... Elon is a year younger than me. Other celeb birthdays shared w mine include John Elway and John Cusack.

Thank you... it has been fascinating and strange... from spending childhood in E. Ohio near Pittsburgh, to middle school and high school in the Florida Keys, college in NE Ohio, grad school in Michigan, then over decade on the Front Range of Colorado, almost a decade in Arizona, then back to NE Ohio again.... Living on a farm in the middle of nowhere, living in a beach house, living in the suburbs, in apartments in college towns, living in a Winnebago... and all the places I've worked in my career---startups, Fortune 50 companies, to working from home for 3 years straight.. to the countless concerts I've been to that have likely ruined my hearing... the interesting cars I've owned and have driven...25+ years w/ SUVs, etc. Party on Wayne, party on Garth. Wherever you go, there you are!

10 yr old Sprinters around here seem to be as rusty as 15-20 yr old Econolines and Expresses..

The 11 dogs that have been in my sister’s and my life the last 12+ years have all been rescues. Some well-adjusted, some with issues. At some point, I wouldn’t mind getting a puppy, probably a Westie or Cairn Terrier. Wowza. For that price, I’d want a GC Summit.

A year ago, I wouldn’t have imagined spending my 50th birthday at home, but that is how today turned out. But I’ve enjoyed it, from the Southern ham biscuits for breakfast, to the lemon cake my sister baked, to the nice juicy NY Strip steak I grilled along w/ a bottle of fine French champagne and a bottle of Napa Viognier... And watched a great documentary about the Targa Florio. Sheltering at home w/ the little terriers I love and the one family member that really understands me, made it a good day. What a long, strange trip it’s been to 50....

Supposedly not coming here, but I’ve read that Toyota is adding another CUV for the US of similar size to the C-HR

Yaris Cross

2019 US spec. The US never got the 'new' Fiesta.