Robert Hall
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By the way, that bike path is about 15 feet below the street along a creek.. it's a busy four-lane street I drive every day, and it was a bit icy this morning..
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Ahh..I knew it was some little Chevy...saw the bowtie.
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From today's paper... looks like a Cobalt on a bike path upside down.
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Yeah, the Mustang will probably be getting a mid-cycle restyle for '09 or '10 I bet...
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The '84 diesel Escort I had in high school consistently got over 50 mpg on the highway and over 40 around town. It could seat four normal-sized teenagers or adults with no problem...but man, it was stripped down--vinyl seats, manual windows, am radio, but it did have A/C, a tach, and a 5-speed manual...and a whopping 52hp!!!! I don't think I'd want anything that small as a commuter car today, though.
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Well, in Japan, Lexus is a domestic...less cachet than an imported luxury car (BMW, M-B, Cadillac, etc). And that these cars were sold as Toyotas recently (the Lexus name was just launched in Japan last year) hurts them... I don't think Infiniti is in Japan yet, is it (still NA only, I think).
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Yes, something dumb that the kiddies say... I think when was a teenager, we used the word 'lame' in the same sense...
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I've heard 'rel-tehr', 'rel-TOHR', and 'Re-AL-tohr'...
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Yes..I've always liked VW's dash lighting...much nicer than the awful red Audi uses..
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procrastination
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IIRC from articles I've read, the 'Sting Ray' was '63-67, then the name wasn't used in '68, and then 'Stingray' from '69-77 (maybe '76?). Anyway, it's been about 30 years since it's been used; maybe Chevy is assuming buyers today won't associate it with the Corvette..or if they do it will be a positive affiliation for the Kappa model.
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More than weight I notice door length...really long doors are such a pain in tight parking.
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The greatest Corvettes of the past were Sting Rays (2 words)--the '63-67 C2. I don't really care for the C3s, though...
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Yeah, I don't get all the whinging.... Pontiac's had the Pursuit in Canada and the G4 in Mexico for a while, why would they expect anything different here???
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Geneva Buzz: Dodge Resurrects Hornet Name for Its
Robert Hall replied to Variance's topic in Chrysler
Definitely resembles the Nitro and Calibre in the front...interesting little car.. a production version could do well..very modern looking. -
I've been a fan since high school..saw them on the '94 tour in Akron. I esp. like the later post-Waters albums--A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell...but I also like a lot of the earlier work--Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Final Cut in particular. It was David Gilmour's guitar work that got me interested in PF. Speaking of DG, I'm going to see him on his solo tour in April.
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Too many of GM's ads (and I remember this esp. last year with the Red Tag stuff and employee pricing) feel like Wal-Mart ads shouting 'Low Prices Everyday!!!!' The ads need to de-emphasize pricing and bargains and focus on the quality, performance, and content of the vehicles.
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Anyone remember a magazine called 'Auto Design' or similar? I got a few issues in the late '80s.. it was focused on car design and styling in general..neat little mag. I like Hemmings Muscle Machines today..it's a good replacement for the old monthly Muscle Car Review magazine (I had a subscription to that in the '80s-90s).
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I've read CA since about 1985...discovered it at a bookstore when I was in high school. I've read Car off-and-on for about 15 years now.
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A 6 cyl diesel would make sense..something around 4.0L or smaller.
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Yeah, but how often do most minivan buyers fill the seats with adults? The primarly purpose is to haul rugrats...
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Yeah...GM has only 4...
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I'm a Sammy-era fan also...though I always enjoy 1984...hearing that album takes me back to my freshman year in HS when that was the most popular albums in rotation in HS cafeteria at lunch...
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Yeah, the Le Car was one of those cars that was very functional in style, not really ugly, though, iMHO...various small European cars of the era fit the same description---the Fiat 131, Ford Fiesta, etc..functional but not ugly... Austin had one in the '70s that was definitely more on the side of ugly..a wedgy sedan that I can't recall the name of.
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My dad looked at and test drove the le Car when he was looking for a tow car for the RV (a small car to tow on the back of the motorhome).... I was 10 at the time and went around with him test riding in new cars..my favorite we tested was the Datsun 200SX which I thought was neat as it was a 2dr ht (something you didn't see much of in 1980). We tested the Fiesta, Chevette, and Colt also IIRC...he ended up buying a Chevette Scooter (big mistake) and replaced it with a diesel Escort 3 years later..
