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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    Real SUVs to me are on dedicated RWD/AWD platforms or truck BOF construction. Wranglers, Grand Cherokees, the larger Range Rovers, Land Cruisers, Tahoes, Escalades, etc. Not weak transverse engine FWD car-based CUVs. Vehicles such as a Wrangler or G-class are certainly more ruggedly built than some transverse engine FWD appliance...and off road capable.
  2. Robert Hall
    Real SUVs may be more rugged and longer lasting, but you are talking about CUVs---which are just common FWD transverse engine appliances---just tall cars, nothing special. Alas, consumers don't distinguish between SUVs and CUVs.
  3. Robert Hall
    Maybe a tie-in with an Ant-Man movie? Not sure if I saw that one. The GMC product placements in the opening scenes for Sunday Night Football (or Monday Night Football) are pretty cheesy also...
  4. Robert Hall
    Have fun..that sounds like my kind of vacation. Wine, water and mountains.
  5. Robert Hall
    Yes, not feasible in the US. Getting a driver's license is a way more expensive and lengthy process in other countries also..
  6. Robert Hall
    Yes, I think inclement weather is one of the big issues that will prove difficult to achieving Level 4 or Level 5 autons. I'm assuming some sort of radar or x-ray cameras could be used to see the road surface under the snow, ice, etc. I was under the impression that some European countries had foul weather training as part of their driving licensing programs...I know in the US getting a license is trivially easy.
  7. Robert Hall
    Nasty weather driving forces drivers to focus on driving, which is a distraction from playing on their phone like some are used to....driverless cars are needed for such useless drivers that shouldn't be on the road, IMO... I saw the 'moved from dry states' phenomenon when I lived in Colorado..so many people moved in the late 90s-early 00s from Texas and So Cal, had no clue how to drive in inclement weather. Having grown up driving in NE Ohio, I found Colorado's winter driving easier, since there usually wasn't ice but dry powder.
  8. Robert Hall
    That reminds me of the ice storm I got in on the belt line around Portland in 2005. I was visiting friends in Beaverton (hilly suburb on westside of Portland), staying at a hotel on the east side of Portland by the airport. Rather than drive over the hills of the city and back to the hotel, I thought it would be easier/safer in inclement weather to take the belt line freeway that looped around the south side of the city. Wrong. It took me 7 hours to drive the roughly 25 miles back to my hotel. Traffic was moving at under 10 mph most of the time, everything coated in ice w/ freezing rain coming down. White-knuckle low speed driving. The white FWD Grand Prix rental I had did well, never skidded.
  9. Robert Hall
    4 cyl hybrids are for compact economy cars or midsize family sedans, out of place in a large luxury car.
  10. Robert Hall
    Meh, a turbo 4 in a big car like that isn't very compelling. And 340hp according to Wikipedia, not 449hp. The twin turbo V8 that is coming is going to be the hot ticket for CT6...
  11. Robert Hall
    Well, that was what the prototype was a few years ago...that would make sense also..depends on how much they want to invest. It could probably be on the same wheelbase as the 4dr. Something like this but with the new generation interior and front..
  12. Robert Hall
    Been freezing rain and sleet here all day... only went out to roll out then roll back in the trash and recycle bins. Days like this are when I really like working from home.
  13. Robert Hall
    I'll probably get an oil change and put on new wiper blades before the end of the year. I have an FCA recall letter I need to take care of also.
  14. Robert Hall
    Yeah, I just don't want to deal w/ old vehicle shit anymore. When I get to 100k I'll go for another CPO GC or other...
  15. Robert Hall
    Ya, 100k miles is my goal. Just got to 40k miles...took me 18 months to get there from 25k miles. I don't plan to go for 170k/17 years like I did w/ my old Jeep--the newer one is way more complex w/ the electronics, so it may be worse over 100k than the old one was.
  16. Robert Hall
    Given that I work from home and drive very little every week (sometimes a 200 mile road trip on the weekends), an EV could work for me. But not anytime soon...
  17. Robert Hall
    Just noticed the update to this thread and noticed the OP hasn't posted in a couple years..what happened w/ SAmedei?
  18. Robert Hall
    I think they will need a different brand name for the US...'Zotye'? Reminds me of the musician Gotye. This is the SUV equivalent of those cheap Chinese TV brands you see in Wal-Mart and other places for much less than the major TV brands..
  19. Robert Hall
    I doubt if they will do a regular cab, would sell maybe 5% of what a 4dr will....they have their priorities right..they know what will sell to Jeep customers. This is more of a novelty pickup--think of it as a Wrangler Unlimited with more cargo space. For a general purpose mid size pickup, that would be from Ram.
  20. Robert Hall
    I like that movie a lot also...a good Big 80s flick..saw 'No Way Out' again recently, hadn't seen it in probably 20 years..another good one.
  21. Robert Hall
    Was up at 4:30 am to do an airport run this morning. In the departures lane at the airport, saw a pointy black CTS-v wagon...those were so cool. Saw a 1st gen Olds Aurora on the freeway when heading home.
  22. Robert Hall
    An Eliminator w/ the Hellcat.
  23. Robert Hall
    Same price range as a Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon. The off road upgrades gets premium priced.
  24. Robert Hall
    The Jeep pickup seems almost as mythical as the mid-engined Corvette...talked about for years, rumored, prototypes sighted, but still nothing in production..
  25. Robert Hall
    Cool.. Ford really should offer the Ranger Raptor here, would be competition...and you know Jeep will have a Rubicon version of the Gladiator.
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