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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    Yeah, but they don't have any platforms for that, their lineup is just generic FWD/AWD appliances in Holden OZ now. End of the road for V8 performance in OZ, wonder what will become of HSV. I thought they were going to import the Camaro and Corvette, but that seems to have gone nowhere.
  2. Robert Hall
    Yes, in 3 years...
  3. Robert Hall
    Holden also has the Trax, Captiva, Acadia, and Trailblazer...so they have plenty of CUVs/SUVs along w/ the Equinox.
  4. Robert Hall
    Re: family discord In my case, i do have some family discord w/ my brother and the family farm. After the whole will and probate fiasco after my mother's death in 2016, I and my 2 siblings own the farm (130 acres in rural Ohio 90 miles from here) equally, my brother lives there, pays 1/3 of the taxes. Been in the family 50 years, so no mortgage. I've only visited once since I moved back to Ohio last year, I need to get my stuff that is still there and my Mustangs, but due to various legal issues it's not practical at this point.. alas, you can't choose who you are related to.
  5. Robert Hall
    Must have had a growth spurt
  6. Robert Hall
    Yeah, the growth of crossovers and SUVs are a global trend..
  7. Robert Hall
    Alas, my old pics are mostly all pre-digital and somewhere in my parent's house. Eventually I will clean the house out and digitize some. But I do have this pic from around 1990. My '86 Mustang LX (college car) and '87 Mustang GT (high school and college fun car). I had the GT in Florida (high school), Ohio (college and grad school), Michigan (grad school), in Colorado for 6 years, and since 2002 it's been stored in the barn in the background. The gray LX was totaled in July 1994 right after I moved to Ann Arbor, Mi. This pic is from May 2009.
  8. Robert Hall
    Watching Monday Night Football, saw an ad for Applebees with the old song 'At Last..' (most famous version is probably Etta James). I swear I remember it being used in a Cadillac ad, maybe 20 years ago. Couldn't find it mentioned on Wikipedia, they mentioned it being in a Jaguar ad. Odd to hear that song w/ Applebees...
  9. Robert Hall
    Tesla/Musk says a lot of things. Not necessarily factual.
  10. Robert Hall
    I wonder if it alienated some previous loyal Commodore buyers. Going from a home grown RWD V6/V8 model with a lot of performance variants to a German built 4 cyl FWD sedan would be a big culture shock.
  11. Robert Hall
    Today was the latest adventure w/ my sister's '06 Cadillac STS...she gets up early on Mondays to drive to Toledo for the week (current contract is over there). I went out to put her luggage in the car and noticed the remote would open the rear doors but not the the front doors. I managed to get the driver's door open w/ the key (seemed odd to do that on a car w/ a remote), and it wouldn't start. Called AAA, they jumped it, said the 600 CCA battery was only putting out 89 amps, they charged it up and got it running. Said there was an 'open diode' and something was draining the battery. I had to shuffle the cars around and get her Trax out of the garage. So it was now about 7am, the garage she uses opened at 8, so I drove around for an hour--got some breakfast--didn't want to shut the car off-- and took it the shop. They later called back, said it was the alternator. They had to order one..should have it fixed tomorrow, going to go ahead and get the brakes (drums and rotors) and shocks done also.
  12. Robert Hall
    Those Broughams were great. An Aunt of mine that passed away a few years ago had one, a silver '95 IIRC. Not sure what became of it, her sons (my cousins) are both Toyota men. My late Father was a Town Car man, drove them from the mid 70s until his last one, a blue '96. Very comfortable and quiet cars.
  13. Robert Hall
    Front bumper, grille and headlights kind of resemble a '69-70 Shelby or '71-74 Javelin...
  14. Robert Hall
    Lol..can't recall if it was this same Knight Rider or another, but I recall a Ford pickup also....maybe that was the 'Team Knight Rider' series.
  15. Robert Hall
    In my high school in the mid 80s there were some 60s-70s cars ('65 Coupe de Ville, '65 Mustang coupe and '65 Mustang convertible (brother and sister), '67 Mustang 2+2, '68 Camaro, '69 Chevelle, '69 Charger, ''70 Chevelle, 71 Road Runner, VW Beetles, a VW Thing, '72 Gran Torino, '69 Porsche 911, '76 Electra 225 coupe). Even a couple 50s cars--an Austin-Healey convertible and a '57 Bel Air 4dr. But there were a lot more late 70s and 80s cars--hand-me-down parents cars like an '81 Olds 88 diesel (he later did an SBC swap), '80 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d' Elegance diesel (triple silver!), '81 Pontiac Bonneville, '82 Caprice wagon, etc. And also a bunch of kids with new cars like the Monte SS, Grand National, several Mustang GTs and LX 5.0s, several Camaro IROC-Zs and a couple Trans Ams/GTAs, a Chrysler Laser, a Chrysler Le Baron woodie convertible, a BMW 3 series convertible, and a Mercedes 560 SEC AMG and a Ferrari 308 GTS...
  16. Robert Hall
    I had a bunch of friends in high school w/ the '78-87 A/G coupes.. a couple Grands Prix--a two tone green '78 and a dark blue '80, a blue '83 Monte Carlo SS, a maroon '86 Monte Carlo SS, a couple early 80s Cutlass Supremes, a faded blue '78 Regal, an '87 Grand National..rode in several of them back in the day. Good looking cars for the most part. One car of the A/G coupes I liked that I haven't seen forever is the '78-80 Grand Am coupe..
  17. Robert Hall
    Kurt Vile, 'Loading Zones'. Catchy tune w/ good guitar parts. The video is fun, has a red Chrysler TC by Maserati and a red '77 Grand Prix...
  18. Robert Hall
    Since the German companies actually have decades of manufacturing experience and skill, I would expect they will be able to deliver production vehicles in a timely manner.
  19. Robert Hall
    Pacer and a Javelin. Here is a '70 AMX, round dash vents. Though I don't see much correlation to later Pontiacs.
  20. Robert Hall
    A turbo 4 would be sufficient, I think...these aren't vehicles for enthusiasts, just lease appliances.
  21. Robert Hall
    Quarter window is intentionally Camaroish in shape. Blind spot, but not as bad as the GMC with the opera window there.
  22. Robert Hall
    The 68-70 Javelin had a pair of circular vents in the center of the dash.
  23. Robert Hall
    N74. Dates to 2008, but has had some revisions since then. Used in the 7 series and Rollers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_N74
  24. Robert Hall
    Javelins had a neat dash design, esp. the 2nd gen models. Haven't seen one in forever..plus they were quite successful in the Trans Am racing series back in the day. Haven't seen one on the road in forever. One did pop up on TV recently in 'Better Call Saul'.
  25. Robert Hall
    Nah, I've always thought it would be a cool name for an powerful off roader (or muscle car). Or a metal band.
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