Robert Hall

The dash of the last Riv reminds me a bit of the original Riv...it had a prominent console and center stack and leaned back dash, big gauges, etc...

Lucid seems pretty far along with their product..

Anyway, we got pretty thoroughly sidetracked...back to the original topic, it will be interesting to see how Tesla does against larger, established competitors and the plethora of upstarts in the coming years.

My current house is just over 2000 sq ft on 3 levels, and with the finished basement, about 2700 sq ft total over 4 levels. I could do with another 1000 or so sq ft, preferably all on one level. When I bought it 4 1/2 years ago, I hadn't lived in a house w/ stairs in almost 30 years. Stairs not good for knees and hips.

Yeah, I'd love to have a place like that in central Colorado in the mountains...a pipe dream also, but fun to speculate. For the winters, I'd want a few SUVs in the garage. There is another place for sale that popped up in the last year in Colorado on the Front Range w/ a 100 car garage, but the house was huge and horrifically blingy. I'd want something more subdued alpine ski lodge style w/ about 5000sq ft on one story.

If money were no object, I'd live here (https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a36291053/montana-50-car-garage-mansion-for-sale/) and fill that garage w/ a variety of 80s-90s cars and some modern ones, and some older...

Agreed, what's the point in having a luxury car without some excess? Leave the gray plastic despair interiors to the rental cars and econoboxes. These are what I would consider proper luxury interiors, circa 2021....way more welcoming and comfortable looking than a Tesla interior..

Saw a clean CTS4 coupe outside Home Depot. Always liked these funky angular coupes, haven’t seen one in a while.

Listening to one of my favorite electro/synthwave artists, Kavinsky who is French....

The Subaru ad I liked didn't have dogs driving...it was a couple that had a Subaru wagon, got a puppy and showed them w/ the Subaru as the dog aged until the last scene where the dog was a white muzzled senior... hit 'all the feels' as the Gen Zers would say.

I seem to recall reading the Riviera was originally intended to be a Cadillac. (Named LaSalle II?).

Ambitious. I like the plan for a performance Dodge EV car and the return of the fratzog emblem. And the GC 4xe sounds it will be a good product. I notice the 4xe is the first I’ve seen of the upcoming 2 row WL GC, basically looks the same as the current 3 row but with a shorter wheelbase and less rear overhang.

GM is only about profits from trucks and SUVs anymore. I suspect within 5 years the Corvette will be the only car left that they build. The rest of their products will be forgettable trucks, CUVs and SUVs. Speaking of the Telluride, last month when I was at the Jeep dealer I noticed they had 4-5 low mileage Tellurides on the lot. Wonder what the story was with that. Traded on GCs or Durangos?

The ‘63 Riviera was GM’s real response to the Thunderbird by being a unique model like the Thunderbird, IMO. The Starfire and GP were based on existing models (88, Catalina). The Starfire and GP were GMs entrants into the sporty full size bucket seat coupe niche, like the Ford Galaxie XL and Mercury S-55. A non-GM competitor to the Thunderbird was the Studebaker Hawk. Chrysler Corp didn’t really have a unique Thunderbirdish PLC until the Cordoba

I remember Subarus being very popular in Colorado, esp. the Outbacks. I do like some of their commercials, esp. those w/ the dogs...the one with the dog where the ad starts w/ a puppy and ends w/ a senior dog is a tear jerker. I think for a 4x4 wagon, though, I'd be more inclined to look at a Volvo Cross Country (V90 CC). I still think it would be cool if there was a modern Jeep Eagle 4x4 wagon based on the Charger/300 platform...

Went to my office yesterday to meet my team after almost 6 months of working remote...it's a 40 min drive, so I won't be going in often, but maybe once a month or so as needed. The office is downtown Cuyahoga Falls along the river, lots of nice restaurants and brewpubs nearby. While walking to lunch, went past the Clifford Mini Auto Museum--going to have to check it out when I have more time. It's an old gas station and garage that's been made into an automobila museum w/ an Oldsmobile focus--saw a yellow '56 2dr ht and a tan '60 4dr sedan in the bays with the roll up doors open (beautiful summer afternoon). Saw a sharp aqua '67 GTO roll by... also saw a yellow early 50s MG TC being driven. Museum: https://cuyahogafallshistory.com/2013/06/cliffords-mini-auto-museum/

Saw two neat black Fords today—a sharp ‘71 Torino 2dr and a 2007ish Saleen Mustang.

^ Yep...looks like a '65-67 Corvair convertible.

...towed by a Subaru wagon..

Watched the new 'McCartney 3,2,1' documentary on Hulu last night...interesting doc w/ producer Rick Rubin interviewing Paul McCartney and discussing history of various Beatles (and Wings) songs and how they were crafted.

So sorry to hear, Dave...you and your family have my condolences.

Reminds me, saw a clean black '86-87 Monte Carlo SS yesterday.

I like the Shelby in that blue w/ white stripes.

Sitting at the edge of a Wal-Mart lot was this Shelby GT500. I like the black with stripe delete color scheme over the usual day glo cartoon colors these seem to come in.

Saw a black Lincoln MKS with the license plate 'GNX'. Since it wasn't a Buick, I assume maybe someone's initials---like Gene Norbert Xavier or something like that.