Robert Hall

Hmmm..so 3 more model years of the current Impala, eh? (they will probably keep it around for a year or two after the RWD model debuts as the 'Impala Classic' for Avis).

Yes... Chris: It's pointless trying to argue with Sixty-Eight..he's just a kid (25 or so?). At that age, they think they know everything.. (I was once that young, I know).

I wonder what the deal the H car doors was...was it the shape of the door was such that a full-size window would not go all the way down, so they put in the fake vent window? Seems like a design flaw.

Hardtops are neat, I'm not sure how popular they would be today when all cars have A/C... I've driven a few vintage hardtops ('67,'68 Cougars, '68 Camaro, '69 LTD, '73 LTD) and it is a lot of fun driving with the windows down..but they all had vinyl interiors and NO A/C, so I had to have the windows down in Ohio in July.. In a modern car with A/C, having the windows down becomes annoying after a while at freeway speeds...between the wind noise, traffic noise, and not being able to hear the stereo, I usually power up the windows and crank up the A/C pretty quickly..

I see a pretty strong (> 50%) likelihood that I will buy a Zeta (G8) or Sigma (CTS) before the end of the decade..or maybe a Camaro convertible? Or wait until 2010 (mid-life crisis time).

True..it is such a huge state, lots of geography.. I remember as a kid with my folks driving across Texas from Arkansas to New Mexico in our motorhome....seemed to take forever (2+ days, IIRC).

Has been done, a long time ago.... 2dr sedans often had roll-down rear windows.. the '68-72 Novas were like that, and other '60s-early '70s (A-bodies, B-bodies) were like that, I think..

It's the same kind of thing like the old fogeys that were bitching about the GTO when it came out..'it doesn't look like the '65!!' 'waahh waaahhh'.. IGNORE THEM! THEY ARE IRRELEVANT! What matters are the people that actually buy new cars..

Yeah, Boulder is like that also...very much Berkeley-esque. But to offset the granolas, it has a lot of techies and techuppies, so I fit in well when I go up there...

Haven't been in an Exige, but I rode in an Elise last year...what a hoot. I literally had to lean to the right so my friend that was driving could shift...(we are both 6'0" and > 200lbs). Reminded me of a go-cart for the street. I think it would be a really fun car to have for occasionally running the twisties...not sure about freeway driving, though..I'd be terrified of Suburbans and Rams (the car is so small and low, it's probably invisible to people in giant SUVs and trucks). One track-type car I would absolutely love to drive is an Ariel Atom..

Heh-heh... I'll admit, I've only really been to the airport, Arco Arena, and downtown... I went in an old Tower Records somewhere (this was in 2003, before they shut down), went to a Thai place near the Capitol that was very good, saw some GM EV-1s in a parking garage, etc. In 2005 I drove from San Jose to Denver (I-80) and remember it being very flat west of Sac along I-80). My sister started a 3yr consulting gig on a massive state government project somewhere in Sac a few months... not sure where her corporate apt. or the client site is... I'm planning to go out some weekend this summer and head up to Yosemite for some sightseeing...

Sixty-Eight, you are just going to have to realize it's not 1970 anymore.... new car buyers (which you are not) by and large don't care if a 2dr has a fixed b-pillar or not..(i.e. cars have air conditioning today). Honestly, you are arguing a point that is trivial to 99.99% of new car buyers...I could understand your dissapointment if the Camaro came out as a FWD 4cyl model, but as a RWD, V8, 2dr coupe, it looks like it's going to be great! So why don't you just STFU about this subject until the car comes out in 1:1? It's not like you'd buy one anyway (you only buy older used cars?)? :)

I know the '58 Chevy and '58 Pontiac were completely different from their '57s, but weren't the '58 B-O-Cs (or some of them) updated '57s?

I've never cared for Texas much myself..I had a job interview and offer in Addison (Dallas suburb) a few years ago, and it seemed ok enough, but I really didn't care for the flat terrain and the red state reputation...i.e. it seemed to me that moving there from Colorado would be a step down for me. I have been to Austin a couple of times, though, and I liked it there..seemed very different from my image of Texas...

That's why I like Denver...there are about 2.8 mil in the metro area, it's big enough to have an excellent airport, light rail, diverse population and loads of dining options, major sports teams, etc, but not overwhelmingly big...after 5 years, I feel like I really know the city and the metro area. The only real downside for me is no ocean..I've got the mountains nearby, though.. Phoenix is about 3.5 mil, I like it also, but mostly because I have family there more than the weather..it's still a growing place, but the tech industry economy seems less strong than Denver, and the pay rates tend to be lower.. the desert is pretty interesting also. I've been to Sacramento once, I've heard it's pretty nice...my sister works there and commutes from Phoenix every week and likes it..

I've only seen 2 of them out and about..saw one in a parking lot in Vegas a couple years ago..they are...so...huge!!

Wow..only 789 miles..that would be like new. I wonder what the story is...

Weight is what I thought of...a hardtop could have similar side impact safety/rigidity as a convertible, but would weigh as much or more than a convertible...a 3800lb Camaro doesn't sound too tasty..

Heh-heh..is that a parody of a Sixty-Eight rant? Seems like a mild version of one of his rants. No big deal, IMHO....

Wow..someone trading a Toyota for a Chevy? Unthinkable!

Common things here is for people to do are 'poptops' (add a second floor to an older single story home) or a 'scrape'--tear down an old house and build a new one to fill the lot. Maybe it has to do with the headaches I saw my parents deal with in owning a 150 yr old home, but I have no desire to deal with maintaining or updating an older house... one thing I do like about older neighborhoods, though, are the big trees...but the small garages I can do without. In the newer 'burbs I can get a house with a basement finished or unfinished that I can built a home theatre in, a 3 car garage, modern wiring, etc..

The GV (as some locals refer to Greenwood Village as) is a mix of office parks and newish houses...decent houses start about $450k and go up from there...straddles I-25. My company's office is there. Lots of tech industry and other business people live there, so I fit in well... Lone Tree is newer, north of Castle Pines, east of Highlands Ranch, west of Parker. There's a big mall there (Park Meadows) and decent suburban tract houses...Highlands Ranch to the west is cheaper, but blander..lots of beige $250-450k tract houses.. Downtown is a lot of fun and diverse...lots to do..but I'm thinking of moving out of the downtown area and into the burbs and getting a house w/ a 3 car garage, more room for my stuff... and both The GV and Lone Tree have light rail stations, so I can use the train to go downtown. I've also thought about moving to the north, to the Broomfield area between Boulder and Denver..closer to the mountains and more scenic up there, but still plenty of tech companies.Politically, the downtown, older near-downtown neighborhoods and Boulder tend to be more Democrat and lefty, but the burbs and the further south you go tend to be more Republican and right-wing. The problem I see with the older neighborhoods closer to downtown is that they tend to have older, smaller houses that are as expensive as the newer subdivisions..I'd rather live in a newer burb and have a modern 2500-3000 sq ft house than an old 1200 sq ft house that needs a lot of work...it's a trade off, though, since the burbs are more boring.. Denver's suburbs are very tan and brown in the winter, but green in the summer..with the sprinklers running. It is very dry, but I love the infinite blue skies (a lot of cloudless days) and snow-capped mountains in the distance.....with the dryness, a 45 degree sunny winter day feels more like 60.. I would like to have more of the greenery that I remember from living in Ohio, or the greenery of the Northwest, but I don't know if I could deal with the gray days and rain (and lots of cold and snow).

I've lived here for the last 5 years...living downtown is fun, but I'm thinking of moving to the burbs for more square footage, among other reasons...maybe here or here. The little town in Ohio I grew up near is Port Washington and I lived also as a child in nearby Steubenville. My high school years were spent in the Florida Keys, in Marathon..

I saw a G6 coupe this morning with a Missouri 2-letter personalized plate...odd to see just 2 letters on a plate.

Yes, Trenton, NJ. It was cold, gray and depressing when I was there in March.. I'm a software developer/architect...so occasionally, my company sends me to customer sites-- to give technical presentations on our product, to troubleshoot production issues, to work with a client's developers, etc...and my company has offices all over the US (big Fortune 500 financial services/insurance services company) so I travel to other offices for meetings on occasion. I'm glad I don't travel every week for work..living out of a hotel and airport time gets exhausting after a while...(my sister is a management consultant and travels every week, Phoenix to Sacramento or San Francisco--I couldn't do that). The upside of traveling for work is the accumulation of hotel points and frequent flyer miles... which I do use to my advantage for vacations.