Robert Hall
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Saw a new WL JGC L for the first time up close, front looks good. Hood and sides seem too flat ( I like the creases of my WK2). Not sold on the rear either. This one was a Summit. Also saw a sharp black ‘65 Mustang 2+2, and a Pro Street style ‘73 Buick Gran Sport. Dark blue w/ huge rear tires, giant bubble hood scoop, STGE 1 license plate. Great rumble.
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Or to own a business called 'Brian's Laundry'.
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From what I've read, pretty much everything from Ram, Dodge and Chrysler are carryover for 2022 with minor changes from 2021. 2022 is Jeep's year for new.
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Another Sunday drive. Out in Ashtabula County again, saw two more covered bridges…cooler, wetter weather but scenic. Not much fall color. Crossed the Pymatuning Reservoir into Pennsylvania and went to Conneaut Lake. Nice roads, great scenery. Saw a CJRD dealer in the middle of nowhere with probably a dozen new Jeep GC Ls on the lot. Saw a red and white ‘64 Dodge Custom 880 2dr on a small town used car lot.
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The Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer interior looks good in photos, haven't seen one in person up close yet. Too big/expensive for me to be interested in. I am curious about the new WL Grand Cherokee 2 row... I've seen a few WL GC Ls, not really sold on the new exterior styling yet...rather flat on the sides, missing the center hood crease that GCs have had since the original ZJ, odd C-pillar trim, don't really like the narrow taillights. The interior looks good in photos. Would like to sit in one eventually....maybe at the dealer next time I take my '14 in for service I can sit in an L.
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It's interesting, on the Silverado EV mini site it's neat how they have the 'EV' in Chevrolet in blue.. https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/upcoming-all-electric-silverado?ppc=GOOGLE_700000001942090_71700000085568375_58700007303295442_p65589291623&d_src=313715&d_adsrc=3876783&d_campaign=71700000085568375&d_site=GOOGLE&d_adgroup=58700007303295442&d_keyword=silverado ev&gclick=CjwKCAjwzaSLBhBJEiwAJSRoku829qfz2r3GO0U7_WQxYGGI3ATZ4BQEYZDazfjcpKtEhPFqqOYsQBoC4VoQAvD_BwE&gclid=CjwKCAjwzaSLBhBJEiwAJSRoku829qfz2r3GO0U7_WQxYGGI3ATZ4BQEYZDazfjcpKtEhPFqqOYsQBoC4VoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
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IIRC, the original Fisker Karma also used the Volt power train. As did the ELR and Opel Ampera (which was a Volt rebadge, sort of).
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Wowza. I didn’t realize they made a CT6 PHEV. Must have been a blink-and-miss-it model. I remember the ELR, though.
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Yeah, I hate hearing that shit when I'm outside...and esp. hate hearing it when I'm at home and enjoying my backyard and some graybeard boomer asshat on a Harley rides by making a lot of noise...or when I'm trying to sleep. Just as bad is the Millenial twit across the street that lives w/ his parents and drives around early in the morning and late at night in his Ecoboost Mustang going BRRRRAAAWWWWPPPPP down the street... As much as I dislike rural, sometimes I think a few acres on a lake out in NE Ohio would be preferable to all the noise in a supposedly quiet suburb...
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It's too bad they haven't kept the Volt name going...perfect name for an EV. And the Volt had a good reputation IIRC. I've known a couple owners and they loved them. Anecdotally, of course.
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Bankrupt. Been in administration the last 4 years, ceased operations and handed over to new government operated carrier.
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Considering the vast majority of new vehicles have bucket seats and fixed consoles, it's a totally useless number without accounting for the console. Bench seats are an obsolete concept, as dead as carburetors or column shifts for the vast majority of vehicles. It's not 1980. Sounds like automakers need to update specifications to have realistic measurements.
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Maybe it's made of transparent vibranium.
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I like the Erie, PA area also..which is just a few more miles up the road...I love Presque Isle State Park, went there Labor Day weekend. I think I may go up there and into nearby Western NY (up to Dunkirk maybe) and see fall colors and lighthouses soon...
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SUVs and cars don't have benches anymore, they shouldn't use such an idiotic, obsolete measurement either. But they seem to be, I saw the Audi A8 listed as having 61.x inches in hip room. Bench seats are an obsolete artifact of the past, shouldn't be relevant in measuring seat room in vehicles with fixed center consoles...I wonder if Consumer Reports or car magazines do real hip measurements instead of this fake nonsense.
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Just an informal drive around Ashtabula County to see the bridges...can be done anytime of year (they have an annual festival where merchants set up at the fair grounds and at some of the bridges). I probably should have waited until next week or so when the fall colors were fully out...but the weather was so nice last weekend, went then. I've seen 12 of the 19 bridges, plan to go back this weekend and see a few more. It's only an hour and a 1/2 for me up to the area. The Ohio wine country is in that area also, a bunch of wineries along I-90. http://www.coveredbridgefestival.org/Pages/bridges.html
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So the 61.2 inches is door to door incl. the console? That's weird. Except for regular cab pickups, bench seats have been long obsolete.
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If you ignore the Mediterranean, it looks kind of southwestern deserty.
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Just comparing it to a typical midsize number. Would have thought full size numbers would have been more. But full sizers do have wider consoles and wider bodies, but not much wider seats, apparently. I wonder what vehicle on the market has the most hip room with bucket seats…
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That sounds more midsize in hip room...my WK2 Grand Cherokee is 57" for front hip room (with a console).
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Between Sat and Sun I saw 11 or 12…Ashtabula County has 19, over 100 across Ohio. I did see a red one and a short one (18 ft span). The woodwork inside this bridge reminded me of a leaf spring upside down. I think @A Horse With No Namewould appreciate the craftsmanship of these bridges.
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Didn't get that far south....was in Geneva, Jefferson, Ashtabula, Conneaut...along I-90 and maybe 20 miles south of I-90 and north of I-90 to the coast...
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Another day, another 6 covered bridges on the tour. Saw 5 yesterday. This sharp Porsche 996 Turbo cab was on the tour, and one road between two bridges was a gravel/dirt road with many mud filled potholes. The couple in the Porsche were going slowly down that road, I was behind them. I love the craftsmanship of these bridges, esp the 19th century ones. Finished off the weekend with a couple beach stops. I love fall in NE Ohio.
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Weird. My last couple of posts are in the September thread when really it is October. I guess when posting from my phone I didn't notice the month, just saw 'Spotter' in the thread title...my bad.
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Took a little road trip up to Ashtabula County, home to 19 covered bridges. Saw 5 of them. Scenic driving, saw a sharp white w/ orange interior ‘69 Camaro Indy Pace Car replica, with the orange stripes and door graphics. Saw a sharp bright red C8, and a sharp dark blue C7 Gran Sport. Also saw a very clean black ‘71 Buick Electra 4dr ht. Also saw a new Wagoneer in black on the freeway, huge and blocky.
