Robert Hall

Ive never driven a double cab or crew cab, only regular cabs a few times over the years. One place I think the long ones would be a handful would be in parking garages. And impossible to parallel park because of the length. I did drive my folks’ 33 foot Winnebago a few times 30 years ago, now that was an interesting experience. Even with a 454, it was pretty slow….

Yeah, the Impala was on the small side compared to the Buicks, Olds, and Caddies. The full size pickup really is the modern 1970 full size sedan—BOF, V8, room for 6, huge trunk…

Full size cars 50 years ago were a lot smaller than the typical double or crew cab pickup today. Silverados have 147-157 inch wheelbases. About the only passenger car then the size of today’s trucks was maybe the Fleetwood 75 and other limos, not mainstream.

^ probably should direct those questions to the mapmaker...we don't have the answers. This is probably a humor product of some sort. Though some of them have some historical connection--like the 'Great Connecticut' stretching across Northern Ohio---as that area was at one time the Connecticut Western Reserve (incl. the area where I live today). Likewise for the Southern Tier counties of New York. Western New York has more in common with PA and NE Ohio than it does with NYC.

And with the Buick’s, there were two different coupe front ends. The Regal had a chrome vertical grille, and the Century and Special 2drs had a sloped back front (and was used in NASCAR).

^ I knew about the sloped nose used on the ‘76-77 fastback coupes, but didn’t realize the 4dr was available with it. Fascinating. I wonder if there was a wagon with that nose also?

‘55 Chevy in the parking lot at Marblehead Lighthouse on Lake Erie. Also saw a sharp purple '57 Bel Air 2dr ht on the road, a gorgeous red '64 Bonneville convertible top down rolling along, a white w/ blue stripes '04-05 Ford GT, and a very clean red w/ red interior '87-89 Mustang GT convertible.

Saw this derelict ‘70s Fiat Spider on a transporter today..

I miss going to coffeehouses. There was a really good one in downtown Ann Arbor and one in Colorado Springs that I spent a lot of time in my 20s-early 30s inhabiting. The Ann Arbor one I would hang out at with other PhD students to study and talk, and the one in Colorado Springs I hung out at with several friends I worked with at 3 different companies, we spent a lot of time coding and planning there back in the dot.com era...

More complex stuff to break expensively. Hopefully they will have a long warranty. Then again, any EV is not something to keep out of warranty, IMO.

Looks like it’s built for a driver and passenger under 5 ft tall. Exaggeratedly low roofline.

Mediocrity.

As much as I dislike the c-pillar trim, the CT5-V seems like a tasty package, esp. w/ the manual. The last hurrah of V8 RWD manual sports sedans... Poor old Jeep...at least in AZ my old one didn't have to deal with rust. I've seen a few WJs around here with some serious rust around the wheel arches, still on the road after 2 decades...

I'm sure there are more than a few rich Tesla fanboys that would buy a $1m Cybertruck. Tesla fandom is a cult, Elon can do no wrong in their eyes.

Saw a weird crash scene this evening. On I-77 southbound saw a late model BMW 5-Series up close against the left median lane divider. Flashers on, no signs of damage, but all the side curtain airbags had popped. Driver was sitting on the divider on the phone. Came back past about 3 hours later, and it was sitting in the same spot on a rollback wrecker, and drivers side looked fine, no sign of damage, but the curtain air bags popped. Faulty airbag sensors?

Saw a very clean turquoise w/ black top ‘68-69 Buick Skylark 2dr ht in traffic twice this afternoon, tried to get a pic the 2nd time I saw it..a bit distant, making a left turn.

Fascinating, didn’t realize anything had a locking steering column 80+ years ago.

I’d read about push button start from olden days, and manual chokes and other such features, but never drove anything with such features. IIRC, first modern car with a push button start I drove was a rental 2011 Cadillac STS. Up until then, everything I’d driven had a key. I remember driving cars that had two keys—one for the ignition and one for doors and rear. Ford was still doing that in the late 80s.

It's been very uncommon until the last 10-15 years, though..I'd never encountered it before something in a rental car a decade ago probably.. and I've been driving since '86.

Yes, that's been my experience w/ my Jeep. First keyless start vehicle I've had, and can't imagine going back to twisting a key.

It is sad, I remember when there were many 2dr coupes, hatchbacks, 2dr sedans and convertibles on the market...not that long ago....30 years ago when I was in my early 20s. 2 doors used to be very popular w/ young drivers and single drivers of all ages. I mostly drove 2drs until I was 30. I wouldn't mind having another 2dr again, the impracticality of long doors make them irritating (couldn't use one w/ my current garage).

Despite 4 years of Spanish between high school and college, I don’t know much Spanish-language slang. I did learn ‘pendejo’ and uses of ‘chingas’ from Cuban friends in high school, though.

Or 'DETH' like Jack Deth in 'Trancers'... As far as adolescent license plates, 'DEF0K8R' would be cool to have....(defecator--as in 'the one who poos'). Always thought 'Defecator' would have been a cool muscle car name, like Eliminator.

I've never gone for a personalized plate because people remember them...better to keep a low profile with an anonymous number. Though I still have thought 'NO CUBE' would be a cool plate...

^ happens to me often...if I see an empty parking space next to another GC, I take it..and I often find other people doing the same with me. Though probably less common with Tour Xes because they were so low volume.