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Ataraxis's avatar

There needs to be a revival of Sinatra’s America since the current culture is so lame. Frank left us the soundtrack, time for everyone to turn up the music and get swanky!

Speed's avatar

cant

too masculine for the weak bugpeople that occupy the country

Ataraxis's avatar

Before Chrysler dies, they need to build a full size Imperial off of a Ram chassis. Even make it a damn hybrid. Big cars would sell.

Speed's avatar

i wonder if anyone would consider the imperial model name to be fascist

anyway a big sedan could be neat but i still think the 300 cars are some of the coolest they ever made as a proper continuation of the letter cars

Ataraxis's avatar

I want those people to think it’s fascist! I want big, beautiful cars.

I love the classic 300s, so make the Imperials even more upscale. Revive the AstraDome dashboards, too.

-Nate's avatar

Americans will always buy the biggest car they can afford .

I don't want a Luxo-Barge but think they're important in the bigger picture .

-Nate

Speed's avatar

surf and turf is nearly always choice

love studebakers too

Sir Morris Leyland's avatar

Did you ever visit the Hartwig Gobbler?

https://lileks.com/institute/motel/

(the orange car is almost certainly an Opel GT, not a C3)

Gobbler Supper Club description begins here:

https://lileks.com/institute/motel/roost/index.html

Tom Klockau's avatar

Nope, but I love the lileks website. Think I first stumbled upon it circa 1999-2000. Lots of interesting stuff! I remember reading about this place before, but it's been quite a few years.

Sir Morris Leyland's avatar

A co-worker told me about it.

Looks like the bar was reopened in 2015 as the Gobbler Theatre. The Web site was updated in 2021, but Google Maps says "temporarily closed".

https://www.gobblertheater.com/

Road trip!

Tom Klockau's avatar

That's cool, I'd have bet even money it had been bulldozed 30 years ago.

Ataraxis's avatar

Looks like there’s new owners, but the story is behind a paywall.

Ataraxis's avatar

I remember seeing it from the Interstate. Couldn’t miss it.

Todd Zuercher's avatar

I just ate lunch but I just got hungry again reading this!

John Van Stry's avatar

There is nothing so wonderful as a really good restaurant with good food, good service, and a good atmosphere. There was a German restaurant in my home town that my father loved and I learned to love it too. I've since heard that it's gone now, which is a shame because that place had been there for a very long time. It's always sad when a landmark goes away.

Robert Shelton's avatar

Thank God for the spoiler alert. I was afraid the column was going to be about a Toyota!

Tom Klockau's avatar

You can rest assured I will never do a post on Toyota Highlanders.

Unless it's to mock them.

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Ataraxis's avatar

Automakers are missing out by not reviving the Brougham name.

Toyota Grand Highlander Brougham has a nice ring to it!

-Nate's avatar

Nice ! .

Always good to see a good eatery coming back to life .

Sadly too many fail to grasp the basic facts that failure to reinve$t in your business begins it's slow decline into death .

Greed is the basic culprit here .

-Nate