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    • ccap41
      Random Thoughts Thread

      By ccap41 · Posted

      You're not wrong, at all. 
    • Drew Dowdell
      Random Thoughts Thread

      By Drew Dowdell · Posted

      Unfortunately, it's no longer possible to disconnect politics from automotive. There once was a time when the U.S. government just set safety and efficiency standards and let the rest of automotive go about its day.   Now we have an activist government that is breaking apart decades or even century old auto manufacturing supply chains to try and score political points without any contingency plans in place.  It has forced our closest trading partners into an "enemy of my enemy is my friend" stance and pushed them to make deals with China instead of us.  It has undone progress the prior administration made in bringing manufacturing back to the US via EV regulations, entirely counter to the current admin's stated goals.   It's all just so stupid and unnecessary, but there's no way to avoid it anymore.  I too long for the days when we could just complain about CAFE standard or the weight gained from improving crash scores.
    • A Horse With No Name
      Random Thoughts Thread

      By A Horse With No Name · Posted

      You wonder why I now spend free time off road rather than on for the most part. Stellantis is going to go the way of the Dodo Bird. Its like when Charlie Kirk got shot and bled out, you knew the guy was dead even before it was announced publicly. Same thing with Stellantis, they are bleeding from the neck and slumped over.  Thank you! This is really sad.  https://abcnews.go.com/US/plane-crash-reported-louisville-airport-shelter-place-issued/story?id=127191889
    • A Horse With No Name
      Random Thoughts Thread

      By A Horse With No Name · Posted

      A big, big part of the problem is that very few new cars are interesting. I agree with Dfelt about the new line of electric Kias, but Kia and Hyundai have had so many failures with their ICE product that it will take a whole lot of convincing for me to darken a show room door for one of their EV products.  Not to mention, the political climate for getting replacement parts when the USA does become full on North Korea, and parts are unavailable, and Oldshurst has been killed by a CIA drone for his political views. The very fact that this last sentence is not complete parody but indeed a possibility/probability on our current trajectory.....mean we live in interesting times.  Anyone know much about solar panels, hunting, and off grid living per chance? Again, if more people just talked about cars....seems like a pretty simple solution to me.  I so want to do this crossing!
    • A Horse With No Name
      Random Thoughts Thread

      By A Horse With No Name · Posted

      This works perfectly for me, I have family that I love that is highly religious that I disagree with politically. This shut down worked in my favor.....not buying tickets for the holidays, its unsafe to do so.  Good thing Ohio has rail trails to ride, lots of forest to hike, lots of brewpubs to enjoy, and Columbus has one of the best library systems in the country. I am going to have a banging holiday in solitude.  Ohhh, and the University I work for pays 2 1/2 times normal rate for boiler room duty when we are shut down over the holidays. Paying for my last trip to Boston/Maine and paying cash for a Ranger Road trip with my wife to the Badlands in South Dakota with my wife in the spring....is a win.  My fitness coach always says she would rather I weigh my food than weigh myself.  I like you, but you need to bring positive content for me to take you seriously. 

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