Random Thoughts Thread

[Drew Dowdell]

The Honda Civic hybrid is a substantially better hybrid than the Pruis.

[Robert Hall]

The new Prelude sort of looks like a less sleek coupe version of the latest Prius.  I like the styling. 

Edited 19 hours ago by Robert Hall

[ccap41]

1 hour ago, G. David Felt said:

At 57 with grandkids, my days of motorbikes and scooters are over, I promised the wife I would not take risks at this stage in life. Like @A Horse With No Name living my best life with the kids and their families out hiking, skiing, seeing the world and being active.

I'm 37 but with two kids, I'm also off of two wheels on pubic roads. As much as I love being on 2 wheels, I don't trust the public anymore. I'd like to say I'll be back on a motorcycle one day, it just won't be any time soon. 

[G. David Felt]

The Mercedes press release says there was still 85 miles of charge left after driving 749 miles on a single charge on a true "All Solid-State Battery" or ASSD
Long-distance test successfully completed: EQS with solid-state battery covers 749 miles on a single charge

[Drew Dowdell]

I miss sedans and big coupes.  Sure, there are some left, but what's left isn't great.  

As much as we all nitpicked about some of the sedan offerings in the final years, most of them were pretty darn good even if they weren't what this crew thought of as "perfect".  The Continental, Fusion platform and all, was still a very very nice car to wheel around.  The Avalon and Maxima were built to eat up highway, the Crown is just kinda meh.

The Buick Lacrosse Avenier was better than most Cadillacs from 10 years prior. 
 

Fusion and MKZ hybrids were comfy and efficient.  Mazda 6 was a sexy sport sedan.

Where are all the Eldorados? Where are the Rivieras? Why are my only two options the 4-series and CLE?

[Robert Hall]

I miss mid size or larger sedans, coupes and 4 seat convertibles.  

[Drew Dowdell]

[trinacriabob]

7 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

I get the need for rebuilding reefs, but why not recycle this ship and use better environmental materials to build the reef. This just seems like a lazy way of getting rid of a ship.

I know that, in online posts, people don't want other people to keep on beating a dead horse.  However, Long Beach, California took the first Queen Mary in 1967 and Long Beach is a big town, but considered a suburb of Los Angeles.  People went to the Queen Mary to eat, have brunch, have drinks, have their proms, have conferences, and even sleep there.  QE2 is thankfully a floating moored hotel in the port at Dubai.  I really think that the SS United States could have found a spot on the river near the Financial District in New York.  Downtown New York becomes a small triangular tip on the harbor at its base.  Workers and visitors go to eat and do other things at the South Street Seaport on the Brooklyn Bridge side in a matter of minutes.  If placed on the Hudson near Battery Park City, you can bet that there would have been a lot of employees in the area who would have gone to the ship to eat lunch, have meetings, and sleep there if they created a hotel in part of it. The SS United States was billed as "America's flagship" and New York was the inscription on the stern.  That's where she needed to be.

[trinacriabob]

3 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

I miss mid size or larger sedans, coupes 

Ditto.

That may be why I'm "turning Japanese." I really think so.

[oldshurst442]

 

[oldshurst442]

[oldshurst442]

5 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

@oldshurst442 You should be happy for a car option. 2026 Honda Prelude is getting good press for being a better, faster hybrid than Toyota has.

After Driving The New Honda Prelude, I Think Toyota Finally Has A Reason To Worry

2026 Honda Prelude Revealed: Iconic Model Returns with Hybrid-Electric Power, Type R Chassis Hardware and New Honda S+ Shift

 

If anybody cares what I say...here is my opinion of it.  

Its a sleek cool little car.  I like it.  Especially in that blue.

 

But the Renault EV I posted about a month or so ago is what Id rather own/buy. 

1. Its 100% electric. Id rather be in the gasoline only or electric only camp. No in between.

2. The Renault tugs on my emotions more.  

In green

 

or yellow

 

[ccap41]

I believe it was @A Horse With No Name who asked a few weeks ago about the Continental tires I had on my bike. I finally remembered to take a picture of said tires and bike. 

[A Horse With No Name]

10 hours ago, ccap41 said:

I believe it was @A Horse With No Name who asked a few weeks ago about the Continental tires I had on my bike. I finally remembered to take a picture of said tires and bike. 

My younger son and I both have Giant bikes, they make fantastic bikes. 

11 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

Hell yes, Hockey Content will ALWAYS be welcome here. Always. 

Instead of negative about America, how 'bout positive about Canada....

 

 

If i were ever to buy another bike, this is probably the Giant I would buy. Which of my bikes I get rid of, that is an impossible question to answer. 

 

Your daily cool adventure video...

 

 

[trinacriabob]

17 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

The Honda Civic hybrid is a substantially better hybrid than the Pruis.

While I now like the sleek design of the Prius, I wonder if the Honda Civic is easier to get in and out of.

[A Horse With No Name]

27 minutes ago, trinacriabob said:

While I now like the sleek design of the Prius, I wonder if the Honda Civic is easier to get in and out of.

I really like the Prius though. If it could easily haul two bikes without a rack, I would be in. It does have a generous hatch area, i can haul one inside easily. 

[A Horse With No Name]

Interesting on the new Mayor of New York. 

 

[A Horse With No Name]

Brutal Swiss art and Swiss protest against our dear leader...

 

[G. David Felt]

13 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

 

Well done review of GM and Mary is on the right track even though adjustments due to Idiot47 is needed, my only problem with GM is their lack of AA/CP support which their platform does support as proven by the excellent made Honda Prologue. 

GM needs to stop attempting to nickel and dime every buyer via their choices of what one can do via the play store and monthly payments to use the navigation system that was built into the auto.

If a legacy will survive, I can see GM over Ford. Stellantis is dead to me as is the American name plates they own, never will buy another product from them.

[G. David Felt]

This is so cool, a real review of the G90 luxury car from Genesis. Cool technology.

 

[G. David Felt]

FYI - Anyone that says we are not heading into a bad recession if not full depression is drinking way too much MAGA Cool aid. 

US layoffs for October surge to two-decade high, Challenger data shows

Appears ICE is using facial recognition software to determine if they should arrest you.

ICE's use of smartphones to determine citizenship could trigger the next constitutional crisis

This I would agree with would be a boon for everyone, but the auto industry especially.

A ruling striking down Trump's tariffs would be like rocket fuel for stocks