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Local Enterprise Rental kid came in to collect keys of cars returned by customers. He was fully stoked because he said he was renting... himself... a... Nissan... Altima... for the weekend. In other news, the de-nutting of the American male continues.

ugh. - - - - - '49 Packard Monte Carlo. At least one of these has been found, built as a convertible tho ~

It could always be worse. Like, way worse. Like, he could have rented a Malibu.

One of those Z71 Trailrunners might be cool.

Encouraging development: regular cab new Silverado is now included in the retail section of the online order guide. Before, regular cabs were only in the "fleet" section. Which means, hopefully, that individuals can actually buy them without trying to find a dealer who will gray market them to retail customers.

• Took a circa 4.25-in carpet cardboard tube and made a faux driveshaft, as a spacer when I fabricate the exhaust. • In order to get the rear tires off/out, I have to jack the car up so the tires are hanging 2-3 inches off the floor, then unbolt the shocks and the Panhard bar to get the axle to drop enough to get the tire off. Not a friendly car for a on-road flat tire (nevermind the radically different size of the front & rear tires). Contemplating my parking brake scenario : there's no hardware for it inside the brake right now, and any routing would be a 100% fabrication, as it's literally impossible to route it the way it was when new; too much is radically changed/gone underneath. I may have to go without one. • picking thru part stashes- there's stuff in multiple places in my shop, in the basement, and in my study closet. Finding stuff I forgot I had, which is good so far. Found a brand new dual master cylinder today, but haven't yet found the wheels the parking brake cable is supposed to ride on. Sidebar :: today I had my refurbished pot belly stove's inaugural first burn. Bought it off CL last year and blew it apart to clean & paint it. Finally got the stovepipe hooked up & thru the roof last month. No roaring fire, but a nice smaller burn. Outside was sunny but breezy, with the thermo just inside the people door reading 46... stove is on the rear wall between Bay 1 & Bay 2, with the Cab Over in between. Anyways, no issues, lit quickly & drafted well, and provided a nice warming of the air in the immediate area. Going to make it MUCH more hospitable over the winter and allow more work on the B-59.

I rented many Town Cars over the years...when on vacation in So Cal or back in Ohio visiting my Mom. Rented many Grand Marquis, Dodge Intrepids, Chrysler 300s (Ms and Cs), etc...always liked getting the big cars. I once rented a Town Car in LA and had a fun drive up twisty Angeles Crest Highway...

Could have been worse....like a Nissan Leaf worse!

At least he didn't rent a Versa or Sentra.. I still remember my first car rental...'95 Olds Ciera, in Washington DC...was down there in April 95 for a brief vacation from grad school.

Making the TT a sedan makes no sense. They already have A3, A4, A6, A8 sedans and a 4-door A5 and a 4-door A7. That is six 4-door cars! And yes Mercedes has six 4-doors but I feel like they can kill the CLA or CLS and not miss a beat. This is a move that just reaks of stupidity.

I feel a huge difference between say 47 and 53. But i work physically every day...I can't imagine sitting behind a monitor for a living. Twenty four years ago, 29 felt fine!

Given how slowly the Camaro is selling here sending them to another continent seems rational. Meanwhile GM does well in the Chinese market while Ford Falters. I will happily allow the blue oval boys to dominate the tiny Australian pony car market while GM goes nuts in a market with a billion people.

Thought of trinicria Bob the other morning. No 747 passenger flights into Columbus but freighters cone into Richenbacker down where I live all of the time. 747 taking off and heading west low over our neighborhood....6 or 700 feet...morning sun...gorgeous. Was also saddened to find that a 747 had been destroyed in an accident this week. It has been a bad week for aircraft...737 that was nearly new was destroyed with the loss of all hands...that 747...and a 757 just ran off a runway and was destroyed.