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Looking good. So glad Lincoln is using names again. Hint hint Cadillac...

well yes... but it was in reference to Lincoln using nautical and aeronautical terms for its naming scheme.

Somebody get ocnblu to read this. This might calm him down.

As the '19 Ram is rated to tow up to 35,000 lbs, it'll be really interesting to see what Tesla (eventually) puts out.

Hey BARRA... I want to know RIGHT NOW why the USA doesn't get this truck and Mexico DOES! Regular cab short bed Sierra, plus it is in mid-level trim!

FCA does not want or need a partner right now. The American arm is in good shape, but they wont let go of the European arm. Why take on more burden with junk European cars and lousy European management?

I still wonder how those COE jeeps got any traction to the rear wheels with accessories mounted on the front.

I paid for my computer games with a job at Egghead Software... yes, I really was (am) an Egghead.

I vote Fiat, Alfa, Lancia. Combine Renault and Nissan into a simple rebadge brand (based off Renaults). Nissan can use rebodied Rams for the truck and SUVs. Keep the Z and the GTR. Dunno what to do with Mitsubishi... it doesn't do well in the US but it sells in emerging markets. Maybe convert it to Datsun and kill it in the US.

There's also the issue of oil prices dropping ahead of another recession that will keep ICE competitive longer.

It will, naturally. It's just that a RWD profile tends to look more premium.

Not likely

'60 BelviDearGodThoseFins ~

Brake pads don't take any special tools. I've done my own as well. I guess I should say I've done my parents' vehicles with my dad as I've never owned a vehicle long enough to have to change the brakes, lol. Pretty much nothing can be turned now. Rotors have become cheap enough and thin enough because of weight that you just replace them.

It's raise and bonus time at work... got a sweet one this year.

it's not for them anyway.... my first thought was...

Aviator came first. Navigator came first. Nautilus came first. This is going to be out before the new Escape.

Yup. I forgot about that one. Good song like the others. I wanna make a correction with the timeline I gave. 'Twas the Spring of '86, not '85 my little story. Anyway. Thank-you for actually reading (and appreciating?) my nonsense. LOL.

Yes. Winter tires are better than all seasons. I agree. But in slippery conditions...nothing saves you. Slowing down does though... All I need is FWD and Im good. Now that Im used to winter tires, I DO prefer winters over all seasons, but a good all season tire that is NEW with FWD and I could manage all right. Like I said...slowing down is key to not losing control of your car. When the conditions are such that 50km/h (30mph) and your car gets squiggly with all seasons on, a winter tired FWD car could maybe go 35mph, to get to that squiggly state, but...when its time to stop, NOW!...welll...you aint stopping NOW whether you got winters or all seasons...and sure your stopping distances maybe a tad shorter with winters on...the thing is you need to stop NOW! But you aint gonnna stop... Slowing down is the key...regardless what kind of tire you got on. AWD/4 wheel drive just helps with not getting stuck in snow if there was a huge snowfall and you are parked. Or you wanna go through huge snowbanks because the snow plow did not plow yet. Again, you got a car that has a high enough ground clearance, and the road does not have ice underneath, not a low sports car, but a NORMAL car, RWD or FWD car , preferably a FWD car, one could go through uncleared roads easily enough and there is no need for AWD... I find that traction control, when it does not have a snow feature, hinders forward movement in snow, because sometimes, the driving wheels NEED to spin on snow and ice to move. OK...this is where AWD DOES come in handy. But its handy, not necessary... I got an AWD TL. Its great in the winter especially with winter tires on. But my wifes FWD Fusion with winters on does a great job too. The only thing I do not like about the Fusion for winter is that the Fusion seems to have a lower ground clearance than I used to for a family sedan and for winter driving in Montreal. Just to say, that they gave my wife a Ford Edge with a 3.5 under the hood. AWD. The Fusion needs rotors. Funny that the conversation is about rotors, but yeah, the Fusion needs rotors at 35 000 miles. I find that strange...

I ran across an FB post the other day on the Jeep FC...they were sold in the US from '56-65, then Willys sold or licensed the tooling to Mahindra, where they were built for several decades in India, including a passenger van and minibus version...

It's taking longer than I thought to get here, but yes. I expected it by the fall of 2018. There are plenty of indicators that something is brewing, but unemployment remains low for now without an increase in real wages, which is a good thing economically. Eventually, it's just a cycle and it will come time for a recession to hit. Either way, it won't be as bad as the last one we were in.

Yes, I do! I know @Drew Dowdell and I have both seen things in the financial / investing markets that raise concern for another recession that is long overdue.

Cool...never programmed on anything like that, my first experiences were BASIC then Pascal on TRS-80s in high school...then in college got into C and UNIX, working on a variety of workstations...even did COBOL on a Vax green screen..

I figure if I get 4 years out of brakes these days (rotors+pads) based on current traffic and mileage I'm content. It took a few years to settle on a shop I trust in this neighbourhood for maintenance, worth it since I can just walk there or home when dropping the car off.

Working in the remote office for a while today.

As long as it has an AWD option, it will take care of the 99.9% that care less about the FWD/RWD Debate.

It's a nice thing I have with my Buick.

I'm intrigued for obvious reasons, lol.

That much I don't know. I know that Sergio was their designated spokesman and he largely did what they wanted, which was expand the Italian brands.

It makes it easier to deduct on taxes as well. I think 3 years is the most popular lease option. There isn't a lot of 5-year leasing out there.

The merger is necessary given that Renault and Nissan are so close. As for the Agnelli family, it reminds me of the sale of the Buffalo Bills after founder Ralph Wilson died. The kids want the cash and move onto their own interests.

Bet the Agnelli Family is more interested in getting cash out of their controlling stake and moving on in various directions. Just makes sense that usually next generation family is not always interested in past family investments.

When I had my '06 C350 I asked about having the rotors turned and O'reillys said most modern rotors are made thin enough that there's no point in having them turned for $20 when new rotors are only $40 or so.

Seems geely has bought them from Diamler as it was loosing 500 to 700 million a year. Mercedes To Sell Half Of Smart Car Subsidiary To Geely, Financial Times Says http://flip.it/8rqhkX

You could add “Sara” to that as well...

HAHA, here in PA, the law states... simply remove summer air and replace with winter air. No need to switch the en tire

Misty watercolor memories of the way we were.

That is so true of them here. They are more than willing to ******* tell you!

Well.... that's certainly unusual.

"How do you know someone is vegan? Don't worry, they'll ***** tell you"

I remember coding on my Pet and saving it all to cassette. I do have to admit, while I never dealt with punch cards and the nightmare if you dropped them of getting them back in order. My first coding was on an HP server that used a Ribbon punch programming methode. It was crazy how big a reel one could get depending on how you coded your program.

Equally as happy, just had my one on one with the boss and now I am on par for the industry position I am in. Part of how Dell does things over EMC where EMC paid lower but gave a bigger bonus. Dell pays on industry par but with a little smaller bonus. Yet having a biweekly bigger paycheck is nice.

I'm mostly happy that my base rate went up a bunch. They use to keep the base rates relatively low and then give larger one-time bonuses to make up the difference. But bonus is based on a percentage of base rate, so that was keeping me a bit on the underpaid side. Now I'm at industry standard for my profession. That said, I'm just going to pocket all of it and not buy anything I hadn't already planned on buying.

Was it ever really alive to begin with? Those cars took “POS” to a whole other level.

Yup hoping for the same thing here at Dell. This week is the 1 on 1 with the management and you find out how you performed and what you get. Hoping for a good one too.

yeah, I only use Top tier... and that usually means Costco. I'm rolling in an Escalade rental this week.... making it tough not to want one.