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? Had a heartbreaking dream that Jennifer Aniston dumped me. And after all that excellent shagging we did.

^^^ I dedicate a song for that sexy boy. You know what? that boy beside his S10 maybe too sexy...too sexy for his S10

Like the Energizer Bunny, I keep going, an going, an going................................. ?

Somehow not surprised you would dream yourself to be battery powered.

There are 2 last gen Corvettes faster than both the MBAMGGTS63 and the MBSLSAMGBS. Faster than the lexus FLA Nurburgring Package, the 911 Turbo, the 911 GT2, the 911 GT3, and the ferrari 488GTB. Among others. Corvette is already in super car territory. It's brought it on. But it's going to bring it on so very much harder with the C8.

We should all get ourselves a C8.

Well, we've been split into two "teams" @ work. I am on the "A Team", so I will be working M-T-W. Havoc.

Speedtest by OOKLA of my new service that got installed today. Not bad, but will need to tweak my router.

sorting onions, Rice Minnesota, 1939 ::

Would need to incorporate a high-strength 'ring' around each side opening, and tie that together across the windshield and rear window- like a roll cage. The problem is; race cars with roll cages don't weigh 7,000 lbs.

Honestly, F Daimler and the trolling. This is about GM and their EV plans and if the Daimler trolls can’t stick to the subject then, maybe they should start their own thread about Daimler’s EV plans. It’ll be a short thread, mind you, since their plans seem to always get pushed back where EVs are concerned but it’s worth a shot.

I would love for the Silverado crew to go suicide, but it’s likely roll-over standards would not allow a cabin of that length without a B-Pillar. Sigh.

Love how you ignore posting any links to back yourself up. Let me help you with correcting your CONFUSED info. Daimler ended 2019 according to Yahoo finance with a NEGATIVE -$2,947,000 or negative 2.9 billion cash flow. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DDAIF/cash-flow/ By Balance Sheet, Daimler has $26.775 billion cash on hand. Yet they are burning through it and before this year is out, much of this will disappear. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DDAIF/balance-sheet?p=DDAIF Since you like Yahoo, lets look at the numbers of GM: Cash Flow - https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GM/cash-flow?p=GM GM is Negative $8.9 Billion Balance Sheet - https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GM/balance-sheet?p=GM GM is $23.2 billion in cash. So Yes, Daimler has $3 billion more cash than GM. Daimler has $74 billion more than GM in total Assets. That is a small amount in regards to GM NOT having to pay Diesel Gate where Daimler will and that is still Billions to come. Now with Coronavirus shutting the world down, get ready for Depression and the cost of it. I would not bet on Daimler doing any better than GM even with EVs in testing, Daimler has NOT delivered selling them yet where GM has been selling the Bolt for a few years. One Cannot call success when nothing has been delivered YET! 2020 is INTERESTING TIMES! There is a difference between Cash Flow and Cash on Hand and you need to be clear on that when discussing financials.

I do hope that KIA is wise enough NOT to do this. The unibody Ridgeline is NOT a good seller, especially compared to the domestics in its class.

Will that be true 12-18 months from now? How about six months from now? GM does NOT have a DieselGate problem. There may be another shoe to drop for Daimler concerning that alone.

That would be true as it applies to Tesla and their mess of assembly line production. In regards to Rivian, where CEO RJ has stated that it is a mistake to attempt to re-invent the wheel when you can learn from the existing auto companies. I believe he is looking at what they do right, what they have done wrong in production to side step making the mistakes Tesla has and continue to make. We will know this fall when they go into full production and delivery and see how the quality is. I am actually interested to see the F150 EV and Rivian R1T compared side by side and how the reviewers write it up.

Sorry, fat fingers on an IPad. Fixed it... ?

There are very tangible advantages AND disadvantages to having long time experience building a complex consumer product. I would think the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages tho.

Would not be the first company to pay fees to deal with CO2. Plenty of companies have paid them including Daimler. Second, Daimler DOES NOT have more Cash on Hand than GM. You really need to check your FACTS before you state such Nonsense. GM - https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GM/general-motors/cash-on-hand Daimler - https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/DDAIF/daimler-ag/cash-on-hand Daimler had break even in 2018 due to Diesel gate and is bleeding cash. Daimler has more assets than GM, but that is too be expected. Right now Daimler is working to increase cash. If ya DO NOT LIKE the chart above, here is another one that shows them with even more detail. Daimler - https://ycharts.com/companies/DDAIF/free_cash_flow You could say they have more cash and Equivalent when you look at their released report. https://annualreport.daimler.com/ar2019/financial-statements/cash-flow-statement That is all wiped out when you take into account their expenses of Fines which does wipe this out. THEY ARE BLEEDING MONEY! Wanna Compare it to GM's Cash on hand - Far more Money Than Daimler Compare the Positives from GM to all the negatives from Daimler from https://ycharts.com/companies/GM/cash_on_hand Here is GM's 2019 Yearly Report. I give ya the snapshot view. https://investor.gm.com/static-files/16cada71-8b97-4222-98b2-a8ddb685c402

Article doesn't mention Rivian at all. Where this article's strange metric falls down for me is; the mainstream EV cars generally all exceed the average daily commute for Americans, who are supposed to be taking advantage of lower electric rates while charging at their homes over night. Ideally -other than long road trips- an EV owner should never have to park in a parking lot for an hour or so, because everyone has electricity in their own home.

Some sexy boy standing beside his '83 S-10.

It’’s different!

Mercedes Benz Employees shut down the Spain plant as MB had no plans on how to keep the workers safe. MB has now stated 2020 warning for profits and possible losses due to the need to shut down assembly plants. This is not just a GM and Ford worry issue. But doing the right thing to protect humanity. MB will see a further delay in getting out their first EV for real time sales and NO I am not going to accept that the Compliance EV MB sold in select markets was their first. MB has NO EVs for sale. As such, they also are going to have reduced if not flat out no more sales of select models as they close plants and then cut models. Good chance you will not see many of the AMG models around by summer. https://www.al.com/business/2020/03/work-continues-at-mercedes-benz-plant-but-supply-chain-could-be-affected.html Per this story, Daimler has stopped work at all European plants and moved their US plant to a 6hr shift and admitted that parts are getting short, will probably have to stop production. Honda has stopped all work, as well as Hyundai. Daimler is going to be hurting for cash as they still have fines and fees to pay for their Diesel gate mess. I am thinking we will see MB have to push out by 1 if not 2 years their EVs coming to market.

I would go with more traditional approach, an older Land Cruiser set up for overlanding It was good enough fro Sarah Connor in the latest Terminator movie. I wouldn't mind the arsenal of weapons she was carrying in it either

Now almost ten pages wasted on one persons hard trolling. This might be a C&G record.

Mine can be that slow at times...just ran speedtest, 375 Mbps...I've seen it over 700Mbps at times...(Cox Gigablast).

That album was a major part of my soundtrack in the mid 90s when I lived in Michigan and was in grad school.. listening to it always brings me back to the good times and infinite despair of those years.

So why are you comparing a 100 000 dollar top of the line AMG with a BASE Vette? That is almost double the price. And dont forget the 170 HP and 200 ft/lbs of torque MORE on it. Also...its an AMG. Its a tuned car tuned for...ultimate performance by a PERFORMANCE arm of Mercedes... The Vette...is a BASE Corvette STRAIGHT from the factory. No enhancements of ANY kind. "Crappy" factory exhaust. "Crappy" factory engine tuning meant to appease insurance companies, EPA, reliability for daily driven duties and track use, except it aint a full on track car. "Crappy" factory tires meant for public streets and highways that should last at least 50 000 miles of normal daily driving in normal weather, including rain, for what they are worth as sports car tires for the street that also cater to road noise inside the cabin. "Crappy" factory brakes. Notice "crappy" is in quotations... " " These are still the BASE FACTORY stuff on the BASE Corvette. BASE price of 59 995. Z51 I think starts at 64 995. That would be the BASE track Stingray. That post....its like you turned a 180 degree turn.. Dont forget, the C8 Corvette has another 2 levels to go. A Z06 equivalent and a ZR1 equivalent. And those are CONFIRMED by Chevrolet. The Z06 will soon be revealed in the coming months. June, July.... The Corvette ALWAYS punched above its price tag. And NOW...there is LITERALLY NOTHING ANYBODY could whine about the C8. ALL the things that the whiners complained about the Corvette's "shortcomings" all have been addressed and fixed. There is a new one...no manual transmission... You cant please everybody. Phoque-em! Regardless... The C8 Corvette shows what GM can do. What Cadillac could do. What Chevy already does. The C8 Corvette is PROOF that the beancounters no longer impose cheapness and the C8 Corvette shows where GM's strategy and future product is at... This of course is my opinion and you are entitled to yours. But when you discuss with me....keep things equal and level. I do that. You SHOULD do it too.

general store & gas station, Hyden KY, 1940 :

Why- because the MBSMayS63Bach is faster around a track than the MBAMGGTS63GTS?? Talk about a stupid metric.

The only NiN song I liked (past tense) is...and only because it was super popular with the Montreal strippers when they did their...um...dance is...Closer. But Im over the song. Like 20 years ago. I wont listen to it anymore. I do have some fun memories with the song playing in the background, though. Apparently...this was also a stripper favorite. Was too young for the strip clubs for this song, but I did have some fun times at the rollerblade rink with a couple of dates back in the day. The song was a staple for that scene too... Def Leppard would be my favorite 1980s rock band and Hysteria would be THE album... "Step inside, walk this way. You and me babe...hey hey!!!" will ALWAYS be the intro version for me!!! ZZ TOP, Van Halen and AC/DC follow closely!

This was a common discussion over at Motor Trend forums and one that always amused me. An end of days vehicle thread is always fun . I will do two choices. The first will be a smart ass choice because I like being a smart ass... And then will be a choice that is fun and to the thread's point meaning...lets have fun, man. Fantasy threads are awesome, man!!! OK...the smart ass choice. You guys do realize, that when the sky is falling, and the end is near for humans...that gasoline will be scarce...right? Who is gonna refine that black gold to make gasoline. Who is gonna transport it to the gas pumps? Yeah...that's right! NO-BAW-DY! Depending where I decide in North America to escape from other dimwitted humans fighting each other for whatever it is they are fighting for in a collapse of sanity and order... The indigenous people knew how to get around in their homeland BEFORE the white man came over...Im just gonna copy what they did. To hunt and to protect. Old school with the bow and arrow because wood and stone could be found anywhere in the woods and river beds so I could make my own arrows and the bow itself and the like and a modern tomahawk because...well modern tomahawk is just an awesome tool that has been improved 1000% from an equally awesome predecessor. Plus miscellaneous modern survival stuff., The gun only as a last last resort. Bullets are gonna be hard to find. So we use those sparingly. And a North American Indian Canoe. The original go anywhere vehicle for North America. Light that one could carry it with ease in the forests, and easy to manoeuvre in the many little rivers of North America that could withstand the sometimes raging flows of those little rivers.... And easy to make. And if I decide to go waaaay waaaay up north to really make sure I get away from shytty humans... My vehicle of choice. Huskies and a sled

❤️ The Downward Spiral.

I think a Duramax ZR2 Bison left almost stock would be ideal. You get range, a bed for holding extra stuffs, and 4 doors(also for extra stuffs), undercarriage protection and the off road capability while maintaining OEM reliability, would be pretty ideal. I think the only thing I'd possibly change would be a slightly larger set of tires and/or a small lift. It just doesn't need anything. I guess you could add a brush guard and winch for added protection.

New Buick Envision, shares a platform with Cadillac XT4, powered by a 2.0t gasoline engine. Production version of the Enspire Concept. Looks pretty tame, but better than the current car. Sry for the low-res photo.

Sorry, but thanks in part to CAFE, turbochargers are now standard. The Envision deserves a V6 for one reason: more torque than any 4cyl (with or without a turbo) can provide. Too bad China also insists on displacement taxes too.

Z06 won’t beat a 912 GT2, but they should set the ZR1’s goal to be Huracan or Aventador fast because those are old cars. Even if it means the ZR1 is $300,000. If Corvette wants to play with the big boys, that is where they are. AMG has a GT73 sedan coming, so they will beat their own 4-door lap record, they have a next gen SL73 that is a sports car not a retiree mobile that the current SL is (although I like the current SL, give me luxury over performance) and the next gen AMG GT coupes are all wheel drive so they’ll be faster than the current one. If the Corvette wants to play up there then bring it on, but if not then I don’t want to hear GM engineers saying it has super car performance when it doesn’t, at least not yet.

Daimler has more cash than GM does. But all automakers are going to take huge hits this year, I suspect sales will go down 20% for the market this year. Daimler also can't push EV's out, they need them to avoid CO2 fines. And the EQ S and EQ E are already pretty deep into testing, they are going to be ready for production in 2021.