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It's a chick. And it's also a girl.

Happy Mother's Day to the Moms in your lives ... and even to the Moms who are C&G members - we've had some on the forum.

1960 Pontiac Bonneville. Pontiac was a brand of automobile produced by General Motors Corporation from 1926-2010.

I wanted to be sure all of our commenters understand the posts. I found out that so many things I take for granted as common knowledge, especially among self-proclaimed "car ppl", are anything "but". I am trying to improve my communication skills with ppl who need guidance in this area. Thank you for reading, earthling. ???

A boy and his dog..cute. A couple recent pics of me w/ a couple of my furs..was hard to get Henry still for a pic so he's blurry....Raine was quite still, though.

Lemmee get this straight. 6 years of more warranty isn’t going to sway any buyers... but 15 seconds quicker around a race course no one in this country will ever drive on will???

No, but I am watching a French crime drama this evening..with Gerard Depardaieu, and he’s driving a ‘72 Chevy pickup.

So... you're from France? Did you have a six pack of beer and fiberglass insulation for dinner?

Balthy's photo from ancient times, looks like a child boy with a strange hat and things in his ears...could be a girl I guess. Interesting...reality is complex, there are many things though that can be assumed, esp. for a largely English-reading audience. I'd assume most resource units reading these forums have some interest and knowledge in motor vehicles.

Love that color!

For basics the photo app in windows 10 can do both (yes even basic video editing)

“Bad dealer network” and not enough dealers are not the same thing. You pretty much confirmed that with your “ But what use is this warranty if they don’t have dealerships to service the cars.” Remark, which contradicts the rest of your post. Your Jaguar example is weak at best, as well because they are and always have been unreliable junk. Genesis, even in its short lifespan, has a much better track record in the reliability department. This is not even debatable. Oh and while their dealership count was cut almost in half, they are almost at that original count now (went down to 178 and is now at 318). Your “2/3” remark also supports my lack of network options. Stop contradicting yourself. Again, their lack of sales, aside from the CUV craze, is because of lack of dealerships, which you confirmed so I am not sure what point you are trying to make here but it fell flat. One last thing. The Stinger is another horrible example on your part and you’re only partially right about it. It was not ever a 3 series competitor since it was clearly LARGER than the BMW. As it was already pointed out to you, it was a 4 series competitor, although not really even that. It problem is like many others before. Wrong car at the wrong time. Furthermore, yes it is rumored to be cut after only one generation. However, it is also getting a revisions and more power for 2021 so the rumor you posted may be just that, a rumor. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/05/07/2021-kia-stinger-spy-photos/

Both the pre-cat and post-cat engines had the same fuel delivery, with this engine (4.1 L6) continuing to have a 1 bbl. carburetor. Of course, electronic ignition was added, but that's a peripheral topic. Your last sentence brings up a lot of good points ... and questions. The one I've brought up before (yawn) is why, back in the day, the Olds 260 V8 had a quieter exhaust note than the Olds 350 V8 it was based on and "debored" from. Not only that, its 2 bbl. carb., with larger ports, was always in operation compared to the 4 bbl. carb. of the 350 V8 that ran with 2 smaller ports (barrels), until more throttle caused the extra 2 ports, with much larger diameters, to kick in. On two otherwise identical cars with either of these engines, the muffler and exhaust set-up was seemingly the same, so I'm thinking it was some of the other variables. God, I miss those GM small block V8 engines.

These are kind of reading like interstellar transmissions of U.S. history....

King of the 60’s.

Not normally a fan of custom wheels on an older car, but I like these!!

Compression ratios were generally lowered to handle unleaded in '71, yes. The 250 CI I6 never had a high enough CR to warrant lowering, however. The issue was that in concert with lowering CR's in '71, OEMs also switched to net power ratings. I doubt the 250 saw much in the way of spec changes until the early '70s (other than the above aforementioned).

with a Cat, it would also need unleaded fuel, which lowered compression, and typically some RPM. iff 155 was at 5Krpm and the new hp was at 4250rpm, even at the lower compression could reduce it decently. edit(just this line)also depends on carb/injection setup isn't exhaust note very determined by back pressure, pulse speed, muffler, exhaust diameter and things like if x/h or straight pipes....?

1992 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo. Nice example!

4 years/50k miles (including powertrain) with Benz, v. 10 years/100k miles on powertrain with Genesis. Now, renting a car and dumping it, it would be a moot point, but buying the car with plans on getting your money's worth out of it over a span of 100k miles, Genesis wins.

CARB making CA air quality clean again. Bravo. Still leading in auto air quality since 1967.

'64 Imperial. A fine year to be borne.

Yes such lovely innovation of Covid-19 masks. Amazing the innovation of humanity especially in China.

And what is faux luxury about the new G80? Surely more luxury than any Cadillac outside the Escalade...

Kia Stinger is rumored to die after just one generation. Genesis has a bad dealer network but that is their fault, and own mismanagement of the brand launch. In 2018 they had more dealers than Lexus before the closed half of them. Still they have about 2/3rd the dealers of other luxury marques. But what use is this warranty if they don’t have dealerships to service the cars. Jaguar offers 5/60,000 bumper to bumper warranty with 5 years complimentary maintenance and 5 years roadside assistance. Hasn’t helped sales any, they are still terrible. Genesis offers 3 years complimentary maintenance.