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Ziply Fiber is upgrading Washington state to be Gigabit plus internet service. I just got my new ONT, UPS and Router installed. They said by the end of next month I should be able to get a solid 1000/1000 upload and download, but for now, I have near Gig download and upload is ok for now. Went from $127 a month to $60 a month for Giga speed. Nice!!!

Excluding known , verified lemons, most any post-war vehicle can go 250K with good maintenance. It's not a rarity. There's a number of documented cars from the '30s going 500K. Pontiac built excellent V8 motors.

Just like reverse swirl on the toilets' then. This makes me wonder about the 1 ton Toyota mini pickups in the 80's if they really could handle the weight. Kind like being named David Felt. I felt you..... So many felt jokes growing up.

Within 10 minutes of each other - one near a smaller city hall and the other at Costco - 2 Pontiac snouts - 1 new and 1 old(er) Beautiful G8 sedan in excellent condition: Pontiac Firebird Formula (350!): Did the Pontiac 350s hit the quarter million mile mark easily with routine maintenance? Don't know much about them. People talk about how far their Olds and Chevy 350s go. A lot of glare, so I couldn't see what I was aiming at, but I got "350." (Also, it had a/c, a manual trans., and a rear spoiler). Obviously, '70 to '73 ...

Yeah, but OZ is down under, so gravity is reversed... j/k

Yeah, the El Camino and Ranchero car-based truck idea first appeared as utes in Australia decades before the US had such vehicles....first ones were in the 30s I think. Seen pics of neat looking '49 Ford and '49 Chevy Utes from OZ..

Snap-On truck is a '32-34 Ford Model A. Boatmobile is a '48 '46 Dodge.

I don't believe physics recognizes country borders.

Interesting to learn that Ford had a Mini Ute down under that ran a long life unlike here in the US. https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2020/07/rare-rides-a-1995-ford-falcon-xr6-ute-trucking-with-tickford/

Ford is taking a 1,400 HP Mach E with 7 motors to Nascar to show off what EVs can do. This purpose built concept has an actual hydrolic brake handle to allow drifting in the auto where it disengages the rear 4 motors allowing ultimate drift capability. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1128939_ford-is-taking-a-seven-motor-1400-hp-mustang-mach-e-to-a-nascar-race https://electrek.co/2020/07/21/ford-unveils-one-off-1400-hp-mach-e-a-driftable-suv-with-7-electric-motors/

If ANY image of a Native American is 'potentially offensive', one is effectively 'eradicating' any public presence by eliminating every symbol. As usual, the hysterical over-react and speak for others, making unilateral demands. The Redskins logo & name was designed with prominent input from Native Americans, who have polled as being largely in favor of it. Doesn't matter to the hysterical. I can see an argument for Aunt Jemima (I'm not in that camp), but once the Land O Lakes Native American woman was kidnapped off the packaging, I stopped trying to see other side's 'logic'. I type this wearing a vintage-harkening t-shirt which has the Indian Head logo & 'PONTIAC" on it. Ironically for some, guess under what president the choice 'negro' was first removed from the US Census? I actually agree with this (and Morgan Freeman) : stop talking about it. Focus is breeding division. How can you have 'equality' (whatever that's defined as) when every segment of society is getting labeled?

^ That's been the case for about 20 years now. I've been stating we're in the 98th percentile of automotive design progress for years.

A laxative?

Here is what the Cadillac Catera SHOULD have been. It could be yours as it is up for auction. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2001-cadillac-catera-2/

I can totally understand that. I used to do that also, but then found slow response from our Durham Datacenter to my needs and my boss asked me if I could change anything what would I change. I said, 2 30" 4K monitors, docking station and a workstation class laptop with 64GB ram and SSD drives. I got it more or less. My laptop is a Dell Precision 5540 with 32GB ram, 4TB NvME HD, Touchscreen with pen, windows 10 64bit, enhanced docking station a USB C charging ports and wireless pad, natural keyboard and wireless mouse. Now I am set to never leave my house for work again. I also got to take my expensive custom office chair and standing desk from our Seattle office.

I always wondered about those little mini motorhomes on Toyota pickup chassis...and mini Haul trucks as well.. There are a lot of odd names I've seen for children in recent years...Jaden, Krylon, Caden, Kyler, Nason, etc..not sure where people get them..

Meaning that, at this point in time, Bill Clinton "felt" your pain ...

OK, that's funny. - - - - - Shortest stroke = faster piston speed = 525 ft/lbs of torque = WIN

That's an Australian ton which is 1000kg (2204 lbs). According to the specs, the 2005 Holden One Tonner had a payload capacity of 1283 kg (2828 lbs) w/ the V8 and auto. The Utes and Crewmans had a lighter payload rating, like 6-700 kg. Holden also offered a 4dr Ute in the mid 00s---here's a 2005 Crewman...

The tonnage classification system used to be pretty whacked, not sure how it came about. My '40 is a 1.5-ton, with it's doubled frame it's 2-ton. But it was registered when new at just under 8 tons loaded (15,955 lbs, with the base cab/chassis weighing 3985 lbs). See what I mean- wildly off. I have no info on when/how trucks were so graded in AU, but the above sure doesn't look beefier than a half-ton (modern). It's an El Camino w/ a flatbed.

The old stuff was body on frame, not sure about the modern ones. The Holden one-tonners (no bed) like this would probably be BOF, though it has a car front clip.. But these---a Commmodore based ute and a Falcon based ute, are probably unibody.. Found a pic of a 2003 one-tonner.

My only real assumptions are either they couldn't fit the equivalently powered larger ones or they didn't want to make a larger one when they already had these in-house with the ability to run them together.

I love to hear stories about auto longevity. I try to run my cars "into the ground" time and mileage wise, but not condition wise. I try to take care of them, both mechanically and in appearance. When auto technology was changing, one wondered how long newer introductions would hold up. When the trend was to switch from carburetors to fuel injection, the first report of longevity I got was from a college friend, circa 2004, that his 1988 Mustang 5.0 V8 had 188,000 miles on the original injectors and the fuel delivery system was still functioning very well. Turns out that the ones on my car at that time lasted about another 100,000 miles beyond what he had on his Mustang. I'm guessing it's Bosch that is the prime supplier of injectors to the auto industry. As the saying goes: take car of it, and it will take care of you.

I will say, I use it on everything including the windows and black trim. Just makes it so reflective and new looking even though it is 12 years old with 165,000 miles on it. Built like a rock!

LOL Portland, Oregon is not even remotely Southern. The Statue's timing is not current.