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Neat looking Ford Truck

Yeah, when I drove my sister's Trax from West Palm Beach, Fl to Cleveland, Oh this past January it was fine on a long freeway drive...I would floor it coming down freeway on-ramps and always got to 75-80....cruised fine all day at 65-70..

Obviously time for a swarm worthy of the book of Exodus....

That being said, The Escape still has the most efficient Hybrid, and a 3500 pound tow rating if you get the 2.0 Turbo. It has some tricks up its sleeves. Good movie, some nice vintage car action, good cinematography, good plot line, well acted, nicely edited and directed. I am a sucker for a green car though... Might I suggest any car you drive is hauling ass by definition.... (Stang ducks wrench thrown from new Jersey....just kidding bro!) The Koreans keep doing better and better. They build tons of stuff I really like, and exactly zero cars I really want to own.

Heading towards the ocean at 60 mph with no driver?! Not going to end well. *Autonomous mode aborted *Driver bailed after the throttle stuck and the brakes failed.

Reveal a week away Oct. 20th... https://www-motor1-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.motor1.com/news/448780/gmc-hummer-reservations-choose-trim/amp/?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16026423006594&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.motor1.com%2Fnews%2F448780%2Fgmc-hummer-reservations-choose-trim%2F

OK, Robert; settle down.

Sadly our whole society is going this way....SC Boeing plant building the 787 Dreamliner has much more issue producing quality p0lanes than their Seattle counterpart, and yet the Seattle plant is the one being closed. I loved how they had the 1962 car leaving a 1962 NYC in a 2018 movie....CGI FTW!

Saw "Green Book" twice and I could see it again. Epic! Given that he picked up the car in front of Carnegie Hall, I KNEW there would be some great cinematography of the car crossing the George Washington Bridge to head westward and out of NYC ... and there was!

I have huge respect for Korea. If I could/had to live in another country, South Korea would rank very, very high as a place to actually live. Besides, I love how pretty Asian women are, and that counts for something. Stinger rocks. Seriously rocks.

The Stinger is RWD/AWD, IIRC it shares a platform with the Genesis G70. Stinger is like a Korean Charger, it is a cool outlier.

Except the FIAT 126 came out in 1972, so it predates the Golf...

You know Irony when I have that same 1.5 hiding in my Equinox. ? Maybe I was a bit mean calling it useless, as it is not bad in the Equinox or the now departed Cruze. But- those are both compacts with the Mali being bigger I feel it shows at times... I’d say 90% my Nox can haul ass too....though sometimes it does have it moments. Part of my distaste of it in the Malibu is that quite often I have driven the Mali right after driving the Equinox.....as you can feel the difference then. It is funny you say that about the Malibu....I kinda feel the same way about the Trax. For only 136 ponies-this little 1.4 can get up to 75 pretty quick when it wants to... I think that is the only think it really do not like about the Equinox is that stop start. Even after owning it for a year and a half, sometimes I have a mini panic when it stops running....Otherwise it has been a great little CUV ? That sucks! I had the same thing happen to my Cobalt at the start of the year! Thankfully they were able to save the tire...

Love the 80's square body myself. Parents had an Emerald Green 2 door '93 Blazer before they changed the name to Tahoe in '97. Great truck for towing our ski boat. Similar to this...

I remember that the Kia Stinger was well received and, now, some reviews of it aren't as favorable as the initial impressions. It looks like it's built on a variation of the Optima platform, but I'm not sure of that. On a different tangent, a random thought that sometimes goes through my mind is that I'd like to take a tour of how the post office system works. They probably don't do that anymore, and certainly not now. When I was in the cub scouts, we got to tour airliners and we got to tour military ships. I would like to see how a first class letter is routed from beginning to end and how, nowadays, they'd deal with bad handwriting for addresses and such. It's part of always wondering how things work.

That famous long-ass warranty you're going to need!

Now that is a war where I do not want a decisive winner. GO everybody! If the batteries are great, then charging time should be dramatically reduced and efficiencies raised. It may be the next decade where BEVs can truly replace ICE at all new car levels. This race for the best EV batteries is so good, that by 2035, even ocnblu might actually want one as a latecomer.

The wife and I really enjoyed the movie.

I love it. A cool project!

Nothing at all interesting here on the raods in Columbus...but watching this work in progress on Youtube.

Rare AWD version:

I've always wondered how the post office system reads really bad handwriting. They must have had a forensic scientist on payroll back before the PC days. Now days it's most likely a really spendy scanner we all pay for. I used to win penmanship awards in grade school, no joke, but now sometimes I wonder if that letter is going to make it to the intended party, just have to make sure the return address is clear enough ? BTW, I've never had one returned for poor handwriting, maybe it's not as bad as I think. ???

A random thought that's being going through my head the last few days: Flies gravitate toward turds, do they not?

Yep. And to that, I have no answer...maybe it is the car. ( to be fair- a few of the Malibus were rentals) Sadly, I have not had the seat time I used to in new vehicles.... ? Glad there were no issues with the tire.........

Damn the luck. Years ago I picked up a freakin' 1/2"x 1 1/2" carriage bolt in the right front as well, not fun. I never get nails or screws either, so guess I had to make up for it ha, but I was only about a mile from home.

Looks like a mild refresh of a 25-yr old Golf.

While the K5 name is not Optimal, it is a good looking car inside and out. GM, Ford and Chrysler have given up on too many segments, while the Koreans just keep plugging away, winning customers. This is a neat little car, comes with a lot of stuff (including nav) for about $25k, plus that famous long-ass warranty.

Fiat has released the concept of their city ev car.

I have met several Korean War veterans who swear by their Hyundais. The South Koreans have been our friends.

Interesting juxtaposition:

EV News of the Day. Tesla has increased the range of the Tesla X. Seems Tesla has done a mid year refresh and started to call the Tesla X 2021 models with a 371 mile range over the 2020 model of 351 miles. Seems Panasonic is delivering their updated denser battery cells that the Tesla S & X use. https://electrek.co/2020/10/13/tesla-model-x-range-increase-2021/ https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/2021-model-x-monroney-sticker-range-increase.209560/ Next News is the all New Mercedes-Benz EV SUV. The EQC 4x4 off road EV. According to the press release, the EQC 4x4 rides higher than a standard EQC or the G Wagon. While no info on what the HP or Torque is, MB does state that they will compete with Rivian in a solid off road recreational SUV. https://electrek.co/2020/10/13/mercedes-benz-rugged-eqc-4x4-electric-off-road-suv/ https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mercedes-eqc-4x4-squared-off-road-concept/ https://www.thedrive.com/news/37040/mercedes-benz-eqc-4x4-this-is-what-happens-when-you-give-an-ev-portal-axles Seems some sites talk more with MB than others as the following site states this EV SUV has 402 HP and 561 lb-ft of torque. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/10/13/mercedes-benz-eqc-off-road-portal-axles/ Seems the EQC which is what the 4x4 EV above is based on is set to be released December 13th 2020 as a 2021 model. They do not say if actual EQC EVs will be on the dealer lots or not. So this makes me wonder if an actual purchase will happen or if a reservation will happen starting on Dec 13th 2020. Great details on the EQC EV SUV at the link below. https://www.thecarhp.com/news/2021-mercedes-benz-eqc-preview-expected-prices-release-date-mpg-and-performance#:~:text=Expected Price and Release Date of 2021 Mercedes-Benz,extended up to %2476%2C620 for the advanced trim.

‘66 Toro ~

I remember in my neighborhood in Phoenix an older Hyundai XG (predecessor to the Genesis sedan) w/ the license plate KRNBCK (Korean Buick?). Had a 'Korean War Purple Heart' license plate frame. And to throw in another angle, Hyundai has the N-sub brand for performance...--2-3 models in Europe so far, 1-2 in the US... The new Santa Fe looks quite nice inside.

I was inder the impression old MGs were basically worthless. Used to see plenty - haven’t noticed one in probably a decade. The depreciation on this madly overpriced clunker would be a bunker buster.

The Ram 700 has been around since 2014 as a restyled, FWD-based unibody Fiat product. This is a new version of it. The Mitsubishi Mighty Max was a RWD-based, body-on-frame pickup built from 1983-1995. Totally unrelated to each other. Of course I love the single cab version of the new Ram 700. I would buy one if it had the 1.3t 4 from the Renegade, and an uplevel trim package of some sort. Are you sayin' you're POPPIN' FRESH?

Buick Electra EV for the Win!

As such every Pickup Truck out there ICE and EV are over priced especially with the crazy $7,500 to $12,000 discounts being thrown on the hoods now.

Honda at the Chinese auto show showed off today their first EV SUV concept. This is as they say the direction Honda will be going in global production of EV auto's and are focusing first on the CUV/SUV market. Honda has an agreement to use the GM EV platform, batteries, and motors for their Global EV product line. https://electrek.co/2020/09/28/honda-electric-suv-concept-future-mass-production-model-trend/

Just like LED light bulbs will last for 10,000 hours.

Seems Ford is finding new savings on the Mustang Mach e and has slashed prices up to $3,000. https://electrek.co/2020/09/29/ford-slashes-mustang-mach-e-electric-car-prices/#more-149004 GM has Announced that they have started testing their Ultium Battery system that will power their next generation of EV's that are coming out starting with Cadillac and Hummer by GMC. The battery packs will last for 1 million miles. https://electrek.co/2020/09/29/gm-tests-ultium-battery-system-cruise-origin-autonomous-electric-vehicle/#more-148985 Tesla has announced that they have secured an order for 130 of the Tesla Semi Class 8 trucks from Walmart of Canada. Walmart has over $2 million dollars in deposits to Tesla for their Semi Truck orders that are now over $20 million on the books. Quote from Walmart of Canada: “Walmart Canada is now reserving a total of 130 Tesla Semi trucks, making it one of the largest reservations of electrified trucks in the country. The move comes on the heels of Walmart Canada announcing a major $3.5 billion investment over the next five years aimed to generate significant growth in the business and is aligned with Walmarts global goal to target zero emissions by 2040 announced at Climate Week earlier this month.” https://electrek.co/2020/09/29/tesla-tsla-secures-order-tesla-semi-electric-trucks-walmart/#more-148949

'EV Volumes', via Forbes : https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2020/08/02/tesla-model-y-passes-chevy-bolt-in-global-sales-underscores-gm-electric-car-challenges---as-renault-zoe-gains-report/#5368cc382586

Ford just released the details on their F-150 Hybrid. The most Powerful HP/Torque ever in an F-150. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1129765_2021-ford-f-150-hybrid-hits-a-new-high-for-torque-if-not-mpg Quote: The model, badged PowerBoost, will make 430 horsepower and 570 lb-ft of torque, Ford revealed Tuesday—the highest power and torque ratings of any other powertrain available in the new F-150, and according to the automaker the most torque ever in the F-150.

Where Yoda are you pulling this figure since Tesla does not break out the Model 3 to Model y sales, both quarters they are combined. Q1 sales = 76,200 of the Model 3/Y and 12,200 of the Model S/X = Total Sales of 88,400 Q2 sales = 75,496 of the Model 3/Y and 6,326 of the Model S/X = Total Sales of 82,272 I am sure if we look at state by state registration we can get this number, but forgot where I would find it. California does publish their own breakout of sales by every model sold in the state. https://www.cncda.org/wp-content/uploads/Cal-Covering-2Q-20.pdf Would love to have an account here that would show the US individual models sold by state. https://www.autocount.com/# Even here where you have to pay at Staitsta they have a higher number for the Model Y which is not in full production yet due to the pandemic per Tesla. https://buyshares.co.nz/2020/08/20/tesla-accounts-for-over-80-of-electric-vehicles-sold-in-the-us-in-h1-2020/

Currently out of about 160 employees in my company there is already 3 Tesla Model 3. I have seen few model Y already on the road, not many yet. I think maybe the manufacturing of model Y is still not up to full speed.

I'm actually surprised I've seen a Model Y in the wild then.

Tesla Model Y appears to be plagued with poor sales, despite the company slapping 3 grand on the hoods a few months after their debut. GLOBAL sales thru June stand at 13,415, barely surpassing the Model X (12,461). Meanwhile, the Model 3 stands at 142,346. Chevy Bolt, globally, is at 11,496 thru June.

?They could have been making out in the back seat enjoying the view in their cool new Grand Wagoneer! After all ya gotta break in those seats some how.

I heard the machine-thread bolt go ino the tire, but I was doing over 60 and 20 mins from home. I hoped it was merely a rock, but :