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Mine is very much green rather than gray. It might get repainting to a lighter color in the summer. That color has been up 15+ years.

Holy hell that is pretty much the color I chose for MY living room, painted it this week! It's actually called "Rare Gray" but it's definitely greenish, which is wut I wanted.

Cozy night

Because I’m sure you’ve talked to everyone in this country to make such a determination. Tell us how you know better than GM marketing. Tell us how you know better than Ford marketing. Tell us how you better than ANY car manufacturer, for that matter. This how you can make your statement ring true as opposed to it sounding completely and utterly full of s***, like any other time you mention EVs.

Found an article about them...5 were commissioned for toting around VIPs at the '69 500. http://www.stationwagonfinder.com/2017/01/1969-cadillac-deville/

For those snowy Lancaster PA Winters, hey, its ICE! Cadillac wagon... I think this must be one of the Wagons they built as festival cars for the 1969 Indy 500....they came with a simialr unique interior. I had a chance to buy one once. 69 Caddillac was a good loking car.

^ With the matching vinyl roof, that's so hot.

It may be awhile.... Tahitian Coral... https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2020/10/28/black-ghost-a-street-racing-cops-hemi-challenger-r-t-added-to-national-register-of-historic-vehicles?fbclid=IwAR0_62Zd-0xq4Kbziy4OBKosnN4Asy4xuH4IMwx5CN4yWVPOASGtd1vWc50

Hyundai and Kia are the wave of the future. We will see more of a push with light commercial vehicles I think....I beleive it is where this technology will make the most sense. And feel free to disagree with me....I am not emotionally dpendant on anyone agreeing with my opinion. Quite the opposite.

Sounds like Toyota has been TOO successful in their hybrid technology to embrace EVs. GM fell into that trap in 1968 or so, ignoring the threat posed by Honda and Toyota in the 1970s. Then came emissions requirements and CAFE standards. GM took a while to design cars to fully catch up, but GM was already losing market share for the rest of the 20th Century. IF it wasn't for Hyundai/KIA, Toyota now would be where GM was fifty years ago, living on its past glories. You cannot do that when the market is demanding something new, and to be done quickly. In the long run, you have to replace your product with a better one; otherwise someone else will do it for you. As for VW vs. the dealers, EV tech is new enough that dealers should NOT expect any incentives to subsidize the sale of those vehicles. Unless VW simply cancels all incentives and goes fully EV.

ViewSonic has been a hit and miss for me both home and at work. They tend to pick up the surplus parts / stuff that needs to be dumped and so I say buyer beware. They have some good deals, but you need to read reviews and see how the life is on the specific model. Be careful! I tend to stay with NEC and DELL monitors as they just last, at least for me they have.

If GM issues a press release that a 5.3L V8 now cost them $299 to build in it’s entirety, would anyone assume that a Silverado 5.3L would drop -say- $5000 in price? I know I wouldn’t. OEM battery costs are immaterial to consumers because - like IC vehicles - prices don’t go down.

Go ahead and explain why ICE prices never go down while you’re at it, even though the tech is over a century old. The ones above are incremental with the Leaf being understandable since 2021 is NEW model with longer range and more options.

I think they say around 12-14 years, but mine started leaking earlier and at my parents house it leaked after 9 years and destroyed laminate floor. If the water heater somewhere where it can do damage if it leaks I would strongly suggest replacing it pre-emptively. Personally, I put tankless water heater in my house.

There's some sort of homeowner study entity that has done studies- the average life expectancy of just about any major home appliance is only 12-14 years. I've been in my house 28 years. Did water heater #2 at 14 years (it started leaking), did water heater #3 last year- it would randomly only provide lukewarm water. Mine's in the basement, which is unfinished... tho the sump pit is in the opposite corner from the heater. Yes; you can certainly do a pre-emptive. I remember when my grandfather replaced his water heater- I am going to say it was around 2010. That unit was a '57, but it had a copper tank. The industry realized they were lasting too long and engineered limited lifespan glass tanks. I have his '58 GE Combination refrigerator - still works great tho I only use it Thanksgiving week. Old appliances lasted forever- their lifespans are shorter now than any other time.

It defenitely had enough power. The one I got was only rated for 8" deep max and we got 10-12 here. I was still able to do most of my driveway and my neighbor's driveway on a single charge. I did run out of battery before I finished my driveway, but again I was going through snow deeper than it was rated for and I covered enough ground to park 6 or 7 cars. The batteries charge in an hour or less, but I only have a single charger for now, so total charge time is 2 hours. Not related to the power train... it gets stuck on every minor imperfection in concrete where my old one would just slide over it.

The bowls are from my friend Tom Robbins, he is much more talented than I am. His website is here. https://www.birchmountaincrafts.com/index.html

I visually love old woodworking tools. This shaper is in great shape. I ahve an odler version of the same, this is early 70's, mine dates to 1941. Wood turnings, not mine but cool.

I have not found any significant improvement in quality in the Icons over Trico NeoForms that justify the Icons being 3 to 4 times the price.

God I love Norton motorcycles. Thinking seriously of taking the Motorcycle safety new rider class in the spring. I am so bored with mdoern cars, and there are a lot of modern bikes that are "special" in ways a lot of modern cars are not. My latest crush....from a guy who has had a million mechanical crushes. I deeply envy guys like Balthazar and Trinicria Bob who don't have my automotive ADHD.... Honda Africa Twin.

Those old bikes are charming...my brother's first motorcycle was a '68 Triumph followed by a Norton in the early 70s.

Yeah. time and money, time and Money. Triumph....1970....another hit from the same year....in another good vintage color. Even Sportsters look good with the Cafe racer look...

I even like Challengers in purple, it was 1970 after all. they look great in most colors..even like them in white (a color I normally loathe). Love the styling..early 70s styling really resonates with me. The last two are '71s, different grille. Unknown-2 I'd want one of each...the Shelby GT350R (not the GT500) would be an absolute blast on windy back roads...a '70 Challenger would be great for raw old school rumbly fun, cruising around listening to vintage tunes--put on my RayBans, put in some Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Rolling Stones, or Pink Floyd on 8-tracks...

I wouldn't kick Sublime out of the garage either. Love brightly colored cars. My wife though, prefers not to stand out like this. Still a hot car...

Looks like an R/T SE--the SE package added the small limo rear window and vinyl top. Love the styling of the '70 Challenger, and it looks so good in triple black w/ the steel wheels and dds...

About 5 years ago I did work in a big (5800 SF) modern house, and the entire first floor had wide, white trim, pickled oak flooring and medium gray walls. It was an epiphany for me. Suddenly, the practice of painting every room a different color seemed hugely illogical. Were I re-doing a new-to-me house, I would definitely paint all common areas the same color.

Love the pickup and the studebaker in the back ground. That 46-48 Ford coupe would make a damn fine street rod also. I could live another hundred years happy playing with the vehicles in this pic! Oak staircase being removed from a home for "modernization" purposes, not my work... Balthy can prefer these in black and white, but local, Chilicothe Ohio.... ...and in a way I kind of agree with Balthy, original image.

Yes Watson.

I walk a lot of steps in a day...makes me feel good.

'56 Nic-L-Silver Vectress prototype (fate unknown) :

Brand new Sierra Denali 3500HD Duramax 6.6L/ Allison 10-spd on the left. Sticker was $83K. That’s my desired Pacific Blue Elevation on the right, except it was a 2.7L Double cab. Purty in person tho.

Surreal thinks walking's not good. Hmmm...

Well there's one sold.

WALKING IS GOOD

How about this (you are STALE) LESS THAN 2% OF THE U.S. MARKET IS EV. Not very "demanding", but then how would you begin to understand?

Except... it is not "the market" (which SHOULD be the primary driver of ANY transition) that is DEMANDING this dubious push to EV.