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Happy Birthday Balthazar...not all of my friends are old enough to remember the Roman empire.

I enjoyed this video, yes it is a lowrider, but glad to see old GM iron put back on the road and restored. Neat wood working/Aviation video.

Then consider yourself lucky. Two gas stations near me (when I lived in Greensboro, NC) routinely were jacked up. Half the pumps were out and it seems like it was different set of pumps every week. It should be noted that I've seen this in Arizona too and in most cases, they were not the newest pumps. Nonetheless, they most certainly do exist. Again, ask those drivers before assuming intent and reason. It's that simple.

But they don't need the Tesla home charger- they can "charge it overnight and be full in the morning" out of a 110 outlet (don't all Teslas come with the adapter for that?). And they'll be "charging it every night to be topped off the next day". Or so I've been assured here. But for some reason, on New Year's Day [almost everyone is off work / stores are mostly all closed], 7 local people (at the moment I spun by), were sitting at a Supercharger station for who knows what multiples of a half hour, getting kWs at double the rate as at home. I just don't get it. Yeah- it a micro sample but I'm trying to make sense of it. If it was evening hours, sure; you drove around during the day, your place of employment has no chargers, you sit at the Station for an hour to get ready for tomorrow. But on a day no one has to be anywhere... why get up, get dressed and drive to a commercial parking lot to pay double rates? - - - - - Yes, sometimes gas pumps are out-of-order; they are electrical/hydraulic/mechanical devices. But when many charging locations have 2 outlets, and one is busted AND you have to wait an hour for the guy at the other one to go... it's a far different scenario. At least by me, most gas stations have on the order of a dozen pumps, not 2, and fueling only takes a few minutes.

You know I respect your opinion but you are seriously reaching here. Just because someone has a Tesla or EV doesn't mean they have home charger. You are also using a very small sample here ("there were seven Teslas...") to make your case but unless you actually ask those very owners A.) "Do you have a home charger for your EV" followed by B.) "Why are you charging here if you have a home charger", then you don't have a clue what or why. You're just grasping at straws for whatever reason. Sorry, but it just doesn't hold water IMO. Good thing gas stations always have perfectly functioning pumps that are never "out of order". Oh wait. Point being, sometimes $h! happens.

One can love both vintage and modern iron....I love the old 65 Galaxy 500...one of my favorite 60's car designs. 427 Powered 65 Galaxy...

I went to the post office today. In the parking lot exit, a burgundy late(r) model Mercury Grand Marquis was in front of me. It was spotless and there was a beige baseball cap on its rear shelf. It was a tall senior gentleman who had also been inside the post office. Ahead of him was an older BMW where the driver was being overly cautious to go out into the traffic of a major 4-lane road. The Grand Marquis driver began to honk in repetition. The Grand Marquis driver finally got into traffic and chose the right lane. As someone slowed down to turn into a gas station about a block further down, he started repeatedly honking at that person, too. This guy was slightly dysregulated. I pondered the beige baseball cap on his rear shelf. Oh, yeah ... I forgot where I was going. Nice 4.6 liter SOHC V8!

Easy today, the winter storm fried all the pumps at the Shell Station in my Neighborhood. All 12 pumps dead till further notice according to the sign. Yet when I ran to get the grocery shopping done for my senior parents at Fred Meyers which was out of power this morning also, the Tesla Super Charger station was fully functional this afternoon. Dead Gas station Working EV Station. Goes both ways I know. Still a factor as the pre-orders all came with 3yr free charging, which 3 years has not come up yet, so lots of peeps still using the free charging. Yes as of today, Tesla has no free charging on any model they sell. Yet as sales dip, Tesla seems to throw this out as an incentive. Research shows the cheapest charging is home charging even with the cost of a 220V charger.

Plenty of times for me. Just two months ago to the place I go gas up. The problem is that...there is no problem when a pump at a gas station goes poo poo. There usually is another gas station right across the street with full functioning gas pumps. with the continual poo pooing of EVs. Trying to find the most trivial thing thinking that will deter what is the inevitable.

When was the last time you went to a gas station and half of the pumps just didn't work? I've never encountered this in my life, yet.

What happened? Comedies are nowhere as good as they used to be. The epic ones like this one stay with you for a lifetime!

Keep in mind that the preorders of Tesla 3 all included free charging. As such, while the auto's all come with a 110V wall plug charging cord, I would have to think that they are hung up on free power over convenience of charging over night and having a full battery in the morning. I also do know that some of my coworkers figure that since they can do email and slack or teams chat with coworkers via their phone, might as well use the Super Chargers to cover getting a battery pack charged while they also work via their smartphone. But as @surreal1272 pointed out, way too small a pool of people to make an observation on without asking pointed questions. @ccap41 Totally agree with you that while the chargers might have a stated rate, the installation might have not been in support of that rate and does need to be rectified. Also broken or out of order charging points need to be fixed ASAP. Gassed up the SS at Costco and saw that they had 1 diesel and 3 regular / Premium pumps out of order. I asked the attendant and he said 2 had electrical issues with the interface, 3rd one was broken as the person filled up, then got in and drove away breaking the quick connect and still took the hose with them never realizing they never pulled the fuel hose. Diesel was broken as it would not pump so mechanical inside.

Well they need to sort this issue out because it is far from the first time I've read stations not charging anywhere near their stated rate AND having multiple plugs "out of order". It would be infuriating if you're taking a road trip and you think you can stop for 45 minutes for a quick charge and are stuck for 2-3 hours.

Greek town, Detroit, 1970

We had a major wind and rain storm over night. Winds clocked at gusts up to 121 MPH at Snoqualmie pass. I90 freeway. At Deception Pass that goes over the water to the island of Oak Harbor, a USPS truck was blown over onto the railing and they had to wait a few hours as crews cleared downed trees before they could right the truck. No damage or USPS mail lost, but during the constant 60 to 65 mph windows, the truck looked like it could blow over even though the bridge had upright beams that would keep it from going. Mail semi nearly blown off Deception Pass Bridge during windstorm (msn.com)

Beautiful woman with a very lovely voice, thanks for posting!

@balthazar @ccap41 I think depending on where one lives, getting a constant high speed electric stream into the battery pack can be a challenge especially for states that have poor electrical grids compared to other states where they have the flow. Yet with that said, while it does affect how fast one recharges on a road trip, most people I believe will charge up at home always having a full battery pack in the morning to start. We are also in the early stages and while some standards have been set, I think there is still plenty of room to grow the quality and reliability of the stream of power to hit the designated rate of recharge. It might mean that they need a battery pack to hold the power to help with quick recharging. In regards to the cost of fueling an electric car, always been some people who come up with these crazy formula's and state it is 2 to 3 times more expensive. Real world has proven this to not be true. I question that persons use of Tesla as an example due to how many people get free charging or prepay at a very competitive rate to home charging. Again real world charging across the west coast does not bare out that crazy almost $9 per gallon equivalent cost. West coast has a maximum charge allowed on public charging stations so that example is very invalid even Tesla has stated that using the public listed prices is unusual for most tesla owners. Even the story link says that this is the exception rather than the norm where most people charge at home at ultra cheap rates.

I recently happened into this and it's pretty damn funny ... hello Jersey Shore. It brings up the notion as to whether most stereotypes have some accuracy. If enough people didn't notice them, they wouldn't exist. I guess that means "yes."

I may have posted this before, but every time I hear this song I think about crusing around in an early 60's Impala. Enjoy...I love her voice.

For 'blu....alnternate powered vehicle...replica of the worlds first motorcycle...looks like it is steam powered. To everyone here....again...I love her voice....this is from me to you though..."You have a friend in me."

Buddy L (toys)

Seems Australia is even more conservative about what you have in a commercial as they stopped this commercial from playing due to the drift done in the commercial. Australia Bans 2021 Toyota Yaris GR Commercial Over the Briefest of Drifts (thedrive.com)

Sun Valley ~

The GV80 really seems to upstage this interior too at the same money. I feel like XT6 is just an also ran, sort of like the MDX and whatever Infiniti is peddling in this segment.

Seems Ford is pulling back in their restructure to be a profitable auto company with higher ATP's. As such 5,000 people will loose their jobs as Ford closes manufacturing in Brazil. They will still keep sales, but auto's will be brought in from Argentina and other places around the globe. Ford ending manufacturing in Brazil, continuing South America operations (detroitnews.com)

• The 'e-COPO' Camaro is neat, because it's a dedicated track-only car built to do one thing (and it works). • The C-10 is basically a 'show cruiser for 2', so the fact the bed no longer functions probably isn't a deal breaker. • But the Blazer is a beater with off-road capability and the conversion destroys the cargo space. Sucks you'd have to either rig a plywood platform over the battery packs or heft your belongings onto a roof rack to get any utility out of it. That's a fail in my book.

It seems LaCroix specialty water is now a cool way to go to quench thirst with flavor, no sugar, and no sodium. HOWEVER, some flavors of LaCroix are really, really bad.

Always liked the square body C10s..esp. like the '83-84 grille, and the '73-74.

Lil old grey-haired couple, possibly original owners (tho the plate is post-1991) :

They are fun...I like their version of 'Always On My Mind'...

Seem like I am catching a lot of Pet Shop Boys songs lately....

One of my favorite Led Zeppelin tracks...'In the Evening'.. She's interesting...can't recall the track, but did see an LDR video that had a '69 Mustang in it...

The "crazy" formula was grade-school straight forward : cost per mile. And the piece I quoted literally was 'real world'. - - - - - New Year's Day there were SEVEN Teslas at the Supercharger station across the road from me, with another pulled off to the side. Around 9AM. Saying 'most people charge at home' may not be accurate... because at that date & time, the station should've been completely empty. If most people charge at home, why the fenzied push to build more & more Supercharger stations? Doesn't everybody have an electrified home?

WAAAY too small of a sample.