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For those that love to get dirty and play in the mud: Seems the Raptor and Ram TRX are about to get some V8 loving Competition!!! No Diesel, but the 6.2L V8 with 10spd transmission according to this story. 2023 Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 Pickup Truck: Our Exclusive Details (musclecarsandtrucks.com)

Automakers will get there by 2035. Battery tech will be figured out, EV pricing will be more like current gas powered pricing. By 2035 people won’t even want a gas car, like who today wants a cell phone from 2005? Or a TV from 2005? Or a V8 from 2005 with 300 hp that gets 17 mpg when a turbo 4 can make 300 hp now and get 27 mpg. Tech changes over 15 years.

Must. Win!

Stud (usually I'd post a picture of myself here, but I wouldn't want to make my fellow posters jealous and mess with their fragile egos. I'm much too modest for such things...)

If everything is 'wanting' to change, then nothing currently in use is any good. And if nothing at any time is any good, then it stands to reason the change will also not be any good. OR... some things may well have evolved to a point they are optimized, and are not in 'need' of 'change'. That is certainly very real. Counter-question : should General Motors be shut down / discontinued, in order for other to 'have their shot' at being a 'major player'? That would be a huge 'change'...

Unfortunately, this sentence is only half-right. Only 50% correct. Yes, Quebec is Canada's second most populous province. But no...it aint behind British Columbia. Ontario would be the province that Quebec is behind in most populous province. Quebec would be the LARGEST in area. Ontario being the second largest in area. But in terms of population, the roles are reversed. British Columbia is in 3rd place in both in terms of area and population.

One would have to assume that if a person leaves their long-term spouse for a life with another, it is due to change that could not work for that individual. Change is change and for some it is good, for others it is to cling to a resistance of change. I have personally found those that change are usually resistant to change compared to those that talk out their issues and work through the changes to embrace a better life with their long term spouse together. Course some change as they want better and need to change due to the resistance to change of the spouse. I am going to go out and say that those that want to stay with their long term spouse will work through the issues which usually does include change to embrace a better life. I also acknowledge that not all do. Let me ask this question; How is life better if we stop learning, stop improving ourselves, our society, our life? Stagnation is what kills society, life and people as proved by science. Those societies that thought they have achieved the best and needed no further change have died and are now history notes in human history. IMHO The auto industry is the same, without change, companies die! Change and improvements to the products and services provided is what allows companies to survive decades if not millenniums.

They have other options, too. Heavily fine those that buy IC (randomly & without warning), or 'imminent domain' the IC vehicles and auction them off for funds for further BE incentives. Perhaps jail time for the IC consumers, that's usually a behavior modifier. But seriously, these arbitrary numbers based on absolutely nothing have almost zero chance of being met. ^ I believe you were talking about Big Gov't here. B.G. has no accountability, so they have no literal need to 'cover their ass'. Which is why what's actually going to happen is what I initially stated- they'll just shrug & do nothing other than come up with yet another completely arbitrary date based on nothing. What's been unsaid here is that the contingency that does not want BE (and we have NO IDEA -when push comes to shove- how large that contingency is), there will undoubtedly be a run on IC vehicles the closer the supposed 'ban' looms, swelling those IC numbers / reducing the BE market share percentage. A temporary inverse bell curve.

Has the Gov’t stated the protocol if BE sales in ‘25 are only hitting -say- 6 or 7%? Will they halt IC sales to meet the (completely arbitrary) percentage… or just shrug?

MONOlogue?

I'm pretty sure the new Land Cruiser has been announced as NOT coming to the US. That's a shame because it's a pretty awesome vehicle with one heck of a reputation. https://www.motortrend.com/news/2022-toyota-land-cruiser-first-look-review/

Honestly, that's TBD. We don't know when the next 4Runner is due, and I think Land Cruiser will stay as ICE due to its off-road nature.

Neat photographs of elephant sculpture...

I will be thinking about your family. An actual post...

Seattle heat wave and my crazy day due to some things that failed due to the heat had me laughing when I saw this. Remembering the 90's Guess all those kids grew up with a warped sense of humor. Too Funny!

Just hit 108 at my house in the shade.

More updates: Little more warranty work. I wanted to address the creaking/groaning noise in the front suspension before the warranty was out. They wound up replacing the lower control arms. Poor thing also got rear ended again. Not sure how people can't see a big red van. Thankfully it was a minor accident and just the rear hatch and fascia needed to be replaced. Ironically neither accident has resulted in any damage to the trailer hitch. Minor accident or not, Carfax is still going to show two accidents so I can't wait to see how that affects the value when we sell it in a year or so. ? Still pulls the pop-up camper like a champ! And it gets 20+ mpg while doing it. After putting 32k miles on it in the first 22 months we owned it, due to COVID and subsequently working from home, it has only had around 4k miles put on it in the last 15 months or so. My lease is almost up on my Cadillac so as soon as the COVID shutdown started, that became the primary family vehicle to try and get as many miles on it as we can before turning it back in. Still a possibility I will buy it instead of turning it in but if we can get a decent lease on a Canyon Denali, that may wind up replacing it.

Proud 39yrs

She tried to kill me this morning. Driving to work and about a third of the way there the brake light on the dash comes on. I go to stop and nothing from the pedal until the very end and then the front brakes lock up. I regained control and limped her the rest of the way to work. Popped the hood once I got there and the fluid seemed high enough but the wrong color. Smelled burning brakes from the back left wheel. I had stuff I needed to do at work, so I went into the office and 3 hours later took her to the Monroe Brake up the street. Oddly, she drove perfectly fine with no brake light. Still haven't heard from them, so not sure what is going on yet.

Hoping the wife’s chemo will start next week. Just wanted to update you guys, not sure if I will be on much this week…..