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My friend Mike is not happy with the backup Camera in his Buick at the moment....He is a good buy and an old friend from College. Couch is frightened...

Will soon turn over 41k miles on this truck, and I realized I cannot remember the last time I put that many miles on a vehicle before I got rid of it. Running fine. Had one more transmission episode involving electronics (CEL, would not shift out of 2nd gear) driving to work one morning, second similar episode, different DTC, but a co-worker was able to clear it for me and it's been fine since.

* Anyone remember me!? For various reasons, it's been a LONG time since I've logged in & posted here. BUT, after reconnecting and chatting with Drew a bit, I figured I'd log in & post. Hope that's OK. A lot has happened since I last was here, but I won't bore you. Instead, I'll share a couple of recent things, in case anyone is interested. I finally detailed my car. Big deal, right? For me, this time, it kinda is! When I had my family of MCs, I spent every "automotive season" Saturday (weather permitting) detailing a car. But, when I detailed my 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis LS (which I'd bought late 2016) a few weeks ago, I hadn't detailed a car in at least 6 years. That sparked a "Monday Mystery" social media status which then led to a full entry (including pictures!) on OC,SH. If you'd like to read the tale, check it out here: https://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/2021/07/21/cleaning-detail/ Meantime, 1 reason I list events in all 50 states on the OC,SH website is to encourage people to travel to meet. I did that a lot ~2002-2011 (which some of you might remember). Along those road trips, I discovered some cool connections. Take a look at the list & see what you might want to attend yet this year. As always, you are welcome to join us in Elgin IL along Historic US 20 for Cruise Days (Sundays, 3p-6p) & Cruise Nights (Wednesdays, 6p-8p). What road trips have you planned & done around gatherings? Cruise Days-Nights & Events: https://www.oldcarsstronghearts.com/ocsh-cruise-nights/ Cort, pig & cow valves with pacemaker 2003 MGM LS + 1981 cmc SC; need 1975 Chrysler Cordoba "Let me slip away" | Gordon Lightfoot | 'Carefree Highway'

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I also get a kick out of seeing the "Knight Rider" years of Firebird on the road. There aren't many left. Some of them are pretty messed up. And, like you say, you see the pop-up headlamps in the up position or, even worse, you have one up and one down! I wonder what the repair bill looks like to fix a pop-up headlamp that isn't popping correctly.

Oh; there were electric cars in 1968! A few... but there.

^^^ Hold on tight to your dream. Electric Light Orchestra In 1968. It was a dream. in 2021...its reality.

1968:

Oldshurst: CCAP:

Damn, it would have been cool if they would have bought an old Chrysler plant that's been closed for probably a decade now, located in the St Louis area. Before I even clicked "submit reply" I had to look it up and it's been tore down and it's just a massive vacant lot. It would still have been cool if they built a new plant there. It is a 295 acre lot, 5 million sq ft building.

Quadrasteer was developed in-house, by Delphi (owned by GM at the time). '3rd party' would be an independent vendor.

There are a couple of Camaros and 1 Firebird of that era around my area. I think...all of them, with their V6 base engines. I am sure of the Firebird and one of the Camaros as that Camaro has a Berlinetta badge on it. The other Camaro, I cannot tell. But it aint an IROC, therefore it could have the 5.0 middle offering... Electric motors on pop-up head lights? Couple hundred dollars at least to replace the motors.

...or keep building interesting products. From Audio products to tools to restaurants to clothes....I don't buy the most mass market product in much of anything. Same thing with vehicles. RAV 4 Hybrid is a practical piece but ugaly as F. I like the new Supra but not so into sports cars any more. Tacoma is dated, would rather have a Colorado or Ranger. Or a Gladiator, for that matter. Camry....nahhhhh.....25 or 30 grand would buy something more interesting. It would be a cool world if you could have an alternate history and have say the 1950's with all of the cool of the concept cars actually making it into production cars....and a variety of power. ICE Steam, electric, Nuclear fusion, etc...a real Buck Rogers type automotive world.... I could see owning a Tesla model 3....I really could. I love the vintage vibe of this meme... Speaking of the 60's...I always daydream about cruising in a 409 Powered Bubble top Impala when I hear this song.

Yeah...finally that American-Canadian border is open! Yeah...there was a time, just a couple of months ago actually, that Quebec was divided into regions and one person couldn't cross into a different region... Especially if one came from a red zone. Montreal was a red zone when he got his Vette in May.

@oldshurst442 Hilarious story. Cruising around the Laurentians in the most recent of Corvettes without any of the brittle Thelma and Louise bull5h!+. Wow. I guess he got it prior to the opening of the borders. The Canadian border opened to (some of) us on August 9 but the converse is not true for the U.S. And he couldn't go to Quebec City - in the same province - to pick up his Corvette? I like how you describe the craftsmanship. Sounds nice. I think a silver one with the red interior goes to the top of the heap for me in Corvette land. So, how does the new Corvette drive and ride after being behind the wheel of one? I only began to like the full-size Cadillac once they got rectangular lamps up front and became more slab sided. They kept the stateliness but also picked up some "less is more" in the process.

^ That ‘64 above is stately, not garish. - - - - - An actual 4-dr coupe :

I was on a playdate today. With an employee's father who had a convertible C6 Corvette. I had thought that it was a Z06 badge on the side of it a while back when I posted seeing, but in fact it was a Z51 badge. Well, he sold it privately and got himself a.....C8 Corvette. 2021. He had to jump through hoops to get it. None in Quebec were available. All sold out. He gad to fetch it in Saint John's Newfoundland. But couldnt because of Covid restrictions. He had it shipped by ship...to Quebec City to another Chevy dealer But couldnt fetch it there either. Covid restrictions. So had it transported by truck to another dealer. Had to pay extra monies to have it shipped to these dealers. But all in all, the transaction price was NOT higher than MSRP. However, it wasnt the trim level he wanted. His is a 1LT base Stingray. He wanted another Z51, but beggars cant be choosers with a hot and rare commodity that is a C8 Corvette in Quebec and in Canada generally. White with a red interior. Red seats. Red stitching. BEAUTIFUL. But there is no wing. The mags are plain. The only option I think are red brake calipers that have the Corvette name on them. Basic but beautiful. So...I spent the entire day with him and his Corvette. Two middle aged men having the time of their lives. Bonding of our love affair of cars. Talking about Corvettes, but other muscle machines as well. We spent it in the Laurentians. He let me drive it. I fed him steak and beer and chicken wings. You know...manly food. Ahem.... It turned out to be a Thelma and Louise kinda day. (without the sexual abuse, killings, runnin' from the cops and ultimately jumping off a canyon...)

https://www.motortrend.com/news/ctc-boulder-teardrop-camping-trailer-ev-battery/ An interesting option to increase range while towing.

Don't discount what relentlessly pushing for massive volume results in.