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Council of Karens, apparently...

Ghost buster....er...goats butter... The woodworker in me loves this one...

> Incest! < That’s not incest, it’s a xenophobic aversion to multi-cultural diversity. ?

We’re not disagreeing. There’s no legit reason to street race, I’m saying it’s going to happen and you said it’s been going on forever.

Sorry i couldn't resist... Last one for today...

I’m just going to have to disagree with you on that one. There is zero reason to drag race down a public road other than stroke your ego and be an idiot.

Keeping it Random....

I love me some flathead V8. My friend kelly got his Cutlass done, here it is at a small town car show here in Ohio. Proof that old cars do make it out of "under a tarp in the driveway" purgatory. Bunch of Ohio had issues also.

BS on the timing of this. Street racing long predates the defund movement and has been getting worse for years. Of course, given the source of the article (Fox News), I am not surprised that they are trying to make this seem like a new thing to promote their own BS agenda.

Found the pic- it’s actually a ‘66 Buick Wildcat. IIRC it was from an article about GM innovations, but this is all I clipped from it; prolly been in my library 20 years or more.

I found this a couple of days ago. It becomes a great video when this beautiful airplane lands and you can see all 4 thrust reversers in action. These things were a big deal in just coming from Madrid to New York, Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles during the summer. It was an even bigger deal for these bigger Airbus planes to routinely go from Spain to Central America, Brazil, Buenos Aires, and Santiago de Chile. This plane (the 600 version) was a little bit longer than the 747-400. However, the latest 747-800 has reclaimed that distinction. I flew on this one summer, with the U.S. service provided by American, and picking it up in Chicago on the outbound and returning on the long flight to LAX. This is an incredible machine, with a more comfortable 2-4-2 seating arrangement and those 4 big engines providing the power. As they are being retired, I realize how much I will miss the Airbus 340.

GM has 4WS history going much farther back. I used to have a pic of a '68 Oldsmobile at the Proving Grounds with 4WS undergoing testing. I don't see it as being so exclusive that you would need to 'piggyback' it off earlier engineering.

Obviously it wasn't developed in 2002 or 2001. Wiki states it was 'developed by Delphi while under the ownership of GM'. There are 9 patent citations by GM or Delphi for Quadrasteer, starting back in 1988. Of those 9, 7 fall on or before 1999. Based on that, I think it's accurate to state it was developed under the 'GM roof'.

Was Delphi owned at the creation point of Quadrasteer? I thought they were independent at that time that they offered it on GMC and Chevy trucks in 2002. Just searched and it says Deplhi was sold off from GM in 1999. Delphi Technologies - Wikipedia This story says GM offered Delphi built Quadrasteer in 2002. GM Brings Back Quadrasteer: Chevy Silverado EV Gets Four Wheel Steering | DrivingLine Did GM create it before 1999? Have not found anything and the Wiki page says 2002. Quadrasteer - Wikipedia @balthazar @riviera74 @ccap41 UPDATE - Delphi created the $5,600 Quadrasteer and offered it to various Auto OEM's. GM was the only one to sign up to offer it on their trucks as it made these large trucks turn like a compact car. Interesting data on it here: GM Quadrasteer: The Great Invention No One Wanted (motorbiscuit.com) QUOTE: Quadrasteer was a steer-by-wire rear axle developed by Delphi Automotive. It electronically controlled the rear wheels to respond in different ways based on speed and loads. Two microprocessors controlled the axle. I am honestly glad GM has built their own in-house solution for Hummer, GMC, Chevrolet for 4W-steering.

I think the east half of Michigan is out of power right now…over 700k by me….. ?

Doesn’t mean that public roads are where someone should act like a complete moron.

It is an August sighting ... and it's not. It's more about the license plate frame. This is "clever" marketing. This dealership might almost assuredly reach a particular market segment. I wonder if people in this shopping center parking lot thought I was weird for taking this photo. And this one. What would be funny is if the guy is a teetotaler.

You come up with some pretty random ones, @A Horse With No Name. The one with the lion is corny and, yes, my dad once had that same Impala. But it was a base model coupe, so I'm thinking it had the 283 V8. He thought it was really reliable and, in his estimation, powerful. But, then, he never had a driver's license when he lived across the pond. Thinking of the maxim that, in America, "the streets are paved with gold." The couch one is downright hilarious. I'm having one delivered within a week. It should be interesting to see how that goes.

I think he means it was built and sourced from a 3rd party but still assembled onto the trucks on their regular assembly lines.

Yup found this one: 1968 MARS II Electric Car Update: Early EV – 1968 MARS II Electric Car – Barn Finds Cool History Note about the 1968 MIT Clean electric auto race. MIT Electric Vehicle Team: History - The Clean Air Car Race

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

1968:

I don't know if this should be in the joke thread, sort of like "Where does an elephant sit?" "Anywhere it wants." Q: Why did the alligator cross the road in West Mifflin (Pittsburgh), PA? A: Because it can. Gator on the Loose Spotted Crossing Suburban Road in Pennsylvania (msn.com) Take note of how LOW the fine is for violators who keep animals they shouldn't be keeping. It would be difficult to relate to people who have a thing for dangerous animals or reptiles as pets. I'm sure police artists can do a great job of sketching up some stereotypical offending owners.