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Pontiac! I love this because it's a like Pontiacs were back in the day, just cars to cruise in and have fun. Not everything needs to be a Red GTO.

Spot on! Too funny.

Innocent and funny! Christmas Display....

Video games.... Smart Birds...

As do I. I have kind of moved on in my car love though. right now. Sport compacts (WRX, Civic Type R, golf R) Would really like something small 4 door and all wheel drive. My older son's girlfriend has both a Type R and a WRX STI, so I guess that itch is satisfied by having those cars "in the family." Other itch is pickup, vintage pickup truck, Jeep, Bronco, 4 wheel drive full size truck. Current Ranger scratches 95% of that itch at the moment, as I have a ton of other things going on in my life. Only occasionally do I look back into the past anymore, so I am kind of the opposite of Baltazar in that way. My ideal garage right now would be nothing more than my current Truck, and time to enjoy it and explore new horizons.

More love from that Era.

Bingo. I liked the front end the next year a little better, where the lights are outside the grille and in the sheet metal. That's what my Dad had. But, so true about your statement, because when my Dad had one, it was basic a basic coupe (Bimini Blue) with an in-line 250 c.i. 6 cylinder engine. Nothing to go wrong. Dependable beyond words. And, our dog loved that car. When we said, "You want to go for a ride?" she started to wag her behind - because she didn't have a tail - and headed right for the Pontiac. She knew the Olds wasn't for her. (Whether or not she figured out that that it was because the Olds had velour seating, and my parents wanted to keep it clean, is beyond me.)

Reminds me of the '69 Custom S, and the former C&G member that had one..

I have started paying attention to these, and there are a bunch of different variations of these products....and their owners. This is not aimed at TC Bob, but just here because it is funny. Have a good Friday everyone. It should still work great. keep spinning vinyl the music is what matters. Besides, you will need an External pre amp with the RT-85, won't need one with the 81. I am not saying that every Challenger around here is driven responsibly, just that a bunch are. I prefer Planet of the Apes, where the Apes take over. Time to give Darwin/Evolution a second shot at getting our species right.

If I am a future owner of a 3.6 base Charger, I will definitely not be in that crowd! LOL. Instead, I will be endeavoring to achieve 30 + mpg on the open road. And that would have been the same when I was in my 20s and 30s. But, yes, I know that type and see it fairly often, usually in the V8 equipped Mopars with the more "juvenile" decals and striping. As for me, I prefer to go about life like a cheapskate so I can do things ... such as traveling like a cheapskate.

Then consider yourself lucky as I have seen this behavior in every state that carries I-40 lol. In this, we are in total agreement. Who would have thought the movie "Idiocracy" was actually prophecy and a documentary rolled into one?

I might venture to say that I've always had a soft spot for both the Camaro and the Firebird just because they are Camaros and Firebirds. As for the last-gen (when both coexisted), I'd have to say I liked that they had the 3800 V6 as the base engine, RWD, and a basic 4 speed automatic transmission, if I recall. In that form, they also priced out nicely. I probably liked the Firebird more than the Camaro. Chalk that up to all the circular gauges and vents on the dash and those pop-up headlamps ... and liking Pontiac more than Chevrolet.

So what? But you JUST advocated reducing GMC Sierra from 6 trims to 2! At some point don't you have to take a breath, re-read what you write, and decide 'Yeah, maybe that really is massively inconsistent.' ? I dunno; if sales move online / car delivery services, AND someday everything is just electric motor-propelled, what's the point of 40 SUVs of the same size, same motor, same features, etc on the same computer screen?

*Denali has entered the chat* *F-150 King Ranch has entered the chat* *F-150 Platinum has entered the chat* *Ram Limited has entered the chat* The Lincoln Blackwood was a limited edition truck, available only in a shortbed with a wooden liner and only in 2wd. The Lincoln LT was a victim of badge engineering.. it offered nothing but a grille and a navigator dash over the F150. The suspension and transmission were the same. The only hardware difference is that it was AWD rather than 4WD. The Escalade EXT was more than a badge job most years. It came with a bigger motor (6.0L) than the Avalanche (5.3) in the first generation. The second generation got the 6.2 while the Avalanche only got the 5.3 and for a couple years an optional (and very rare) 6.0. The Escalade had AWD instead of 4WD and they got air shocks (air shocks were only an LTZ option on the Avalanche, I have them) In addition to the Escalade dash, the door panels were upgraded as well. The only reason the Escalade EXT died was because the Avalanche died... and the Avalanche died due to GM stupidity. The Avalanche and EXT for some reason were not built on the Suburban/Tahoe line, instead they were built on the Silverado/Sierra line. GM wanted to sell more Sierras and Silverados to compete with Ford. They decided there wasn't enough room to build the Avalanche/EXT in Arlington next to the Suburban, so it got canceled. I think there absolutely is a market there for a luxury truck. Denali and the premium offerings from Ram and Ford prove that. Plus there's the luxury 250/2500 series trucks as well... I see a LOT of Denali 2500 Duramaxes around me. The reason there's no Lexus version of the Tundra is because Toyota has enough trouble moving the Tundra as it is. It isn't a compelling offering in the truck market and it is the second worst fuel economy after the Titan. Toyota had hoped to sell 200k Tundras a year and they barely crack 100k. The Titan sells a pathetic 26k a year, but the only reason it survives is because it rides on the same frame/platform as the Armada/QX80 and the NV Vans... but with the NV getting discontinued and Armada/QX80 sales under 45k.. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Titan discontinued entirely in a few years.

I believe the term is frugal. And there is NOTHING wrong with that. I high five you!

This brings back memories as my dad and I had left just a day before the big eruption and our 16ft aluminum fishing boat was filled with ash from one of the early pre-eruptions. I was back home in Kirkland Washington on this day when it exploded.

What is with Dodge drivers lately? Not a day goes by, when I'm on the interstate, that a Charger or Challenger driver isn't acting like they are in Cannonball Run. I am over all of them and sadly it's not just the V8 drivers out there. Even the 3.6L fools do that and I don't understand it. Just offering a master class in "How to drive like a complete Jackass: Sponsored by your friends at Mopar".

A klass act, with a "k" Now that I have your attention ...

Vette on the right...happy weekend, everyone.

Vintage slot car picture, cool! Neat old Ford picture. Another cool vintage pic....

LOL. A loaded statement ... and a piece of work on various levels. It's all good.

turns out i have the RT-81, i had mistakenly wrote RT-82. the RT-81 has the belt under the platter.

Good information to know as when I was looking I compared it to the Silverado and not the Avalanche. Thanks ya!

Personally, I think the number of 50k+ vehicles is llike 60%. They only REALLY have 4 vehicles with average transaction prices under 50k, GLA, GLB, and CLA. Yes, the C Class and GLC start under 50k but you and I both know options inflate these vehicles extremely quick and starting at 42 and 43k, respectively, has them actually selling at 50k and above. Well, before I even hit "Submit Reply", I had to look up the numbers and according to the below link, here is the information I found. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210108005349/en/Mercedes-Benz-Reports-2020-Sales-of-325915-Vehicles A Class 15,332 CLA 10,997 GLA 25,348 GLB 23,183 Total 74,860 Using their grand total of 325,915 total vehicle sales, that's 22.96% of vehicles. That ALSO assumes that ZERO of those GLAs and CLAs were AMGs that are certainly over 50k. My opinion, with the facts provided, is the total sales from Mercedes that are under $50,000 is around 20%.

I am married to the Frugal queen. When my (former) isnurance company refused to cover wind damage on our roof and I was concerned about dropping ten grand on the replacement, my wife was like....we'll just pull that out of accesable savings. I am brewing my own coffee at work to be able to spend more money on Vinyl and road trips, which is not a bad thing. Human stupidity in every way ha sreached an all time low. Love the Trans AM.

Just upgrade the cartride and platter, its the same turntable. My younger son tells me hiking permits for ST helens are restricted and go quickly, would love to hike it. Actually, around here a bunch are respectfully driven. And since or own TC Bob loves the Cahrger in White, I think of him frequently when I see a Charger or Challenger.

It is. But they're still competitive and still siblings. And one can still be better and play in the same price tiers (again: competition). Why is GMC competing with Chevrolet? Every brand should compete with every other brand, irregardless of the parent company. Imagine if GM executives had said 'We have the GTO, so it's a 'hard no' to the 442, the GS400 and the SS396." Again- it comes right back to you contention; more models, more revenue, more profit, right? Or...... let's have a conversation about cutting MB's SUV line down to a 'more proper' 3 or 4 models.

Funny how you only use part of the facts. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fxstreet.com/amp/news/lcid-stock-news-lucid-group-inc-drops-lower-as-pipe-lockup-period-approaches-202108311122 At least, unlike Tesla investors, they were given the option to cash in. Tesla doesn’t give any option for dividends which makes their stock price look good but also way overvalued. This has been discussed before. None of this means the end of companies Ike Lucid though.

Just like they think ‘more more more pickup trims’. And it works. GMC is printing money & expanding models and sales of models. That’s everything you’ve randomly thrown up on the chalkboard for ‘success’; more models, cheap models, higher trim models, more volume/revenue/profit. But for some reason -unless it IS just the outmoded 1980s think- “GMC has problems that need fixing. Weird. Illogical.

Lexus; no. Like someone pointed out; it'd be based on a bottom feeder toyoter; that's a poor foundation to build off of, esp when all toyoter is doing is (badly) copying the Big 4 trucks. Cadillac & Lincoln... I think they are playing it right by conceding the lux truck segment to the higher volume in-house brands. There's too much of a 'well-worn path' to Ford to try and divert traffic to Lincoln at this point. It's possible tho, esp if a Lincoln truck had as much attention to detail as the Navigator has shown. I just don't think every brand needs tube in every segment (something I've said many many times here).

Why does this bother you so much???!!! Dont answer as your opinion means shyte... 1953 Corvette The Corvette emblem on that hood 1957 Corvette The front emblem remains largely the same.... The side emblem of that 57 Corvette '57 Chevy The emblem on the side of a 57 Chevy fuelie Emblems of Impala SSs 1960 1961 1962 Impala SS 1963 Impala SS 1964 Impala SS 1965 Impala SS 1966 Impala SS 1966 Chevelle SS 1967 Impala And that was the last time I believe the checkered cross flags were placed on a vehicle other than the Corvette... Corvette emblems Tim Allen's Hot Rodded LT5 engine swapped Impala SS. Notice the so called Corvette cross flag? Through out the decades, Corvette enthusiasts with other Chevrolet die hard performance guys along with other brand's sports car crazy folk KNOW the Corvette is a Chevrolet. They all LOVE the fact that the Corvette is a Chevrolet! Through out the decades, Corvette enthusiasts with other Chevrolet die hard performance guys along with other brand's sports car crazy folk KNOW the Corvette is a Chevrolet. They all LOVE the fact that the Corvette is a Chevrolet! Corvette Racing http://www.speedsport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2020/03/2001bc3439.jpg.jpg With the Corvette logo front and center and the Chevy Bow Tie displayed in it!!! The Corvette will ALWAYS be a Chevrolet. Stop with your nonsense.

This thinking is outmoded. mercedes is volume-based and it's higher cost. Just about all the 'bottom tier' brands (hyundai, honda, kia, etc) have pushed upmarket, Chevy has pushed upmarket, there's no USDM equivalent of a 1980 Chevette anymore. Yeah; relatively lower cost', and it is on many models, but there's no rule it also can't build high-priced models (obviously). Look at your fanboy brand's car line pricing overlap / shared engines/ transmissions... why aren't they clearly separated by a hard bundle of thousands? Because it's not necessary. GMC is at record-breaking volume levels; they sold almost 10% more Sierras during a global pandemic than the year before. They're not going to exceed than for '21 due to the chip shortage / production constraints... but they're selling every single Sierra they can build. 253K in 2020, on pace for 276K for '21 (thru Q2). Again; you're trying to create a problem where there is none, and going thru a 1980's filter to do so. According to the above, fiat's are the most popular leased model, yet there are no fiat's listed in the top 71 higher-value retained vehicles. That would support a vast divergence between a fiat's lease rates and its low resale value.

You have been asked so many times, POST THE DAMN LINK TO YOUR FACTS! So based on their actual reporting for all of 2020: Mercedes-Benz reports 2020 sales of 325,915 vehicles (mbusa.com) Quote: Year-to-date, MBUSA's volume leaders were the GLC, GLE and the E- Class/CLS with totals of 52,626; 48,154; and 27,102 respectively. SUVs accounted for 65% of total sales in 2020. The all new GLA and GLB SUVs accounted for more than 25% of total SUV sales in 2020. Q1 2021 Mercedes-Benz reports Q1 2021 sales of 78,256 vehicles (mbusa.com) Mercedes-Benz volume leaders in Q1 included the GLE, GLC and E-Class/CLS model lines. The GLE led totals with 16,668 units followed by GLC with sales of 15,569. The E- Class/CLS rounded out the top three with 8,199 units. Our diverse lineup of SUVs accounted for 69% of our total sales volume during Q1. Q2 2021 Mercedes-Benz reports Q2 2021 sales of 82,390 vehicles (mbusa.com) Mercedes-Benz volume leaders in Q2 included the GLE, CLC and GLB model lines. The GLE led totals with 19,037 units followed by GLC with sales of 14,580. The GLB rounded out the top three with 10,360 units. Year-to-date, MBUSA's volume leaders are the GLE, GLC and C- Class with totals of 35,705; 30,149; and 17,795 respectively. Looking at Average sales price 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLB Prices & Incentives - TrueCar I am NOT finding CLA, GLA, GLB selling over $50K at all. In fact according to this the average transaction price is as follows by model. This only shows a couple models north of $50K and most are well below showing Mercedes to no longer be a Luxury brand but a global brand on par with Chevrolet and Toyota. Mercedes-Benz Price Trends - CarGurus This I find very interesting showing that Mercedes GLE is in #2 place as the most heaviest discounted auto right behind Cadillac XT5. Consumer Reports: The Most Discounted New Cars Right Now (motorbiscuit.com)

Couple things, 1. Luxury brands tend to have high lease rates because wealthy people trade cars more often and want a new car every 3 years. They have the disposable income to do that. Where as a middle class, or maybe lower middle class buyer (if they can even afford a new car anymore) are going to look at something to finance on a 5-7 year loan and try to keep that car 8-10 years to get value out of it, because they can't afford to go buy a new car every 3 years. 2. Brands with high resale value can offer attractive lease rates, when brands with poor resale value can not. Toyota should actually be able to kill it in leasing because of the resale value they have. 3. Fiat on there is an outlier, I suspect that is a manufacturer subsidized lease that they loose money on every one, but they have union contracts at factories they can't close and need CAFE credits, etc and no one will buy them, so they give them away on a lease. Yes they should. And you can still share platforms and some powertrains, that most consumers don't care about or know the difference. Especially in an EV world where everything is a chassis full of batteries with a body bolted on top. I am all for economies of scale to drive down cost. But you need 3 tiers, like going form Holiday Inn to a Marriott, to a Ritz Carlton. There needs to be a clear difference int he product.

That is a niiiiice model. Ive got 74 of them. I once had over 100. I got rid of the ones that I had a duplicate of. Like for example I currently have a 1969 Olds 442, a 1971 Olds 442 and a 1970 455 Cutlass SX. I gave away the 1970 Olds 442 pains me but I DO I have the SX. It was between the '70 and the '71. I decided to keep the '71 since the front end is different from a '70) and a 1968 Olds 442. I gave away a General Lee Charger, but I kept a very nice plum crazy '70 Charger. Although I DO prefer a '69 over the '70, the colour of the '71 is sooooo much nicer lookin'. ETC... Gave them away to friends or their kids for them to start their own collections. These are MY 1st gen F-Bodies. Im only gonna add 1 more to my collection. And its gonna be a C8 Corvette. Im waiting to see if I like the Z06. As Chevy hasnt revealed the Z06 yet, obviously a die cast is not available for it yet. But it will be either a Z06 or the Sting Ray C8 to complete my collection.

i really dig the Fluance turntables. Here is my RT-82. I really want to get an RT-85 EDITTTT i have an RT-81

It was pretty good, for the record. My dad was the frugal king. I am merely his humble frugal servant.

Its already here this problem with a certain type of vehicle you are insinuating. Its not with speed though... And the common perception is to blame Tesla. OK...not a bad idea to blame Tesla as Elon Musk is falsely praing autonomous driving. But the BIGGER problem is that I dont here ANYBODY put the ONUS on the DRIVERS...

I expect this to get even worse when Dodge releases their BEV version with the marketing message of Tear up the Road, not the planet.

100% agree. I swear it is a daily occurrence where I see a Charger or Challenger doing something stupid.

Kpop band, 5 members jsut tested positive for Covid. Five members of the K-pop group Enhypen test positive for the coronavirus. It's getting scary. Co workers wife was feeling sick last Thursday, healthy late thirties. She died two days alter on Saturday of Covid. Another co workers brother is probably not going to make it. Neat old pic of Lady Diana... Vintage pic of petty at Darlington.... Fantastic Mustang picture... A first Gen Camaro competes a SPA